BOOM! STUDIOS ANNOUNCES IPAD/IPHONE COMIC APP

Hey, DC Comics!  Can you hear me?  Yes, I am talking to you Dan Didio.  In case you did not know comics can be read electronically.  In case you also did not know, Apple has sold two million iPads and 35 million iPhones.  These devices have the ability to allow the owner to watch videos and read books on them.

Enough Gfest ramblings about the piss poor management at DC Comics.  Congratulations to Boom studios for announcing the arrival of the BOOM! Studios Comics app for the iPad and iPhone.  BOOM! partnered with comicXology to create this app that will, "create an incomparable reading experience for BOOM! Studios fans and comic fans everywhere...BOOM! will release its mobile app with nearly 50 comic book titles optimized specifically for mobile devices. " 


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Today BOOM! Studios is pleased to announce the arrival of the BOOM! Studios Comics app for the iPad and iPhone in the iTunes App Store. Built on comiXology’s popular digital comic platform, the BOOM! Studios Comics app launches with a number of top pop culture-inspired titles including comics based on 28 DAYS LATER, DIE HARD and a word-for-word comic translation of Philip K. Dick’s DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?, as well as BOOM! Studios's top-selling original series IRREDEEMABLE, INCORRUPTIBLE and THE UNKNOWN.
Partnering with comiXology to create an incomparable reading experience for BOOM! Studios fans and comic fans everywhere, BOOM! Studios launches its mobile app with nearly 50 comic book titles optimized specifically for mobile devices. In addition to stunning high-resolution comics in an amazingly easy-to-operate user interface, the BOOM! Studios Comics app utilizes comiXology’s patent-pending Guided View™ technology to create a completely immersive digital comic experience for new and old fans alike. The app also comes fully equipped with comiXology’s Retail Locator, giving fans unprecedented access to BOOM! Studios titles both on and offline.

"While comic-based movies are thriving on the big screen, the reality is most fans have never been exposed to comics books as a medium unto themselves," said David Steinberger, CEO of comiXology. "Digital comics give us the opportunity to reach a broader audience and inspire them to connect with the comics community through titles they're already passionate about."
An innovator in the field, BOOM! Studios, in partnership with MySpace, was the first publisher to offer digital comic releases the day and date of print releases in 2008. BOOM! Studios was also one of the first comic book publishers to make comics available on the iPhone and Android mobile devices. BOOM! Studios continues its mission to fill the void between comic book culture and pop culture with digital distribution. With the release of the BOOM! Studios Comics app, the company marks a significant move toward engaging pop culture fans with the comics that have inspired by world.


Through the app, fans will have access to new issues of each current series, released on a regular basis, and BOOM! Studios's entire back catalog in the coming months. The BOOM! Studios Comics app will also offer readers the first half of every first issue in each series for free.

“Comics have long since been the landscape for pop culture. So many comics have inspired movies, television and video games, but so few people have encountered the actual comic books that form the basis for that inspiration," said BOOM! Studios Marketing Director Chip Mosher. According to Mosher, “comiXology has proven, time and again, that digital comics are the key factor in uniting these worlds and exposing the pop culture audience to comic culture. Now they’re helping BOOM! Studios do the same.”

With the BOOM! Studios Comics app, now available for free in the iTunes App Store (link to be included), BOOM! Studios fans and comic fans everywhere can experience some of the best comics available anywhere starting at $1.99 each.
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