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Dynamite Launches Its DRM-Free Digital Comic Program

Published Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:00:15 -0500

Dynamite Entertainment is debuting its digital comic program featuring DRM-free comics. Launching initially with comics available in PDF file format, the initiative makes a selection of its most popular and celebrated titles ready for download today directly by consumers. The sale of DRM-free digital comics can be found at their company website's dedicated digital sales page: http://dynamite.com/digital/

The program launches today with an available selection of over 80 individual comic books, which includes creator-owned, company-owned and licensed titles from Dynamite's library. The debut selection represents a wide variety of titles, spanning numerous genres, featuring name brand creators including Kevin Smith, Bill Willingham, Mark Millar, Grant Morrison, Alex Ross, Gail Simone, Robert Jordan, Jim Butcher, Walt Flanagan and Bryan Johnson, Frank Cho, Art and Franco, Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson, and more.

In celebration of their 10th anniversary, Dynamite will offer ten of its comic books at 10 cents apiece. The introductory-priced comic books include:

• Blood Queen #1
• The Boys #1
• Evil Ernie: Origin of Evil #1
• Jungle Girl #0
• Kevin Smith's Green Hornet #1
• Miss Fury #1
• The Mocking Dead #1
• Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time #1
• The Trial of Sherlock Holmes #1
• Vampirella #1

Following today's launch, Dynamite plans to release its DRM-free comics on a weekly basis, every Wednesday, with new offerings announced via the company's Facebook, Twitter, and website as they are made available for download. There will be a slow, focused roll-out over time that will grow the available titles to reflect the vast majority of Dynamite's library.

Throughout its first month of operation, Dynamite will donate ten percent of all sales to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of the First Amendment rights of the comics art form and its community of retailers, creators, publishers, librarians, and readers.