Marvel

Interesting move as Sony has announced today at GamesCom that the “biggest names in the comics world” will be downloadable through the PS3 and PSP in December.

Marvel is the first publisher to be announced that is supporting the effort but there will be other publishers announced “soon”.

Details of which comics will be available or pricing are still unannounced. The service will be available in North America and Europe.

At San Diego Comic Con, I asked some Marvel artists and writers if they thought Digital Comics was the future. I then specifically asked if we could see comics on the PSP, he looked a little stunned and then said he didn’t know. I wonder now if he did…

UPDATE: Here are more details straight from Sony:
The Digital library will include other partners such as IDW Publishing, iVerse media and others. There will also be graphic novels as well.

Comics will download from the Playstation store to the PSP to read page by page or frame by frame. You can either download multiple comics or one at a time at a wi-fi hotspot.

“PSP’s new digital reader offers an unprecedented consumer experience that will extend the world of Marvel from print pages into the hands of fans around the world. We are excited to be part of this launch,” said Ira Rubenstein, executive vice president, global digital media group, Marvel Entertainment.

The autoflow feature allows you to zoom in and move from frame to frame on each digital page.