Hellboy and Umbrella Academy Now on iPhone
Headline - Press release
Posted by Frederik Hautain on Oct 13, 2009
Tags: dark horse, hellboy, iphone, mignola, umbrella academy, way
Dark Horse is proud to announce that Mike Mignola's Hellboy and Gerard Way's The Umbrella Academy are now available on the iPhone.
At the time of their publication, both Seed of Destruction and Apocalypse Suite were immediately renowned by critics as unique and talented debuts by independent creators.
Soon, industry heavyweights joined the chorus. Hellboy: Seed of Destruction is the beginning of the now legendary series Alan Moore calls, "a passport to a corner of funnybook heaven you may never want to leave."
Similarly, Grant Morrison calls The Umbrella Academy "one of the great new comic books of this decade," while Newsarama says the first volume of the series, Apocalypse Suite, is "flawless."
With two blockbuster Hellboy films by Guillermo del Toro and an Umbrella Academy movie in preproduction at Universal Studios, there's never been a better time to have the start of these monumental comics at your fingertips. A perfect way to introduce friends and pop-culture fans to two of the most important comics series today, or a great way to revisit the magic of amazing sequential art, the mobile editions of Seed of Destruction and Apocalypse Suite are a necessary addition for new and serious readers alike.
The first impressive issues of Hellboy and The Umbrella Academy are now available through the iTunes Store, with subsequent issues available soon. Seed of Destruction is available as four issues at $0.99 each, or as a bundle of all four issues for $3.99. The first issue of Apocalypse Suite is available for free, with issues #2–#6 only $0.99 each, or a bundle of all six issues for $4.99.
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Comments
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Anthony_Z Oct 13, 2009 at 9:05pm
This is awesome! I've kind of fallen in love with reading comics on my iPhone. I find it really immersive and the fact that you can't see what's coming means splash pages and so on actually manage to surprise!
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Anthony_Z Oct 14, 2009 at 12:39am
...though it is a shame that the comics are their own app and not able to be bundled into something like Comixology. Unless I'm missing something...
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