Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about NEON ICHIBAN
Everything you need to know about NEON ICHIBAN
NEON ICHIBAN is the definitive digital comics and manga platform—a next-gen experience where fans don't just read, they can buy, sell, collect, and connect. The platform unites readers, creators, and publishers in a shared space of innovation, storytelling, and fandom.
NEON ICHIBAN is for anyone who loves comics and manga—whether you're a first-time reader, a lifelong collector, a creator, or a publisher looking to engage with a vibrant and empowered community.
NEON ICHIBAN has announced content deals with Dark Horse Comics, DC, DSTLRY, Kodansha, Marvel Comics, Oni Press, Vault Comics, with more on the way. New titles are added weekly, released the same day as print.
NEON ICHIBAN combines the best of digital convenience with the fan-driven thrill of comics collecting. NEON ICHIBAN brings you:
• Customers in Control: NEON ICHIBAN gives you seamless digital control—read your comics online or offline, and download a local copy when publisher-enabled.
• Signed & Sketched Collectibles: With participating publishers, readers can turn their owned digital issues into one-of-a-kind collectibles with digital signatures and remarques from top creators. These unique items can be treasured or resold with provenance intact.
• The Marketplace: Fans can buy and sell their NEON ICHIBAN digital comics and collectibles from participating publishers, adding tangible collectible value to digital purchases. Publishers and creators earn on every sale and resale.
Read instantly on our web-based reader or mobile app, or download PDFs from participating publishers. Our reader supports comic and manga formats, and is optimized for tablets, phones, and desktops. (Please note that any comics you download as PDFs will prevent you from reselling them in NEON ICHIBAN's Marketplace.)
New weekly frontlist comics, manga and graphic novels and backlist comics, collections and manga from major publishers.
Yes, it spans both comics and manga with support for left-to-right and right-to-left reading.
NEON ICHIBAN is currently a web-based collecting experience with web and native mobile app reading.
Yes, signing up is free. Users that sign up during our pre-launch period will receive a free collectible comic.
Participating publishers can allow their purchased digital comics to be downloaded as PDFs. (Please note that any comics you download as PDFs will prevent you from reselling them in NEON ICHIBAN's Marketplace.)
Downloadable titles are offered in several PDF formats, depending on publisher preferences. Publishers can choose from DRM-Free or non-printable PDFs (visibly or invisibly watermarked). Please note that any comics you download as PDFs will prevent you from reselling them in NEON ICHIBAN's Marketplace.
Yes. NEON ICHIBAN features many limited-edition comics with variant covers, sketch covers that can feature actual sketches, with our patent-pending Remarqued editions bringing the spirit of physical collecting to the digital space. Every resellable collectible includes authenticated provenance—providing ownership and Remarque history. Many new comics have variant editions for sale one week only.
Like any physical comic purchase, you are buying a license for personal use. Depending on publisher choice, you may also have license to resell your edition on the NEON ICHIBAN Marketplace, have the cover Remarqued (signed or sketched on), and/or download a local copy of the comic.
Yes. For those not in the know, same day as print releases are comics that are available to purchase digitally the same day as they are available in print at your local comics shop or bookstore. NEON ICHIBAN will also have an ever-increasing catalog of back-issues to fill in your collection.
You can list and resell your eligible digital comics through our marketplace. Creators/publishers earn a share of every resale—revolutionizing the digital comics economy.
No. At this time, accounts operate exclusively in platform currency, and earnings cannot be deposited to an external bank account. This option is available only to verified creators who have completed our verification process.
Yes, a 30% fee is split between NEON ICHIBAN and the publisher or creator. This is unique in the digital world: publishers and creators benefit from resales of their work.
Verified creators can digitally sign or sketch (remarque) editions of their comics offered by participating publishers. These collectibles are unique, verified, and can be resold with provenance, much like a signed physical book. Our Remarque technology is patent pending and exclusive to NEON ICHIBAN.
