phrases. - The Official GlobalComix Blog

Continuing with our Month of Love features, we've got a wide variety of never-featured LGBTQ titles. Wild adventures, detectives, a musical band, and love across time, there's much to enjoy on today's Popular Last Week, featuring:
 

PARADISE, 278 pages - Published by NeonJawbone, (cc/ @neonjawbone)

Pamela Gripps is a screw-up with a violent streak who's been given one last shot at avoiding jail-time: working for the P8ZD stopping superpowered crime. Now partnered with her childhood frenemy Evon, Pam is dragged into the world of high-action crime-fighting, shadowy drug cartels, and government conspiracies. Updates on Fridays. PARADISE is your new favorite...

Our Fresh Friday Features returns with a set of professionals and has-beens with big goals and big dreams. Some are recovering from the past to return to former glory. Some are at the top only to fall. Each of these are professionals in their own right, or were, so what will become of them?

This week, Ben and Shane Comic Book Squares and ArtCrumbs have picked out four titles that they feel deserve more reads! In our line-up this week, we've got one comic from each category to give you a varied list of must-reads for your weekend!

• Comic - Prospects: What if two rival mad scientists discovered the secrets to immortality and forced it upon a small town … and everyone...

The release of the GlobalComix App is fast approaching. As we get closer to launch, we plan to host beta testing phases to get feedback, fix issues, and optimize performance for a wide variety of mobile devices.

Today we are excited to announce that sign-up is now available for the GlobalComix App Closed Beta. The scale of this testing phase will be somewhat limited in participants, but there are additional phases planned before the app launches.

Use the form below to express interest in participating in the Closed Beta testing phase for the GlobalComix App. We can't wait to share more details and get your feedback leading up to launch.

Note: If you are having trouble...

February is here and being a month of Love, we're kicking off with one of our newer themes, Girls' Love! Don't be mistaken, though, some of these love-birds are tougher than they look! It's adorable, it's wholesome, it kicks butt too! It's the whole package for today's What's Trending, enjoy!

Talon Hunters, 162 pages - Published by Serpyra, (cc/ @serpyra)

Welcome to Granod: a mystical island where people can turn into dragons! Twins Xem and Quill set out to become Granod's best bounty hunters and, in order to do so they must complete all five Legendary Hunts--the most dangerous challenges known to man! Can they overcome great evils and...

Top Cow today announced that fans can now pre-register for its launch of WITCHBLADE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 3 KICKSTARTER, featuring a new limited collectible hardcover of iconic series and a backer only preview edition of the new WITCHBLADE #1.

The new WITCHBLADE #1 is created by NEW YORK TIMES-bestselling, GLAAD-nominated writer Marguerite Bennett (DC BOMBSHELLS), artist Francesca Ciregia (WOLVERINE, SPIDERMAN, DAZZLER), and colorist Bryan Valenza (DETECTIVE COMICS), and new cover by Top Cow founder and WITCHBLADE co-creator Marc Silvestri unveiling the new WITCHBLADE gauntlet on Wednesday, February 1st at 7AM EST.

“On the high of celebrating Top Cow’s 30th...

Who doesn't like a big book to binge? We've got a collection of graphic novels for today's Popular Last Week, covering everything from future dystopias to mysterious love letters, advanced societies, and a suspicious, creepy apartment. Grab a drink and get comfortable as you dive into our featured graphic novels today:

Taiduo, 935 pages - Published by Linwelly Illustration, (cc/ @Linwelly)

500 years into the future, the world has changed. Radiation and extreme weather conditions make life on the surface impossible and all that remains from humanity is gathered in artificial habitats, the life-support-domes. Life inside the domes is highly organized and restricted. What...

Our Fresh Friday Features is back today, asking 'what control do we have over our lives'? Is it fate? Is it free will? A hero who doesn't want to be a hero, a ninja seeking to perfect his chosen craft, a collection of souls tied together by a tree, a sports star inches away from all they've ever wanted... Decide for yourself if it's will or fate in this thoughtful Fresh Friday Features!

Each week, KeepingitGeekly and ArtCrumbs have picked out four titles that they feel deserve more reads! In our line-up this week, we've got one comic from each category to give you a varied list of must-reads for your weekend!

• Comic - Displaced: A 33-year-old couch potato...

What year is it? Where am I? When am I? All normal and expected questions on this list! Time Travel could lead you anywhere, or anywhen. A group of friends seeking a cure, an idyllic town under siege, a mysterious girl with a hammer in your backyard, a spooky anthology, a travelling archeologist, and a scythe murderer... Today's What's Trending will keep you entertained throughout the ages!
 
The Fairy Princess, 35 pages - Published by Der Ritter Arts, (cc/ @DerRitterArts)

In the kingdom of Stunvalia, a plague looms over its people. But one day a common peasant and the vampire pope encounter a fairy in the woods. With her miracles in medicine, they journey to cure the...

Manga isn't just published tankobon and magazines! There are lots of indie manga out there and we've got a princess, fallen angels, master archers, multiverse warriors, rebels, and wholesome friendships. Check out these manga by indie creators on today's Popular Last Week, featuring:

Aiko the Silence Princess, 18 pages - Published by Lattekeopi, (cc/ @lattekeopi)

Aiko is the dark princess of a kingdom in ashes. Besides, the only crops are incense and dried flowers. The land is dead, it rarely rains, and the dragons are angry. She did not choose to be the only noble in the Kingdom, which was once filled with glowing fields. But the story begins with a young man who...

Our Fresh Friday Features returns with mysteries and magic! A strange place designed to murder you, bringing back old friends from a secret coven to save a town, a suspicious bottle of bathwater, and powers that a god would envy!

Each week, KeepingitGeekly and ArtCrumbs have picked out four titles that they feel deserve more reads! In our line-up this week, we've got one comic from each category to give you a varied list of must-reads for your weekend!

• Comic - LandLine: Journalist Orlanda "Land" Line is trapped in an alternate universe designed for murder!
• Graphic Novel - The Emergency Coven: When the cult that destroyed his life comes back to spread terror in...

Isekai is a theme with limitless possibilities! Ever dreamed about visiting a new world? Maybe getting a fresh start? Then Isekai is for you! Just be careful, you never know if you'll be reincarnated or take over someone else' life! It's fun and unpredictable, and our What's Trending today contains some of the must-read Isekai titles of the week!

Manga no Matsuri, 93 pages - Published by Erina Lycoris, (cc/ @ErinaLycoris)

The power of the Konkuris is immensely powerful and they can easily lose control. That's why the Hotekis, "enlightened" people responsible of balance, keep them under control using their cursed powers to open stargates to...

Yesterday we put the finishing touches on updates and new options for Themes, available to creators as part of the publishing process, and when filtering the comics section. In addition to 10 new themes, we also split existing themes that were doubled up (e.g. "Computers / Video Games" to "Computers" and "Video Games").

Finally, we've increased the maximum number of themes that can be assigned to a series from 5 to 6. As part of this update we went through and retroactively applied new and split themes, based on tags and terms used in the series and release synopsis.

Creators, we did our best to spot check for accuracy, but we recommend...

The deep abyss that is Reddit, have you ever thought about promoting your comics or manga there? Do you know where to start? Beginning to post is a little overwhelming, but we've got you covered!

Welcome everyone to another Creator Tips and Tricks! Today, @mousylou and I (@ArtCrumbs) will attempt to break down the mystery of Reddit. We hope to educate you on the value of this platform and why it’s so useful as a promotion, networking, and community building tool for anyone who makes a comic.

With that, let's dig into it!

How does Reddit work / how is it structured?

In our Self-Promotion and Marketing series, we looked at Reddit as one of our options for...

Stand by your friends, and you can accomplish anything! Whether it's a cause you believe in, an evil to defeat, a world to save, nothing can't be accomplished if we stick together! The stories on this Popular Last Week list will help remind we are unstoppable as one.

Becstar, 160 pages - Published by Mad Cave Studios, (cc/ @chrisfernandez)

Becstar is a star hopping mercenary-gone-full time-gambler light years away from earth. Leaving her old life behind with the help of her magical luck dagger and her fan-turned-regret filled-friend Sally, Becstar ekes out a living under the nefarious Shadow Syndicate’s radar. But when a mysterious girl appears with grim news and an...

Our Fresh Friday Features returns dramatic, larger than life stories! Dart-throwing and crime probably aren't that safe of a mix, nor are the deep and deadly corners of space's Cosmic Drift. Then, we have an exorcist finds out the hard way that it's time to confront his past, and a playful schoolkid unleashes the cutest apocalypse ever after being late to school! There's no shortage of drama on this list!

Each week, KeepingitGeekly and ArtCrumbs have picked out four titles that they feel deserve more reads! In our line-up this week, we've got one comic from each category to give you a varied list of must-reads for your weekend!

• Comic - Double-Out: A...

These stories can make you feel young at heart again! Magical characters, new worlds, saving the world even, that's a lotta pressure for a teen, but these characters rise to the challenge! Today's What's Trending will inspire and entertain!

Backfire, 556 pages - Published by Chlolorized, (cc/ @chlolorized)

Welcome to the Emorian Empire, where fighting against your own kind for the sake of entertainment is the only sense of control you can grasp. It is in this very world that Daehlys has learned to thrive and climb her way to the top. Wouldn't it be a shame if something (or someone) would come and mess it all up... [Updates once every two weeks on Thursday 9pm...

Desolate wastelands, broken cities and people, dystopians have a special hold over us. Maybe it's holding out for hope and watching others overcome challenges. Get comfortable on the edge of your seat with today's Popular Last Week, featuring,

in/habitants, 114 pages - Published by in/habitants, (cc/ @inhabitants)

inhabitants in a world not unlike this one, the least fortunate of the population must struggle to survive. When a group of misfits come together and find they share a similar pain, they decide to combine their strengths. Using cutting edge technology, they set out to rebuild the status quo and create a new world accepting of everyone. Or at least that's what...

Our Fresh Friday Features returns with four new worlds to get lost in! A spoiled brat, a soldier longing to return home, a young man who wastes no time and pays for every sin with more sin, and a mysteriously haunted coastal town greets a young woman returning home.

Each week, KeepingitGeekly and ArtCrumbs have picked out four titles that they feel deserve more reads! In our line-up this week, we've got one comic from each category to give you a varied list of must-reads for your weekend!

• Comic - The Unicorn Coat: A spoiled girl gets a wild ride thanks to her entitlement!
• Graphic Novel - Red Leaves: A Serbian story of the horrors when loneliness and war meet...

What makes a western? Is it a place? Is it a type of plot? Is it the rootin' and tootin' and shootin? Let's read some comics and think about it. Today we've have a selection of our must-read Western titles in our What's Trending!

Brave Soul, 94 pages - Published by LumeBento, (cc/ @Lumebento)

Demons come from Hel to inhabit the bodies of humans. Except one thing: they must work together to fight in a literal underground tournament! Win it all and both human and demon get their one true wish granted. Follow William and Twist as they embark on the escapades of Hel and Earth to gain their one true wish.

Story and Art by Marshulartz

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Welcome back to Creator Tips and Tricks! In our last article for the Self-Promotion and Marketing series, we learned about UTMs, custom links to give us more data about the users who read and visit our comic pages. These links are custom-made and give us data about where readers come from, how many used the link, and how many pages they’ve read.

Combined with GlobalComix Analytics:

• We can look at the performance of our marketing campaigns to bring in readers.
• We can look at Page Reads over time, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, etc to look for trends.
• We can look at each pages’ performance to check for the series’ quality and how readers actually engage with your...

Now that 2022 is coming to a close, let's take a look back at the top series for the year with a very special set of features! Until yesterday, we've been sharing the most popular comics of 2022 from a specific genre each day. To close out the year, it's time to share the 12 most popular titles across all of GlobalComix!

Before we get started, now is a good time to lock in a full year of unlimited access to every comic on the platform with GlobalComix Gold for only $49.99. Find all the details right here.

Here are the top 12 titles on GlobalComix, in order of popularity for all of 2022! Our congratulations go to:
 

1. Boy of Escremii, 156 pages - Pub...

Now that 2022 is coming to a close, let's take a look back at the top series for the year with a very special set of features! Through December 30th, we'll share the most popular comics of 2022 from a specific genre each day. Then, on December 31st, we'll publish the 12 most popular titles across all of GlobalComix! Today's list will keep you on the edge of your seat with exciting thrills!

Before we get started, now is a good time to lock in a full year of unlimited access to every comic on the platform with GlobalComix Gold for only $49.99. Find all the details right here.

But enough talk, let's get to all the exciting parts, shall we? Here...

Now that 2022 is coming to a close, let's take a look back at the top series for the year with a very special set of features! Through December 30th, we'll share the most popular comics of 2022 from a specific genre each day. Then, on December 31st, we'll publish the 12 most popular titles across all of GlobalComix!

Before we get started, now is a good time to lock in a full year of unlimited access to every comic on the platform with GlobalComix Gold for only $49.99. Find all the details right here.

But enough talk, let's get to all the exciting parts, shall we? Here are the top 12 Slice of Life comics, in order of popularity for all of 2022! Our...

Now that 2022 is coming to a close, let's take a look back at the top series for the year with a very special set of features! Through December 30th, we'll share the most popular comics of 2022 from a specific genre each day. Then, on December 31st, we'll publish the 12 most popular titles across all of GlobalComix! Tech and advancement comes in all forms, and our Sci-Fi list today shows us all kinds of possibilities.

Before we get started, now is a good time to lock in a full year of unlimited access to every comic on the platform with GlobalComix Gold for only $49.99. Find all the details right here.

But enough talk, let's get to all the exciting parts,...

Now that 2022 is coming to a close, let's take a look back at the top series for the year with a very special set of features! Through December 30th, we'll share the most popular comics of 2022 from a specific genre each day. Then, on December 31st, we'll publish the 12 most popular titles across all of GlobalComix! Love is in the air today with all the Romance on this list!

Before we get started, now is a good time to lock in a full year of unlimited access to every comic on the platform with GlobalComix Gold for only $49.99. Find all the details right here.

But enough talk, let's get to all the exciting parts, shall we? Here are the top 12 Romance...