Tag Archives: librarypass

LibraryPass and Oni Press Announce Digital Access for Libraries and Schools Through Comics Plus

Posted on by
Oni Press and Lion Forge on Comics Plus

LibraryPass, Inc. has announced a distribution agreement with Oni Press to make its digital catalog available to libraries and schools  through Comics Plus, consolidating the existing backlist titles from Lion Forge Comics under one banner. With Comics Plus, readers can access thousands of digital comics,  graphic novels, and manga through their school or library, with unlimited simultaneous  access for online and offline reading.  

Founded in 1997, Oni Press has a 25-year history as one of the industry’s most respected  and acclaimed publishers of award-winning comic books and graphic novels with titles  including Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim, K. O’Neill’s Tea Dragon Society, Cullen Bunn  & Brian Hurtt’s The Sixth Gun, Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer, Ezra Claytan Daniels’  Upgrade Soul, Brenna Thummler’s Sheets trilogy, and many hundreds more. In 2019, Oni  Press merged with Lion Forge Comics – the Eisner Award-winning independent comic  book publisher founded by Academy Award-winning producer and entrepreneur David  Steward II – to create one of the largest, independent libraries of comics content anywhere  in media. The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group now exists as a publishing subsidiary of  Steward’s diversified global media company, Polarity. 

The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group publishes more than 60 original and licensed graphic  novels annually, in addition to an extensive list of periodical comics. Many notable titles  from Oni Press are already available on Comics Plus, like Action Journalism, Gender  Queer, No Ivy League, Puerto Rico Strong, Sheets, and Upgrade Soul, with more to be  added in the months ahead, including the complete Scott Pilgrim.

LibraryPass and Image partner for Digital Comic Access for Libraries through Comics Plus

Posted on by
Image and LibraryPass

LibraryPass, Inc. has announced a distribution agreement with Image Comics to make a range of titles from their digital catalog available to libraries and schools through Comics Plus. With Comics Plus, readers can access thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga through their school or library—with unlimited simultaneous access for online and offline reading.

Founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists, Image has since become the third largest comics publisher in the United States, publishing comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor, and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. It boasts multiple award nominations and wins across the Eisner Awards, Hugo Awards, Young Adult Library Association’s Great Graphic Novels for Teens, and many more.

Notable series from Image Comics now available on Comics Plus include Invincible, Kick- Ass, Monstress, Saga, and The Walking Dead, with more to be added in the months ahead.

LibraryPass and Yen Press Announce Digital Access for Libraries and Schools Through Comics Plus

Posted on by
Yen Press, Comics Plus

LibraryPass, Inc. has announced a distribution agreement with Yen Press to make a selection of their digital catalog available to libraries and schools through Comics Plus. With Comics Plus, readers can access thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga through their school or library—with unlimited simultaneous access for online and offline reading.

Yen Press will be adding more than 100 titles to Comics Plus, featuring dozens of original titles and popular licenses of interest to readers young and old.

Founded in 2006, Yen Press has quickly risen to become one of the largest and most prolific publishers of manga and original graphic novels in North America, including popular series like Kingdom Hearts, Maximum Ride, and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel. JY was founded as a middle-grade imprint in the fall of 2017 and includes the acclaimed Awkward and Brave graphic novels by Svetlana Chmakova, as well as brand new JY releases, such as Kyle’s Little Sister by BonHyung Jeong.

Asylum Press announces a new distribution partnership with LibraryPass’ ComicsPlus

Posted on by
Asylum Press

Asylum Press has announced a new distribution partnership with LibraryPass for its ComicsPlus platform which curates high-interest, immersive digital comics, graphic novels, and manga for K-12, Public, and Academic libraries. Their relationship kicks off with the new graphic novel title, Farmhouse, a thriller written by playwright Elizabeth J. Musgrave and illustrated by Szymon Kudranski.

Farmhouse is the story of a drifter named Sam Corneile who returns home to take a job at a local mental institution where he discovers a group of patients being exploited under an art therapy regimen. While there, he falls for Helen, a feisty but troubled woman who dares him to confront his past. This psychological thriller examines what lurks deep within the human mind, both sane and insane.

  • Farmhouse