Independent comic fans will be reading Alternative Comics
in an all new dynamic way with comiXology’s cinematic Guided View™ technology.
iPad with Retina display users will experience every fine detail of indie
comics with comiXology’s high definition format dubbed CMX-HD!
To celebrate the announcement, Alternative Comics is
releasing five titles on the comiXology platform from independent comic
luminaries, including Karl Stevens’s Failure, Steve Cerio’s Pie, Sam
Henderson’s Magic Whistle series including the Humor Can Be Funny collection
and 2012’s twelfth issue of the long running humor comic.
“Alternative Comics has an extensive, hilarious and
thought-provoking catalog of work by tremendous independent creators and we’re
excited to be able to share these stories worldwide on comiXology,” said
comiXology’s co-founder and CEO David Steinberger. “Now fans and newcomers
alike will be able to get access to these great titles and experience them in a
whole new way with our Guided View reading technology.”
“Making Alternative Comics available digitally on
comiXology is a big step for us that we are truly excited to take,” said
Alternative Comics General Manager Marc Arsenault. “Bringing high-quality
independently created comics to a larger readership has always been our mission
and having our extensive back list and all of our new books available through
comiXology will give a whole new generation of comic fans access to our
catalog.”Here’s a full list of the Alternative Comics titles debuting today across the comiXology platform:
Future digital releases from Alternative Comics include
their first day-and-date release Alternative Comics #4, coming June 26, 2013.
The all-ages graphic novel Peanut Butter & Jeremy’s Best Book Ever, by 2012
Eisner Award winning creator James Kochalka (Dragon Puncher, Johnny Boo), is
also scheduled to debut digitally this year.
Alternative Comics is an independent comic book publisher
with an extensive back catalog of humor, satirical and original creator-owned
titles. Jeff Mason ran the company from 1993 until 2008, and it was re-launched
in June 2012 by industry veteran Marc Arsenault.
