Battlin' Ben Morse recaps Marvel's top news stories with a "Super Hero Squad Show" update, new ASTONISHING X–MEN motion comics, the release of AMAZING SPIDER–MAN DIGITAL and more!
Marvel Comics titles including "Captain America" and "Astonishing X-men" are now available on Comixology's "Comics" app! There are 71 comics currently available for download! Visit http://itunes.com/apps/Comics and http://comixology.com for more info!
The L.A. Times (and You Tube) get a bit breathless as they tell us of the Next. New. Thing . The future is now for motion comics ...[W]hat is that, a moving comic book? Yep! But isn't that ... animation? Actually NO. Animation, as it is defined today, is hundreds of thousands of animation cells drawn by a studio of animation artists who adapt ONE creator's work to a simplified version -- a version...
At New York Comic Con , Marvel announced that it will bring 'motion comics' to iTunes. A trailer for the first release, Astonishing X-Men , has now appeared and is presented here for your viewing pleasure. As you can see, a motion comic involves partly animating existing comic art -- in this case, that of John Cassaday -- along with sound and speech effects. And rubbish music, apparently.