The Comixology URL is set to redirect to the new site, which has an unwieldy Amazon URL.The subscription option for comics has been removed for non-Americans. They’ve reduced or eliminated features for non-American customers.

The DRM-free downloads feature Comixology’s own site had is gone.

The iOS and Android Comixology apps went through some changes, but is still more usable than the desktop and web Kindle apps for reading comics.

It’s just the Kindle web reader, with no changes made to accommodate comics, save for a guided view option (that blows up each panel, but looks pixelated).

There’s no dedicated comics web reader.

As such, Comixology’s website is now more awkward and clunky to navigate, or even find comics.

Comixology is now just a glorified subcategory of Kindle ebooks.

Several reviews online have listed details of what’s wrong, but basically: So far, nothing about the switch has been an improvement, and there’ve been a lot of complaints.

In February 2022, Amazon fully moved Comixology into the main Kindle section of Amazon’s site. Comixology also carries single issues, graphic novels, and trade paperbacks. These include the “Big Two” (Marvel, DC Comics), plus Image, Archie, IDW, Boom! Studios, Viz, and others. Site: Since buying Comixology in 2013, Amazon has been a dominant force in the digital comics landscape, just as it dominates the ebook market via Kindle.Ĭomixology carries nearly all of the major North American comic publishers, plus the major manga publishers. (Amazon / screenshot by author) Comixology Digital comic stores Comixology main page.

I’ve written a separate post about reading webcomics. Note the options below are about comics, graphic novels, and manga. Thus, I thought I’d write this updated post on how to read digital comics, and what are the best options. Since I last wrote about digital comics several years ago, there’s been a lot of changes in the digital comics landscape. Digital comic sales made up 12.5% of all 2020 comic sales, which is a positive sign.

Comixology unlimited worth it