Apple Approves Sequential Digital Comics App for UK Store; US to Follow

Apple has given the green light to Panel Nine, the digital publisher whose works include Eddie Campbell’s Dapper John and David Lloyd’s Kickback, for a multi-comic app, Sequential, that will feature work from an array of British and American comics creators. The app goes live in the UK and Ireland Apple stores tomorrow and the U.S. release will follow shortly. The Panel Nine apps stand out from the crowd because of their sleek, uncluttered design and smooth operation. The only way to describe it is that Panel Nine comics feel like the digital analog of an expensive art book. Adding to that is the fact that each of these apps featured a single work, or the work of a single creator, with a main-course comic and added features (notes, covers, sketches, etc.), making a very nice, deluxe package. Panel Nine is also the digital distributor for the UK children’s comic The Phoenix, which they package in a similar, but more kid-friendly, format. Sequential is a departure in that it will be a storefront for a variety of comics, which can be purchased in-app. The Facebook page lists some of the titles that will be available: Hugo Tate, by Nick Abadzis; The Accidental Salad, by Joe Decie; Science Tales, by Darryl Cunningham (the U.S. title is How to Fake a Moon Landing); and the much-acclaimed anthology Nelson. Why yes, those are all British comics, but if you squint at the teaser image above, you will see some American titles, too, including Drawn Together, by the husband-and-wife team of Robert and Aline Crumb. The app will include two free titles on launch day, Cherish, by ILYA, and Fictions, by Terry Wiley and Russell Willis (who is also the publisher of the app). Sequential is available only for iPads, at least initially, and it will have a panel-by-panel view feature, Sequential Mode. Here’s the description: Fictions is an example of what we are calling Sequential Mode, where instead of moving panel by panel, one screen replaces another, with either one or multiple panels on it. It’s an amazing way of telling stories with sequential art, and we think people are going to love it. While comiXology and the Kindle, Nook, and iBooks stores carry a range of indy graphic novels, Sequential is the only app that is completely dedicated to them, in both design and contents, and in that regard, it is opening up a new niche in the digital-comics world. Apple Approves Sequential Digital Comics App for UK Store; US to Follow is a post from: E-Reader News

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