About Comicwell

What Comicwell publishes

Comicwell has seven original comic series, and five of them also have a novel. Two of the comics, A Debt of Foxes and A Debt of Dragons, are manhwa-style (see what is manhwa?).

Romantasy

• A Debt of Foxes: the only living clerk in an office of the dead, and her surety, a fox with perfect manners. Drawn from tales by Pu Songling, Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.
• A Debt of Dragons: a ferrywoman pulls an arrow from a golden carp and finds a dragon prince bound to her lamp. Also drawn from Pu Songling.
• The Rainbound City: the Legend of the White Snake, retold in present-day Seattle.
• The Unquiet City: a modern ghost story about a San Francisco contractor bound to a ghost who died in the 1870s.

Kung fu and martial arts

• The Forgotten Arts: the last master of Origin Gate, a hidden house of the old martial arts, wakes in a modern city.
• Redwood Gate: twelve-year-old Kai Lin is one of 24 kids competing for three places at a martial academy hidden among the redwoods.

Mystery and romance

• Judge Bao: investigator Zach Zane needs outlaw hacker Bianca Yates to get him into a contractor portal before another witness dies, while Director Bennett Bao’s new Public Integrity Unit follows a trail of bribes that leads to Simon Chen, a mayoral candidate.

The novels are the books behind the comics, and you read them chapter by chapter: A Debt of Foxes, A Debt of Dragons, The Forgotten Arts, What the Rain Cannot Hold (The Rainbound City) and The Dead Must Be Disclosed (The Unquiet City). See them all on the novels page, or browse comics and novels by genre: romantasy or kung fu and martial arts.

How reading works

The first 20 chapters of every comic and the first 10 chapters of each novel are free, and you don’t need an account to read them.

To read further, sign in on comicwell.com with Apple, Google or Microsoft. You can then buy coins and spend them to unlock chapters, or subscribe to Comicwell Unlimited, a monthly plan that opens every chapter of every series, every story path and every book. You can also buy a novel once as a whole book, which opens every chapter and lets you download the ebook. Current prices are on the coins page.

There are no ads.

Interactive stories

Your Story is Comicwell’s interactive comics: at key moments you pick what happens next, and your choices lead to different endings, including a secret one.

Each story’s main path is free to the end, and other paths open with coins or with Unlimited. The stories so far are The Last Night at Origin Gate, where you play Shen Mo (The Forgotten Arts); Lessons in Table Manners and A Hundred Paces (A Debt of Foxes); How to Pole a Boat (A Debt of Dragons); and The Last Free Sample (The Unquiet City). Each one starts from its series page.

Legends guides

The Legends guides explain the Chinese legends behind several Comicwell stories: where each legend comes from, how it changed over the centuries, and which comics and novels it inspired. Topics include the nine-tailed fox, the White Snake, wuxia and xianxia, Pu Songling’s Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Chinese ghost stories and the Dragon King.

Who it’s for

Comicwell is for readers 16 and over, because some stories show fights, ghosts and grown-up themes. The first time you open a chapter or a story, a notice asks you to confirm that you are 16 or older.

Questions

Is Comicwell free?

The first 20 chapters of every comic are free, and so are the first 10 chapters of each novel. You can read them on comicwell.com without an account. Later chapters open with coins or with Comicwell Unlimited, a monthly subscription. There are no ads.

Is there a Comicwell app?

Yes. Comicwell is on the App Store for iPhone. It uses the same account and library as comicwell.com, where you can also read on any screen.

Which Comicwell series are manhwa-style?

A Debt of Foxes and A Debt of Dragons. Both are fantasy romances drawn from tales by Pu Songling, Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, and like every Comicwell comic they are read in one long vertical scroll.

What are the Comicwell novels?

They are the novels behind five of the comics, read chapter by chapter: A Debt of Foxes, A Debt of Dragons, The Forgotten Arts, What the Rain Cannot Hold and The Dead Must Be Disclosed. The first 10 chapters of each are free. Buy a book once to keep it, or read them all with Unlimited.

How do the interactive stories work?

In Your Story, you pick what happens next at key moments, and your choices lead to different endings, including a secret one. Each story’s main path is free to the end. Other paths open with coins or with Unlimited.

Who is Comicwell for?

Readers 16 and over. Some stories show fights, ghosts and grown-up themes.

How do I contact Comicwell?

Email support@comicwell.com. We’ll reply as soon as we can.