The first 5,000 WonderCon 12 attendees to come by comiXologys booth (#107) will receive a limited edition promotional postcard imprinted with a unique download code redeemable for The Walking Dead Vol. 1 exclusively on comiXology.com. In partnership with The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkmans Skybound, comiXology is making sure attendees of WonderCon 12 get a taste of the first graphic novel regularly $8.99 for 140 pages that the hit The Walking Dead TV show is based on.
In addition to the must-have The Walking Dead Vol. 1 giveaway, comiXology will be providing hands on demonstrations of some new as-of-yet unannounced features on its Comics by comiXology digital comics platform at their booth all weekend long. Attendees will also find comiXology leading the digital comics discussion in a number of different panels during the show.
All WonderCon 12 attendees are invited to attend the special ComiXology Open Discussion Panel where comiXology co-founder and CEO David Steinberger will answer questions from the audience on Everything Digital with no topic off limits. The ComiXology Open Discussion: Everything Digital Panel will be on Friday, March 16th from 3:30pm- 4:30pm in Room 203.
In addition, Mark Waid joins David Steinberger on the Digital Comics Price Fight Panel on Saturday, March 17th from 11:30am – 12:30pm in Room 208 moderated by creator Sam Humphries, who was the driving force behind MySpace Comics. Later that same day, Steinberger joins Dark Horse publisher Mike Richardson, The Nerdists Peter Levin, Comic Book Resources’ Jonah Weiland, and Beach Ball Comics Thomas Gaul on the Comic Book Entrepreneurs Panel from 3:30pm – 4:30pm in Room 211 also moderated by Humphries. ComiXologys VP of Marketing, PR and Business Development, Chip Mosher, will be hosting the Indie Comics Marketing and PR 101 Panel with comic creators Sam Humphries, Ben McCool, and Dark Horses Director of PR Jeremy Atkins on Sunday, March 18th from 12:30pm – 1:30pm in Room 208.
Recently, comiXology announced they had surpassed 50 million comic books and graphic novel downloads since the inception of their Comics by comiXology digital comics platform with 5 million of those downloads happening in this past December alone. In addition, this past October saw Comics by comiXology start to consistently chart as the top grossing iPad app in the entire iTunes App Store on new comics release day a trend that has continued throughout 2012. Then in November, Comics by comiXology was selected as a pre-loaded app on Amazons Kindle Fire alongside Facebook and Twitter. By the end of 2011, comiXology had powered three of the top 20 grossing iPad apps with Comics by comiXology coming in at number 11 for the entire year.
