Comixology

ComiXology (styled comiXology), operated by Iconology Inc., d/b/a, is a cloud-based digital distribution platform for comics owned by Amazon, with over 200 million comic downloads as of September 2013. It offered a selection of more than 100,000 comic books, graphic novels, and manga across Android, iOS, Kindle Fire, Windows 10, and the Internet.

You could not buy comics on the iOS ComiXology app since mid-2014, when Amazon bought ComiXology; it similarly become impossible to buy comics on the Android ComiXology app since early-2022, in the wake of the Kindle/ComiXology integration.

After December 4, 2023, the ComiXology app will be discontinued and its distribution will be folded into the Kindle app with web viewing moving to the Amazon parent website. At this point the only independent service with the ComiXology name will be ComiXology Unlimited. The ComiXology app was already gone from te iOS app store by November 16, 2023.

History
The company was founded in 2007 by CEO David Steinberger, CTO John D. Roberts, and Peter Jaffe. Subsequent to winning the business plan competition at New York University, the company received seed financing from Kit McQuiston, New York Angels and Rose Tech Ventures.

In late 2014, Amazon acquired ComiXology for an undisclosed sum, which The Motley Fool argued was an attempt to control the comic book market after Amazon Publishing's Jet City Comics imprint failed to achieve major market share after its July 2013 launch.

In May 2016, the company launched ComiXology Unlimited, a subscription service that gives digital access to thousands of comics to read from most major publishers for a monthly fee of $5.99. The service offers more than four thousand issues to its subscribers and launched on May 24, 2016, with available content updated on a monthly basis. According to the company, the service offers the widest subscription selection of digital comics in the world. ComiXology Unlimited contains a selection of titles from Image Comics, Dark Horse, IDW Publishing, BOOM! Studios, Dynamite Entertainment, Kodansha Comics, Oni Press, Valiant Entertainment, Archie Comics, Fantagraphics Books, Humanoids, Action Lab Entertainment, Aspen Comics, Magnetic Press, Zenescope Entertainment and more. ComiXology Unlimited is currently limited to the U.S.

In June 2018, the company announced ComiXology Originals, an initiative to publish creator-owned titles.

In September 2021, Amazon announced it planned to close the ComiXology website, but the process was delayed and didn't happen until the end of 2023.

ComiXology Unlimited
This pay subscription service is access via the Amazon website.

ComiXology Originals
In 2018, ComiXology launched the ComiXology Originals banner with four titles; Savage Game, Superfreaks, Elephantmen 2261, and Ask For Mercy. New titles would follow in 2018 with the launches of Goliath Girls, Grave Danger, Hit Reblog: Comics That Caught Fire, Teenage Wasteland, The Dark, Delver and The Stone King. In March 2019 they launched Stone Star and picked up the second volume of the previously independent series The Pride. In the build up to San Diego Comic-Con 2019 they announced Promethee 13:13 and a second season of Ask for Mercy, while at the show itself they announced a second season of Delver and new series Adora and the Distance and Afterlift. In September 2019 they launched four brand new titles with Breaklands, Field Tripping, The Black Ghost, and Quarter Killer. In November 2019 they launched the original graphic novel Liebestrasse on the platform. In July 2021, writer Scott Snyder announced an eight-title digital first deal with ComiXology Originals. The first three, We Have Demons, Clear, and Night of the Ghoul, were all launched in October 2021.