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SDCC ’09 | Warner Bros. unveils next wave of motion comics
Superman: Red Son
Warner Premiere and Warner Digital Distribution today announced the next three titles in the Warner Premiere Motion Comics line: Superman: Red Son, Batgirl: Year One, and Batman: Black and White Collection 2.
For a limited time, the first episode of Red Son is available for free download from the iTunes Store.
Motion comics blend sequential art with limited animation, adding voiceovers and a musical score.
Superman: Red Son is the Eisner Award-winning 2003 Elseworlds miniseries by Mark Millar and Dave Johnson that imagines what might’ve happened had the Man of Steel been raised in the Soviet Union.
In 2003′s Batgirl: Year One, writers Scott Beatty and Chuck Dixon and artists Alvaro Lopez and Marcos Martin retold Barbara Gordon’s origin as Batgirl.
Batman: Black & White Collection 2 features short stories by such creators as John Arcudi, Ed Brubaker, John Buscema, Howard Chaykin, Archie Goodwin, Sean Phillips, Walter Simonson, Ryan Sook and Danijel Zezelj.
All three titles are now available on iTunes.
- July 23, 2009 @ 01:28 PM by Kevin Melrose