Comixology’s Submit portal is a way for independent and self published digital comics to get onto the largest digital comics service out there, and many people have taken advantage of it. While no one seems to have gotten rich off it, a sale is a sale. And COmixology has just released a list of the top 25 sellers for 2014, topped by Gail Simone and Jim Calafiore’s Leaving Megalopolis. This superheroes with a twist story was originally Kickstarted. The impressive Testament Omnibus by Douglas Rushkoff and a bunch of awesome artists was second, and Joe Benitez’s Lady Mechanika was #3. Severl anthologies Kickstarted by the tireless C. Spike Trotman were also on the list…she is a powerhouse.
There are some excellent comics by top creators on the list, so the lesson for how to be successful on Submit it…be totally excellent.
Here’s the full list of the Top 25 comiXology Submit Titles of 2014:
Writer: Douglas Rushkoff; Artists: Gary Erskine, Peter Gross, Dean Ormston, Liam Sharp
By: Joe Benitez
Writer: Karl Bollers, Artists: Rick Leonardi, Larry Stroman
Writers: Kate Leth, Trudy Cooper, Blue Delliquanti, Joanna Estep, Jess Fink, Erica Henderson, and more; Artists: Kate Leth, Trudy Cooper, Blue Delliquanti, Jess Fink, Niki Smith, C. Spike Trotman and more
Writers: Blue Delliquanti, Rachel Edidin, Meg Gandy, KC Green, Brittney Sabo, Jason Thompson and more; Artists: Langdon Foss, Meg Gandy, KC Green, Kel McDonald, Brittney Sabo, C. Spike Trotman and more
By: Benjamin Rivers
By: Joe Benitez
Writers: Joe Pekar, Jeff Outlaw; Artist: Joe Pekar
Writer: Douglas Rushkoff; Artists: Liam Sharp
By: Joe Benitez
Writer: Beto Skubs; Artist: Rafael de Latorre
By: Scott Reed
By Josh Ulrich
Writer: Kathryn Immonen; Artist: Stuart Immonen
Adaption: Sean Michael Wilson; Translation: William Scott Wilson; Artist: Chie Kutsuwada
Writer: Pat Mills; Artist: Olivier Ledroit
By Erika Moen
Writer: Quinton Miles; Artist: Andres Quezada
By Scott Jones
Writers: Jeff Outlaw & Joe Pekar; Artist: Joe Pekar
By Tim Gibson
Writer: Joe Glass; Artists: Marc Ellerby, Joshua Faith & Gavin Mitchell
Writers: Tim Yates, Lelan Estes; Artists: Tim Yates, Tony Vassalo
Writer: Elliot Blake; Artist: Alexis Ziritt
It would be nice to know (1) if these books are selling in the thousands or just the hundreds; and (2) what the #1 books sells compared to #25.
I feel like Copra would probably appear on this list if it ever became available via Comixology, the hype continues to grow (and justifiably so).