KAFKA in your iPhone !
Ave!Comics and 6 Pieds sous Terre present a digital graphic novel using the breakthrough Ave!Comics comic book reader :
L’AMÉRIQUE :
A novel by Franz Kafka
adapted by Robert Cara
Drawings by Daniel Casanave
black & white
Volume 1, Une villa aux environs de New-York
part #1 (of 2)
44 pages | 200 panels | French only
THE STORY
At the age of 16, Karl Rossmann is forced by his parents to go to America after having had a relationship with a housemaid, who also gives birth to his child. Just as the ship arrives, he stays onboard to see the captain in order to defend a stoker who claims he has been
treated unfairly. During this incident, he is recognized by his uncle, senator Jacob, who takes him under his wings and decides to educate him. Karl is introduced to two friends of his uncles, Green and Pollunder. The latter invites Karl to his house in the country where he meets Pollunders daughter Clara. But he realises too late that he has accepted the invitation without his uncles approval. At midnight, Green hands him a letter in which the senator rejects him and tells him that from now on, he is on his own.
THE AUTHORS
Born in 1963 in the Ardennes, Daniel Casanave has visited every corner of the graphic universe since the mid 80s. He has been drawing for the press (lExpansion, le Monde, lHumanité), been a stage designer for the theatre, an illustrator for young-adult literature and an author of comic adaptations of world literature classics.
Robert Carais a painter originally from Sardinia. He has worked together with Daniel Casanave since 15 years. Together they publish an anti-clerical calendar in the Ardennes, issued by the publishing house lAlmanach. Naturally, Robert Cara is a Kafka aficionado.
PLEASE NOTE : The text is in French only (for now).
ABOUT THE AVE!COMICS GRAPHIC NOVEL READER
The Ave!Comics reader uses a new format, named AVE, to describe a digital comic or graphic novel. This rich format allows the creation of digital paths through the original art, combining animations, transitions, automatic zooms to ensure the best reading experience on a variety of handheld devices.
This version of the reader is specifically designed for iPhone and iPod Touch. More information on Ave!Comics can be found on ave-comics.com
Features include:
- animated digital version of the complete comic book
- A revolutionnary reading experience using cinematics that create an animated path through the stories.
- Easy and intuitive navigation between pages and panels.
- Full support for multi-touch, swipe, portrait and landscape mode.
- a reading experience that adapts itself to portrait and landscape.
- page mode to display the original layout of the comic book
Application is translated in English and French.
The comic book itself is available in French only.