icv2.com - 8/28/2009
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It’s been 60 days since we updated our directory of mobile comics content and the number of titles available (most of which include multiple issues) has gone from 105 to 207 in that time.
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Pundits examine iPhone comics stampede
THE BEAT —
... There were a couple more iPhone comics announcement in our inbox this morning, bringing the approximate number of iPhone related comics announcements this week to 5,684 or so. Rather than run them all we’ll refer you to ICv2’s brief overview of the field which notes that the number of companies offering comics on iPhones has more than doubled in the past two months. And ...
Aug. 28, 2009: Shorter Journalista 24
Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal —
... Anime News Network reports that the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has urged the Japanese government to “ban the sale of video games or cartoons involving rape and sexual violence against women which normalize and promote sexual violence against women and girls.” Good thing, too, given the massive wave of sexual violence against women currently engulfing Japan… oh, wait.
ICv2 examines the recent growth in comics for mobile phones.
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... Digital comics | By ICv2's tally, the number of mobile comics has nearly doubled in the past 60 days, jumping from 105 to 207. [ICv2.com] ...
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Comics A.M. | The comics Internet in two minutes Digital comics | By ICv2's tally, the number of mobile comics has nearly doubled in the past 60 days, jumping from 105 to 207. [ ICv2.com ] Digital comics | AdHouse Books and Dark Horse Comics have announced new mobile comics. Dark Horse's first releases, available via iPhone, will be three Star Wars collections: Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Vol. 1 – Shipyards of Doom , Star Wars: Empire, Vol. 1 – Betrayal , and Star Wars: Legacy, Vol. 1 – Broken . Meanwhile, beginning today AdHouse will offer a preview of Vito Delsante and ...
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