Users of the Amp’d Mobile entertainment network will be able to check out Pantheon Books’ graphic novel based on A Scanner Darkly, Warner Independent Pictures’ film adaptation of the Philip K. Dick sci-fi yarn. Announced today at Comic-Con Int’l in San Diego, the arrangement marks the first time a graphic novel has been distributed through a major mobile platform in the U.S.
The Scanner Darkly graphic novel is composed of stills from director Richard Linklater’s rotoscope-animated feature. TTo make the book’s visuals work on cel phones, Amp’d Mobile and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution worked with Japanese graphics software developer and multimedia producer Celsys, which used its ComicSurfing application to get the job done.
Amp’d Mobile previously hosted the world premiere of the Scanner Darkly theatrical trailer, another first for the mobile market. In addition to the graphic novel, Amp’d Mobile subscribers will have access to an exclusive Scanner-branded channel featuring wallpapers and video coverage of the movie’s press junket and premiere.
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