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CBR covers iPhone Comics from Uclick

Comic Book Resources has posted an article on the Uclick panel at New York Comic Con last weekend. The panel, which covered our rapidly growing line of comic apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch, included Uclick Creative Director Peter Maresca, President and CEO Douglas Edwards, VP of Product Management Jeff Webber, Comics Producer Shena Wolf and Comicraft President and comics creator Richard Starkings (Starkings' Elephantmen #1 is one of the most recent comics apps to join the Uclick iPhone lineup).

The Uclick lineup for iPhone and iPod Touch includes apps featuring archived collections from hit GoComics titles such as Pibgorn, Basic Instructions and We the Robots, as well as the new Uclick GoComics Web app, which allows users to read recent installments of all of their favorite GoComics strips, panels and editorial cartoons. We also have a large collection of comic books, graphic novels and manga specially formatted for panel-to-panel presentation on the multi-touch screens of the Apple devices.

If you own an iPhone or iPod Touch, be sure to check out the entire Uclick lineup - go to Uclick.com on the built-in Safari browser, or visit the App Store on iTunes.

New Comic: Rabbits Against Magic!

Every once in a while - and more often than one might reasonably expect - a cartoonist will launch a new strip on Comics Sherpa (our "community of undiscovered comics creators") and begin a steady ascent to the top. We're talking about a strip that has just the right blend - unique premise, deft cartooning, unpredictable humor, consistency. The strip starts out as an unknown commodity, and before long, begins to build a small following. As more and more people try out the strip and spread the good word about it, the strip catches the attention of the decision makers here at Uclick. If the strip maintains a high level of quality over a long enough period, the dream of online syndication becomes a reality as the cartoonist is signed to a contract. Bob the Squirrel did it. The Argyle Sweater did, as well. In fact, more than a dozen strips currently in online and/or print syndication, whether on GoComics.com or a competing site, got their start on Comics Sherpa.

One of the latest to make that jump is Rabbits Against Magic, a strip by Jonathan Lemon. Lemon cites legendary Krazy Kat creator George Herriman, classic children's book author Dr. Seuss and Simpsons mastermind Matt Groening among his influences, and a glance at his cartooning style confirms all  three. In short, his stuff is very good.

So what's the strip about? Here's the description from Lemon's own Rabbits Against Magic site:

"Ever wondered what goes on inside a magician's top hat before the wand raps on the brim and the word "abracadabra" is uttered? Well here's a comic strip that delves headlong into that world of wacky weirdness and silly surrealism. A strange world where two mutant rabbits, one in superhero costume, one a cynical cyclops—no doubt warped by appearing in too many magic tricks—speculate about life, death, love, truth, beauty and the futile nature of representative democracy.  There are foxes of limited intelligence endlessly and hopelessly pursuing their carnivorous instincts.  And then there's a duck."

Rabbits Against Magic runs daily on GoComics.com.

Uclick GoComics - Currently the #1 Web App on iPhone!

A quick look at the "Top Web Apps" section on the iPhone Hot News page reveals that the Uclick GoComics web app is currently ranked #1! As if you needed yet another reason to buy the slickest mobile devices on the market...

Uclick made a big splash at last month's MacWorld conference when we announced the release of our brand new Uclick GoComics web app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The web app gives iPhone and iPod Touch users access to all of the GoComics comic strip and cartoon titles in a special presentation tailored specifically for the Apple devices' large multi-touch displays.

Along with the comic strips and cartoons, the Uclick GoComics web app also allows users to browse our vast library of paid apps featuring comic books, graphic novels, webcomics and manga for the iPhone - we currently have more than 80 of these apps in release, including Bone, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, GODLAND, Pibgorn, Dramacon, and more. These apps are the length of a standard comic book and retail at 99 cents each.

To access the Uclick GoComics web app, navigate to www.uclick.com through the built-in Safari browser on your iPhone or iPod Touch.