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D2Comics Digital Comics Digitally Debut
by Dave Baxter, 2008.
D2Comics claims their new product digital video comics
to be the evolution of comics. And they just might be,
though as we all know, evolution is a long, loooooong process.
What precisely are digital video comics? The first things
the phrase brings to mind are preview trailers for upcoming
comics, those videos that populate the Big Two webspaces and
the more universal sites like YouTube and Vimeo. These tend
to be intriguing little ditties, though little else besides.
They splice together static images, panels and promotional
pin-ups that scroll and shake and zoom about, accompanied
by music tracks and folied-in sound SFX. Personally (being
a touch dated, like balsamic vinaigrette), I thought of Crossgens
2003 DVD compilations: discs that offered six or seven issues
of their then-current titles, which, in CGs own words, brought
comic books to life with amazing voice-overs
and colorful
images!
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Broken Frontier.
 New
WorldOrder #1:
Scalped - Vertigo
One of the most popular avenues for story telling lies in
the idea that the world is secretly controlled by shadowy
cabals of powerful men and women. This idea served as inspiration
for tales from The DaVinci Code to New Avengers: Illuminatti.
Comics once again tap this well spring with this miniseries.
The plot revolves around The Lonely Ones, a group of people
on a mission to seek the truth to lifes mysteries and use
it to awaken the citizens of the Earth to reach their true
potential for greatness and move away from a path of self-destruction.
Will they succeed? They must, because the survival of the
world depends on it.
Gustavo Higuera (W), Giuseppe De Luca (A), Image Comics, $3.50.
Ongoing Series.
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Broken Frontier.
SMUGGLING SPIRITS
Ambrosia Publishing, 2008.
Ambrosia Publishing and BF have teamed up to offer the first
half of Smuggling Spirits: Book One as a free download, including
bonus material. The PDF file can be retrieved here.
SMUGGLING SPIRITS: BOOK ONE
For fans of HELLBOY and THE WALKING DEAD comes SMUGGLING
SPIRITS: BOOK ONE! Set in an alternate vision of the Prohibition-era,
SMUGGLING SPIRITS: BOOK ONE introduces Al Stone, a bootlegger
who himself on the run from an unrelenting horde of creatures
that believes he holds the key to their destruction.
Writer: Ben Fisher Artist: Mike Henderson Retail Price: $6.95
Dimensions: 6 x 9 Page Count: 80 black and white pages including
20 bonus material pages
Available for pre-order in the December PREVIEWS catalog
for March delivery. Diamond order code: DEC073357. Just send
us an e-mail.
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