Virgin Comics Comic Book Creator 2.0

[ENGLISH] Virgin Comics Fans Can Now Create Personalized Comic Books with Drag’n Drop Interactive Entertainment Software featuring Virgin Comics characters created by Deepak Chopra, Shekhar Kapur and more! Planetwide Media announced today the launch of the Virgin Comics Comic Book Creator – 2.0 interactive entertainment software and digital content packs,

to be sold in major retail stores and through online retailers. The new software allows fans and artists to create personalized Virgin Comics comic books featuring Virgin characters created by Deepak Chopra, Shekhar Kapur and much more including Devi, Ramayan 3392AD, The Sadhu, and Virulents.

Virgin Comics Comic Book Creator 2.0 enables fans to use their imagination and actual Virgin Comics digital content to create personalized comics, storybooks and comic books. Using more than 1,200 screenshots, caption boxes, speech bubbles, audio clips and artwork together with a selection of 500+ professional layout and design templates, users can combine their creations with a personalized storyline to make their own comics. The Virgin Comics Comic Book Creator 2.0 allows users to easily create and share their Virgin Comics stories by mashing up digital photos, music, sound effects, videos and animation. Users can then print, email or share their user generated Virgin Comics creation on VirginComics.com, HyperComics.com, MySpace.com, Facebook.com or their own Social Network.

�Once comics moved faster than a speeding bullet � today they move at the speed of light,� said Larry Lieberman, Chief Marketing Officer of Virgin Comics. �Virgin is delighted to be partnering with Planetwide Media to empower the next generation of global comic fans with digital and online platforms that push storytelling and story making into previously impossible collaborative experiences.�

Virgin Comics Comic Book Creator 2.0 comes bundled with PD Particles, a comprehensive and self-contained painting tool with a focus on Particle Brushes. Virgin Comics fans can easily create fascinating original artwork from a variety of illustrations and special effects based on painting with particles and bristles, such as magical lighting effects, hair, fireworks and waterfalls, etc. Another prominent application inside Virgin Comics Comic Book Creator 2.0 is Audacity, an easy-to-use audio editor and recorder that provides the ability to record live audios, and digitize recordings or sound effects, music, and embed a user�s own narration into their comic book creations. Users will also be able to import, edit and combine sound files with other files or new recordings.

�We�re thrilled to offer Virgin Comics fans with the interactivity to create their very own Virgin Comics comic books,� said Kevin Donovan, President of Planetwide Media. �Virgin Comics stories, content, and artwork are extraordinary and compelling which will introduce and open creative minds into a new world of diverse cultures from Indian-based legendary stories to other regionalized epic mythologies. Our goal with Virgin Comics is to foster and grow the next generation of comic book creators and fans; energizing a new social and cultural understanding of comic book art and storytelling.�
For more information on the Virgin Comics Comic Book Creator 2.0, please visit http://mycomicbookcreator.com/products/detail/description.html?id=32

About Virgin Comics, LLC

Virgin Comics LLC is an entertainment and media company creating original stories and epic myths for worldwide audiences. The company was founded in 2005 by Sir Richard Branson�s Virgin Group, alongside author Deepak Chopra, filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and entrepreneurs, Sharad Devarajan, Gotham Chopra and Suresh Seetharaman. Virgin is pioneering a new wave of Indian inspired character entertainment properties including Devi, The Sadhu, Ramayan 3392AD and Snake Woman. In addition to its Indian line of comics, Virgin is also developing new stories with acclaimed filmmakers, actors and musicians including John Woo, Guy Ritchie, Terry Gilliam, Dave Stewart, Duran Duran and others. Feature films based on Virgin Comics� characters are also in the works, including an animated feature The Secrets of the Seven Sounds and a theatrical live action feature film, The Sadhu in development with actor Nicolas Cage. For more information, please visit www.VirginComics.com.

About Planetwide Media

Planetwide Media (www.MyComicBookCreator.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� 2.0, is a best-of-breed digital media application built on Planetwide�s MediaMint� technology platform that embraces User-Generated Content (UGC) and User-Generated Advertising (UGA) enabling users to blend their thoughts, ideas, personal media and creations into their social networks, their blogs and across the web. While easy to use, the MediaMint� platform and the Comic Book Creator 2.0 application provide the consumer with a richly enhanced interactive digital experience. Planetwide Media is currently combining the Comic Book Creator with MediaMint technology through licenses with world-class entertainment, video game, sports, music and popular lifestyle brands worldwide. For licensing and brand partners, Comic Book Creator 2.0 with the MediaMint platform is extending strategic partners digital footprint into an interactive digital experience.

Visit www.MyComicBookCreator.com and www.HyperComics.com for more information.