Spider-Woman and Digital Comics

Posted by Luke Arnott Oct 6, 2009

The latest comics feature article: What are Digital Comics? Title's pretty self-explanatory, folks, though I hope it's helpful for those confused about the wide variety of digitally-distributed sequential art. Those looking to buy digital comics might be interested to read the earlier review of Star Wars comics for the iPhone.

Didn't have room in the article to give a blow-by-blow review of the differences between the Spider-Woman comic and motion comic versions, but there are some interesting things to note, while I'm on the subject.

There's a montage about two-thirds of the way through Spider-Woman #1 where Jessica Drew reminisces about her origins. The motion comic is interesting, in that Alex Maleev's art is replaced with that of other artists, from previous Spider-Woman comics. On the other hand, the original comic contains some extra narration, giving added background for the uninitiated, which the motion comic leaves out.

So buyers of either version get something special. Though I found the story a bit blah – there wasn't really enough there to get me excited about the upcoming installments.