If you haven’t been under a rock, you know about The Walking Dead and the huge success it’s had. If you are a reader of this site, you know we are huge fans of both the comic (by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard and Cliff Rathburn) and the TV show on AMC. That makes today your lucky day, as Volumes 1 – 11 are on sale for $6 per collection, a savings of 50%. Get over to comiXology and download these bad boys for 1/3 less than you would buy them in a store, and save the planet at the same time (less dead trees). Sale lasts through 11 pm EST March 8, 2011, so get your undead asses moving!

Marvel sets up some of their digital comics each Monday for a 99 cent sale. Get them while their hot. This week, it’s some of the Grant Morrison/Frank Quitely (All Star Superman) run on New X-Men, so you know you want to grab these babies. The eight comics on sale include two 3 issue stories, and a couple of one-offs. All in all, it’s worth your eight dollars.

Here’s this week’s happy joy fun load:

• New X-Men #114
• New X-Men #115
• New X-Men #116
• New X-Men #117
• New X-Men #118
• New X-Men #119
• New X-Men #120
• New X-Men #121

You know how frustrating it is to fire up any current comics app on the iPad or iPhone and browse through the “New” comics, only to find things that came out years and years ago? The revolution is now, comic publishers, and we want our current run issues on our electronic devices now. Here’s what we found in a quick review of titles that were “New” on February 9, 2011. This is a list of the ones that actually were new in print at the same time:

Deus Ex #1
Justice League Generation Lost #19

That’s out of a list of 30 “New” comics in the DC comic store, powered by comiXology.

Marvel has a total number of 42 comics listed in the February 15, 2011 “New” section in their own comiXology app. Not ONE of them is actually a current issue comparable to the print comics we can find in a comics store.

Let’s also notice that all these comics labeled “new” that are indeed NOT new are retailing for $1.99 to $2.99, depending on how old they actually are. Why would I buy a $3 comic from 2006 when I can spend the same amount in a comic shop getting the current stories from the artists and writers that I want?

The sad fact is that both of these major comic publishers have only chosen to dip their feet into the digital comics world. I’m betting they aren’t seeing much in the way of returns. I hope that doesn’t stop them from re-thinking their current issue practices. I understand that they want to charge $3 an issue. I’m ok with that. I’m willing to pay $3 an issue, but I want to be able to do it on my iPad or my computer. I don’t want my home to be full of plastic tubs full of printed comics anymore. I want the same comics that are available to my local comics shop to be available to me in my comics app. There will still be similar numbers of people buying paper comics, because they’re the collectors anyway. Let those of us who want to go digital actually. GO. DIGITAL.

‘Nuff said.

PLAYSTATION COMICS STORE UPDATE
2000AD Prog #1679
Archie #604
Atomic Robo Vol.3 #1
The Flying Friar #1
Garters & Ghouls #1
G.I. Joe #17
G.I. Joe: Operation HISS #3
The Immortal Iron Fist (2006) #15
The Immortal Iron Fist (2006) #16
The Immortal Iron Fist (2006) #17
The Immortal Iron Fist (2006) #18
The Immortal Iron Fist (2006) #19
The Immortal Iron Fist (2006) #20
The Immortal Iron Fist (2006) #21
The Lexian Chronicles #4
Sonic the Hedgehog #3
Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers #2
Transformers: Spotlight #20
Vampire Hunter D Volume 1 #6

IPHONE/IPAD/IPOD COMICS UPDATES
Avengers #71
Avengers #72
Avengers #73
Berserker #3
Berserker #4
Bloodrayne: Twin Blades #1
Ghost Rider #4 (of 6)
Ghost Rider #5 (of 6)
Ghost Rider #6 (of 6)
Hack/Slash: The Series #25
Hack/Slash: The Series #26
Hack/Slash: The Series #27
Hack/Slash: The Series #28
Helix #1
Last Blood #3
New X-Men #31
New X-Men #32
New X-Men #33
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle #4 (of 5)
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle #5 (of 5)
Stingers #2 (of 5)
The Boy Who Made Silence #5 (of 12)
The Boy Who Made Silence #6 (of 12)
Thor #1
Thor #2
Thor #3
Witchblade #86
Witchblade #87
Witchblade #88
Wolverine #1 (of 4)
Wolverine #2 (of 4)
Wolverine #3 (of 4)
Wolverine #4 (of 4)
Wolverine #41
Wolverine #42
Wolverine #43
Wolverine #44
X-Men #177
X-Men #178
X-Men #179

Thursday = Productivity at work is going to tank

New Series

• Uncanny X-Men #462 – 465
• American Terror: Volume 1
• BloodRayne: Plague of Dreams #1 – 3 (Complete Series)
• Ninja High School Vol. 2 #1 – 3
• Grimm Fairy Tales: The Piper #1
• HeadHunter #1 – 3 (Complete Series
• Last Blood: Volume 1

New issues from Marvel

• Daredevil #85 – 87
• The Incredible Hulk #91 – 95
• X-Men #171 – 174
• Fantastic Four #536 – 539

New Issues

• Midnight Kiss #4 – 5 (Complete Series)
• Breakdown #4 – 6

Thursday = More iPhone badassery than you can handle!

New Series

• Youngblood Volume #1
• Exclusive! Youngblood Volume 1 #s 1-4
• Daredevil #s 81-84
• Razorjack #s 1-2
• Public Enemy #s 0-3
• Stolen Suns #s 1-2
• The Complete Alice in Wonderland #1
• Comic Book Comics #s 0-2

New issues from Marvel

• The Incredible Hulk #s 87-90
• X-Men #s 168-170
• Fantastic Four #s 532-535

New Issues

• Jericho: Season 3 #2
• Spartacus #3
• Voltron Defender of the Universe Vol. 2 #12

It’s Thursday, and you know what that means! Gummy Bears! Oh, and also? Comixology releases a ton of new issues to your iPhone or iPod Touch. Also, don’t forget to download the latest Comics App, version 1.4, for a better comics reading experience.

New Series

• The Immortal Iron Fist #13-14
• Oz: The Manga #1-3
• Nexus: The Origin #1
• Black Vault #1
• Se7en: Gluttony #1
• Dragon Arms #1
• BloodRayne: Dark Soul #1
• Crozonia #1

New issues from Marvel

• The Incredible Hulk #s 82-86
• Runaways #s 10-12
• Teenage Wasteland: Conclusion!
• X-Men #s 165-167
• Hark How the Bells!
• New X-Men #s 28-30
• “NIMROD” Part 1 (of 4)
• 1001 Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad #3-4
• Grimm Fairy Tales #s 12-13

New Issues

• The Walking Dead #s 46-48
• Invincible #s 43-45
• The Blade of Kumori #s 4-5
• Impaler Vol. 2 #2
• Warlock #s 3-4

New Series

A ton of releases this week for Comixology. It’s like having a local comics shop in your iPhone or iPod Touch. Don’t get us started on how amazing this’ll be on the iPad! Here’s this week’s list.

• Eternals #s 1-7: Complete Series
• Fantastic Four #s 528-531
• The Unknown: The Devil Made Flesh #s 1-3
• Breakdown #s 1-6
• Final Destination #1
• BloodRayne: Seeds of Sin #1

New issues from Marvel

• X-Men #s 161-164
• New X-Men #s 25-27

New issues from Top Cow

• Hunter Killer #s 8-10
• The Darkness Vol. 1 #s 4-6
• Witchblade Vol. 1 #s 5-6
• Impaler Vol. 1 #s 4-6

Also new this week!

• JFH: Justice-For-Hire Season 1 Collected Edition
• Invincible #s 37-39
• Nightmares and Fairy Tales #5
• Sins of the Fallen: The Nightstalker #3
• The Chronicles of Dr. Herbert West #3

You know what a comic is, right? Images, words, etc. It’s fairly easy to get these comics online, especially if you’re a publisher. So, every Friday, we’re going to bring you a bunch of free issues that you can download or read online, legal and easy, right from the publishers’ own sites, blogs and popular series.

If you’re a comics creator, feel free to hit us with your own work and we’ll get it out to all our rabid fans. All three of them! Hah. So, here’s your first Free Comic Friday. This week? We’re focusing on free digital comics on the iPhone and iPod Touch:

Box 13

This one’s free on your iPhone, and you can read it online right from comixology’s site. There are currently nine issues in the queue, just waiting for you to download or click your way through.

Writer: David Gallaher
Art By: Steve Ellis
A reimagining of the popular radio serial, BOX 13 follows the harrowing adventures of author Dan Holiday as he unlocks clue to his past and his very identity.
Investigative author Dan Holiday has spent the last several years of his life researching the secrets behind the MKULTRA project. His latest book has brought him a degree of notoriety around the country and around the world. And, during his recent book tour – Dan discovers something that will change his life forever. Join him as he learns what lurks inside Box 13.

Bardo

Get a sneak 8-page look into this fascinating series named for a word that means literally “intermediate state” – also translated as “transitional state” or “in-between state.” The first issue is also available, for only $.99.