NEON ICHIBAN 2.5: The Next Chapter Continues

NEON ICHIBAN 2.5: The Next Chapter Continues

The best moments in comics have always been about connection.

Meeting your favorite creator. Getting a signature. Walking artist alley and discovering something unexpected. Talking with other fans about what you’re reading next.

Today, we’re bringing more of that experience into the digital world.

Just eight weeks after launching NEON ICHIBAN 2.0, we’re introducing our biggest update yet, built around helping fans read, collect, and connect in entirely new ways.

Welcome to the World’s First 24/7 Artist Alley

Commissionable Remarques make it possible to commission digital signatures and original sketches directly from participating creators.

No matter where you live, you’ll have new opportunities to connect with the creators behind the stories you love.

It’s a new way to celebrate comics and a new way for creators to engage with fans while earning from their work. Creators keep 70% of commission revenue, with payments flowing directly to them.

A Stronger Comics Community

Comics have always been powered by recommendations, conversations, and shared excitement.

NEON ICHIBAN 2.5 introduces community profiles, reviews, reading lists, and collections that make discovering your next favorite comic just as rewarding as reading it. (Check out cofounder David Steinberger's profle page here.)

Whether you’re sharing your latest discoveries or exploring someone else’s recommendations, we’re making it easier to connect around the stories that bring us together.

Better Discovery, Better Reading

We’ve also redesigned our series pages to help readers discover titles with greater confidence.

Single issues and collected editions are better organized, making it easier to jump into a series and continue your reading journey.

(Check out the Absolute Batman series page to see what we mean!)

More Ways to Read

NEON ICHIBAN 2.5 expands where you can enjoy your library.

The Android app is now available as a public beta, bringing the platform to even more readers.

Our Mac Desktop app is also entering alpha, with PDF support available first and CBR/CBZ support planned. Humble Bundle library? Kickstarter PDFs? DRM-Free PDFs from publishers not yet on Neon Ichiban? House this all under one roof.

Building the Future of Fandom

Everything we’re building comes back to one idea: bringing fans, creators, and publishers closer together.

NEON ICHIBAN was created to be more than a place to buy digital comics. We’re building the next evolution of digital comics, a place where reading, collecting, and connecting come together in one experience.

The next chapter continues.

And with 2.5, we’re taking another step toward the future of fandom.

With many thanks,

The Neon Ichiban Team