The Brooklyn Rail writes up a pair of pioneering local comic artists with a perfect product for the F Train:
David Gallaher and Steve Ellis create comic books in Ellis’s home studio in Brooklyn. But more important than where they are made is where they will end up—not in a neighborhood comic book store, but directly onto the iPhone or iPad.
They are the creators of one of very first comics crafted specifically to be viewed on the Apple devices. The comic, “Box 13,” is described by Gallaher as a “neo-noir espionage thriller.” He writes the storylines while Ellis draws the artwork....
ComiXology, a Manhattan-based company that produces an app for viewing comics on Apple devices, commissioned Gallaher and Ellis to create “Box 13”—which is a reinterpretation of the popular 1948 radio serial of the same name. When the app launched in 2009, Apple would not allow ComiXology to release it for free, said production manager John Paterno. So in order to entice customers to buy the app, they gave away “Box 13” for free, included with the app.
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