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| A Guide to Star Wars e-Comics
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In May 2009 Dark Horse Comics, official publisher of
Star Wars comics since 1991, in collaboration with THQ,
launched Dark Horse Mobile, the
name for their e-Comics App for the Apple iPhone, iPod
Touch and iPad.
In August 2009 Dark Horse Comics adapted their first
Star Wars title, Legacy:
Broken, for this medium and published it as a two
chapter download. By the time THQ's license had
expired two years later only eleven Star Wars comic stories
had been made available from Dark Horse
Mobile via iTunes. With the digital market
expanding particularly in books, Dark Horse Comics took
production of e-comics in-house and launched their own digital
store, Dark Horse Digital, in
early 2011. Their digital store allows users to purchase
individual comic book issues (previously
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as well as full-story collections (as bundles of individual
comic book issues) and be able to read them on
multi-platforms, not just iOS systems. In June 2011 Star Wars
comic titles were added to the Dark
Horse Digital store. |
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| Latest News & Releases: |
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| Friday
9th March |
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Digital comics now
available for Nook and Kobo users
Dark Horse Comics has
announced this week that selected graphic novel titles
are now available as digital downloads for owners of
NOOK Tablet, NOOK Color™ and Kobo Vox tablets. NOOK
users can access the titles via the NOOK Comics™ store
while Kobo Vox users can access titles through KoboBooks.com.
Star Wars launch titles available for purchase are:
Adventures: Boba Fett and the Ship of Fear
Adventures: The Will of Darth Vader
Dark Times Volume 1: The Path to Nowhere
Dark Times Volume 2: Parallels
Darth Vader and the Lost Command
Invasion Volume 1: Refugees
Invasion Volume 2: Rescues
Knight Errant: Aflame
Knights of the Old Republic Volume 1: Commencement
Knights of the Old Republic Volume 2: Flashpoint
Knights of the Old Republic Volume 3: Days of Fear, Nights of Anger
Legacy Volume 1: Broken
Legacy Volume 2: Shards
Legacy Volume 3: Claws of the Dragon
Legacy Volume 11: War
The Force Unleashed
The Force Unleashed II
The Old Republic Volume 1: Blood of the Empire
The Old Republic Volume 2: Threat of Peace
In addition, NOOK users can also
purchase:
Darth Maul
Empire Volume 1: Betrayal
Empire Volume 2: Darklighter
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| Dark Horse Digital |
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Published comic story series:
Not all issues in a series may be available - where limited
issue numbers of a series are available this is indicated. |
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Adventures
Chewbacca
and the
Slavers of the
Shadowlands;
Boba Fett and
the Ship of Fear;
The Will of
Darth Vader;
Episode I
Adventures;
Princess Leia & the Royal Ransom;
Luke Skywalker & the Treasure of the Dragonsnakes |
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Tag
and Bink
...are Dead;
Episode I - Revenge of the
Clone Menace;
The Return of Tag and Bink - Special Edition
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Tales
(Issues #1 thru #11) |
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The
Thrawn Trilogy
Heir to the
Empire;
Dark Force
Rising;
The Last Command |
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| Dark Horse Mobile |
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Adapting a comic book for the
small screen of a mobile phone presents certain challenges as Randy
Stradley, Dark Horse Comics' editor, acknowledges: "Obviously,
certain things that work in one medium don't work in another. For
instance, tall vertical panels don't work as well in the iPhone's 'widescreen'
format, and careful editing is required to make sure visual story
information isn't compromised. On the other hand, wordy panels can
sometimes be split into two or more separate screens to actually
improve the pacing of the story and the ratio of text-to-art. It
sorta needs to be seen to be fully understood."[1]
Dark Horse Mobile's reasons for choosing which titles are
adapted is dictated by having "something easier to adapt to
the small screen"[2]
because "every artist tells their stories differently in the
print versions: varying the size and shape of panels, etc. Each
story we do for the iPhone requires different considerations on how
to transition the storytelling from one medium to another. There's
no set formula like 'one print panel equals one iPhone screen',
every image is a judgment call. Every new story is a new challenge,
but I think we've come up with some satisfying solutions."[1] |
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Published comic story Apps
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Please note that these Apps are no longer available. |
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