Eisner Award-winning publisher Archaia Entertainment
today announced an exclusive “digital first” and same day as print distribution
agreement with comiXology — the world’s largest digital comics platform
available on iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire and the Web with over 60
million comic and graphic novel downloads to date — that will see Archaia
debuting all-new and previously unreleased content on comiXology. Beginning
today, in conjunction with the start of Chicago’s C2E2 ‘12 expo, Archaia will
release never-before-available digital materials, with new content to be made
available weekly exclusively via comiXology.
Brand new and upcoming digital first and same day as
print exclusive titles include RUST, a ForeWord Book of the Year finalist
currently in pre-production as a feature film at Fox, Ben Caldwell’s DARE
DETECTIVES!, Jeremy Bastian’s acclaimed CURSED PIRATE GIRL, and several
previously unavailable titles from Archaia’s critically-lauded Jim Henson
library, including THE DARK CRYSTAL, THE STORYTELLER, and this year’s
multiple-Eisner-Award nominated blockbuster, TALE OF SAND.
In the coming months, Archaia will debut new titles
digitally before print with such titles as Yehudi Mercado’s PANTALONES, TX,
Charles Soule’s STRANGE ATTRACTORS, Saurav Mohapatra’s MUMBAI CONFIDENTIAL, and
Andrew Gaska’s revisioning of the classic Sci-Fi series SPACE: 1999.
“MOUSE GUARD has always been a favorite of mine and I had
personally quested to bring it to comiXology, but I’ve been blown away by the
top quality and wide diversity of Archaia’s titles since we launched,” said
comiXology co-founder and CEO David Steinberger. “So, comiXology offering
digital firsts from Archaia excites me on a personal level.”
“We are dedicated to bringing our library of
award-winning content into the digital forefront, and comiXology has proven the
demand for digital content in the marketplace, providing readers with a simple and immediate means of accessing the latest graphic novel content. We’re excited to offer readers some of our hottest content weeks, and in some cases months, before it sees print.” Says PJ Bickett, CEO of Archaia.
Launching Friday, April 13th, as part of the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2), fans new and old will be able to download brand new content via the Comixology storefront, accessible online and via iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire and the Web.
Launching Friday, April 13th, as part of the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2), fans new and old will be able to download brand new content via the Comixology storefront, accessible online and via iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire and the Web.