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Google Play's Bubble Zoom Feature May Change Digital Comics
Google Play's Bubble Zoom Feature May Change Digital Comics
Google Play's Bubble Zoom Feature May Change Digital Comics
The past decade in comics has been a constant process of innovation as publishers and tech companies try to figure out how digital comics might work in the future. Motion comics were big for a while before fading away, and in recent years the "Guided View" format of panel to panel transitions has become the preferred method. Google and the team behind the Android operating system have been exploring several alternatives to Guided View, including last year's introduction of a "Vertical Scrolling" featuring. However, a new innovation has just been announced at San Diego Comic Con that may change the game forever, and it's called Bubble Zoom.
Comic Specific Reading Tools Finally Coming to Google Play Books
Comic Specific Reading Tools Finally Coming to Google Play Books
Comic Specific Reading Tools Finally Coming to Google Play Books
Digital comics have been an important part of the mobile space since the iPhone first took off. While the early versions of reader apps weren't always the best, in the last eight years we've come quite a long way, seeing an evolution right alongside smartphones and tablets to provide better experiences for the readership. This week, Google is shaking things up with its Google Books app, introducing new tools to make it a better space for comics.
Superman And Bizarro Team Up For Interactive iPad Storybook
Superman And Bizarro Team Up For Interactive iPad Storybook
Superman And Bizarro Team Up For Interactive iPad Storybook
Superman and Batman played a huge role when I was learning to read back in the mid-1980s. Not only did I have plenty of storybooks and comics featuring the two, but I also had read-along books and records (yes, records) that I listened to on a nearly daily basis. It looks like the kids of 2014 are going to have the opportunity to experience an updated version of that with a new interactive storybook from Livo Books, Superman and Bizarro Save the Planet. It's available through the Apple App Store and Google Play.
Select DC Comics Graphic Novels Available On ComiXology And Google Play
Select DC Comics Graphic Novels Available On ComiXology And Google Play
Select DC Comics Graphic Novels Available On ComiXology And Google Play
One of the cornerstones of DC Comics' current publishing strategy is expanding its digital distribution. In addition to producing a handful of new digital first series, the publisher has previously offered digital versions of many of its popular graphic novels. So it comes as little surprise that DC Comics announced an extensive list of its collections and graphic novels that are now available via
Link Ink: ‘Atlantic Rim,’ ‘Iron Man 3′ Minimates And The ‘Bravest Warriors’ Rap
Link Ink: ‘Atlantic Rim,’ ‘Iron Man 3′ Minimates And The ‘Bravest Warriors’ Rap
Link Ink: ‘Atlantic Rim,’ ‘Iron Man 3′ Minimates And The ‘Bravest Warriors’ Rap
Movies: In the proud tradition of Transmorphers and Transmorphers: Fall of Man, The Asylum is planning on an... Atlantic Rim release. Will the main difference from Pacific Rim be that the kaiju will prefer yachting to surfing? Toys: Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum have revealed two more Iron Man 3 Minimates, including a partially armored Tony Stark and an "Extremis Soldier... Read Mor
‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Movie Comes Alive in Augmented Reality App [Video]
‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Movie Comes Alive in Augmented Reality App [Video]
‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Movie Comes Alive in Augmented Reality App [Video]
What if you could see Spider-Man swing around the very streets you're walking in? As part of the ongoing attempts to promote this summer's The Amazing Spider-Man movie, Sony has made sure that there's an app for that.The Amazing Spider-Man AR app (available on both iOS and Google Play) uses the same kind of augmented reality technology as Marvel Comics' AR component of its ReEvolution digital prog