The Ultimate List of DRM-free Bookshops

Jona or Jo is a comics artist based in so-called Toronto.

They are currently working on their first graphic novel funded by the Canada Council for the Arts while doing other small comics projects on the side.

They have worked in animation as a storyboard artist for Titmouse, Atomic, and others. Their comics have been exhibited at ShortBox Coomic Fairs.

Comix is a portfolio management tool, marketplace, crowdfunding and social place on the internet for Indie comic creators.

Founded in Australia in 2017, their mission is to become a thriving ecosystem for both creators and fans of Indie comics.

While based in Australia, Comix have a global outlook and welcome everyone from around the globe to their platform.

A Harvey Award Nominated cartoonist and Illustrator, Christine Larsen has created art for comics, book covers, stories, posters and websites; working with clients such as Dark Horse, Image, IDW, BOOM! Studios, Simon & Scheuster and Cartoon Network.  

An adjunct instructor at The University of the Arts, they teach courses in sequential art and comics.

Larsen resides in a heavily fortified North Philadelphia row home with their wee family and a sawed-off shotgun; patiently awaiting the zombie apocalypse.

Lies Within is created by Lacey, a lifelong vampire fan from a small town in Canada best known for a UFO crash in the sixties.

Lies Within is her first webcomic and draws inspiration from sources such as The Vampire Chronicles, Being Human, and the general vibe of early 00's supernatural TV shows.

Her Itch shop stocks compiled chapters of the websomic, along with altenate universe and mini comics.

Founded in the 90s, Fanatical is an UK-based bundle and gaming distributor.

As well as computer game keys, Fanatical stocks thousands of DRM-free ebook and comics through their bundle deals with leading and independent publishers.

You can even build your own bundles from a selection of themed titles.

Olivia Stephens is a graphic novelist, illustrator, and writer from the Pacific Northwest.

She earned her BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2017. She is the author of the middle-grade werewolf graphic novel Artie and the Wolf Moon (2021). She is also the creator of the romance webcomic Alone (on hiatus).

Currently, Olivia is working on Darlin’ and Her Other Names, a werewolf-western-horror-romance comic that she self-publishes online. For her work on Darlin’, Olivia has received an Ignatz Award, a Fellowship Award from Artist Trust, and residencies at Tin House, Mineral School, Storyknife, MacDowell, and Yaddo. When not drawing, she enjoys listening to torch songs and observing tree trunks.

Moose Kids Comics is a glorious 36-page, free to read, digital children’s comic.

It features over 40 of the best comic artists working today, from well-established heroes to newer talents from the indie and web scenes. Each contributing their own entirely original characters, exclusively for our comic.

No-one involved makes any profit, all artists have given their time for free.

Here in the U.K, mainstream children’s comics have been dying out, especially ones featuring original content. The Phoenix and The Beano are the only commercially available weekly titles still producing entirely original characters, but they are competing against big-name licensed titles based on TV shows or merchandising.

We want to help change things. We want to be creating the next generation of loveable characters for the world to embrace, all created by artists who retain their copyrights and put all their heart into their creations.

We want to remind both children and adults alike how fantastical and imaginative comics can be, and to help bring children’s comics back into the public consciousness.

Owen has a professional and educational background in architecture, and has spent the past ten years specialising in illustration, with his particular area of interest being architectural narrative. 

He is the author/illustrator of several graphic novels, including British Ice (Top Shelf Productions), Victory Point, The Hard Switch (Avery Hill Publishing), The Victory Motel, and Kiosk. The last two are available to buy digitally from this shop.

Owen lives in South London and is normally found drawing or exploring.

Joe Stone is a cartoonist and illustrator based in London.

As well as self-publishing his own work for over six years and appearing at various comic fairs, he’s run the WIP Comics group since 2017, was named as one of the Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ in 2019, organised two editions of the Hackney Comic + Zine Fair in 2019 and 2021, and has been featured in a variety of anthologies.

Created by AlePresser & K.B. Spangler, Side Quested, the free-to-read webcomic.

To get you started, and support the creators, you can buy the downloadable versions of the Prologue and Chapter 1 from their shop.

Jon Rosenberg is an award-winning cartoonist from Westchester, NY.

Jon is the creator of Scenes From a Multiverse, Goats and more.

Fodongo is a Free Culture, Indie Comics zine project edited and put together by Emiliano Carrasco “Jectoons” for Jectoons.net.

The aim of the project is two-fold: to support independent comic artists and to advocate for and normalize the free sharing of culture, in the form of comics.

Free Culture refers to cultural works that have been “freed” by their authors, so that those who experience the works can participate in them.

Artyom Trakhanov is Siberian comic artist in Serbia.

Work includes Undertow, Turncoat, The 7 Deadly Sins, First Knife, and the DUNE Zine.

Fieldmouse Press is a nonprofit publisher of comics and literature, based in Grass Valley, California.

Founded in 2019, Fieldmouse Press is committed to expanding the reach and appreciation of the comics arts. They are passionate about comics and their goal is to advance the medium through the publication of new and underrepresented voices.

Fieldmouse believe that comics should be a place for every story and every person.

Killtopia is a cyberpunk comic book universe created by author Dave Cook, and brought to life by an incredible line-up of artists, colourists, letterers and other collaborators.

Inspired by old school anime, Japanese action video games and more, Killtopia began with a five-book story arc that concluded in 2023. They're now expanding the universe of Neo Tokyo with sequels, anthologies, one-shots and more projects.

Scratch Comics was founded in April 2022 by Publisher and EIC Shane Chebsey.

Scratch Comics works with creators from every part of the comic industry and beyond to produce high quality comic books and graphic novels. It's important to Scratch that they work with both experienced professionals as well as new emerging artists and writers from all walks of life to provide newcomers with the opportunity to get their work published and be paid fairly.

Scratch is the home of crime series Hedrek, horror series Dracula The Return, and Claudia Christian's Dark Legacies sci-fi series.

Based in Canada's Rocky Mountains, Renegade Arts Entertainment publish comic books, graphic novels and audio books.

Their stories are from new voices as well as the very best of Canadian and international storytellers, and include horror, fantasy, adventure, gothic, drama, and titles for young readers. A stunningly wide range of comics, that also includes handy bundles!

Elaine M. Will is a cartoonist and illustrator from the wilds of Canada.

Elaine has been drawing since she could hold a pencil, and has been drawing comic books since she was 5, and is most well-known as the author of Look Straight Ahead, a graphic novel about a teen boy's struggle with mental illness. The book was very well received, and was nominated for a Joe Shuster Award in 2011. It was also the recipient of a 2012 Xeric Award, from the final grant cycle.

Elaine's comics work has also appeared in the anthologies Chilly Tales, Then It Was Dark, Bottoms Up, Built On Strange Ground, CORPUS, and Through The Labyrinths Of The Mind. Her illustration work has appeared in Broken Pencil, Verb, The Feathertale Review, Blunderbuss, This Magazine, and the Review of Journalism.

Elaine is currently making a graphic novel called The Last Band On Earth, about a noise rock band trapped in a semi-post-apocalyptic city run by demons (this may or may not be a thinly-veiled metaphor for depression).

Silver Sprocket is an independent publisher championing socially conscious and independently produced comic books, graphic novels, and related arts.

Originally a punk music label, Silver Sprocket transitioned to publishing comics in 2016. Since then, they've built a home for original, artist-owned work, including Your Black Friend and Other Strangers by Ben Passmore, Catboy by Benji Nate, Be Kind, My Neighbor by Yugo Limbo, and American Cult edited by Robyn Chapman.

Quindrie Press is an award-winning independent comics publisher based in Edinburgh, Scotland, founded by comic creator Eve Greenwood in 2020.

Quindrie Press' focus is to provide creators with the opportunity to publish passion project comics that haven’t found their home anywhere else. They have a particular interest in helping marginalised and upcoming creators to publish their work.

Each month Quindire donate a portion of their PDF sales to a different charity or organisation dedicated to supporting marginalised communities in Scotland.

Black Josei Press is an award-winning indie comic book publishing company focused on celebrating comics by and for people of color from marginalized genders and sexualities.

Black Josei Press is heavily inspired by josei manga and primarily publishes comics for adults, but also have comics for all ages. They hope to change the comic landscape for the better by providing a space for creators like them to tell their stories.

Founded in 2018, Black Josei Press are based in Miami on the traditional land of the Tequesta, Seminole, and Taíno.

Time Bomb Comics Ltd is an award-winning comic publisher based in Birmingham, United Kingdom, and have been been telling great stories since 2007.

They're the home of Quantum, Brawler, Stephenson's Robot, Flintlock, Harker, and the much-loved Spectrum comic, based on many of Gerry Anderson's television series'.

tRaum Books is a queer micro press, publishing authors from around the world.

Their aim is to highlight trans and queer narratives and unusual narrative structures, through novels, novellas, short story collections, poetry, art books, mixed media and graphic novels.

They do not accept or use any AI-generated text or art for our books or covers.

Novae is a historical romance web & downloadable comic with a touch magic and a dash of astronomy.

By Jen and Kate, also known as Kaiju, the series chronicles the adventures of Sulvain, a sweet tempered necromancer and Raziol, a passionate 17th century astronomer. A connection forms between them and their relationship blooms, however when the body of a fellow astronomer is found on the steps of the Academy of Sciences, their lives are entangled in ways they could never foresee.

A gentle romance full of drama and adventure with moments that both tear and heal the heart.

Comic artist, Salgood Sam aka Max Douglas, grew up in downtown Toronto and now lives in Montreal with three cats and his wife.

Stories rendered in Ink wash and line are Sam's primary modes of expression, but he also uses a lot of pixels too. He dabbles in AV, digital photography and other things as well. Favourite themes include urban life, science & nature, theatre & dance, fantasy & sci fi, social issues & psychology, technology & engineering. And things he has not thought of doing before.

Past notable clients include IDW, Marvel Entertainment, DC Comics, Scholastic, and many more.

Dee-Zee Publications is the home of Dan Butcher's digital comics.

As well as the Vanguard webcomic, Dan also created Vyper. Vyper is a comic inspired by synthwave music and 80's movies and tv-series. Set in 1985 Los-Angeles, Vyper follows the adventures of Sloane Vyperini, a federal agent tasked with driving high-tech pacification vehicle codenamed: VYPER.

Rather than any Knight Rider comparisons, this is more like Street Hawk on four wheels!

Scout Comics' mission is to guide you through the vast world of multimedia, discovering exceptional talent and epic stories that will inspire you to explore.

Scout Comics develop and publish creator-owned comics. By consistently bringing exciting new, talented voices and their Intellectual Property to market, they've established themselves as a pipeline to major studios and producers for some the of best new characters, ripe for development in TV, Film, Digital, Mobile, VR, and video games.

Charsiew Space (Benjamin Chee) makes pixels and comics.

Their gorgeous pixellated illustration style lends itself to wonderful dynamic coics and RPG art.

Gary Maloney is a comic writer, editor, and occasional columnist.

Gary's credits include as Writer on LENS, TURNING ROADS, MIXTAPE, THE AGENCY CASE FILES, and as Editor on DOWN BELOW & FRACTURED REALMS. He's also a contributor to the comic industry magazine, PanelxPanel.

You can find most of Gary's writing in books from Limit Break Comics, but other titles are available to buy direct or download for free from his own shop.

Tony McMillen makes comic books as well as some books without pictures too.

He’s behind the heavy metal horror novel An Augmented Fourth published by Word Horde, the sci-fi fantasy graphic novel Lumen and now Serious Creatures; his comic book series about a teenage special fx artist working in Hollywood, riding the wave of practical effects that carried the blockbuster movie industry of the 70s, 80s and 90s.

Hivemill is Hiveworks' official store.

It features ebooks, books, prints, t-shirts and other merchandise designed by their talented members. Hiveworks is a creator-owned comics and graphic novel publisher focused on free to read webcomics. They publish comics like SMBC, Stand Still Stay Silent, Sister Claire and Namesake.

GlobalComix is a digital comic reading and distribution platform that helps creators and publishers share and sell their comics, license them globally, and understand their readers on a deeper level.

As well as their excellent online reading service, GlobalComix also allow creators to sell complete books direct as PDF downloads.

GlobalComix host individual creators and indie publishers, such as TopCow, Image, Heavy Metal, TKO Studios, Valiant, Mad Cave Studios, and many more!

Many computer games at the digital game retailer, GOG, come with downloadable extras.

These vary from game to game, but usually include PDF manuals, booklets, maps, artbooks, tip sheets, and much more.

Keep track of your copatible GOG extras at Libreture!

Kyle Starks is a two-time Eisner nominated comic creator from Southern Indiana, USA.

Kyle is likely best known as the longest tenured writer and occasional artist for Oni Press RICK AND MORTY comic. He was nominated for Eisners for Sexcastle and Rock Candy Mountain for best humor publication.

A comic artist and illustrator based in Bristol, UK, Joe creates enchanting comics.

With a limited range at the moment, you can currently buy A Seed Named Hope, Digby Is A Wizard, and Losing Sleep, all at a price of your choice.

ShortBox Comics Fair is a unique and innovative digital comics fair, where every exhibiting artist debuts a brand-new comic!

Opening again in October 2023!

The aim of the fair is to serve as both a creative impetus for artists to make something new, and to deliver an exciting array of fresh, independent comics, all gathered in one place.

ShortBox Comics Fair is an accessible, comics-focused event: artists and comics readers can participate from anywhere in the world (no travel, no con-crud, no lugging suitcases full of comics back and forth!).

The fair takes place annually throughout October. Exhibiting artists retain full ownership/rights of their comics and receive 100% of sales (minus payment processing fees).

Dauntless Stories strive to live up to their motto: "Be Brave. Be bold. Be DAUNTLESS!"

Dauntless is not just an ordinary comics publisher, but a STORIES publisher. They bring you books in all new formats that make it easy for new readers to find their kind of story. At the forefront of all their stories is the graphic novella! These are 50-96 page full length standalone stories packed with a series of extras including page layouts, break-downs, and more.

Since 2016, J-Novel Club has been releasing some of the best light novel content Japan has to offer.

As well as their existing streaming Manga content and light novels, J-Novel Club now sell complete DRM-free manga.

Their Premium ebooks are EPUB3 ebooks only available for purchase directly through their website. These ebooks have higher quality images than the ones you can download on other stores, and you can convert them to other formats and save them to any device you own. They are not available anywhere else, and also usually have bonus content, like special illustrations, translator notes sections, extra short stories, or textless illustrations, depending on the title and availability.

Star Fruit Books is a US-based manga publisher.

With over twenty titles in stock from a huge range of authors, and more arriving all the time, Star Fruit are a growing English language shop in a massively popular industry. They also provide a way for manga fans to suggest titles they'd like to see stocked.

Gustaffo Vargas is a Peruvian comic book artist and writer based in Edinburgh, UK.​

He enjoys working on all kinds of stories, especially science fiction, fantasy and horror. Besides producing sequential comic art he also does illustration art, such as comic covers, pin-ups, editorial art. He also works on character, creature and set designs.

Since 2017 he’s been self-publishing his Peruvian Cyberpunk comics PUNO, MANU, L1MA & TRUJILLO. Where he explores Pre-Columbian culture & southamerican societies, artificial intelligence and cybernetics in dystopian worlds. MANU won the 2019 Best UK Independent Comic of the Year. He’s working on his fifth Peruvian Cyberpunk book: PILCUYO. He’s a member of the SkrawlLordz.

Writer and artist Edward Ficklin (he/him) focuses on illustration and visual storytelling using traditional media. He loves exploring the many facets of gay identity and representation in his stories and images.

His comics have been published by Snowyworks/Indie Comix Dispatch, Outlet Comics, and true to his queer indie heart, himself. His paintings appear in volumes 5 and 6 of the Doable Guys annual anthology, Raw Meat Collective’s Shower with Affection, vol 2, and and various DIY shows in the NYC area.

He lives and works on the unceded Lenape territory now called New York City.

NSFW

Based in Scotland and founded in 2015 by Simon Birks & Marielle Bouleau, Blue Fox Comics has rapidly grown to become a publisher of distinct, high-quality, character driven genre comics.

From slice of life, through sci-fi, fantasy and horror, they have titles to suit everyone of all ages.

Blue Fox also run a comic subscription service, including a monthly digital tier.

Vault publishes original, creator-owned science fiction, fantasy, and horror comics and graphic novels, from both emerging and established creators.

Founded in 2016 by Damian Wassel (CEO), Adrian Wassel (CCO), Nathan Gooden (Art Director), and Damian Wassel, Sr. (Co-founder), Vault is a closely-held privately-owned company. Vault is home to Alien Bounty Hunter, Heathen, Money Shot, These Savage Shores, and many more...

AfterLight Comics is an independent horror comic publisher based in Wales. Established by writer Joseph Oliveira in 2018.

They've published over 25 horror comics including the folk-horror series Wendigo Wood, supernatural horror Ghost Island, psychological horror Stay Awake, Rise of the Goatman and more...

They hold the candlelight for all of your horror comic reading needs.

AfterLight have also funded and fulfilled 25 Kickstarters to date!

Limit Break Comics is a comic collective that planted its roots in Dublin.

Its members include: Paul Carroll, Gareth Luby, Gary Moloney and Seamus Kavanagh. The group specialises in genre fiction comics.

As a collective, Limit Break engages in programming at events, crowdfunding campaigns, and the publishing of comics. It was awarded Best Publisher in the 2021 ICN Awards, and nominated as Best Publisher in the European Science Fiction Society Hall of Fame Awards in 2023.

Its titles include Meouch from Gareth Luby and Paul Carroll, and the anthologies Mixtape, Plexus and Life & Death from writers Gary Moloney and Paul Carroll in collaboration with creators from around the globe.

Kyle is an illustrator, production designer and background painter working in advertising and animation.

His own comics for sale include The Hamburger Prince, and the two volumes of RPG Friends.

Kyle lives in Brooklyn, NY with his two sweet and beautiful cats.

Kaiten Books is a localization and publishing company driven to bring the best manga Japan has to offer to the English-speaking fans of the world!

The name is based off the famous sushi-go-round restaurants in Japan (called “kaiten-zushi”) and Kaiten's goal is to bring you as much variety in their releases as you would find on the menu in the finest Tokyo sushi bars.

The founders of Kaiten started the company as fans of manga. Now, they passionately work alongside the most premium talents in the localization industry to make sure each release is the highest quality it can be.

Tim Bird a cartoonist living in south London.

Tim has published a number of comics through Avery Hill Publishing as well as creating self-published zines and contributed work to a diverse range of anthologies. In his comics, Tim is interested in exploring the history, mythology and memories contained within the landscapes that surround him.

Winner Best Comic at the 2015 British Comic Awards for Grey Area – From The City To The Sea.

Sarah Gordon is an artist and printmaker living in the sprawling beast that is London. She spends a lot of time making comics.

The Guardian once dubbed Sarah's work ‘disturbing’. ;)

"This book is just soooooooooooo good!I have taken it upon myself to brand Sarah Gordon's folk horror comics as the new sub-genre of Graphic Melancholy." - Review of Vicious Creatures - Andy Oliver at Broken Frontier

Wendy Xu is the co-creator of MOONCAKES and the creator of TIDESONG!

Wendy's work has been featured on Catapult, Barnes & Noble Sci-fi/Fantasy Blog, and Tor.com, among other places.

The horror comics of artist Douglas Noble.

Making comics of unfriendly romance and geographic terror.

A Pocket Chiller sees new nightmares and strange visions from a world next to yours. Who can say what will be next?

A collection of horror comics by Douglas Noble, Chris Reynolds, Claire Napier, Mark Stafford, Fraser Geesin, Robert Wells, and more...

Also available to buy at Itch.io.

A selection of digital works by critically-acclaimed creator, Jamie Me.

Hailing from Leeds, UK, Jamie is the creator of the Queen, START AGAIN and IRL comic books, as well as co-creator of Fabled Four!

Discover a new comic universe today!

Colin Craker is a comic artist, illustrator, and writer from Ireland.

Colin's art often revolves around character design, poster design, or sequential comic book art. And he has a deep love for everything comic books. Colin is the creator of The Agency Case Files series of comics.

Jennie (aka. Comicatrix) is a Swedish-born, UK-dwelling comic creator who loves handling traditional media such as watercolour, gouache, ink and pencil.

She's currently working full-time in the indie-comic scene. Some of her own series' include Skal, and By Man & Angels.

THE SOLAR GRID is an ambitious graphic novel by Ganzeer that explores the relationship between industrialism, enviornmentalism, colonialism, and race-relations on a spacefaring scale.

“The Solar Grid is an exhilarating and important slab of sci-fi comix.”

How can a comic be as much of a surprise to the artists making it as it is to its readers?

What they did: 3 artists. They each choose 8 random subjects. Mix them all up and take back 8 per artist. They each write a story in secret that must include all 8 no matter what they are... The artists are randomly assigned each other's stories to illustrate.

They work in isolation and no one sees the results until completed. Now, we see it too. Our Idiot Corpse.

BuySmallPress is an online comic selling platform.

This UK-based business hosts over 80 individual shops run by comic creators and small publishers, and started hosting digital comics in November 2020.

"Every product is sold via the publisher themselves. By purchasing from this site you are helping small and independent press grow and support your favourite creators at the same time."

The best way to discover comics through the site may be to browse the Store listings.

Outland Entertainment is a publisher, located in Kansas City, Missouri, with a focus in fiction, comics, original graphic novels, and games.

Beginning in 2008 as a creative services house, they decided to take all their years of experience developing projects for clients and plunged into publishing their own books and games in 2014. With a deep passion for trans-media, the majority of thir projects are planned to be released in different media, comics, graphic novels, games, and fiction as well.

The Cloudscape Comics Society is a non-profit comics organization based in British Columbia dedicated to publishing BC graphic novels and fostering the local comics community.

As a far-reaching charity, Cloudscape has published over 25 graphic novels and anthologies, spearheaded comic book classes and workshops for the public, run special events and talks on the medium, created public artworks, and run numerous other activities that engage the public within the fascinating world of comics.

Artyom Trakhanov is a Siberian-born artist residing in St. Petersburg.

After his North American comics debut with Image's Undertow, Artyom worked on titles like Turncoat and The 7 Deadly Sins.

Artyom spends his nonexistent free time on SLAVIC NIHILISM, a creator-owned anthology that's published both in Russian and English.

Phillip Sevy began his comics career with "Heartless Dark" a weekly webcomic he wrote, penciled, inked, and colored.

At its conclusion, Phillip attended the Savannah College of Art and Design where he got his MFA in Sequential Art. He was named a runner-up in the 2014 Top Cow Talent Hunt competition.

For Top Cow, he’s drawn The Freeze, Magdalena, Athena IX, Poseidon IX, The Tithe vol 2 as well as contributing to Witchblade 185 (the final issue of the landmark series).

Phillip is most known for his work on Dark Horse’s Tomb Raider series, which he’s drawn 16 issues of.

Phillip's 'Fight SZine' Oneshot, a silent comic that is one giant, sweeping, and epic fight scene, is available from his Gumroad shop, in either standard (free) or hi-rez (paid) PDF format

Comic book writer, Mario Candelaria, sells a limited selection of comics from his own Gumroad shop.

The most popular recent title is Tales from the Pandemic, written by Mario and illustrated by a range of artists.

Jules is a comic artist based in Glasgow.

Over the last few years Jules have illustrated a few books in the graphic history series from icon books, most notably Queer: A Graphic History and Gender: A Graphic guide, written by Dr. Meg-John Barker. These books are available online and in all good book stores. Sexuality: A Graphic guide launched in late 2020.

Panel Syndicate hosts DRM-free digital comics directly from creators to readers around the world, for whatever the hell they want to pay.

Panel Syndicate was founded in 2013 by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artists Marcos Martin and Muntsa Vicente to publish and distribute their creator-owned comic THE PRIVATE EYE, a forward-looking mystery whose success allowed them to open up the site to new series by different creators:

Creators keep all the rights to their series and you can download each and every one of our oversized issues, for any price you think is fair. 100% of your payments go directly into the greedy mitts of the authors and will help fund the rest of these stories that we're very proud to present, so thanks for reading...

Wizard Zines by Julia Evans in a fantastic resource for programming, computing, and web tips!

Created as wonderfully illustrated printable comic books, Julia's titles are amazingly useful, and should be kept to hand by anyone who needs quick & easy IT reference material.

Bit Size Bash looks very handy!

Founded by Zainab Akhtar, ShortBox is a quarterly, independent comics box with a unique difference: they publish all our own comics.

Self-published, small press and independent comics continue to invigorate the medium and keep readers and publishers passionately invested. Intrinsically, the ShortBox sensibility is simply to publish fresh, interesting work, and to spotlight excellent artists around the world.

Their digital shop only stocks a few itmes, but are well worth owning.

Mira Ong Chua is the artist behind the popular My Very First Vampire Blood Drive comic series.

A director and story artist working on TV animation and making comics with a focus on queer romance, over-the-top humor and fantastical, dramatic themes, Mira is known for their F/F graphic novel ROADQUEEN: Eternal Roadtrip to Love. Their next work, Goodbye, Battle Princess Peony, will be released in 2021.

Queerwebcomic.com is a new small comics publisher located in Finland.

No worries though, their comics are in English.

As QueerWebComics say:

"Have you noticed that every time you criticize a media for not having enough queer characters, a douchebag comes in and says "Why don't YOU do it better then?" Hence, now we do it."

"Say goodbye to the Dead Gays -trope and welcome to the Queerwebcomic.com shop where there's so many queer characters, it'd be impossible to kill them all off!"

Creating great comics everyone can enjoy. From homespun heroes, to vegan vampires, we've got your comic cravings covered!

The online shop opened in 2014, and all their comics seem to be available in digital formats. Their books cover an eclectic range of stories and styles, but always interesting.

Well worth a look!

Irodori Comics localizes and publishes Japanese doujinshi for fans around the world to enjoy.

Doujinshi are self-published "indie" works, and as such, Irodori work directly with artists in order to produce localizations that are true to their original vision.This means giving works an authentic translation that keeps the nuance, and inserting hand-drawn sound effects that feel organic to the original artwork. By doing so, Irodori hope to expand Japanese doujinshi artists' reach by providing all of their fans an opportunity to support them directly whilst promoting the collaborative spirit of doujinshi culture across the world!

Comics are sold in high quality PDF format of 3200px or 2400px height.

Avery Hill is a comic publisher based in London.

They help aspiring creators reach their potential and are home to the geniuses that the mainstream has yet to recognise.

Their canon includes psychogeographical mappings, eco-anarchist wizards, boat-shaped coffins, an all-female/non-binary construction crew (in space), a bad canine named Greasy, and much more.

Avery Hill recently opened a Gumroad shop that now stocks their collection of comics.

Get My Comics sell both physical and digital comics as well as the popular comic magazine, ComicScene.

Whether you are an avid follower of a couple of titles, or 50… if you love variant covers, or hate them… if you ever wondered how the hell you’re supposed to get all the parts in a crossover story when you only pick up one title from it… this site is for you.

Not all comics are available in digital format.

Based in Portland, OR, USA, Groupees transforms the distribution of digital media entertainment into a fun, social and exciting experience.

Groupees is a unique online and mobile platform for distribution of digital media, including comics and ebooks, with real-time social features so users can share their passions with like-minded people from around the world. Especially interesting are their e-book and comic bundles.

Power & Magic Press is an independent comics publisher in Portland, OR.

Our mission is the creative and economic empowerment of queer creators, creators of color, and creators at the intersections. The driving force behind P&M Press is Joamette Gil, a queer Afro-Cuban cartoonist and editor of the award-winning POWER & MAGIC: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology.

eManga is Digital Manga, Inc.'s own one stop online shop for manga, originally established back in 2008.

Providing manga via online streaming and a variety of downloadable formats, in 2018, eManga merged with DMI's print store - Akadot - to house everything in one place.

They stock a multitude of genres, from Action to Seinen, Mainstream, Slice of life, Drama, Romance and many more. Their library includes titles from Digital Manga's most popular imprints, as well as partnered publishers like Tezuka Productions, Media Factory and SoftBank Creative (Harlequin Romance manga). They also carry their own DMG imprint, which are series' localized by fans for fans.

Kickstarter helps artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, and other creators find the resources and support they need to make their ideas a reality.

To date, tens of thousands of creative projects — big and small — have come to life with the support of the Kickstarter community.

A huge number of Kickstarter rewards include e-books, either as the main project outcome, or as a side-pledge for backers. Most are DRM-free.

Check specific book formats in the reward details before pledging.

itch.io is an open marketplace for independent digital creators with a focus on independent video games.

It’s a platform that enables anyone to sell the content they've created. itch.io is also a collection of some of the most unique, interesting, and independent creations you'll find on the web. We're not your typical digital storefront, with a wide range of both paid and free content, we encourage you to look around and see what you find.

The digital books sold on Itch.io are usually related to games development, games culture or or specific areas of game-related sub-culture. Enjoy!

E-books are available in a variety of formats, so check the individual product before buying.

We publish comics celebrating upcoming creators and diverse voices.

We're dedicated to transparency, and helping build a supportive and kind comics community. You can find us at most major Ontario conventions, and at our social events in Toronto!

Since our founding in 2014, we’ve sold over 8,000 books and raised over $90,000 on Kickstarter. We’ve been nominated for the Gene Day Award for excellence in self-publishing in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, and were also nominated for the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Associations Aurora Award in 2016.

Argyll Productions are a small press publisher based in Dallas, Texas, in the US who publish Science Fiction from the Margins.

We’re LGBTQ owned and operated, and since 2007 we have been publishing stories with queer characters for the furry community. Now we’re looking to bring our stories to the broader speculative fiction community and to find great works from anyone whose voices have been underrepresented in fiction.

Argyll also publish and sell comics.

Iron Circus Comics is Chicago’s largest alternative comics publisher.

Owned and operated by C. Spike Trotman, Iron Circus was founded in the spring of 2007 to publish strange and amazing comics, amplifying unheard and unique voices, and giving creators a fair deal.

A multi-award winning speculative fiction publisher based in Australia.

Coeur de Lion's works have won:

• 3 Aurealis Awards,
• 2 Ditmars,
• a Sir Julius Vogel Award
• and a World Fantasy Award.

In 2014, they launched the free Dimension6 magazine, which

features the best new stories from established authors and fresh voices from Australia and overseas.

The Italian comic creation and shop site, Comics Fu, is currently in its pilot stage, but looks very promising for both comic readers and creators.

A platform which enables authors to distribute their digital comics directly to readers.

Creators set the price for their work, and get their own shop page. The site automaticaly generates multiple formats from uploaded files to suit every reader, and takes a fee from each transaction.

While it's currently in Italian, the founders have expressed their desire to support more languages. Keep an eye on the full launch of Comics Fu for some great deals.

Comics are available in both high and low quality formats.

Dynamite's CEO and Publisher, Nick Barrucci explains that:

"Expanding into DRM-free content, made available directly to consumers from our website, is simply giving the consumers the option for what they want and how they want it, and continues to reach out to a non-traditional comic-reading audience."

Dynamite have a massive selection of comics. From Battlestar Galactica: Zarek to Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, there's a range and depth to their collection. I'm going to dive into the Pathfinder titles and maybe some Bob's Burgers.

A part of OneBookshelf, DriveThru provide a number of online shops for digital comics, RPGs, fiction and card games.

Their comic shop is another place where the comic-hungry fan can discover titles from their favourite publishers. From 2000AD to White Wolf, there's plenty from across the genre spectrum, all in DRM-free PDF format.

If you can't find your comic anywhere else, try DriveThruComics.

The British comic book publisher, 2000AD have been providing DRM-free versions of their comics since 2007.

A great alternative to online comic services that don't let you download what you've bought. Along with the Rebellion bookshop they have your Dredd covered.

The Internet Archive offers over 12,000,000 freely downloadable books and texts.

There is also a collection of 550,000 modern eBooks that may be borrowed by anyone with a free archive.org account.

Lulu is a self-publishing and printing platform.

"We are passionate about providing a remarkable experience for you to tell stories, share knowledge and fulfill your creative potential."

With only a few titles for sale, Hex Publishers made a name for themselves with their CyberWorld anthology.

"Hex Publishers is an independent publishing house proudly specializing in genre fiction: horror, science fiction, crime, dark fantasy, comics, and any other form that explores the imagination. Founded by writers, Hex values both the author and the reader, with an emphasis on quality, diversity, and voices often overlooked by the mainstream."

Hex also publish WORDS Zine, a free monthly fiction magazine.

They also sell bundles that include soundtracks and paperback/hardback + e-book combinations.

Regular DRM-free ebook, digital comic, and graphic novel bundles.

Humble are generaly known for their computer game bundles, but since digital files are digital files, they've moved into the ebook space.

Their regular bundles are usually themed around a particular topic, and charge a Pay What You Want model. There is usually a considerable discount of a few hundred pounds in buying a bundle over purchasing each book individually. Sometimes the bundle will be the only way to buy a DRM-free copy of a particular title.