Neon Ichiban unveils Patent-Pending Remarques and Commissionable Remarques
Following its successful late-summer debut, Neon Ichiban—the recently launched digital comics and manga platform—is announcing its first major post-launch innovation: Neon Ichiban Remarques. This patent-pending feature revolutionizes how fans connect with creators and how creators earn in the digital economy.
With Remarques, creators can sign and sketch directly onto digital comics, transforming each issue into a one-of-a-kind collectible authenticated by Neon Ichiban. Unlike traditional signatures, resold editions continue to generate royalties for participating rights holders such as creators or publishers—ensuring artists can share in the long-term value of their work while fans gain a personal connection to the comics they love.
How It Works:
- Fans show a QR code tied to an issue or volume in their Neon Ichiban library.
- Verified creators scan the code with their device and add a digital signature or sketch.
- The collectible is instantly authenticated, permanently tied to that edition with provenance of the signature or sketch on that date,
- Remarques can be resold in the marketplace—with royalties for each resale to rights holders
As part of today’s launch, Neon Ichiban is fulfilling its promise to early adopters: every fan who joined the pre-launch waitlist gets to pick a free digital collectible comic from a select group, which includes 350 unique Remarqued covers created by celebrated artists including Tula Lotay, Becky Cloonan, Natalie Andrewson, Joshua Hixson, Patrick Horvath, and more. These editions can be treasured as keepsakes or resold on the Neon Ichiban marketplace, ensuring early fans are part of both comics history and its future.
Building on this debut, Neon Ichiban will soon roll out Commissionable Remarques—a Cameo-style model for comics. Instead of requiring fans and creators to meet live, artists can accept signature and sketch requests on their own schedule, from anywhere in the world. For fans, it means global access to their favorite creators; for artists, Commissionable Remarques creates a new revenue stream where creators can set their own prices, work on their schedule, and connect without convention constraints.
Check out some examples below:
