Archive for the ‘iTunes’ Category
With the rumors of a Mac Tablet growing more and more fervent as the speculated date arrives, it’s interesting to see more comic book publishers jumping on board the iTunes distributed bandwagon. There’s been no formal announcement (as of this writing) from Marvel, but quietly, Marvel titles have shown up from digital comic distributors PanelFly, comiXology, and iVerse.
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The critically-acclaimed Avalon Studios comic series, Aria finally arrives to the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Aria was created by comic book pioneer and founder of Avalon Studios, Brian Haberlin (Witchblade, Spawn, Blackest Night and many others) and celebrated writer, Brian Holguin (Spawn, Kiss: Psycho Circus).
Dark Horse Comics has announced Hellboy: Seed of Destruction and Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite are now available for digital download via the iTunes store for viewing on the iPhone and iPod Touch.
The first impressive issues of Hellboy and The Umbrella Academy are now available through the iTunes Store, with subsequent issues available soon. Seed of Destruction is available as four issues at $0.99 each, or as a bundle of all four issues for $3.99. The first issue of Apocalypse Suite is available for free, with issues #2–#6 only $0.99 each, or a bundle of all six issues for $4.99.
If you’re interested in checking out Hellboy or the Umbrella for the first time, 99-cents isn’t a bad way to go.
Top Cow has announced The Darkness/Pitt #1 is now available for free as a digital download off the Comics by comiXology iPhone application.
“We’re thrilled to be a part of Top Cow’s strategy to get more exposure for The Darkness/Pitt. The long-awaited return of Pitt deserves great exposure to a wide audience, and our patent-pending Guided View really shines with the material,” explained comiXology President David Steinberger, “Many thousands of people now have the opportunity to read the first issue and use Comics by comiXology’s unique in-app connection to retailers to pre-order the next issue.”
If the iPhone/iPod Touch app isn’t your cup of tea, you can also find the issue at the comiXology.com website.
We received word from Stan Lee’s people that there’s a new contest for you to enter. It’s pretty cool, because the winner will get to fly to Los Angeles to meet Stan and be featured in the DVD Bonus content for the Time Jumper series.
Check out the complete details after the jump!
Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment and Walt Disney have released an iTunes App to go along with the companies’ teaming on Time Jumper. The Time Jumper iPhone App is available now, and claims to extend the digital motion comic experience with six main features.
- Welcome Agent: Once the application is downloaded, consumers are greeted to H.U.N.T. headquarters. They are asked to enter their name and place their finger on the screen to be scanned for official entry into the app.
- Mission Briefing: A personal narration from Stan Lee explaining what Time Jumper is all about.
- Mission 1: Consumers can automatically view Episode 1 in its entirety. Great picture, sound and color right on your iPhone and/or iPod Touch.
- Image Converter: Enables consumers to take a picture of themselves or use a photo in their photo gallery, convert it into a comic strip image, type a message into the dialogue bubble and then e-mail it to a friend and/or upload onto Facebook.
- Surveillance: Storyboard images that show you how Time Jumper went from concept to screen.
- Hunt Headquarters: Grants you access to link to H.U.N.T.’s recruitment website.
Take the jump for a look at the Time Jumper App in action.
The creators of Fallen Justice have announced the first issue of the digital comic book is now available as a free download from the iTunes App Store. Major Spoilers also learned that when the second issue hits in a few days it will be free for a limited time. If you are looking for some Pow! Zoom! FOOM! best head over to the App Store and check it out.
Written by Cary Kelley and Steven Forbes; Art by Harold Edge; Colors by Ross Hughes; Cover by Harold Edge
Justice Theta is the most powerful hero in the world. He works tirelessly to protect the people under his care, regardless of nationality or wealth. But today it seems like nothing is going his way. Fallen Justice, a dark tale of heroes and villains that will challenge the way you see heroes, begins here.
There are seven books planned for the series.
I think we’re going to see a lot more announcements like this before the end of the year. The press release contains a lot of market speak and sales pitch pull quotes, but it is interesting regardless.
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Today at Comic-Con International, Iconology Inc. announced the launch of its Comics by comiXology App on the App Store. The Comics by comiXology App is a digital comic store, library and reader for iPhone and iPod touch that is launching with over 100 titles available from twenty popular comic publishers and many independent comic writers.
“The stunning display and innovative multi-touch user interface of iPhone and iPod touch have finally made comics appealing in a digital format,” said David Steinberger, CEO of Iconology, Inc. “By combining great comics with iPhone OS 3.0’s In-App Purchasing and location awareness features we are creating a revolution in the way comics are sold and read which could only happen with iPhone and iPod touch.”
Until consumers get an e-Ink color display that is larger than 5-inches, the iPhone and iPod Touch appear to be the preferred method for delivering electronic comics. Red 5’s Atomic Robo has done very well in the iTunes store, and with Dark Horse getting on board with the Terminator stuff, it comes as no surprise to see Archie Comics getting in on the action to lure the younger, tech savvy consumers by announcing it is changing its method of distribution.
“Archie is one of the characters that define comics. When people think of comic books they typically think of superheroes and Archie. We’re very excited to bring such a great, family friendly, line of comics to the iPhone.” said iVerse Media CEO, Michael Murphey. “What has impressed us the most is how forward thinking the team at Archie Comics have been. The Digital Age of Comics is here, and Archie is leading the way.”
To entice readers, the company is giving away the first issue of Archie Freshman Year through the iTunes App Store.
“This is a great opportunity for getting our comics out to the millions of Archie fans worldwide. Michael Murphey and his team at iVerse are doing a tremendous job. iVerse is the perfect partner to bring Archie into the digital age.” Jon Goldwater, CEO of Archie Comics, went on to say, “We feel that with iVerse, Archie will attract new readers like never before, while offering a new and exciting way for our long-time fans to enjoy our comics. So whether you roll up your Archie comic in your back pocket or take it with you on your iPod, everything’s Archie!”
The company also plans on releasing Little Archie, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Young Salem, and Katy Keene through the iTunes store in the near future.
With the new Terminator movie just around the corner, the hype machine is getting into full gear, and Dark Horse and Big Head Games are getting into the action with a new video game for the iPhone.
Take the jump for the full press release that includes price and availability.
Press Release
(San Diego, December 8, 2008) The Original Crew of the Starship Enterprise are roaring to the iPhone and iPod touch from IDW Publishing and iVerse Media. Available immediately, Star Trek Archives: The Best of Peter David #1 is the first issue of the ongoing digital comics series that reprints some of the best comics from Star Trek’s illustrious history. Peter David is one of the most popular and respected Star Trek writers, known for his mingling of humor and popular culture.
“We’re very excited that some of IDW’s Star Trek titles will now available for readers to download from itunes through the App Store. It’s a great way for fans to experience some of the best work in comics,” IDW’s Ted Adams said.
This issue reprints Star Trek #13 (originally published by DC Comics) – “The Return of the Worthy: Part One” by Bill Mumy, Peter David, and Gordon Pucell. The story stars the Original Series cast, and is set between the 5th and 6th Star Trek feature film.
“Star Trek Archives allows us to bring the universe of Star Trek to the iPhone and iPod touch for the first time”, said Michael Murphey, owner of iVerse Media. “Through this series we can publish stories throughout the history of Trek, from TOS to TNG and beyond. Being Trekkies ourselves, we couldn’t be more excited about that.”
Star Trek Archives #1 is available now in the iTunes App Store for 99 cents. http://www.apple.com/iphone/appstore/
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(San Diego, December 1, 2008) IDW Publishing and iVerse Media are proud to announce the immediate availability of Ghost Whisperer: The Haunted #1 in the iTunes App Store. This five-issue comic book miniseries, licensed from CBS Consumer Products, is based on the hit CBS series starring Jennifer Love Hewitt as Melinda Gordon, the medium who helps ghosts cross over. “Ghost Whisperer: The Haunted” is written by Carrie Smith and Becca Smith, who are both writers on the CBS series, and features art by Elena Casagrande.
FUNimation Entertainment sent Major Spoilers a quick note to let everyone know that the first episode of the Witchblade – The Anime Series can be viewed for free from iTunes. The series, based on the Top Cow property is the first U.S. comic to be made into an anime series, and takes the bearer of the Witchblade into the future.
Masane Amaha is a woman on the fringe of society, bouncing rootless from town to town with no memory of the past and no clue as to what the future holds. Upon her return to Tokyo, chance and circumstance conspire to unleash the fury of the Witchblade.
A new bearer of the Witchblade has been chosen.
You can download the episode for free from the iTunes store.
If you missed the premiere of the Cartoon Network’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars last Friday, don’t worry, you can purchase each and every episode at the iTunes Store. Debuting on the popular music, video, and application service the day after new episodes air, fans can download individual episodes for $1.99, or get a season pass for $39.99 for all 22 half-hour episodes.
Starting with “Rising Malevolence,” the series’ second episode, StarWars.com will offer a regular podcast – one that combines news and information with the creativity of Lucasfilm. It will be available both at StarWars.com and at iTunes. At both locations, the podcast will be free for fans who want to learn more about the secrets of STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS.
Moreover, StarWars.com will offer an exclusive, entirely new online graphic novel, with new insights into the CLONE WARS galaxy. Written by Star Wars expert Pablo Hidalgo, its weekly installments will feature four different artists, each of whom illustrates a new “chapter.” Each of the 23 “chapters” will serve as an introduction to that week’s episode of STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS.
If you don’t want to pay for content that is essentially free to begin with, both Cartoon Network and StarWars.com will stream episodes one week after the first run. The first episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars begins streaming on Friday October 10, 2008.
So NBC made a huge to-do over Heroes being made available on iTunes for free beginning September 1. The day came and went, and still no word on where the free show was.
So here is the low down on this “wonderfully” thought out campaign by NBC to get people to watch their show. In order to see the Heroes pilot, you must first go to Regal Cinemas and obtain a code card. It really isn’t clear if the code card is free, or if you have to purchase a movie ticket to obtain one. Word on some message boards is it is free, while others are somewhat secretive retarded on the matter.
You then take this 12 digit code and enter it in the Redeem section of iTunes, upon which you will be given permission to download the pilot.
Okay…so what if you don’t have a Regal Cinema in your town, next town over, or the next town after that? You are screwed that’s what. In Kansas there isn’t a single Regal Cinema listed until you hit Kansas City, MO. Nebraska, North and South Dakota, you’re screwed as well. If you don’t have Regal, you might try AMC or Cinemark, which are also part of the promotion. And what if you don’t have the urge/need/money/desire to go to the movie theatre to begin with?
Hey NBC, if you really want people to watch your show, and you claim it is going to be a free download, then don’t make your audience jump through hoops to do it!
Morons…F’ing morons all of ‘em…
So what would have been a better solution you ask? Let’s see, comic fans are probably a huge target, why not ship the code in issues of comic books? No, wait… that is too easy. What about running the code in local newspapers? No, that probably is too obvious. Oh wait, how about making the damn show available for free without screwing potential fans?
Forget trying to do something the legal way. If you are still dying to see Heroes you can find the show all over the place via bitTorrent.
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