BlamPow

Make and read comics. Simple by design.

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BlamPow is a new kind of comics reading app. Peel back the layers of a comic to see sketches, inks, and every step in between. Creators can leave notes in the margins. Screen reader support and other accessibility features open comics to new readers. Built on AT Protocol, the network behind Bluesky, BlamPow lets creators bring their followers with them. Comics are stored in each creator's own account, so they always own their work.

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Gale 🔞

@greengale-ad.bsky.social · 3 days ago

Really solid app/site! Love seeing more tools that allow artists to publish comics. Wish there were more of a selection to read from, but that has more to do with the Small Community than it does the App Itself.

Sygnin

@sygnin.com · 4 days ago

Helped to beta test the app. At launch, it is a really nice app for webcomics. It is easy for creators to upload and share their work, while it also makes reading smooth and enjoyable for readers.

lion-byte (mark)

@lion-byte.com · 4 days ago

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Introducing BlamPowDigital comic apps have been glorified PDF readers for over a decade. You open a page, you swipe to the next one, and that's about it. BlamPow is something more. It's two things in one: a reading app where you can find and follow comics, and a place for creators to upload and manage their series, with analytics that show how many people read each chapter, how many made it to the end, and who their biggest fans are. On top of that, creators can add special features to their comics that a printed page can't hold. More on those below, but first, a story about DVDs. The Home Video Problem In the late '90s, the home movie industry had a problem. DVD players were expensive. Most people still had old tube TVs, and many of those only had a coax input. To hook up a DVD player you needed a little box called an RF modulator, and by the time the picture went through it, it didn't look much better than VHS. So how did the industry get consumers to give up their VHS collections and switch to DVDs? How did they convince people to rebuy a movie they already owned? By leaning into something VHS couldn't do. A DVD could hold far more than a tape, and studios filled the extra space with blooper reels, behind-the-scenes footage, deleted scenes, extended takes, featurettes and commentary tracks. The TV ads from those years hardly mentioned picture quality. They sold the special features. What Does This Have to Do with Comics? _A 1995 ad for Marvel Interactive CD-ROM Comic Books. © Marvel Characters, Inc. Art by Erik Larsen_ Comixology launched its comics app on the iPad on day one in 2010. It was smooth and polished, and its Guided View feature took you through a page panel-by-panel. It was a great reader. But people who bought print comics never fully switched, and the market is still split. Comixology wasn't even first. In 1995, Marvel released a line of CD-ROM comics with panel-by-panel reading, voice actors reading the issue, and interactive editor's notes that took you straight to read the back issues they mentioned. Over thirty years ago, digital comics already had bonus features. Then the industry mostly forgot about them. Physical comics aren't going anywhere. Nothing beats a shelf full of your favorite series that you can lend to a friend or give as a gift. Digital comics shouldn't try to replace that shelf. They should be their own thing, and use everything a screen can do that paper can't. Special Features Here's how we're using what Hollywood learned to do the same for comics. We've built BlamPow to be a community where readers can find new comics and fall back in love with their old favorites in a new way, and creators can add bonus features to their comics. Process Layers Every finished page started as a rough sketch and went through its own series of thumbnails, pencils, inks, flats and colors. On BlamPow, creators can upload each of those stages along with the finished page, and readers can switch between them while they read. You can see the sketch under the finished art, or watch a page come together one layer at a time. It's the comic version of a behind-the-scenes featurette. _From pencils to the finished page: Fray in the Veil by Nerdi Grey_ Annotations Think of these as the commentary track. Creators can pin notes anywhere on a page: the reference photo behind a background, a joke hidden in a sign, the panel that took six tries to get right. Readers tap a pin to read the note. If you'd rather read without them, one switch hides them all. _A creator's note on My Spare-Soliloquy by The Beebz_ Reading Lists Remember the friend who handed you a stack of comics and said "start with these"? Reading lists do the same thing. Put together a list of chapters, like a crossover in reading order, a starter pack for someone new to a genre, or your favorite runs. Keep it to yourself or make it public to share. Read It Your Way Comics should be for everyone! Accessibility is a main pillar that supports the entire BlamPow ecosystem. - Screen reader support: creators can add image descriptions to each page and panel, so the story can be read aloud, followed with assistive technology, or read as text. That helps readers who are blind or have low vision, dyslexic readers, autistic readers who find faces and body language hard to read, and anyone who takes in a story better through words. - Panel-by-panel reading: BlamPow takes you through a page one panel at a time, with transitions the creator chooses. - Motion settings: you can turn animations down or off completely. - Multilingual support: a chapter can be published in more than one language. Pick the languages you read, and your homepage shows comics in any of them. Even annotations and image descriptions can be written in each of a chapter's languages. - Comic books and Webtoons: we support vertical comics and traditional paged comic formats. _Hellhound by VampireAngel13 · The Hunter by Ann Arde_ Community Comics have always been social: arguing about storylines, swapping recommendations, complaining about artists missing their deadlines. BlamPow builds that in. - Likes and comments: let creators know which pages you loved, and talk about them with fellow readers. - See what your friends are reading: your homepage can have shelves of what people you follow are liking and reading. - Follow creators: keep up with the people whose work you love. - Subscribe to series: get notified the moment a new chapter of a series you like comes out, in the app or as a push notification. _Comments on Ghost at the Door by Shoona Browning_ Since BlamPow is built on the AT Protocol, the same open network behind Bluesky, your account and your follows come with you. You don't have to build a following from scratch. For Creators Publishing on BlamPow is meant to be the easy part. Upload a chapter, add its process layers, annotations and image descriptions if you want them, and it's ready for readers. Already publishing somewhere else? Our importers bring your series over from Webtoon Canvas, Tapas, ComicFury and GlobalComix, so you don't have to upload your back catalog one page at a time. Analytics show how each series and chapter is doing: readers, views, how many people finished each chapter, likes, comments, new subscribers, and the fans who keep coming back. Start Reading DVDs didn't win people over by convincing them the picture was sharper. They won by giving people more: more extras, more behind the scenes, more reasons to watch again. That's what we're building. BlamPow isn't here to replace your longboxes. It's a different way to discover comics, one where you can get to know a creator's process, read their notes in the margins, and share their work with friends. From there, order their printed collections, buy a t-shirt, request a commission, or just show your support with comments and likes. We're officially out of private beta today! It's early, so the shelves are still filling up, and not every comic uses every feature listed above, just yet. That's where you come in. Join us, help build a more inclusive and welcoming home for comic readers and creators, and find your next favorite comic along the way.Nov 8, 2026

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mike

@zerowave.at · today

Would be sick to see @alexisflower.bsky.social‘s comics on @blampow.com.

BitterOath

@bitteroath.bsky.social · today

Phew, now all pages up to Chapter 3 have been uploaded to BlamPow! Going forward, I'm going to wait until each chapter is finished before I add them to this mirror~ --- #webcomic #comicsky #fantasy blampow.app/princeling