Comments on: Comic AG to end with issue 110

By: Unbound: The year in manga | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:02:34 +0000

[...] The ero-manga anthology Comics AG folded. [...]

By: Thin wallet, fat bookshelves: A publishing news round-up | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:07:11 +0000

[...] In case you missed the news, naughty manga publisher Icarus Comics is canceling their Comics AG [...]

By: MB

MB — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:18:37 +0000

Yuzu.

That was the artist’s name. His stuff appeared in issues #1,2,3, & 5. I really liked is stuff, and was hoping to see a collection of it (plus any new stuff).

By: Masamonkey

Masamonkey — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:15:07 +0000

Oh, that’s good! I really like Drivethru comics/rpg/etc. It’s nice to have a pay option for stuff I like and torrents are only as good as there are seeds.

By: THE BEAT » Blog Archive » Publishing news and notes: ONE PIECE is #1; Sevin Miles a Second; Comics AG

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:09:00 +0000

[...] Simon Jones reports that he’s ending the eroto-manga anthology magazine Comic AG with issue 110. Today’s publishing model made it more work than it was worth. Comic AG is still breaking [...]

By: Comics A.M. | The comics Internet in two minutes | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:21:36 +0000

[...] Publishing | North American erotic-manga company Icarus Publishing has announced it will end its Comic AG magazine next month with Issue 110. "Comic AG has, in my view, lost purpose by doing what it was supposed to do: it got our foot in the door of the comic industry," writes founder Simon Jones. "Publishing porn manga at the time we started, amid lower sales and the explosion of interest in the internet (and the Pandora’s box that unleashed), was very risky. We needed a product that was a great deal for readers, with a format that comic shops were familiar with and could take a chance on, but also be different enough to stand out from the crowd, and Comic AG was it." [Icarus Publishing] [...]

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:01:35 +0000

Thanks for all the kind words, everyone, and hope you guys had a good Thanksgiving. =)

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:01:06 +0000

Read Me is done and shipping. Obedient One will follow.

We’ve actually run into an unexpected problem with Maguro Teikoku’s Sister Summer. So Cheerful Eros Project may come out first.

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:59:13 +0000

Comic AG Digital will continue, and be around 100 pages. (1 more story than the print AG.) They will still be available for free, or for a nominal download fee via Drivethru Comics. There may be other options available soon…

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:56:25 +0000

I hope you didn’t spend more than 1 buck for it…

We still have a few of them. We give them out for free…