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Digital comics startup Madefire is shutting down

R.I.P. Madefire, a startup that recruited high-profile artists to reinvent comics for new formats and platforms. An announcement on the Madefire website states the company entered into “an assig

Spotify now offers motion comics starring Archie

Spotify has been experimenting with incorporating non-musical formats over the last couple of years, including videos and multimedia podcasts. Next up: Motion comics based on new Archie stories. For

Digital comics startup Madefire launches its first virtual reality app

When digital comics startup Madefire announced its latest funding round a few days ago, co-founder and CEO Ben Wolstenholme said the company was getting ready to move into virtual and augmented realit

Madefire, a digital comics startup with an eye on virtual reality, raises $6.5M

Just in time for New York Comic Con, Madefire is announcing that it has raised $6.5 million in Series B funding. Madefire co-founder and CEO Ben Wolstenholme said the funding — which was led by Sant

Madefire Partners With DC On Batman: Arkham Origins Interactive Graphic Novel, Digital First Titles

California comics startup Madefire has a big new partnership announcement: the young company is teaming up with comics industry giant DC for a number of new titles, including a graphic novel based aro

Madefire Raises $5.2M, True Ventures-Led Round As It Tries To Reinvent Digital Comics

"Motion books" platform <a target="_blank" href="http://www.madefire.com">Madefire</a> is announcing that it has raised $5.2 million in Series A funding. Madefire's motion books are essentially com

Madefire Partners with deviantART To Bring Its ‘Motion Books’ To The Web (And Start Charging For Them)

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.madefire.com">Madefire</a>, the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/27/madefire-iphone/">True Ventures-backed startup</a> building a new kind of digital comics,

True Ventures-Backed Madefire Brings Its Digital Comics To The iPhone

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.madefire.com">Madefire</a> just launched the iPhone (and iPod Touch) version of its comics-reading app, expanding beyond the iPad and optimizing the experience for

Madefire Reinvents Comics For The iPad, Signs Up True Ventures And Watchmen Artist Dave Gibbons

Comic books have made a pretty smooth transition onto the iPad — in fact, the Comixology app has become my preferred method of reading new issues. But the founders of a startup called <a target="_bl