🚀 The Tech for Comics Ramble: 2023.10.14
Uncanny X-Men (1963) #1 Dropping Saturday Morning!
The Tech for Comics Ramble is a weekly digest of news from the intersection of technology and comics.
The Ramble is early this week. I’m super excited about the Uncanny X-Men (1963) #1 drop early tomorrow morning and I didn’t want you to miss out!
NFT Drop Update
Veve.me
NYCC 2023 Exclusives
Oct. 14 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET (Blind Box) Uncanny X-Men (1963) #1 Published: 1963 Cover Variants: 5 Total Editions: 10,000 List Price: 20.00
I don’t normally post drops in advance, but this is a rare comic I didn’t want anyone to miss out on! See below for other upcoming drops coming this weekend.
Also:
Oct. 12 X-Men: 60 Uncanny Years Poster Price: $30 Total Editions: 600 (Sold Out)
Oct. 13 Kingpin collectible Price: $40 Total Editions: 2,444 (Still Available)
Oct. 15 X-Men: Professor X collectible Price: $40 each Total Editions: 2,666
Oct. 15 X-Men: Magneto collectible Price: $40 each Total Editions: 2,888
More from Veve.me
Oct. 12 The Addiction #1 (Digital) Published: 2023 License: ZQ Studio Cover Variants: 5 Total Editions: 6,850 List Price: 6.99 (Sold Out)
This was super exciting to see. Debuting at NYCC 2023, The Addiction is one of VeVe’s first forays into the physical comic world. If you drop by NYCC’s booth #3537, you can actually get a physical version of this comic. (I wish I was there!)
One of the themes this week seems to be digital + physical. This is something I’ve been saying to creators for a long time… it is not physical OR NFTs OR conventional digital … it’s physical AND NFTs AND conventional digital. NFTs are just another SKU to add to your product line that currently reaches a very different market.
VeVe also issued physical variants for The Superior Spider-Man Returns (2023) #1. Available for purchase at the VeVe stand within the Marvel booth #2153 , these are VeVe's first-ever physical Marvel comic variants. It is unclear if these will eventually be offered as NFTs, so in some ways these are like retailer incentive variants.
Oct. 15 Big Top Popaganda #1 (Digital) Published: 2011 License: Ron English Variants: 2 Total Editions: 2,888 List Price: 6.99 (Sold Out)
nft.dcuniverse.com
Oct. 12 The Witching Hour (1968–1978) #1 The inaugural issue of DC’s iconic horror anthology. Price: $9.99 (Max purchase: 5 per account) Total Editions: 4,000 (Still available)
dReader
dReader keeps rolling out. You can now receive free drops of dReader related content from Drip. If you have a Solana wallet, you can subscribe here: https://drip.haus/dreader
Digital Comics
GlobalComix App Now Available on Android & iOS
Normally this would have been the news of the week. If you do not already have this app on your device, you are missing out! It is a game changer for independent comic creators.
Did you know that if you use the app to read my posts, you’ll get the revised versions. You know, the ones where I discover the typo the second after I’ve pushed send. Ha!
AI
YouTube: This FREE AI Screenwriter Is What They Were Worried About!
Just Charts
Writer Accountability
I am still working on my just-in-case series pitch for DC and have made good progress this week. I had hoped to have it ready for my brief Zoom call with Scott Snyder on Tuesday, but given he’ll be just back from NYCC, it’s probably best to wait until next month to ask him to have a look.
We worked out the last kinks for the Lump Dog contract, and I think we are good to go now. However, the other signatory to the revised contract is on vacation this week, so the project is still on hold.
What I am watching
You know those ridiculous popcorn movies that you are embarrassed to admit you enjoyed because they are objectively so bad? We watched Hidden Strike the other night, and, yeah, this is one of those movies. But hey, John Cena and Jackie Chan… how could I resist?!
What I am playing
Still Star Atlas Labs. Hauling resources from one station to the next can take up to an hour and a half, so it’s been a great “set it and forget it” browser game for me. This beta is still buggy but keeps getting better.
🚀 Can’t spell my last name from memory? Seriously, who can?! 😂
Fortunately, you can now reach this substack via two easier-to-remember domain redirects: techforcomics.com and tech4comics.com.
Just for Fun 😂
Me trying to get that scene just right… (sound on).
