The Super Sonic Tuesday Update
Hey everyone, we’ve been busy lately getting new content into the store along with working on new features and apps. Hope everything has been going well for our community members. It’s been super busy in the Graphic.ly offices recently and energy has been running high. For example a bunch of the staff from the UK office are here at the Boulder HQ for a visit.
As you may or may not know Graphic.ly was out in force at San Diego Comic Con, with a bunch of exciting announcements, such as our new iPad app. The Graphic.ly iPad app utilizes amazingly high-resolution images that allow you to zoom in and see a level of detail that surpasses even the print versions.
Some books now feature Bonus Content; if you can check out Irredeemable #1 you’ll find a commentary track done by Josh Flanagan from iFanboy with creators Mark Waid and Peter Krause along with a new feature to wipe away colors on a page to see the inks beneath. There is also commentary that’s been added by Ron Richards from iFanboy along with Creator Rick Loverd with Russ Cundiff and Milo Ventimiglia from Divide Pictures. You can listen to the commentaries by downloading them through the books themselves. Once they’re downloaded you can hit play in the lower right hand corner of the issue.
We’re also excited to announce that Archaia is distributing their digital comics exclusively through Graphic.ly. Archaia is home to a fantastic library of titles with the likes of Mouse Guard by David Peterson, a story about mice who live in a medieval society. The Killer is another title from Archaia by Matz and Luc Jacamon, which is about an unnamed assassin and how his life unfolds. Both of which are available on Graphic.ly right now.
We’ve also released a ton of new books in the last few weeks, 184 in total. Doesn’t mean we’re slowing down this week. Check out the new comics from this week below:
Archie Comics
Betty Cooper is your average small-town girl: wholesome, sweet and extremely devoted to Archie. Unfortunately, the beautiful blond teen often has to play second fiddle to Veronica and her schemes to win Archie’s love. But through it all, Betty remains completely loyal to Archie. She is intelligent, hard working and continues to challenge Archie, as he must choose which girl he really wants. Get the story from her side.
Sonic the Hedgehog 141 - 143, 148 - 149, 153 - 156
Continuing the adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and The Freedom Fighters. Follow along as we take a look at Sonic 25 years in the future, The original Freedom Fighters, and Sonic’s face off with the greatest assassin on the planet: Nack the Weasel!
Bloodfire Studios
Tim has gone missing… Again. Catherine Morrison, a 927 year old vampire, senses that this time something is different. Driven by recurring nightmares of her past, Catherine and her companion, Anne, set out to find him but find the trail leads to something far more sinister. Diary of Night fits both in prose and art with previous titles such as Dark Tarot and Vampyrates. The team of Will Allred and Gene Gonzales take a well-worn subject and breathe new life, pun intended, in to it.
Marvel
The Wakandan super hero is back with Hollywood heavyweight, Reginald Hudlin and fan favorite artist John Romita Jr., team up to breath new life into Black Panther that is sure to excite true believers and the hip-hop faithful. The Black Panther’s origin is retold in a cinematic scope with social satire and all-out action.
Iron Fist 15 - 18, 21 Avg Rating on iFanboy: 3.8
TALES OF THE IRON FIST! When we last saw Bei Bang-Wen, he was leaping to what seemed to be a certain death off the top of the Taku Forts — would you believe us if we told you that was only the beginning?
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The team is working on a special update that should be coming to everyone soon. I can’t say what it is for fear that Micah would kill me. But I can tell you it involves a big publisher. In the mean one title worth checking while you wait is Sonic The Hedgehog from Archie. It’s fantastic to be able to reconnect with one of my favorite video game characters from when I was a kid. The last time I played Sonic the only characters in the game were Sonic, Tales, and Knuckles. Now there is a bunch of new characters in the Archie comics. Take this page from issue 154:
I recognize two characters on this page; thankfully we have all seven of them tagged. I love the fact that we tag all the different characters in Graphic.ly as now I know everyone I need to know to enjoy Sonic. I’ve found new Sonic characters via the character info we have in the reader and now I have some new favorites, like Locke who is Knuckles father and Guardian of one of the Chaos Emeralds. Whether you’re checking out the iPad app or reading any of the new comics we’ve put in the store and you have any questions or comments please send them my way via email, jons [at] graphicly.com, or our community forum. 
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