Digital comics platform Zestworld enters open beta as it refines its creator-first approach

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Creator-first digital comics platform Zestworld is moving into an open beta phase with a new site design, free comics, and a new wave of creators. All users will be able to read comics for free, but subscribers will get early access to new books, in addition to behind-the-scenes content, invite-only events, virtual drawing sessions, and messages from creators.

Subscribers may also have their likeness featured in an upcoming comic. Zestworld's offerings seem to differentiate from other digital comics platforms by not only offering access to what creators are working on but by creating a system for requesting digital commissions that makes the process easier for both fans and creators.

Essentially, comics readers who currently subscribe to one or more digital comics platforms and creator-specific Patreons or other paywall-protected pages could potentially consolidate their purchases and/or subscriptions and focus instead on Zestworld.

The platform has also created an IP Rights Tool, which helps creators protect their content and adapt it more seamlessly, which is key in the rapidly changing and growing digital comics market.

"We've spent the past several months testing, learning, and iterating alongside our fantastic launch creators while we build Zestworld into the premiere creator-owned vertical scroll comics platform,” says CEO and co-founder Chris Giliberti in the announcement. 

"All the while, our creator waitlist has grown to encompass hundreds of the leading names in the industry. We’re delighted to emerge from closed beta and welcome new creators in waves. Next up: David Marquez, Liana Kangas, and Bill Walko, among others, will join us to publish comics, fulfill commissions and build their communities through