Comic Touch released for iPhone / iPod Touch
Ever wished you had the fun of Comic Life handy at all times? Ever been out at a party, family gathering or on public transport and wished you could add your 'comic touch' to a photo? Now you can!

We're giggling with glee to announce Comic Touch for iPhone and iPod Touch. Add various speech balloons and captions to your photos. Choose a fun special effect to warp and bend your family and friends, then email the results to them!

Learn more about Comic Touch here or purchase it instantly from the iTunes App store.

Comic Touch - it's new!

   
'Chocolate & Chat: Writing for Teens and Young Adults’ tour!
plasq is proud to announce that we are sponsoring authors James McCann and kc dyer on their 'Chocolate & Chat: Writing for Teens and Young Adults’ tour.

The tour will go through Western Canadian Rocky Mountains from July 7-15th, 2008, with stops in Banff, Calgary, Red Deer, Cochrane, Kamloops, Salmon Arm and Kelowna. Click here for tour dates.

If you live nearby make sure you go along and say "Hi" for us! You may also enter a draw to win a copy of Comic Life Magiq or Comic Life Deluxe at each stop!

You can follow the authors travels on their websites - James McCann and kc dyer - where they will be doing a comic for each stop when they have a chance, using - you guessed it - Comic Life!

Chocolate & Chat: Writing for Teens and Young Adults

   
Comic Life Magiq 1.0.1 update released
A free update for Comic Life Magiq is available for all users!

This 1.0.1 update has many tweaks and bug fixes to improve the performance of Comic Life Magiq.

Get the update from the plasq Downloads page.

   
Comic Life Magiq released!
We're all super proud to announce something very special: Comic Life Magiq - our brand new addition to the Comic Life family.

Comic Life Magiq sports gorgeous themed templates, a cool image editor and a whole bunch of new creative options.

Download the trial (you'll need Mac OS 10.5.2 "Leopard") and let us know what you think!

It is available for purchase today at our online store and we have USD$29.95 crossgrades available if you own Comic Life or it came with your Mac!

Comic Life Magiq - it's new!

   
Comic Life packs a lot of 'Brawn'!
Cranium Comics has recently launched their first four color comic, Brawn #1.

"I used Comic Life on my Mac exclusively to lay out the storyboards, then later when I created and colored all 24 pages of the issue," recounted Anthony Rezendes, the owner of Cranium Comics and co-creator of Brawn.

The comic 'Brawn' focuses on a dockworker named Sam Ross who was reborn as the hero "Brawn" after he was nearly killed in a drunk driving accident.

"Being an illustrator, it saved me quite a bit of time from having to lay all the text bubbles out manually. It made the process of actually creating the comic that much more enjoyable," Mr. Rezendes added.

We think this comic is great! So check out 'Brawn' on the Cranium Comics site or read the first 5 pages on our Comic Life gallery.

   
Doozla 1.1 released
Roll up! Roll up! A Doozla update has been released.

Doozla 1.1 brings a bunch of new features, tweaks and 34 new Coloring-in templates and 9 new colorful backgrounds.

Check out the release notes for all the fun details.

This is a free update and you can get it from our Downloads page.

   
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Using comic life with poetry - 2007/04/20 06:06 I've used comic life with tenth graders when working on interpreting difficult poetry--it would work at any level.

What I do is put each line of the poem in a different frame (leaving blank space for students to draw).

Then, they need to draw a depiction of each line in the comic box. It helps them chart what the poet/poem is trying to say, and it's a fun activity. Plus, it's way easier when I ask "what do you think this line is about?" because they all want to share what they drew.
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Re:Using comic life with poetry - 2007/04/30 12:00 I love this idea! Thank you so much for sharing!
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Re:Using comic life with poetry - 2008/01/20 14:32 I recently used Comic Life with an abridged version of a T S Eliot poem. It can be found at:
http://homepage.mac.com/graihwing/comiclife/
When you arrive at the site, just scroll down to the comic titled "Milton Does Eliot", click and enjoy!
Regards!
William Warrior
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