More news coming out of the New York Comic Con, this time involving comic/illustrated film pioneers Halo-8, who are joining forces with Graphic.ly Inc. for digital distribution of Halo-8’s comic books. If you’re at the Con and want to learn more, you can stop by Graphic.ly’s booth, where Halo-8’s Matt Pizzolo and actress Nicki Clyne are appearing on Saturday, October 9th.
For the rest of us, here are the details:
Content will be delivered on Graphic.ly’s iPad/iPod app, desktop app, and forthcoming Android and WinMo7 apps, beginning with the recent sci-fi series Godkiller: Walk Among Us (print versions of which are currently sold out) and the upcoming giallo-horror The Long Knives.
With the iPad now boasting a status of fastest-selling electronic device ever, digital comics are gaining momentum – in fact, ICv2 estimates digital comics sales have grown ten-fold from 2009 to 2010. Godkiller will be Halo-8’s first comic book released digitally. In similar fashion, the Godkiller illustrated film was Halo-8’s first feature film to debut digitally prior to its DVD release (distributed On Demand to 75 million homes via cable operators including Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS and digital providers Xbox, Playstation3, iTunes).
“Graphic.ly is uniquely forward-thinking in their development of the digital comics space–they’re cultivating a real socially networked community and they’re not afraid to integrate comics with other digital media like audio commentaries,” said Pizzolo. “Since we at Halo-8 focus on telling our stories with transmedia innovation, this partnership is a hugely exciting new opportunity.”
“Halo-8 represents exactly the type of publishers we created Graphic.ly for, by taking comics to the next level we’re excited to see the kinds of exciting evolution of comics that Halo-8 can deliver to the Graphic.ly community,” said Micah Baldwin, CEO of Graphic.ly.
For more visit Halo-8 Entertainment and Graphic.ly.