Scribd Adds Comics From Marvel, IDW, And More To Digital Subscription Service

Scribd, the digital library and ebook and audio subscription service, today added more than 10 thousand comics to their digital library, and available with a regular Scribd subscription. The comics come from a variety of publishers, including Marvel, IDW/Top Shelf, Valiant, Boom! Studios, Dynamite, and Archie.

Scribd isn't the first company to attempt to apply the "Netflix model" to comics. Marvel itself has a digital comics subscription service, Marvel Unlimited, but the selection is, obviously, limited strictly to Marvel material.

Comparatively, ComicsFix offers access to a variety of smaller publishers, and also hosts Valiana and Dynamite series, but lacks support from bigger publishers like Marvel and IDW, and neither alternative offers access to a previously established library of ebooks and audiobooks.

It's always exciting to see comics finding new outlets, as it creates the opportunity to attract new readers and grow the industry as a whole. It will be interesting to see how the new comics initiative works out for Scribd going forward.