Bluewater Previews for 5/28/2014: J.R.R Tolkien, George RR Martin, Neil Gaiman & Stephen King, Carrie Fisher and more!

New releases for May 28th from Bluewater Productions.  

 

Amazing Storytellers:  J.R.R Tolkien, George RR Martin, Neil Gaiman & Stephen King

Price: $9.99

Pages: 96

Writer: Michael Lent, Brian McCathy, JS Earls, Tom M. Smith, Anthony Laplume

Artist: Kent Hurlburt, Luis Chichon, Marco Gerratana & JM Cuellar

Their imaginations have been the genesis of our nightmares, the elevation to the fantastic realms of our dreams and a reflection of our true selves. They are four of the most respected genre authors in the last 50 years.  It's not that these authors are simply best sellers, but have, in their own ways, transformed our culture and transcended the written word into new media. This collection of biographies of J.R.R Tolkien, George RR Martin, Neil Gaiman & Stephen King provide a unique  look at their achivements and the inspirations for some of their most heralded work.

Fame: The Cast of Glee Yearbook Omnibus

Price: $5.99

Pages: 64

Writer: CW Cooke, P.R. McCormack, Tara Broekell

Artist: Beniamino Bradi, V. Kenneth Marion

For the first time a special yearbook edition combing all the biographies of the cast of Glee!  Fame takes a look at how all of the cast of Glee including the history of how this global phenomenon was created by Ryan Murphy.  it's your turn to be a Gleek. You know you want to! Featuring most of your favorites!   A special tribute forward for Cory Monteith is written by Ravital Zabarsky from the " Montourage". 

Female Force: Carrie Fisher (Spanish Edition)

Price: $3.99

Pages: 22

Writer: C.W. Cooke

Artist: Ryan Paule

From galaxies far away to stories set all too close to home, Carrie Fisher has done it all and seen it all. From her youth as the daughter of a famous Hollywood singer and actress, to her own time in the acting spotlight, Carrie Fisher has been a strong role model for women everywhere. She has faced adversity at every turn and she has fought back each time. She's been a sex symbol, a sci-fi goddess, and everything in between, but above all else, she's been a strong female who never gave up. IN SPANISH: Desde galaxias lejanas a historias ambientadas demasiado cerca de casa, Carrie Fisher ha hecho todo y visto todo. Desde su juventud como la hija de una famosa cantante y actriz de Hollywood, a su propio tiempo en el punto de mira la actuación, Carrie Fisher ha sido un gran ejemplo para las mujeres en todas partes. Ella ha hecho frente a la adversidad en todo momento. Ella ha sido un símbolo sexual, una diosa de la ciencia ficción, y todo lo demás, pero por encima de todo, ella ha sido una mujer fuerte que nunca se rindió.

Fame Jennifer Lawrence: The interactive comic book APP

Price: $1.99

Writer: Michael Troy

Artist: Ben Eargle

Producer: Authorly

May the odds be ever in Jennifer Lawrence's favor.  Bluewater Productions popular line of biography comic books continues with The Fame: Jennifer  Join writer Michael Troy and artist ? for an exploration of Jennifer's career from starring in successful X-men and Hunger Games franchises to winning a best actress Oscar for her celebrated role in Silver Lining's Playbook.

Download the comic to your e-reader from iTunes, Kindle, Wowio, ComiXology, DriveThru Comics, Google Play, My Digital Comics, Overdrive, Iverse, Biblioboard, Flipkart, Axis360, ComicBin, Blio, Entitle, Comicblender.com, Nook, Kobo and wherever eBooks are sold.

You can get the print copies at Comic Flea Market by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ZlD5Bs

Comics News: Bluewater Productions & Authorly Get Innovated With First Animated, Interactive Comic Books

Bluewater Productions teams up with Authorly to develop first animated interactive comic books.   This week the first release in the partnership isFame: Jennifer Lawrence and will follow with the fiction title Dorian Gray later this month.

Fame: Jennifer Lawrence was turned into an app with Authorly, a tool that turns static content into interactive digital applications. Jennifer Lawrence fans can now engage and interact with the story. Click on "audio hotspots" to hear sound effects play and swipe to navigate through Lawrence's journey toward an Oscar. Authorly apps include features such as narration, word-by-word highlighted text, audio and video hotspots, basic animation and movements, sound effects and background music, and more!

Authorly is a tool that lets authors, illustrators, and publishers turn their visually driven stories into interactive storybook apps and directly publish them to iTunes, Google Play, and the Amazon App Store. These creators can use the do-it-yourself tool and no longer risk their time and money by relying on software developers.

“Not only is Authorly one of the first companies to focus on truly interactive storybook applications, but it is also unique in the sense that it gives authors, illustrators, and publishers a Do-It-Yourself tool to create and publish these high quality apps themselves,” said Bluewater publisher Darren G. Davis. “We always like to try new an unique things that pushes the boundaries of the comic book industry”

The comic book biography on the life of Academy Award winning actress Jennifer Lawrence. Lawrence, also recently nominated for Supporting Actress for her role in American Hustle, will be part of the popular Fame series.

May the odds be ever in Jennifer Lawrence's favor.  Bluewater Productions popular line of biography comic books continues with Fame: Jennifer Lawrence.  Join writer Michael Troy and artist Ben Eargle for an exploration of Jennifer's career from starring in successful X-men and Hunger Games franchises to winning a best actress Oscar for her celebrated role in Silver Lining's Playbook to her Oscar nomination in American Hustle.

The app is available on iTunes, Google Play, and the Amazon Appstore for $2.99.

"We've loved getting the chance to bring Bluewater's exciting stories to life with Authorly. Working on titles such as Katy Perry, One Direction, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Child, and Dorian Gray has been fun and we can't wait for readers to enjoy these stories as interactive apps! It's been a real win-win situation...we've helped Bluewater create some really fun, engaging apps, Bluewater has helped us gain exposure, and the readers and fans will get great content that they can now enjoy on their smartphones and tablets!" said Chris Whitman, CEO, Authorly.

Upcoming titles in the animated interactive partnership include: Fame Katy Perry, Female Force: Julia Child, Fame: One Direction and fiction title Dorian Gray.

Review copies are available upon request.

About Authorly

Authorly is a digital publishing platform that enables anyone to turn their illustrated storybooks into interactive, cross-platform storybook applications.

Our proprietary technology takes care of the tedious aspects of app production, like adjusting each story to fit a multitude of smartphones and tablets and publishing the apps to iTunes, Google Play, and the Amazon Appstore. Authors can use drag-and-drop functionality to add basic animations, sound effects, embedded videos, automatically aligned word-by-word voice narration, panning and zooming, and animated hotspot technology to their apps.

Authorly allows authors and illustrators to bypass writing code and hiring expensive software developers. The result is the ability for children's book creators to easily and affordably build and publish beautiful, interactive storybook apps for iOS, Android, and Kindle.

In addition to using Authorly as Do-It-Yourself tool, authors & illustrators can also utilize Authorly's 'Production Services' where the Authorly in-house team will turn storybooks into apps for the authors & illustrators themselves.

To see more about Authorly click here: http://authorly.com

About Bluewater Productions Bluewater Productions Inc. is one of the top independent production studios of comic books, young adult books and graphic novels. Its extensive catalog of titles includes the bestsellers “10^th Muse” and “The Legend of Isis” ”Bluewater publishes comic books in partnership with entertainment icon William Shatner (“TekWar Chronicles”), legendary filmmaker Ray Harryhausen (“Wrath of the Titans,” “Sinbad: Rogue of Mars,” “Jason and the Argonauts,” et al) and celebrated actor Vincent Price (“Vincent Price Presents”).

Additionally, Bluewater publishes a highly successful line of biographical comics under the titles “Female Force” and “Political Power.” Bluewater aims to unite cutting-edge art and engaging stories produced by its stable of the publishing industry’s top artists and writers.

For more information, visit www.bluewaterprod.com

Comics News: Jennifer Lawrence Takes the Spotlight in Bluewater Productions' FAME

Bluewater Productions announced plans to release a new comic book biography on the life of Academy Award winning actress Jennifer Lawrence. Lawrence, also recently nominated for Supporting Actress for her role in American Hustle, will be part of the popular Fame series.

Fame: Jennifer Lawrence is released this week.  The 32-page comic book will be available in print, digital and for the first time in Bluewater’s history as animated interactive comic book. 

May the odds be ever in Jennifer Lawrence's favor.  Bluewater Productions popular line of biography comic books continues with Fame: Jennifer Lawrence.  Join writer Michael Troy and artist Ben Eargle for an exploration of Jennifer's career from starring in successful X-men and Hunger Games franchises to winning a best actress Oscar for her celebrated role in Silver Lining's Playbook to her Oscar nomination in American Hustle.

The comic book features three unique covers each exclusively through Nook, Kindle or iTunes.  Iordan Terziiski illustrated the Nook cover, Kindle by Jaume Font and iTunes cover by Ben Eargle. 

"Jennifer Lawrence is a true inspiration as a talented actress and a down to earth young woman with amazing wit. I was happy to tell her tale." says writer Michael Troy.

"It was a lot of fun working on the book just because Jennifer is such an interesting person. All the different actors and actresses that she has worked with provided a lot of interesting material. She's a very animated person, which works with my style!” Ben Eargle.

Bluewater is taking comic books to a new level by teaming up with Authorly to develop its first animated interactive comic book.

Fame: Jennifer Lawrence was turned into an app with Authorly, a tool that turns static content into interactive digital applications. Jennifer Lawrence fans can now engage and interact with the story. Click on "audio hotspots" to hear sound effects play and swipe to navigate through Lawrence's journey toward an Oscar. Authorly apps include features such as narration, word-by-word highlighted text, audio and video hotspots, basic animation and movements, sound effects and background music, and more!

The app is available on iTunes, Google Play, and the Amazon Appstore for $2.99.

"We've loved getting the chance to bring Bluewater's exciting stories to life with Authorly. Working on titles such as Katy Perry, One Direction, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Child, and Dorian Gray has been fun and we can't wait for readers to enjoy these stories as interactive apps! It's been a real win-win situation...we've helped Bluewater create some really fun, engaging apps, Bluewater has helped us gain exposure, and the readers and fans will get great content that they can now enjoy on their smartphones and tablets!" said Chris Whitman, CEO, Authorly.

Print copies of FAME Jennifer Lawrence can be ordered for $3:99 at Comic Flea Market here: http://bit.ly/XKXzyo

You can download this title on Wowio, ComiXology, DriveThru Comics, Google Play, My Digital Comics, Overdrive, Iverse, iTunes, Kindle,Biblioboard, ComicBin, Nook, Kobo and wherever eBooks are sold.

Bluewater has focused on other Academy Award winning actresses in the past such as Angelina Jolie, Cher, Elizabeth Taylor and more. Bluewater has also developed a biography comic book on Suzanne Collins the creator of the Hunger Games.

Bluewater Comics biography comic book series has been featured on CNN, The Today Show and in Billboard, Rolling Stone, People Magazine as well as many other publication.

About Authorly

Authorly is a digital publishing platform that enables anyone to turn their illustrated storybooks into interactive, cross-platform storybook applications.

Our proprietary technology takes care of the tedious aspects of app production, like adjusting each story to fit a multitude of smartphones and tablets and publishing the apps to iTunes, Google Play, and the Amazon Appstore. Authors can use drag-and-drop functionality to add basic animations, sound effects, embedded videos, automatically aligned word-by-word voice narration, panning and zooming, and animated hotspot technology to their apps.

Authorly allows authors and illustrators to bypass writing code and hiring expensive software developers. The result is the ability for children's book creators to easily and affordably build and publish beautiful, interactive storybook apps for iOS, Android, and Kindle.

In addition to using Authorly as Do-It-Yourself tool, authors & illustrators can also utilize Authorly's 'Production Services' where the Authorly in-house team will turn storybooks into apps for the authors & illustrators themselves.

To see more about Authorly click here: http://authorly.com

About Bluewater Productions Bluewater Productions Inc. is one of the top independent production studios of comic books, young adult books and graphic novels. Its extensive catalog of titles includes the bestsellers “10^th Muse” and “The Legend of Isis” ”Bluewater publishes comic books in partnership with entertainment icon William Shatner (“TekWar Chronicles”), legendary filmmaker Ray Harryhausen (“Wrath of the Titans,” “Sinbad: Rogue of Mars,” “Jason and the Argonauts,” et al) and celebrated actor Vincent Price (“Vincent Price Presents”), Additionally, Bluewater publishes a highly successful line of biographical comics under the titles “Female Force” and “Political Power.” Bluewater aims to unite cutting-edge art and engaging stories produced by its stable of the publishing industry’s top artists and writers. For more information, visitwww.bluewaterprod.com