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The LongBox Project came to our attention during our tenure on Panel & Pixel. The forum where professional artists and writers mingle with us lowly beginners and tell us what is what. Rantz Hoseley is P&P’s host. last year, he let slip some new project that would bring comics to your personal computing devices. We investigated but could find only a short interview on the matter.

Now Heroes Con has come and gone, and it has brought forth everything we needed to know about The Long Box Project from the man himself.

Longbox, a digital comics platform similar to iTunes, is expected to launch later this year as a free download for Mac, PC, and Linux. Developed by Quicksilver Software, Longbox comics can be download for a suggested price point of $.99 per issue, with the potential for block and subscription pricing. The first two publishers confirmed for Longbox are Top Cow and BOOM! Studios.

The BOOM! Studios participation means a very special website CEO will have all the Eureka comics his bank account will allow. The Farscape books we wants to hold in our hands, precious.

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