Introducing Udig...Updated with New Spring Titles!

**March 28, 2013 - Now, we have two new collections from the Frazz and Close To Home comics! See below for links:

In the comics world, we're accustomed to two or more things coming together for the greater good. Calvin wouldn't be the same without Hobbes. Garfield has Odie and John. The Avengers brought together a collective of powers to produce a group greater than the sum of its individual parts. And now ... something new.

We would like to announce that the two companies that comprise Andrews McMeel Universal -- Andrews McMeel Publishing and Universal Uclick/GoComics -- have formed a joint e-publishing initiative called Udig to publish collected series of short, curated, collectible e-books. 

Udig combines the best of both companies' worlds. The vast publishing reach established by Andrews McMeel Publishing, with many best-selling humor and non-fiction books, will pair perfectly with Universal Uclick's vast array of comics, humor, political cartoons and thought-provoking columnists seen on GoComics and UExpress.com. 

 

What does this mean to you? Well, you now have another awesome option for buying e-books that you can read in a short stretch on your tablet or mobile device. It also provides more great GoComics/UExpress content in e-book form. All titles are available only for $2.99 where e-books are sold, including on the Kindle, Nook, via the iBookstore, Google and Kobo. 

Udig Titles and Collections:

Frazz by Jef Mallett:

• A Tangled Web (available on Kindle, Apple devices, Google, Nook and Kobo.)
• Bike Swim Run Grin (available on Kindle, Apple devices, Google, Nook and Kobo.)
• Cogito, Ergo Caulfield (available on Kindle, Apple devices, Google, Nook and Kobo.)

Close to Home by John McPherson

• Attack of the 70-Foot Zombie Toddlers! (available on Kindle, Apple devices, Google, Nook and Kobo.)
• McPherson on Sports (available on Kindle, Apple devices, Google, Nook and Kobo.)
• Medicine is the Best Laughter (available on Kindle, Apple devices, Google, Nook and Kobo.)

 
Luann by Greg Evans:

• Boys, Bras, Braces and Boys (available on Kindle, Nook, Apple devices, Google and Kobo)
• Dating Disasters 101 (available on Kindle, Nook, Apple devices, Google and Kobo)
• The Teens They Are a-Changin' (available on Kindle, Nook, Apple devices, Google and Kobo)

 

News of The Weird by Chuck Shepherd:

• News of the Weird: Ironies (available on Kindle, Nook, Apple devices, Google and Kobo)
• News of the Weird: Least Competent Criminals (available on Kindle, Nook, Apple devices, Google and Kobo)
• News of the Weird: Our Litigious Society (available on Kindle, Nook, Apple devices, Google and Kobo)

 

Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller: 

• Non Sequitur Guide to "The System" (available on Kindle, Apple devices, Google and Kobo)
• Non Sequitur Guide to Aging (available on Kindle, Apple devices, Google and Kobo)
• Non Sequitur Guide to Finance (available on Kindle, Apple devices, Google and Kobo)

 

Savage Chickens by Doug Savage:

• Relationships According to Savage Chickens (available on Kindle, Apple devices, Google and Kobo)
• Very Very Best of Savage Chickens (available on Kindle, Nook, Apple devices, Google and Kobo)
• Zombies According to Savage Chickens (available on Kindle, Nook, Apple devices, Google and Kobo)

 

Udig e-books encompass everything that you love about reading comics and short collections, with the added bonus of mobility. Additionally, many Udig e-books will have special content and creator notes only available via these collections. 

Enjoy the new collections. We look forward to introducing more great titles in 2013 along with hearing from you. 

Comments

[Anne]

Cool! I hope there's a Diamond Lil and Molly and the Bear e-book available soon!

[Ben]

Why is there no Molly and the Bear book?

[IT Company]

Solve existing issues and review the rendering system that needs some love. Probably the best way to go is to plug it into the J Grass rendering mechanism, which has already a complete system to deal with color tables.

[Suzii]

Hmm. For $2.99 I can get 12 pages of Luann; for $5.99 I can get 117 pages (https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-brad-and-toni-saga-book-one/id515935161?mt=11)

What's wrong with this picture?

[Carl]

DRM-free? I don't buy ebooks encumbered with DR, and I buy many ebooks from smart publishers like Baen, O'Reilly and Macmillan.

[Shirlee]

"Collectible" e-books?

That's a joke, right?

[Silber MaiKätzchen]

How about in .PDF format? For those of us old fogies that prefer paper?

[Jan]

I spent an hour, were not able to find anything in apple store...

[David]

Bought the first year of Luann minus Sunday strips at a local thrift for 50 cents. Nothing like a real book.

[lydia]

How about a description of how many pages (or strips, or some kind of metric) you get for your $2.99? All I find is a comment here implying that each "book" is 12pp. Nothing in this announcement or on the individual iTunes pages, and the sample's "6pp" contains no imagery other than the cover pic. I am a great fan of Frazz, but for $3/12pp I am not in yet.