Comic book fans, are you ready to share your passion with the world? Or at least with your Facebook friends, Twitter followers and blog readers?
Graphicly, a web startup that’s all about comic books, has just launched the new Graphicly.com, a slick portal for sharing and discovering comic books via social media.
Users can now embed any Graphicly.com comic book on any site around the web. The embed doesn’t just feature the comic itself, but also comments from other fans and share counters.
It works a lot like embedding a YouTube video. Here’s an example, featuring the legendary Stan Lee’s Starborn #1:
The site also features Facebook-esque comment streams for each comic book:
Fans can also use the web app’s “Graphicly View” — that is, the spread-by-spread or frame-by-frame view modes.
The startup’s been focused lately on its mobile and tablet apps, so it’s nice to see the website getting an overhaul too.
It’s hard to imagine any digital experience completely replacing the traditional hard-copy comic book, but Graphicly’s site does a lot to get new, web-savvy audiences to hooked on the art and storylines of comics.
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If you’re a comic book geek, or just enjoy the occasional graphic novel, Graphicly is turning the Nook Color into the e-reader of your dreams.
Barnes & Noble announced major upgrades to its Android-based Nook Color Monday — including Flash, email and an app store. The ability to install new apps on the device made it more tablet-like than ever, at the favorable price of $250.
Nook Color owners can purchase and download Graphicly’s graphic novels as individual apps — such as Archaia’s Mouse Guard, Wanted from Top Cow/Image, and BOOM! Studio’s Irredeemable.
“We’ve worked with Barnes & Noble to specially craft these apps to be optimized for reading on the Nook Color,” writes a Graphicly rep on the company blog, “and I’ve got to say, they’re pretty sweet.”
The startup just rolled out its Android app in February. Prior to that, Graphicly had been available on desktops, iOS devices and in the Chrome Web Store as a launch partner.
Graphicly is also bringing special multimedia content to those platforms. The startup recently told us it was collaborating with heavyweights such as Stan Lee to bring features including videos and soundtracks to popular comic franchises.
Comic book fans: does the Graphicly app cast a new light on the Nook Color for you? Let us know in the comments.
Image courtesy of Flickr, larryvincent.
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Graphic.ly, a startup centered around comic books and graphic novels, has at long last rolled out its Android app.
Android users have had to watch green-eyed from the sidelines as the company released web, desktop, iPhone and iPad apps. Now the company’s vast library of 2,000 comics will be available to the 22 million Android users around the world, as well.
In a release, Graphic.ly CEO Micah Baldwin said, “Like our community, we are firm believers in the explosion of the Android market. Being the first to provide Marvel Comics on the Android platform is a perfect example of that belief. This application is only the beginning of the expansion of our relationship with Google.”
We can’t wait to see what Baldwin and Graphic.ly have in the wings — perhaps something special for Android-powered tablets as more of those hit the market.
For the time being, the new Android application features a full store front for your digital-comic-collecting pleasure. If you’ve already bought comics via the iOS, web or other apps, you can sync your library with your Android device.
The app supports “Graphic.ly View,” which means that on a smaller screen, you can read comics frame by frame rather than page by page. And users can also download comics for later, unconnected reading.
Android users, if you’re also comic fans, you can head to the Market and download the app starting right now. Let us know what you think of it in the comments.
In the meantime, here are some screenshots to whet your appetite:
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Beginning this April, the Archie family of comic books will be available digitally on the same day the physical books are released.
The digital books will be coming to fans via Graphic.ly, the comic-focused startup that’s shaking up the way consumers interact with comic books and graphic novels.
Graphic.ly is offering digital access for the six core titles in the Archie series, including Archie, Archie and Friends, Betty, Veronica, Betty and Veronica and Jughead. The comics will be available for $1.99 per book.
In a release, Archie Co-CEO Jon Goldwater said, “When we announced plans to go day-and-date through our own, standalone app, our friends at Graphic.ly immediately reached out and said ‘We want to do this, too.’”
“They’ve been so professional, easy to work with and innovative in everything they do, it took less than a minute to agree,” he said. “We like and respect the team at Graphic.ly and are excited to get more creative and forward-looking in the work we do with them. As always, Archie will continue to push forward on digital and lead the charge into this new frontier.”
Likewise, Graphic.ly CEO Micah Baldwin said, “Archie Comics are an institution, and we’re proud to be able to offer them to our community, especially now that their titles are going day-and-date. We consider the team behind Archie Comics to be a big part in what we’ve been doing at Graphic.ly, and I personally can’t wait to see what more great things will come from our partnership.”
Users can get a glimpse of what the future holds at the Archie page on Graphic.ly, where you can currently purchase older Archie titles for $0.99.
Graphic.ly recently announced it had raised a $3 million Series A for its work, which in the future will likely revolve around “bonus features” for popular comics and graphic novels.
The company has released desktop and web apps, as well as free apps for iPad and iPhone. An Android application is in the works.
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