Celebrate The Walking Dead Season 3 Premiere With Comixology’s “The Walking Dead Half-Off Sale” All Weekend Long, Oct 12th Thru Oct 15th

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CELEBRATE THE WALKING DEAD SEASON 3 PREMIERE
WITH COMIXOLOGY’S “THE WALKING DEAD HALF-OFF SALE” ALL WEEKEND LONG, OCT 12^th THRU OCT 15^th

First 99 issues for only .99 cents each and Volumes 1-14 on sale half off!

October 12th, 2012 – New York, New York — Don’t want to wait for The Walking Dead Season Three premiere this Sunday night to get your zombie fix? Then make sure you take advantage of THE WALKING DEAD HALF-OFF SALE. This pre-premiere event brings together Robert Kirkman, creator and writer of The Walking Dead and writer/Executive Producer of the hit AMC TV show based upon his groundbreaking comic series and bestselling graphic novels; Skybound, his imprint at Image Comics; and comiXology to offer a well-timed sale this weekend from Friday, October 12^th to Monday October 15^th on the original, comic series that inspired the show, the novels, the games and the entire universe of The Walking Dead. Now is your chance to read the original The Walking Dead ongoing comic book series.

“All The Walking Dead TV show fans should discover the original source material for the show,” said David Steinberger, co-founder and CEO of comiXology. “If you have enjoyed The Walking Dead TV show, but have yet to dive in to the comic, this sale is one of the best opportunities to experience the real deal. ”

All the issues of The Walking Dead will be .99 cents, and Volume 1 through Volume 16, collecting the first 96 issues of the series will be half-off! Where else can you get this level of entertainment for under a buck?

Based on one of the most successful and popular comic books of all time, written and created by Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead captures the ongoing human drama following a zombie apocalypse. The series follows a group of survivors, led by sheriff Rick Grimes, in search of a safe and secure home. However, instead of the zombies, it is the living who remain that truly become the walking dead.

About comiXology

Founded in 2007 with the mission of bringing comics to people everywhere, comiXology revolutionized the comic book and graphic novel world.  With the development of the comiXology digital comics platform – with buy-once, read-anywhere availability across iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and the Web – comiXology provides the easiest way worldwide for people to enjoy comics anywhere they happen to be! Regularly ranking as the top grossing iPad app in the entire iTunes App Store, comiXology is one of the leading drivers of the iPad economy. Providing the most digital comics on the most devices, comiXology will not stop until everyone on the face of the planet has been turned into a comic book fan.

About Robert Kirkman

Robert Kirkman’s success and passionate advocacy for creator-owned comics led him to become the first person invited to become a partner at Image Comics since the company’s inception twenty years ago and he formed his own imprint there, Skybound, in 2010.  Kirkman is the creator/writer of the Eisner Award-winning The Walking Dead, long-running Invincible, all-ages Super Dinosaur, The Astounding Wolf-Man, and new title Thief of Thieves, among many others. Kirkman has earned the respect of the comic, writing and television communities and topped the New York Times bestseller list for graphic novels in 2011 and in April 2012, he took the top five spots on both the hardcover and paperback lists. He’s the creator/executive producer and writer of the hit television show, AMC’s The Walking Dead, the highest-rated basic cable drama of all time in the U.S, also an international success in 122 countries and 37 languages. AMC is developing Thief of Thieves as a potential series with Kirkman serving as creator/executive producer and writer. www.Skybound.com is your destination for all news and merchandise for Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead and all Skybound titles.

About Image Comics

Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

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COMIXOLOGY’S “THE WALKING DEAD HALF-OFF SALE” OCT. 16TH

CELEBRATE THE PREMIERE OF THE WALKING DEAD SEASON TWO

WITH COMIXOLOGY’S “THE WALKING DEAD HALF-OFF SALE”

ALL DAY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16TH

Volume 1 through Volume 14 & most recent issues all half-off

New York, NY—October 14, 2011 – In anticipation of Sunday night’s premiere episode of The Walking Dead Season Two, enjoy a full day of reading The Walking Dead comic books and graphic novels for half-off — available across all Comics by comiXology platforms iOS, Android, the Web and The Walking Dead’s own iOS app! Now is your chance to read the original The Walking Dead ongoing comic book series published by Image Comics.

“The Walking Dead is now a bona fide television phenomenon and the Season Two premiere is a great way to discover the original source material for the show,” said David Steinberger, CEO of comiXology. “If you have enjoyed The Walking Dead, but never read the comic, this is a great opportunity.”

The Walking Dead Volume 1 through Volume 14, collecting the first 84 issues of the series will be half-off! While at the same time you can get caught up with the newest uncollected issues #85 through #89 for half-off as well.

Based on one of the most successful and popular comic books of all time, written by Robert Kirkman, AMC’s The Walking Dead captures the ongoing human drama following a zombie apocalypse. The series follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, who are traveling in search of a safe and secure home. However, instead of the zombies, it is the living who remain that truly become the walking dead.

About comiXology

Since 2007 comiXology has been developing the technological infrastructure to bring comics into the digital mainstream and expose new audiences to the rich history and culture of the industry. Through partnerships with top comic book publishers including Marvel Comics, DC Comics, IDW Publishing, Archaia Entertainment, BOOM! Studios, Dynamite Entertainment and Image Comics as well as their own mobile and web apps which hosts over 14,000 digital titles, comiXology has become a leader in digital comic book proliferation. Also focused on creating strong ties with retail stores through its technology solutions, comiXology continues to transform the previously fragmented comic ecosystem into a vibrant and cohesive marketplace.

About Image Comics

Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

About Skybound Ent

SKYBOUND is an all-new imprint of Image Comics. The imprint will give a new generation of comic book creators the opportunity to publish their works as SKYBOUND Originals. With SKYBOUND, Image COO Robert Kirkman will handpick up-and-coming creators and maintain an active role in promoting and expanding the projects of this already growing talent pool. Artist and imprint alike will be fully vested in the development of their properties into new mediums (e.g. television, film) globally.

The Walking Dead Collection Sale

It’s been hailed as a modern comics masterpiece, a milestone of the horror genre and was the 2010 Eisner award winning for best on-going series. It’s issues have gone Day and Date, been adapted into episodes for a hit T.V. show and have continued to deliver thrills and chills since issue #1 hit store shelfs way back in 2003. Now nearly eight years and 81 issues later the series has become a near unstoppable force in the world of creator owned comics, however the fact remains that if you haven’t experienced The Walking Dead in a trade, you haven’t really experienced at all.

With each volume collecting six issues at a time. The trade editions present the story of The Walking Dead in the way series creator Robert Kirkman intended it to be read. Volume #1 Days Gone Bye tells of the desperate struggle of Rick Grimes as he awakes in a hospital to find the world he once knew and the civilization he was once sworn to protect; destroyed.  From there things go from bad to worse as the series escalates to a tale of distopian survival among the backdrop of a bitter winter, a maximum security prison sell and all out war that is not only extremely violent but also extremely human.

The collected volumes are a perfect way to get into the series from the beginning, and right now the first eleven trades are on sale for $5.99 a piece. That’s roughly 40% off the cover price and a huge savings on the series overall! So whether you have been curious about the series, are looking for a great read, or simply a new way to experience a classic favorite take advantage of this amazing offer today. It won’t be around long and with issue #82 toping tomorrow’s pull list, why not take the time to get caught up what you’ve missed?

All Hallow’s Reads: Check out some of these cryptic comics for the iPhone and iPad today

Who doesn’t love a good scary story, especially this time of year? Just in time to make this Halloween even more frighting comiXology is delivering a magnificent menagerie of the macabre with some of the greatest horror comics of all time ready to go on the iPhone, iPad and even the iPod touch.

For a full list of all comiXology’s haunted offerings this year check out the online store. In the meantime check out a few worth while stand outs and long time fan favorites from the list below:

Batman The Long Halloween #1: Obliviously the holiday can hardly be complete without an appearance by The Dark Knight himself and what better way to celebrate Halloween than with this caped crusader classic. The Long Halloween follows the early trials of Batman as he stalks a killer who strikes according to the days on the calendar, worst yet, this same killer seems to have ties to some of the eeriest Batman villains of all time, but just who is ‘Holiday,’ download issue #1 and find out.

High Moon #1-#11: Werewolf’s and Cowboys, two of the halloween costumes that may never go out of style and neither hopefully will this award winning digital comic that celebrates 3rd year on the web this month as a comic tailor made for halloween. It’s a little tough to pick out a single issue from a series so ripe with horrors and twists so go ahead and download all 11 issues right now…if you dare!

The Walking Dead #71: Ever wonder what would happen to trick’ r’ treating if the world was actually plummeted into the Zombie Apocalypse? Read The Walking Dead #71 and find out. Be warned though, celebrating this frightful holiday during the day may not seem like such a bad idea after you’re though with this issue.

Night Owls #3: It may seem like every night is halloween night when The Night Owls are on the case, but when the Vampire criminals of 1920′s New York go after head night owl Ernest Baxter it’s up to the stalwart do-gooder to fiend for himself as partners Mindy Markus and Roscoe the Gargoyle have some issues of their own to deal with. The least may involve a pair of silver knuckles. Be sure to check out all the zany adventures of The Night Owls and don’t forget issue #1 is available for Free!

Trick ‘R’ Treat #1-#4: Remember the critically acclaimed halloween horror flick that proved nearly impossible to find in theaters last year? well there are no tricks to this treat as the entire graphic novel adaptation is ready to go on comiXology. Celebrate the feast of Samhain as it was meant to be celebrated

Vincent Price Presents #9: It really wouldn’t be halloween without a little Vincent Price. Throw in a tale inspired by The Grandfather of American Gothic Horror Edgar Allen Poe and a few frightful teenagers in the mix and the result is a gruesome tale with all the hallmarks of Halloween out in Full Force. The entire Vincent Price Presents series from  actually caters to many a sinister sensibility but issue #9 deserves special mention here. Read it to find out why…

Swamp Thing #76 & Hellblazer #9: A frightful crossover from two of the top titles in horror comics, be prepared for shocks, spooks and even a little bedside manner as only these early issues can deliver. Both titles pack plenty of spine-tingling chills and both titles are available for download right now!

Sandman #18: Why are Black Cats never a sign of good luck? perhaps it’s because of the demented dream reality from which they all come from. Witness the final tale of a dying Siamese cat as told in the eerie light of a graveyard after midnight. A rare issue of the Sandman series that fits nicely between it’s early horror roots and it’s more fantastical later runs. The Dream of a Thousand Cats is both visually creepy and conceptually cool, and ready for download along with the first nineteen issues of Neil Gaiman’s ground breaking series.

Naturally these are only a brief sampling of the many fright filled digital comics available from comiXology. Check them all out today and keep reading long after the sun’s gone down; even if it means sleeping with the lights on till Christmas.

Press Release: comiXology, Image Comics and Robert Kirkman Team Up to Debut Digital Comics App for Award Winning THE WALKING DEAD Series

Click here for the official press release

Zombie Lovers Everywhere Can Now Enjoy THE WALKING DEAD Series on All iOS Devices

New York, NY – To commemorate the highly anticipated AMC series premiere of The Walking Dead this Halloween, comiXology has created a dedicated digital comic app of the award-winning series for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch in collaboration with Image Comics and the comic’s creator Robert Kirkman.

The Walking Dead, which won the 2010 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series at San Diego Comic Con, recently went day-and-date with its digital version on comiXology-enabled devices and Web reader and is now giving its loyal fan base the ability to enjoy the comic in all of its gory in its own dedicated app. The Walking Dead in digital format is exclusive to the Comics by comiXology platform.

“Robert Kirkman and Image Comics have been great partners of ours and we love to see them continually pushing the envelope with The Walking Dead series,” said David Steinberger, CEO of comiXology. “Through this new app, zombie lovers everywhere will be getting a full dose of their favorite comic on their mobile devices all in one location. We’ve even added all the collected editions.”

The story centers around Rick Grimes, a former police officer who was shot in the line of duty and woke up from a coma after the world had succumbed to the zombie plague. Dazed from months in the hospital, and confused as to why he can’t find anyone alive, he begins his journey to find his wife and son.

“Today’s app release will provide fans of The Walking Dead, new and old alike, another way to enjoy this series,” said Robert Kirkman. “The Walking Dead app will make the series that much more accessible to the new generation that, more often than not, experiences their entertainment completely digitally. I couldn’t be more thrilled to be working with comiXology, on the eve of the debut of the AMC television series, to bring this series in front of a whole new generation of readers.”

The Walking Dead app can be found in the iTunes App Store here and on comics.comixology.com.

The purchases made in The Walking Dead app will also be available in the Comics by comiXology app and online at comics.comixology.com.

About comiXology
Since 2007 comiXology has been developing the technological infrastructure to bring comics into the digital mainstream and expose new audiences to the rich history and culture of the industry. Through partnerships with top comic book publishers including Marvel, DC, BOOM! Studios and Image Comics as well as their own mobile and web apps which hosts nearly 3000 digital titles, comiXology has become a leader in comic book proliferation. Also focused on creating strong ties with retail stores through its technology solutions, comiXology continues to transform the previously fragmented comic ecosystem into a vibrant and cohesive marketplace. http://www.comixology.com/

About Robert Kirkman
Robert Kirkman is a New York Times bestselling author known for being the cultural zeitgeist of the comic book industry. Following the grassroots success of the self-published Battle Pope (2000), Kirkman caught the eye of Image Comics founding partner Erik Larsen. After several short-term projects (SuperPatriot and TechJacket), he achieved superstar status in 2003 with Invincible and The Walking Dead. During a subsequent stint at Marvel Comics, he gained many new fans with the haunting and hilarious Marvel Zombies. MTV translated Kirkman’s Invincible into a motion comic — one of the first in a growing industry trend. Kirkman’s SKYBOUND imprint, under the Image Comics umbrella, is committed to fostering up-and-coming talent in the industry, and all acquisitions are hand-picked by Kirkman himself. Kirkman won the 2010 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series for The Walking Dead.

The Walking Dead continues with Issue #78 and another Day and Date release just in time for Halloween

Autumn winds carry the chills of the season this week as the dead rise once more on comiXology, this time with the day and date release of The Walking Dead #78 just in time to the herald the series premiere of The Walking Dead television show on AMC this Halloween.

EDITOR NOTE: For those of you wondering where the heck The Walking Dead #78 is (beyond your local comic store, which should have it as of yesterday): we didn’t get approval from the Great Fruit, so you can’t get it on the app (yet). Instead, buy it from comics.comixology.com, and it will appear in “My Comics” tab on your Comics by comiXology app.

With their first halloween in the community already an unqualified success back in issue #71 Rick and the gang prepare for a much more sober event this month as the community braces for it’s first ever…funeral. However can the ever humble band of survivors recover from an attack within their own gates in time to prepare them for an attack from the outside. Ready or not here it comes!

Read issue #78 on comiXology today then go back and start the series over from the beginning with collected trades and every single issue of the series from #1 to #77 available for download on the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, it’s safer than venturing outdoors to pick up a copy. After all tis’ the season for the rising undead and what better way to celebrate it than with the greatest zombie saga of all time, be safe out there.

What do you think of the lastest issue? And are you excited for The Walking Dead AMC series starting next week?