comiXology: Double Barrel (Top Shelf)

John_Steed

WELCOME ABOARD the next generation of pulp adventure! Acclaimed cartoonists Zander Cannon (The Replacement God, Top 10) and Kevin Cannon (Far Arden) have joined forces to launch a new kind of adventure comic: a digital comics magazine, serializing two massive graphic novels and packed with extras, delivered to your screen for $1.99 per month.Two Cannons. Two comics. Two dollars. DOUBLE BARREL!In a world of thin plotting, price-gouging, and trade-waiting, two cartoonists are here to fly the flag for two-fisted action and page-turning thrills! Grab DOUBLE BARREL today and load up on adventure!

122 pages of pure fun cartooning for a mere 1.99 - go get it!

It all begins in this 122-page double-stuffed first issue. Zander Cannon launches HECK (the story of a washed-up high school football hero who discovers a portal to the underworld), while Kevin Cannon presents CRATER XV (following the smash success of his first graphic novel FAR ARDEN with an all-new saga of that crusty Arctic sea-dog Army Shanks). In a world of thin plotting, price-gouging, and trade-waiting, two cartoonists are here to fly the flag for two-fisted action and page-turning thrills! Grab DOUBLE BARREL today and load up on adventure!

It looks nice on my device B-)

John_Steed

also loving their website: http://www.barrelmag.com/

there are some good articles to be read

John_Steed

A.V.Club

It’s noteworthy that Top Shelf, which now boasts a lineup of creators to rival Fantagraphics and D&Q, has been one of the most aggressive of the big-time alt-comics publishers in terms of establishing a digital foothold. At its panel, the Top Shelf director of digital Chris Ross talked about the ambitious anthology Double Barrel, in which Zander Cannon and Kevin Cannon are serializing their latest graphic novels, monthly. The hook for Double Barrel (beyond the work itself, which is very good) is the price. Top Shelf is offering more than 60 pages of comics a month, on multiple digital platforms, for $1.99; and when each new issue is released, the previous issue drops to 99 cents. That’s not unusual for Top Shelf. The publisher is also releasing the archives of James Kochalka’s daily cartoon diary American Elf on a monthly basis, at $1.99 for each year’s worth of strips. And the company’s graphic novels are attractively priced. Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell’s massive From Hell, one of the high-water marks of the medium, can be had digitally for under 10 bucks, whereas physical copies run more than twice that. It’s clear that Top Shelf isn’t just dipping a toe in digital; it wants people to buy.

Double Barrel :x
Top Shelf :x :x
comiXology :-*