Software Allows Comic Book Fans and Artists to Include Videos, Sound Effects and Animation in their Personalized Comic Books

San Diego, CA (PRNewswire) – July 24, 2007 – Comic-Con International San Diego Booth #5554 – Planetwide Media, a pioneer in personalized media software, today announced the launch of Windows Vista Compatible Comic Book Creator 2.0, extending the capabilities of the original award-winning Comic Book Creator™. Comic Book Creator 2.0 is a personal media creation tool that allows you to easily create and share your own story utilizing digital photos, music, sound effects, videos and animation. Comic Book Creator 2.0 users can also take full advantage of the superior features and functionality of Windows Vista in terms of visual experience, as well as graphic processing quality.

"Comic Book Creator 2.0 is a PC-based personal media suite that is designed for the mix-and mashup generation," stated Kevin Donovan, President, Planetwide Media. "It delivers the functionality of a complete digital art and music studio, equipped with artwork, speech bubbles, animations, sound effects and videos. Users can edit personal digital photos, mix their own music and sound effects, and drag and drop videos from an Internet browser to customized comics with newly embedded software applications."
The recent addition of embedded software program Project Dogwaffe Particles serves as a comprehensive and self-contained painting tool with a focus on Particle Brushes. Users can easily create fascinating original artwork containing shrubbery, foliage, trees, grass and a variety of other effects based on painting with particles and bristles, such as magical lighting effects, hair, fireworks and waterfalls, etc. Another prominent addition to Comic Book Creator 2.0 is Audacity, an easy-to-use audio editor and recorder that offers users the chance to record live audios and digitize recordings, and then include them in their comic book creations. Users will also be able to import sound files, edit and combine them with other files or new recordings.

Coupled with an easy-to-use drag and drop technology, participants can utilize more than 1,200 screenshots, caption boxes, clip art, audio clips and artwork into a selection of 100+ professional layout and design templates, and combine their creations with a personalized storyline to make their own comics. The completed creations can then be posted to blogs or social networks, emailed to friends, printed in comic book form or published to Planetwide’s comic fans’ online social network at http://www.hypercomics.com.

The retail box version is sold for $49.99 and is available at selected retailers and Comic Book Stores at mass market, electronics and online retailers across the United States and Canada.  Comic Book Creator 2.0 can also be purchased as a digital download or box version at http://www.mycomicbookcreator.com/.

About Planetwide Media

Planetwide Media (www.myplanetwide.com), 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 create personal interactivity. The company's signature product, Comic Book Creator™, is a best-of-breed digital media platform that embraces User Generated Content (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 combining the Comic Book Creator with technology through licenses with world-class entertainment, video game, sports, music and lifestyle brands worldwide.  For licensing and brand partners, Comic Book Creator is a platform to extend their digital footprint into an interactive digital experience.
Visit http://www.HyperComics.com, http://www.MyComicbookCreator.com and http://www.MyPlanetwide.com for more information.


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Company contact:
Mark Politi
VP Sales and Marketing
Planetwide Games
(800) 560-2993 x4206