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Archie has teamed up with Madefire to produce the digital comics A press release provides details: Archie Comics and Spotify have teamed to adapt the publisher's critically acclaimed and bestselling comics into a video series streaming live on the music platform The new six episode series, live now only on Spotify, is the next part of[...]

Lion Forge is the latest publisher to bring its digital library to Madefire, according to a press release sent out by the publisher today All of the Lion Forge comics currently available digitally, including the Catalyst Prime universe, Voltron Legendary Defender, Andre the Giant: Closer to Heaven, and more New issues will be available each[...]

Were you hoping to give the gift of Dark Horse comics and graphic novels to friends and loved ones this Holiday Season, but don't want to brave the elements or interact directly with other humans to get your hands on them? Well, you're in luck! Dark Horse has finally come to Madefire, so order some[...]

First comes love! Then comes marriage! Then comes Kirkman with the baby carriage! Image Comics is the latest publisher to go all in on the Madefire, making "a trove of back catalog titles" available on the innovative digital comics app.  In a press release, Image names a bunch of books they've published, though it doesn't specifically[...]

First comes love! Then comes marriage! Then comes Liam Sharp with the baby carriage! Copying their distinguished competition for the second time in recent memory, Marvel has partnered with Madefire to make their digital comics available on the Madefire app. The happy couple announced the union with a tastefully produced video featuring a catchy melody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH9Qoaubpk4Video can't[...]

Breaking new ground, keeping ahead of the curve, and pushing comics forward, Diamond Gem Publisher of the Year Award winner BOOM! Studios announced a new digital comics app this week, in partnership with Madefire The app, currently available only on iOS but coming to newfangled Android phones sometime in the future, will "feature BOOM!'s acclaimed library[...]

There are games, shopping service, utilities and… comics. But not the usual pages-on-a-screen of the days of CD-ROMics… this is what Madefire's motion comics were built for. A puff-ish piece article on Forbes talks about how Madefire have been working with IDW, DC and their own commissioned comics And how they are now being published on Apple[...]

Today, motion comic book publisher and distributor, Madefire, has launched a new app, Motion Book Publisher to openly enable comic book publishers to build their own storefront, apps and publish books across multiple platforms and products. Currently there are major incompatibility issues regarding different devices, Motion Book Publisher seeks remove these by creating a new adaptable standard, that will[...]

Today, IDW are announcing an interesting development in their digital offerings, shifting from a comiXology-powered set of apps to a series powered by Madefire that will convert the libraries of existing users Ted Adams, IDW CEO answers Bleeding Cool's questions about the new IDW apps and tells us what we can expect from new features. Hannah[...]

Ben Abernathy, former DC Comics and Wildstorm editor left the company a few years back to work with Madefire… but now he is returning as the Director of Talent Relations Abernathy teased his return on twitter today, but then Gail Simone let the cat out of the bag all together.   Duh duh DUH[...]

Besides being an artist, writer and publisher, Sharp is also the co-founder of Madefire which has been called a revolutionary new digital reading experience The third issue of Captain Stone came out this week, you should go pick it up Meanwhile, here is a new page that Sharp has been working on. [...]

Rich and Megan Levens, entitled Ares & Aphrodite, by making its first chapter available straight away on ComiXology and Madefire. Following their work together on Madame Frankenstein, the comic will be released every Tuesday in six weekly chapters, concluding just before Valentine's Day, which is handy. Ares & Aphrodite has one of those big high concepts, a divorce lawyer[...]

Valiant Entertainment and Madefire have partnered for the day-and-date release of The Valiant #1 Motion Book  – the first issue of Valiant's new four-issue miniseries writers Jeff Lemire (Animal Man) & Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT) and artist Paolo Rivera (Daredevil) The motion comic made its debut the same day as the printed issue hit comic stores this[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Appreciation lunch, Titan Comics, Titan announced an upcoming partnership with Madefire starting in September, including the two series Mono and Cap Stone. At the Diamond Retailer Appreciation lunch, Titan Comics, Titan announced an upcoming partnership with Madefire starting in September, including the two series Mono and Cap Stone. At the Diamond[...]

And some publishers are, frankly, worried that Amazon is quite so willing to flex its muscles. The purchase of ComiXology by Amazon has led to some big market ructions, with many readers regretting the removal of the In App Purchase option that encouraged browising and impulse buys on iOS and Android devices. Well, when ComiXology signed publishers[...]

DC Entertainment and Madefire announced today that they are developing a new iOS app featuring a motion-book graphic novel entitled Batman: Arkham Origins, A DC2 Multiverse Graphic Novel Last week, Madefire announced a partnership with Dark Horse comics to release a motion book of Hellboy in Hell with interactive features, and so right now the[...]

Madefire, entrepreneurs in the field of digital publishing through providing artists and writers new technology for developing "Motion Books" inspired by comic art and graphic narrative, have announced today, alongside Dark Horse, that Hellboy will be appearing in his first Motion Book, in an especially timely storyline: Hellboy in Hell. The Hellboy in Hell arc currently[...]

 It's hard work but with a huge result — for me and for many others the best place to be on the Internet. — Angelo The amount of the investment wasn't revealed until the SEC filing this week. Last year deviantArt announced a partnership with Madefire that allowed users access to Madefire's motion book tool to create, share and[...]

It was one of those con moments where you hope you don't cry on someone when they bestow the comic-trademark hug. The Madefire Sketchbook, Sharp Art 01, Mono: The Old Curiosity Shop 1 Madefire is a digital online tool and app platform for creators to devise and share their work, from traditional comics storytelling to all kinds[...]

Madefire has announced a batch of new comics from the boutique motion comics app. Naturally they kick off with Liam Sharp and Bill Sienkiewicz's Sherlock Holmes, adapting the book The Greek Interpreter. Ricardo Pinto and Adrian Smith will retell Paradise Lost as a modern-day-set War in Heaven. And Anthony Brock and Gary Gianni will recreate lost pulp classic[...]

Chris Thompson writes; This week I take a look back at the absolutely amazing Malta Comic-Con I’ve recently returned from – then Taylor & I discuss

Then Taylor catches up with Liam Sharp and Ben Abernathy, two of the key creative minds behind the app that's more than an app, Madefire. It's a jam-packed episode, but would you expect anything less?! To get in touch, discuss sponsorship opportunities or submit projects for consideration, please email reviews@popculturehound.com You can also follow me on[...]

Matt Harding writes for Bleeding Cool; Madefire Studios, the makers of interactive digital comics "Treatment," and "Mono" introduced us yesterday to their new iPhone app, which mirrors their existing iPad application perfectly. The stories remain completely interactive, including "Mono's" insane 360 panel The app exists for almost all iPhone models, including my clunky 3GS, as well as[...]

Debuting at the New York Comic Con is the first Madefire Sketchbook, from the people who have brought you a new type of digital comic book Except this is in print. You can get sketches from "Captain Stone is Missing….," "The Engine," "Houses of the Holy," "The Irons," "MONO," and"Treatment: Tokyo" from the likes of Dave[...]

Matt Harding writes for Bleeding Cool;   Earlier in the month, I had the unique experience of visiting the studios and offices of Madefire, a digital motion comic production house in Berkeley, California, for their very first Q & A session, spotlighting their newest team member, Ben Abernathy Ben stunned the comic industry last month[...]

He was the digital editor at DC Comics, until he mysteriously vanished from the company a couple of weeks ago. Now he has popped up, mentioned in a USA Today puff piece about the innovative digital comics company, Madefire, full to busting with big names. Founded in 2011 by Ben Wolstenholme, Liam Sharp and Eugene Walden, Madefire[...]

Those that show panels and test in separate actions to improve the impact of their arrival. But Madefire seems to have taken all these together and put them into one, adding a few new tricks themselves Check this trailer out It still seems to preserve the comic book experience while stratching it as much as possible. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/44355457[/vimeo] And[...]

Comics writer/artist Liam Sharp and Ben Wolstenholme of Moving Brands, are debuting their new company Madefire at San Diego Comic Con next week Sharp had previously founded a print publisher Mam Tor, which originally published my own Chase Variant comic originally. Liam tells Bleeding Cool; What I found with Mam Tor was that the costs were prohibitive[...]