The Carrier: graphic novel and comic book
By StopWatch Media
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Description
Reviews of The Carrier:
"[The Carrier] was a good story and fantastic use of iPhone technologies." - Dave Banks, Wired.com
"The Carrier is a densely plotted story that manages to mix political intrigue and covert government spy action with tense, interpersonal drama all spun together for the modern Jason Borne audience... I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this series. It’s well-written, it’s fast-paced, it has action, it has mystery, it has car chases, shoot-outs, and plane-hijacking, it has a lot going for it." - Brian Andersen, Newsarama
"He didn't just put a book on the iPhone, he actually created a whole digital experience which is actually very cool." - Bryan Deemer, Comic Geek Speak
"This is one comic app where they used all the iPhone had to offer to tell an enjoyable story, and that is rare." - Dan Tabor, Geekadelphia
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The story:
You wake up. You have a briefcase chained to your wrist.
You don't know how it got there.
You don't know what's inside.
What would you do?
That is the story behind The Carrier, a globe-spanning action and espionage comic book about a man with a briefcase, a deadly virus, a group of international terrorists, the people trying to stop them... and the mystery of what's in the case.
The Carrier is more than just a graphic novel on an iPhone, however. This iPhone app is a multimedia experience that unfolds in real time over the course of ten days. Simply put, if something happens at 3:21 a.m. in the comic, you read it at 3:21 a.m. in real life.
Additionally, The Carrier takes advantage of the iPhone as a platform to include geolocation-based extras and emails that complement the story, creating a digital experience outside the panels of the comic. This is not your average comic book app!
In total, The Carrier is 35 chapters (some very short, some longer) totaling 680 screens.
For more information, visit:
http://www.carriercomicbook.com/
http://www.twitter.com/thecarrier
http://tiny.cc/TheCarrierGroup
Start now, and ask yourself... What would you do?
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Warning: This is *not* the iPad-optimized version! If you're on an iPad, you can read The Carrier in big-screen format. Simply search for our iPad app in your iPad's App Store.
If you are using an iPad and choose to download the iPhone version, you will be missing out on some of the iPhone version's features!
What's New In Version 1.1
- Cleaned up some typos
Customer Reviews
Fun with real-time reading
Reading The Carrier does not happen on your time. It happens on its time. And that's a good thing. There is something just cool about getting a notification at 2:30 am that the next chapter is available, because that's the time of day that the main character had his plane hijacked and rerouted to Cuba.
You end up with a great sense of the progression of the story because if the characters wait, you wait too. And the story itself, centered around a man with a briefcase attached to his arm and no memory, is super cool. So read it. It's good.
Innovative Graphic Novel App
I am a long time Comic Book fan. However when I tried to read traditional comics on the iPhone, the experience was not great. Here is a comic written to make full use of the iPhone. Every page is crisp, clear and easy to read. The text's and e-mails that you can choose to receive only add to the story. And having the story reveled at its own pace only adds to the immersion. This is a great comic.
The Carrier not just another comic app
I am not going to lie, I am a huge comic book fan and have downloaded countless comics and apps for reading them on my iPhone. After all, we all want that magic device to carry all of our media around with us wherever we go and the iPhone is fast becoming that device. I also should say most of the comics on the app store quite honestly really aren’t that great. They usually fall into 2 categories either the art is super slick and the navigation is incomprehensible, or the you get the complete opposite - where the art is pretty bad and the user interface is pretty well thought out. But you never seem to get that happy medium with independent comics on the iPhone. Well last week the guys over at StopWatchMedia were nice enough to give me a copy of their complete original graphic novel for the iPhone platform, The Carrier to see what I thought of it. StopWatchMedia are local to the Philadelphia area and this is their second iPhone app to date. The Carrier is much different than your standard graphic novel you would download for the iPhone or iPod touch where it is more of an experience than simply reading a comic like most apps simply are. The Carrier story is told in real-time and this starts as soon as you download the app. Not all the chapters are available to you as soon as you download it, but you must let the story unfold daily as new chapters are added. The story is further told through emails and text messages you receive as well in real-time with the story. The app even uses your location to trigger content as well. It’s a very interactive and well thought out experience. The story in The Carrier follows Peter Lawson, who wakes up in Thailand with no memory and a titanium briefcase locked to his arm. We don’t know what exactly is in the briefcase or why Peter has no memory, but we do know a lot of people want the brief case and Peter. Because of this we are introduced to several scenarios as to what the motivation and explanation - behind not only what is in the briefcase but what Peter’s true intentions were at the beginning of the story is as well. Was he just a hapless scientist caught in something much bigger than himself? Or, is Peter part of a terrorist cell, and is this all going according to his master plan to unleash a devastating virus on the planet? I really enjoyed the pacing of the story, and how the 35 chapters eventually intersected at the end of the story culminating in a really enjoyable conclusion. While I found due to the delivery from day to day of the story you sometimes had to re-read chapters to refresh yourself with what had happened the day before I felt the story was well planned and thought out. The Art in the carrier is solid and polished and seems like something you would pick up in your local comic book store. The story is told through single panels on the iPhone that you flip through one at a time. To me this is the best way to do comics on the device because it really gives you a chance to no only appreciate the art but not feel overwhelmed by too much content on such a tiny screen. If your looking for a good read while you on the go with some sustainability I can comfortably suggest The Carrier. This is one comic app where they used all the iPhone had to offer to tell an enjoyable story, and that is rare.
- $2.99
- Category: Books
- Updated:Sep 30, 2009
- Current Version:1.1
- 1.1
- 29.6 MB
- Language:English
- Seller:StopWatch Media
- © StopWatch Media
Requirements:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later.
