ROK Comics is pleased to announce the expansion of its audio comics range, with
Team M.O.B.I.L.E.,
Houdini now on sale for iPad, iPhone and Android devices – and many more titles in the works.
All ROK Comics titles deliver great comic content,
enhanced by a fully authored audio soundtrack and other features that
only digital comics can fully exploit, including animation and, in the
case of its music comics range, music videos.
Says ROK CEO Jonathan Kendrick: “ROK is pioneering the
creation and delivery of original audio comic books across a range of
new titles and we are delighted to be bringing comic books to life in
this dynamic way via the latest technologies.”
Sales of digital comics are growing rapidly, but many
are simply re-formats of existing print titles which fail to take
advantage of the opportunities offered by digital devices. ROK has
embraced the new medium head on, delivering not just great comics but
extras that will appeal to all ages now well used in the potential of
modern media.
“With all the extras, we wanted to complement the
comic storytelling that make a comic a comic,” says editor John Freeman,
“but add new elements that will give the stories even greater appeal.
“We’re hoping our carefully-created titles will appeal
outside of comic fandom. We’ve had feedback from parents who tell us
our audio comics are a great help with children coming to grips with
learning to read for example.
Available now for free are
Team M.O.B.I.L.E. #1,
Team M.O.B.I.L.E. #2 and
Houdini #1 – with many more comics in the works.
• An ongoing adventure comic,
Team M.O.B.I.L.E.
centres on the story of teenagers recruited into a secret organisation
to battle crime, terrorism and other dangers – some stranger than
others. The series was created by Jonathan Kendrick and features art by
Andrew Chiu.
Team M.O.B.I.L.E. #1 is FREE for iPad and iPhone:
http://itunes.apple.com/app/team-mobile-comic/id516600477
Team M.O.B.I.L.E. #1 is free for Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rok.comics.teammobile01
Team M.O.B.I.L.E. #2 is free for iPad and iPhone:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/team-mobile-2/id549502691?mt=8
Team M.O.B.I.L.E. #2 is free for Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rok.comics.teammobile02
•
Houdini
is an ongoing adventure comic recounting all-new adventures of the
world’s greatest escape artist. Written by magician Jamie Allan Nicklin
and composer and script writer Simon Wheeler, the launch issue features
art by the highly-regarded Spanish artists Rafael Broseta and David
Belmonte.
The comic includes exclusive videos revealing magician’s secrets – some included for free, some offered as in-app purchase.
• Houdini #1 is FREE for iPad and iPhone at:
http://itunes.apple.com/app/houdini/id531385730?mt=8&ls=1
• Download Houdini #1 FREE for Android at:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rok.comics.houdini
Titles to come include:
 |
Tomorrow We Live, scripted
and drawn by Mike Collins |
•
Tomorrow We Live,
a gritty no-holds-barred action adventure set in a world of jaded spies
and dangerous villains, adapted from a story by Simon Piers Thurlow and
Hollywood screen writers Shawn Curran and George Sanders by Mike
Collins, acclaimed artist on several titles for Marvel and DC Comics, as
well as Doctor Who Magazine
 |
| The Beatles by Angus Allan and Arthur Ranson |
•
The Beatles Story,
an eight-issue limited digital series collecting, in full, the stunning
creator-owned comic co-created by Angus Allan and Arthur Ranson, which
will include rare video of the Beatles
•
The Elvis Story, an eight-issue
limited digital series by Angus Allan and Arthur Ranson telling
revealing the legend of the King, never re-published since its first
appearance in British comic Look-In in the 1980s
•
Ex Astris, an amazing science fiction
comic set in the far future on an Earth transformed by alien
intervention and environmental disaster, by Bill Storie
ROK is also publishing a number of “music comics”,
featuring audio-enhanced comic strip, videos and other bonus material,
including:
 |
| Rick Fury, drawn by Marc Olivent |
•
Rick Fury,
an ongoing “action music comic” starring an alternate version of one of
Britain’s best-known emcees, written by Rick himself with art by Marc
Olivent
•
Banned Across the Universe… In space,
no-one can hear you sing – unless you pretend you’re someone famous, and
probably dead! An ongoing action-humour strip by John Freeman and Kev
Levell
•
ZeZi: The Story so Far, a bio-comic about the Birmingham-based rap band, scripted by Jasper Bark and drawn by Andrew Chiu
•
OG Niki: The Story So Far, a bio-comic about the controversial British rapper OG Niki, scripted by Jasper Bark and drawn by Marc Olivent
•
Joe Whelan: The Story So Far, a
bio-comic about the amazing Heavy Metal guitarist, scripted by Jasper
Bark and drawn by Marvel Comics artist Giancarlo Caracuzzo
• Visit ROK Comics at: www.rokcomics.com
Declaration: John Freeman is Managing Editor at ROK Comics
