COMIC BOOKS NEVER DIE -- THEY JUST GO DIGITAL!
(PRWEB) November 10, 2000
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COMIC BOOKS NEVER DIE -- THEY JUST GO DIGITAL!
CLEVELAND, OH -- ARComics, Inc. (http://www. arcomics. com (http://www. arcomics. com)) a Cleveland-based animated digital comic book publisher is taking e-books (electronic publishing) a few steps further. With authors using the internet as a distribution alternative for their text only products, such as Stephen King's successful foray into digital publishing, the company decided to developed an enticing digital format using the popular Macromedia Flash™ software to showcase their comic book stories and universe.
"We're taking comics to the mainstream," according to Keith Rivers, V. P. of Marketing and Promotions for ARComics, Inc., "and the internet IS mainstream." While comics in the traditional print market fade, the internet continues to grow at at alarming rates. "It's unfortunate to see the decline of the comics book in the print world, but those readers aren't gone, they're just part of a larger community now. We aren't just creating comic books for comic fans, at ARComics. com we're making digital entertainment for everyone. By offering our books through digital channels only, we know that we must deliver more than what one would expect from a print book, but yet retain the "feel" of a comic book. And we think we've done a pretty good job of both." One of the significant changes to the comic book format, isn't really a change at all. The company will offer their content in downloadable chapters. Not because they want the reader to wait, rather, the smaller increments will keep you coming back more often and most importantly, keeps the customer download time short. "The customer will be rewarded for their download quickly, and we think that download time/file size is an important issue when you're dealing with digital content."
Recently, ARComics, Inc. received positive feedback from fans who attended this year's world's largest comic book convention -- the 2000 San Diego Comic Book Convention. ARComics, Inc. were also participated as panelists on a digital comics forum at the convention along with Toonscape. com and Franklin Electronics discussing the current and future role of the digital realm for e-books and e-comic books. The company also plans to distribute a portable version of their digital content through Toonscape. com on Franklin Electronic's upcoming handheld device the e-Bookman®.
To create their unique form of digital comic books, ARComics. com relies on talented artists and writers on an international level -- from around the U. S., Great Britain, Canada, Argentina and Chile to name a few -- making ARComics, Inc.'s production staff global in scope with Cleveland acting as the hub. "It takes a lot of time, dedication, and effort from our people to do what what we are doing," Rivers said, "and judging from the early response at our site (http://www. arcomics. com (http://www. arcomics. com)), it's going to start to pay off. We are consistently being added by other sites all the time which gives us ample traffic, for example we've recently been linked to by THE BEST-OF-THE-NET (http://goan. com/comic. html (http://goan. com/comic. html)) and other highly trafficked web sites."
According to Rivers, you can buy content via the popular choice for secure transactions, PayPal (for only.45¢) or try some for FREE (for the PC or Macintosh platforms) by visiting the site at http://www. arcomics. com (http://www. arcomics. com) and view some online "teasers" for a glimpse at upcoming titles. ARComics. com also features, information about the characters and art galleries for each title.
ARComics. com officially launches November 12, 2000, but is open now for business.
About ARComics, Inc.
Comic book publisher ARComics, Inc. in 1993 presented ARComics Premiere #1 featuring the first linticular (magic motion) animation comic book cover in the industry. ARComics also randomly inserted a linticular card in the May 1993 Wizard magazine in promotion of the book release and also produced an innovative 3-D trading card. Well, it only makes sense that the company makes the leap to ANIMATED DIGITAL COMICS at their web site http://www. arcomics. com (http://www. arcomics. com).
The animated comics will feature storylines that take place in the ARComics Universe (ARCosmos). This is definitely one to watch (pun fully intended). ARComics are your comics!
About Toonscape
Toonscape (http://www. toonscape. com (http://www. toonscape. com)), an online artist service provider, publishes and distributes entertainment content to PC's, handhelds and wireless devices. Toonscape provides comic artists, illustrators and animators with a virtual gallery, digital distribution, online syndication services, and an array of e-commerce tools to help them promote, sell and distribute their work.
About Franklin Publishers Inc.
Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. (NYSE:FEP) is the worldwide market leader in handheld electronic books, including the popular BOOKMAN® series. The Company is also the exclusive producer and distributor of ROLODEX® Electronics brand of personal information management products. Franklin has sold more than 23,000,000 electronic books and currently publishes more than 200 titles, including dictionaries and bilingual dictionaries; encyclopedias; Bibles; entertainment titles; education and tutorial publications; and medical reference works. Franklin products, available in sixteen languages, are sold in 45,000 retail outlets worldwide, through catalogs and on line at http://www. franklin. com (http://www. franklin. com). The Company has sales and distribution subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Benelux countries, Canada, Australia and Mexico, and production management offices in Tokyo and Hong Kong.
About X. com and PayPal
X. com provides the instant and secure online payment service PayPal, integrated with consumer and business financial services. With a customer base of nearly 4 million, PayPal is the world's first and largest Web-based payment network, and the #1 financial site on the Internet, according to PC Data Online. PayPal is the preferred payment service for online auctions and online community and group Web sites. Free to consumers, PayPal can be used from PCs or Web-enabled mobile phones.
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CONTACT INFO for follow up:
Keith Rivers
V. P. Marketing & Promotions
E-mail: krivers@arcomics. com
Website: http://www. arcomics. com (http://www. arcomics. com)
Media: press@arcomics. com
Fax: (775) 628-9325
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