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Farrago, the free comics app, is having a cosplay contest

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We first wrote about Farrago Comics app for free comics in January, when they announced their deal with IDW.

Since then they’ve been adding more books to the app each month, including their first original comic SHRINKAGE, an 8-part comedic sci-fi action tale about how the most unknowable battleground we face is the one within our own craniums, written by Emmy Award winning writer Rob Kutner (“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” “Conan”) and illustrated by John Lucas (X-Men, Deadpool)

Now Farrago is running a Cosplay Contest, which launched at NYCC, along with chapter 3 of Shrinkage, which also just launched on the app

Farrago Comics launches Kickstarter for original series by Kutner and Lucas

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Farrago Comics, iPad app that offers lot of free comics to read, is getting more into this thing by collaborating on a Kickstarter for their first original series, Rob Kutner’s SHRINKAGE. Kutner is an Emmy winning writer for the Daily Show and Conan. It’s described as “a comedic sci-fi action tale / 4-issue comics series about how “the […]

Farrago teams with IDW for free comics

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In the post Amazology world. many digital comics apps and companies have sprung up trying to stake their claim in this growing world. Farrago Comics is an app for iPad and android that offers a range of free comics. As suggested by their motto “Comic Book Freedom!” the idea is to provide a manageable app for sampling and reading—which isn’t a bad one given today’s crazy quilt of digital platforms. Revenue is provided by ads, as it is with many apps. Up until now they were offering mostly Golden Age and indie comics, but they’ve just sign up with IDW to offer some fan fave #1 from the likes of Steve Niles, Ben Templesmith, Jonathan Maberry, Chris Roberson, Ashley Wood, etc.

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