''Murderdrome'' is the title of a
mobile comic
A mobile comic is a digital comic or cartoon strip that can be purchased, downloaded, read and sometimes edited or shared with friends via mobile phones.
Overview
Increasingly the line between digital comics, animation and games is blurring and ...
created by
Al Ewing
Al Ewing () is a British comics writer who has mainly worked in the small press and for '' 2000 AD'' and Marvel Comics.
Career
Al Ewing began his career writing stories in the four-page ''Future Shocks'' format for '' 2000 AD'' and moved on ...
and
PJ Holden
Paul Jason Holden (born 28 December 1969) is a Northern Irish comic artist based in Belfast.
He has worked for '' 2000 AD'', ''Warhammer Monthly'', and '' Judge Dredd Megazine''. Among other stories for these publications, he has provided the a ...
. It is an ironic pastiche of certain British 'boys adventure' comics of the late seventies, particularly ''
Action
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* Action fiction, a type of genre fiction
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Film
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* ''Action'' (1921 film), a film by John Ford
* ''Action'' (1980 fil ...
''. It contains scenes of on-panel decapitation and extremely over-the-top dialogue.
The series is notable because it is one of the first comics to be drawn specifically for the
iPhone with the intention of distribution through the
App Store
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. This has been made possible by the "Comic Reader App" developed for the iPhone by Infurious Comics. However, the Murderdrome project is surrounded by controversy as 'Murderdrome' has been rejected by
Apple
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on the grounds of 'objectionable content'. Although Apple have defended this decision, it has been described by some as blatant censorship.
However, the publicity got the Comic Reader App attention, which resulted in
NBC
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licensing it for their ''
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Film
* ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama
* ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film
Gaming
* ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ...
''
comics
a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate ...
. This led the BBC to suggest that "Mr Holden and his colleagues may have accidentally hit upon what could be the future of comic book publishing.
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