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Planetwide Media Announces Launch of National Geographic Kids Silly Pets Comic Book Creator Software
Interactive Entertainment Self-Publishing Software Allows Kids and Families to Create Personalized Comic Books Starring Their Own Pets
| Source: Planetwide Media
LOS ANGELES, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- February 12, 2007 --Planetwide Media today announced the launch
of the National Geographic Kids Silly Pets Comic Book Creator. The
interactive entertainment self-publishing software, to be sold in major
retail stores and through online retailers, allows kids and families to
create personalized comics books featuring their pets along with a vast
collection of National Geographic photographic imagery and artwork.
Kids can create their own customized comics, comic books and storybooks,
which can then be posted to blogs, emailed to friends, or printed out and
shared with others. Planetwide's Drag 'n Drop Comics technology allows
users with minimal computer and design skills to make their own unique and
authentic-looking comics by "dragging and dropping" images, text, icons,
symbols and artwork into a selection of more than 100 layout and design
templates combined with the users' real-life experiences with their pets.
The retail box version of National Geographic Kids Silly Pets Comic Book
Creator software will be available through mass market, electronics and
online retailers in the United States and Canada. The retail box version
will be sold for $29.99 and will be available at retailers' websites and at
http://www.mycomicbookcreator.com.
"Planetwide Media's mission with National Geographic Society is to provide
the most intuitive and innovative educational software for families to
allow them to easily share and self-publish their stories online and
through user-generated-content online printing methods," said Kevin
Donovan, president of Planetwide Media. "Our goal was to provide a personal
media platform for National Geographic members and others to share stories
important to them, including fun events and their family roots, with
friends and families across the world."
About Planetwide Media
Planetwide Media (a division of Planetwide Games, Inc.) provides a unique
and patent pending, interactive, self-publishing personalized media
platform for a wide audience of emerging consumers in the digital media
space. The company provides web enabled tools, software applications and
video games that provide personal interactivity. The company's signature
product, Comic Book Creator™, is a best of breed digital media platform
that embraces User Generated Contest (UGC) and enables users to blend their
creations into their social networks, their blogs and across the web. Comic
Book Creator is an easy to use platform that provides the consumer with a
richly enhanced interactive digital experience. Planetwide Media is
currently licensing the Comic Book Creator technology and partnering with
world-class entertainment, video game, sports, music and lifestyle brands
worldwide.
Visit http://www.myplanetwide.com, http://www.mycomicbookcreator.com and
http://www.hypercomics.com for more information.
Comic Book Creator™ & © 2007 Planetwide Games, Inc. All rights
reserved.