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Around the Tubes

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StelaIt’s new comic book day! What’s everyone excited for? Anything you can’t wait to read? Sound off in the comments.

While you wait for your comic shop to open here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web.

Around the Tubes

Kotaku – Remastered Batman Arkham Games Have Been Delayed  – Yeah, this game series seems to be having some issues.

Motoroids – BMW G 310 R to be promoted via a new graphic novel – Very cool. Hopefully it’s a good comic.

Comics Alliance – Where Have All The Good Men Gone And Where Are All The Gods? Reflections On The Rifts In Superhero Fandom – A very interesting read that gives a lot to think about. Agree? Disagree?

ICv2 – Live-Action ‘Lone Wolf and Cub’ Remake Planned – Well ok then. Again, is there any comic not being made into a movie or tv series?

Newsarama – STELA Co-Founder Exits as Questions about Its Creator-Owned Titles Emerge – This doesn’t sound good.

 

Around the Tubes Reviews

Newsarama – The Dark Knight III: The Master Race #5

The Beat – Retrofit offers tons of excellent comics by women

Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, and Erin Humiston’s Calla Cthulhu is now available on Stela: Comics For Your Phone

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calla_cthulhu_coverAfter months of anticipation, Stela: Comics For Your Phone has announced that Calla Cthulhu—the Lovecraftian-inspired adventure by Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, and Erin Humiston—is now available on the Stela app.

Being a teenager isn’t easy. Even more so when you’re Calla, a girl who carries the bloodline of the Great Old Ones in her veins. Instead of normal teen activities, Calla spends her time battling supernatural threats like her Uncle, the King in Yellow. She must resist his call to embrace her own chaotic heritage as well as prevent him from awakening the terrible deity asleep and dreaming in the corpse city of R’lyeh—the Dread Dead One!

Dyer said in the announcement release that while learning to work with the vertical scroll was a challenge, it offers benefits to as storytellers such as controlling pacing, preventing accident peeks ahead, and refining how they reveal things through the movement of the panels on the device.

Perfect for fans of H.P. Lovecraft lore, and the action and adventure of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Calla Cthulhu presents an incredible feat of storytelling from Dorkin, Dyer, and Humiston, presented in Stela’s distinctive vertical scrolling format.

A six chapter series, Stela will release a new Calla Cthulhu installment every Thursday until the end of June.

Ethan Young’s Pilgrim Finch Comes to Stela

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pilgrim_finch_coverStela: Comics For Your Phone has announced the first chapter release of Eisner-nominated cartoonist Ethan Young‘s Pilgrim Finch, a Stela-exclusive digital graphic novel.

When a malfunction during cryo-sleep sends his ship off course, interstellar explorer and animal collector Finch finds himself on a strange alien world called Zumeroc. His ship damaged beyond repair, he must learn to survive in the mysterious jungle filled with large monoliths depicting strange beasts–not to mention the spooky shadow dogging his steps. Finch will need to learn how to negotiate the native population while overcoming his own issues and will need to call upon all his resourcefulness and learning if he hopes to make it through the night.

The story was inspired by Young’s son’s birth and the story tackles is first few weeks of life as a sci-fi story. Pilgrim Finch wakes up in a strange world the same way a newborn enters existence: scared, hungry, anxious, bewildered. We get to watch Finch develop throughout the story.

The first chapter of Pilgrim Finch is available today for free on the Stela: Comics For Your Phone app.

Stela: Comics For Your Phone Announces Its New Subscription Policy

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Basic RGBToday, Stela: Comics For Your Phone, the premiere app for exclusive original comics optimized for the smartphone, announced that it is shifting the price of subscriptions to $9.99/month, starting on Monday, May 16. Readers still have two more days to lock in their introductory subscription price of $4.99/month!

Subscribers receive access to the entire line of Stela comics, and new content every weekday. With over 160 pages of new comics a month, along with the archive of all previous Stela series, readers get the best deal in comics with either subscription rate!

Whether it’s currently running series like Stela’s The Crossing, and the critically acclaimed Chaos Arena: Crystal Fighters; or previously run series like fan-favorite The Inheritance and GratNin, there’s something for every reader on the Stela app. Plus, it’s all gorgeously illustrated with the revolutionary infinite vertical scroll storytelling technique.

Joining the new generation of digital comics has never been easier. Download the Stela app for free on the iOS App Store.

Don’t delay! Lock in your subscription rate today–because before you know it, this deal will be gone.

Stela: Comics for Your Phone – Now Available!

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StelaHailed as the next revolution of digital comics, Stela: Comics for Your Phone is now available for free in the Apple App Store for all iOS devices, with an Android version planned for late 2016.

With Stela: Comics for Your Phone, readers choose a story, tap a chapter, and scroll down. No swiping. No zooming. The intuitive reading system serves not just the readers, but the stories themselves. Stories are released every weekday, and are available wherever readers take their iPhone or iPad.

Stela launches with five series, with daily updates set from dozens of award-winning writers and illustrators such as Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, Joe Casey, Ronald Wimberly, Stuart Moore, Irene Koh, and many, many more.

Subscriptions are available for $4.99/month for a limited time. Lock in your pricing now by downloading the FREE app from the Apple App store.