GARFIELD COMICS BY KaBOOM! STUDIOS

APP IS NOW LIVE ON iTUNES
 

 

April 24th, 2013 - Los Angeles, CA – KaBOOM! Studios is proud to announce the official launch of the iTunes app GARFIELD COMICS by KaBOOM! The new GARFIELD app allows for fans to have fun, interact with other fans, get the most up to date information, and purchase GARFIELD comics.

GARFIELD COMICS by KaBOOM! is free to download through Apple’s iTunes app marketplace. Digital comics and graphic novels can be purchased directly through the app using the user’s iTunes account. BOOM! Studios has a long history of groundbreaking initiatives in the digital comic space including being the first independent comic publisher to launch its own branded digital comic app with the PEANUTS COMICS APP which launched early November 2012. The GARFIELD Comics by KaBOOM! App was developed by Snapplify (https://www.snapplify.com/), a mobile solutions provider that enables publishers, authors and content providers to package their books, magazines and brochures into digital publications for company branded Mobile Apps.

Issue #1 of GARFIELD is free to download in its entirety through the GARFIELD COMICS by KaBOOM! app and all other singles are at their usual pricing of $3.99. Four weeks after a new GARFIELD comic is released, the price of the issue purchased through the app will drop $1.99.

Along with purchasing comics through the app, the app includes a live feed from the official Garfield Facebook page as well as a link to the KaBOOM! website. Both features will be accessible directly in the app. Additional features will be added to the app in the future.

About BOOM! Studios

Founded by Ross Richie, 2009 and 2010's "Best Publisher" BOOM! Studios (www.boom-studios.com) generates a constellation of bestselling Eisner and Harvey Award-winning comic books and graphic novels with the industry's top talent, including Mark Waid's IRREDEEMABLE, Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning’s HYPERNATURALS, new HELLRAISER comics written by Clive Barker, PLANET OF THE APES, and Sam Humphreys’ HIGHER EARTH. BOOM!'s all ages imprint KaBOOM! publishes Charles Schulz' PEANUTS, Jim Davis’ GARFIELD, Cartoon Network's ADVENTURE TIME, and 20th Century Fox’ ICE AGE. BOOM!'s lit comix-focused imprint, BOOM! Town, recently won the Eisner Award for its first book, Shannon Wheeler's I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE FUNNIER, and just released SPACE DUCKS, the first comic book from indie musician legend Daniel Johnston.

About Garfield

GARFIELD was born on the comics pages on June 19, 1978. The brainchild of cartoonist Jim Davis, GARFIELD is a humorous strip centered on the lives of a fat, lazy, cynical orange cat who loves lasagna, coffee, and his remote control; Jon Arbuckle, his owner; and Odie, a sweet-but-dumb dog. GARFIELD was introduced to the world in just 41 newspapers and is now the most widely syndicated comic strip ever, appearing in 2400 newspapers. The success of the comic strip spawned a popular animated TV show, “Garfield and Friends,” which appeared on CBS-TV from 1988 to 1995, and is currently in worldwide syndication.  In 2009, “The Garfield Show” debuted on Cartoon Network USA and now airs in 135 countries.  PEOPLE magazine called the show, "One of the Year's Best New Kids' Shows" in 2009.

In 2004, Twentieth Century Fox invited Garfield to star in his first-ever full-length feature film, Garfield: The Movie. A sequel, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties was released in June 2006.  The movies earned over $340 million at the box office.  Garfield has also starred in three CGI animated movies, all penned by Jim Davis.  Fox released Garfield Gets Real (2007), Garfield's Fun Fest (2008), and Garfield's Pet Force (2009) on DVD and in limited theatrical release.

Garfield also entertains his fans on a popular website, garfield.com, and engages kids in interesting and pedagogically sound activities to promote literacy at professorgarfield.org.  English, Science and Life Skills are among the topics Garfield and his pals address atlearninglab.org, a public service of the Virginia Department of Education.

Garfield has long been considered a "classic" or "evergreen" property because he has not only endured, but continues to be fresh and funny after 35 years in the limelight.

Follow Garfield, along with 8.7 million other fans, on Facebook (facebook.com/Garfield) and Twitter (twitter.com/Garfield).

About Paws, Inc.

Cartoonist Jim Davis' company, Paws, Inc., located near Albany, Indiana, was founded in 1981 to handle the creative end of the Garfield licensing business. Today, Paws is the sole owner of all copyrights and trademarks for the Garfield property, and controls not only the creative angle of the fat cat's flourishing empire, but also the licensing, marketing, and brand management of Garfield and the Garfield characters.