DIGITAL COMICS: Ape Entertainment announces Squids comic series

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Ape Entertainment, developers of the massively popular Pocket God Comics and Cut the Rope: Comic, and independent video game developer The Game Bakers are announcing a new licensing agreement to create a series of original digital comic books and graphic novels based on The Game Bakers’ chart-topping game series, SQUIDS. Available for iOS, Android, PC, and Mac, the SQUIDS games have been downloaded by more than one million players worldwide.

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DIGITAL COMICS: Ape Entertainment announces Strawberry Shortcake comic

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Ape Entertainment, along with American Greetings Properties, the intellectual property and outbound licensing division of American Greetings Corporation (NYSE: AM), today announced the Strawberry Shortcake classics issue No. 1 from 1985 is now available on the App Store for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Download directly by visiting http://itunes.apple.com/app/strawberry-shortcake-comics/id481026839.

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DIGITAL COMICS: Pocket Gods move forward with Gem Cell Research

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Ape Entertainment and Bolt Creative announced today that Pocket God Comics issue No. 16 is now available on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod
touch. In part two of “Gem Cell Research,” the girls’ gem is still in disrepair and the only way to fix it is with a laser.

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SOLICITATIONS: Ape Entertainment draws Sesame Street

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Ape Entertainment announced today that they have entered into a licensing agreement with Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization, to produce a series of print and digital comic books featuring the cast of the beloved children’s show Sesame Street. The new and original comic book series will emphasize educational and entertaining content for younger readers.

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DIGITAL COMICS: Pocket God #14 arrives in iTunes store

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Ape Entertainment and Bolt Creative announced today that Pocket God Comics issue No. 14 is now available on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. In “Para-Abnormal Activity,” the last issue before a new story arc begins, the two-tribes crash into a mysterious island while trying to get home from their previous adventure.

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DIGITAL COMICS: Pocket God Comics named best comic app by 148Apps Network

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There’s plenty to celebrate in the dangerous universe that is Pocket God and now there’s even more. Ape Entertainment, Bolt Creative and iVerse Media are pleased to announce that Pocket God Comics was recently chosen as the “Best Comic App” of 2011 for iOS by readers from the 148Apps Network. In its fourth year of the award and with the goal of honoring the best, not just the best selling, the Best App Ever Awards accumulated more than 1.5 million votes.

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DIGITAL COMICS: Richie Rich goes digital

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Ape Entertainment and Classic Media, a global media company with a portfolio of some of the world’s leading family entertainment brands including Casper the Friendly Ghost® and Where’s Waldo?®, today announced the digital comic debut of Richie Rich®, “the poor little rich boy,” in the Apple App store. The app will feature the digitally restored and color corrected original master copies of the comic as well as new adventures under the title of Rich Rescue for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

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DIGITAL COMICS: Pocket God downloads pass half million

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The lives of the Pygmies of the Pocket God universe may be full of danger and vengeful gods, but people love them! Ape Entertainment and Bolt Creative are proud to announce that the digital comic book series based on Pocket God, one of the best-selling iPhone apps of all-time, has surpassed over 500,000 downloads to-date. To celebrate, the series’ creators have partnered with Free App A Day (FAAD) to offer the first issue of the digital comic for free for a limited time.

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The Trouble with Katie Rogers OGN Arrives in July

At Major Spoilers, we’re all about getting as many different people into comics as we can.  Ape Entertainment sent us a press release/solicitation announcement yesterday regarding the upcoming The Trouble with Katie Rogers.  The book is squarely aimed at the female readers; so here is the question for our Lady Legion of Spoilerites; is this the kind of comics you would be interested in?

Press release, with the cover images and more information about the original graphic novel, after the jump.

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Ape Entertainment Sneak Peek: Scarlet Veronica

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If you haven’t joined the Major Spoilers forum, you are missing out on some great conversations, and interesting topics, and a sneak peek or two.  Creator Josh Ruggles of  Ape Entertainment’s upcoming Scarlet Veronica, posted a sneak, and we’re sharing it here as well.

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