Press Release
Award-winning digital-only publisher Eco Comics announced today a digital distribution agreement with comiXology – the revolutionary cloud-based digital comics platform available across the iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and on www.comixology.com.
The move sees the digital-exclusive publisher Eco Comics bringing all its past, present and future titles – including flagship books Green Man, and Dracula vs. Robin Hood vs. Jekyll & Hyde directly to comiXology’s global-reaching digital comics platform.
“We’re excited to be offering Eco Comics’ great line of environmentally conscious comics that we’re sure that fans everywhere will love,” said comiXology VP of Communications & Marketing, Chip Mosher. “We believe in the green message of Eco Comics and are happy to push their comics farther than ever before through comiXology’s global reach.”
“Eco Comics is proud to have been digital, green and paperless since we began, but joining forces with comiXology – which recently passed two hundred million downloads of comics and graphic novels – is the next big step in our evolution,” said Eco Comics Editor, Stuart Buckley. “It’s an exciting development and the perfect opportunity to provide our bold claim to represent the future of comic books.”
New and current Eco Comics readers will benefit the most from this digital distribution agreement with comiXology as comics fans worldwide are now able to purchase and download Eco Comics through their favorite devices including the iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and even the web at www.comixology.com
Individual issues are priced between 99 cents (60p) and $1.99 (£1.20). Graphic novels are priced $2.99 (£1.80). Preview issues will be distributed for free.
With over 45,000 comics and graphic novels from more than 75 publishers, comiXology offers the widest selection of digital comics in the world. ComiXology’s unique Guided View reading experience is available across the iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and on www.comixology.com – making it the most popular digital platform for comic and graphic novel fans worldwide.
About comiXology:
ComiXology has revolutionized the comic book and graphic novel industry by delivering a cloud-based digital comics platform that makes discovering, buying, and reading comics more fun than ever before. ComiXology’s Guided View™ reading technology transforms the comic book medium into an immersive and cinematic experience, helping comiXology become one of iTunes top grossing iPad apps in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Offering the broadest library of comic book content from the top 75 publishers, and including independent creators as well, comiXology will not stop until everyone on the face of the planet has become a comic book fan. A privately held company, comiXology is based in New York City, with offices in Los Angeles and Paris. For more information, visit www.comixology.com.
About Eco Comics:
ECO COMICS is a comic book and graphic novel publisher committed to a two-fold approach: 1) producing the most environmentally-friendly titles possible. 2) producing the most entertaining stories possible. All titles are of top print quality and format, yet remain exclusively paperless and digital. Eco Comics often gains mainstream press headlines, and recently featured on national UK television (Channel 4). It has received two major environmental awards, including the gold standard Green Apple Award 2013-2014. A few of its ‘green’ titles include: “Tough Guy”; “Dracula vs. Robin Hood vs. Jekyll & Hyde”; and official mascot of Eco Comics, the “Green Man”. Further information: blog.mohawkmedia.co.uk/about-eco-comics
