Singapore based Comiqs gives users the ability to create their own comics with a rich web based editing suite.
Sites and services that provide comic generation aren’t new. Comic Life from Plasq (makers of Skitch) would be the best known in the field, and comes installed on new Macs. There’s also no shortage of “add speech bubble” style web editors available as well. Comiqs offers a similar feature set to Comic Life, but online and totally free.
Users can use Comiqs with photos uploaded from their computer or from a photo-sharing website like Flickr to create a comic. Tools include speech bubbles of different kinds and shapes, frames and fonts. The interface is drag and drop so the learning curve is next to zero. Comics can also be embedded on other sites in a custom viewer for multi-page productions.
Comiqs is currently securing investors to take the service to the next level, where they intend to “work closely with cartoon artists in a revenue sharing arrangement that open up new revenue streams for talented artists and position our site as a place to find talented cartoon artists.”
Comiqs completes with StripGenerator, PikiStrips and Toondoo.
The demo video below shows one frame editing, but it should be noted that the tool can be used for traditional style (frame by frame) comics. You can also play with the service directly without the need to set up an account.
http://www.i-gu....ro/blog/Ro/en/
Thanx,
this is going to be so much fun – was looking for something amusing to do tonight
This is even a creative way to send greeting cards
a cartoon is funny, if there is a funny idea AND a funny drawing/image
w/o the funny idea, it wont be good I think – and the user-made teasers on the site proove it for me
TechCrunch, thanks for featuring Comiqs!
Do let us know what you think of our service. We welcome any feedback or if you are interested in taking “the service to the next level”, do email us at info @ comiqs.com
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Really cool app. I can easily my photo into life stories, even if i have no many ideas;)
WTF, isn’t this more suited for a client app?
Hi DZ,
We do have a huge value proposition for making this app web based.
Authors of comics created with Comiqs will find that they will be acknowledged for the work and rewarded with web traffic.
Take Jim Stroud as an example, on the last page of his comic strip, you will his profile with a link to his blog about recruitment. See it here:
http://comiqs.c...cs/JvhGCuXUbVW/
I’ve been drawing my own cartoons for awhile. Not great but fun to do. Really interested to see what the software does. Thanks for the post. Just wandered in here from another blog. It’s funny that your site has been on mine most of the time since I started using Spott (sp?) yesterday.
Another application made with Adobe Flex.
http://flex.org
Mike Potter
Adobe Flex Marketing Team
http://flex.org/
Thanks for sharing this, sounds interesting.
Tried it and loving it. Looking forward to more features in the future!
Congrats Comiqs!
Nice stuff comiqs!
that song with the video is terrible and gave me a headache but I like the site
great new blog
http://www.i-gu....ro/blog/Ro/en/
Cool.
Run it faster on this Browser.
Buckler Browser.
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That’s good news for cartoon artists and humor sites webmaster.
That a complete waste of time. What is the difference between this and powerpoint with HTML save? Nothing.
Disclaimer: I’m a friend’s of Comiqs
Without being totally biased, I just want to say that Comiqs as a service is not only fun, its bloody addictive.
In response to Slavish Excess:
I agree with you, alot of really fun things are a complete waste of time (think Facebook or Youtube) The difference between this and using powerpoint is that its web-based for one, 2 its free and I’m sure the creators at Comiqs have tons of feature-lists up their sleeves to make it far more useful and fun than it already it is. =)
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For a more canonical approach to comic creation, you might also want to try toonlet.com.
Toonlet places the focus squarely on character creation, allowing you to build up a character from parts, and then build up a library of moods for your characters to use in their strips.
Swing on by the site, and give it a spin, or take the toonlet tour:
Toonlet Tour
Thanks
-Craig
(from toonlet)
Keep doing what u r doin’!
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Hmm, interesting. Has anyone here tried the ROK Comics comic creator? It doesn’t let you import from Flickr but you can upload photos from your PC and create comics you can then send to your mobile/cell as well as embed the finished strips on web sites. http://www.rokcomics.com
hey how do you put your flickr pics on comiqs???? anyone???
Really awesome website! I just started doodling with it for a few minutes the other day, and I think it’s got a lot of potential.