July 11, 2023 (Vancouver, Canada & Beverly Hills, CA) – There’s a new powerful hero in the comic book world. Its true identity? An ePublishing startup.
Legible has emerged to bring never-before-released Stan Lee characters to life, thanks to its partnership with Kartoon Studios, controlling partner of Stan Lee Universe, LLC. The deal gives Legible exclusive global rights to develop and publish a select number of new Stan Lee characters and storylines.
“We know that this is only the beginning for these properties and the brands to which they will give rise,” says Kaleeg Hainsworth, CEO of Legible.
“Our team can’t wait to bring these new worlds, fantastic characters, powerful stories, and visionary themes to Stan Lee’s fans and to a global audience as never before in digital and print,” he adds.
Stan Lee is the legend behind beloved and well-known comic book characters such as Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, The Hulk, Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, and a legion of other superheroes.
Kartoon Studios chose Legible as its partner due to the startup’s unique position to produce digital, print, and ‘living book’ versions of Kartoon intellectual properties and distribute them via Legible’s eBookstore, which streams over two million eBooks. Living books are enriched with audio, video, and animations. And users can access the eBooks on any browser.
“We are celebrating Stan Lee’s 100th birthday this year and what better way to honor this true legend than to launch STAN LEE COMICS, with a logo that Stan had created himself, and bring his never-before-seen creations to life through this series of new digital and print comic books,” stated Jon Ollwerther, Kartoon Studios Executive Vice President of Business Development.
“Stan also left us his unique editorial page as well, Yakkin’ with Stan, which will highlight each comic. Not unlike Stan’s Soapbox, which graced every Marvel Comic, Yakkin’ with Stan will speak to all the ‘True Believers’,” adds Ollwerther.
Legible will develop and distribute approximately 12 original comic book series based on Stan Lee’s unseen creations.
“The platform brings publishing and reading into the twenty-first century, and there is just no better way to do so than with Stan Lee, who was always ahead of his time,” adds Hainsworth.
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