In a move sure to rile skeptics, Bluewater announced on Thursday that they’ve released their Steve Jobs bio comic digitally three weeks ahead of the scheduled print release date, following the Apple co-founder’s death on Wednesday.
While those critical of the oft-controversial publisher might characterize this as capitalizing on the death of a beloved public figure, perhaps the most eyebrow-raising part of this news is that the digital comic is, per Bluewater’s press release, only available on NOOK and Kindle as of right now. The print version of Steve Jobs: Co-founder of Apple goes on sale on Oct. 27, along with the ComiXology version, so you can actually, y’know, view it on an Apple device.
To Bluewater’s credit, the comic was first announced back in June, with a release originally planned for August. According to their press release, Bluewater has pledged to donate a portion of the proceeds of the comic to the American Cancer Society. Jobs passed away on Wednesday at age 56, after a long bout with pancreatic cancer.
The comic’s full cover is after the jump.
October 7th, 2011 at 7:20 am
Bluewater: The carp of the comics world.
As for the non-Apple issue, it’s not really surprising that they wouldn’t want to put an unauthorized, cashgrab bio like that up in the iBooks store, but wouldn’t those who buy it be able to use the Kindle or nook iOS apps to read it?
October 7th, 2011 at 8:15 am
Seriously, who buys their comics? This is terrible.
October 7th, 2011 at 5:55 pm
Pathetic and in poor taste. Give Steve Jobs and his family and loved ones some respect!
October 10th, 2011 at 12:56 am
The questions you have asked in your article are useful but very difficult to answer.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:03 pm
I want to read the comic. It is way of honoring and celebrating Jobs. I think he would love it. I am so excited about the new book on Jobs, by Walter Isaacson. He did this great biography on Einstein, that explored the connection between freedom and creativity. I hope this book on Jobs, captures what made him “awesomely great.” Itunes and PremierAudiobooks.com will have the audiobook version on Oct 24th. It is hard to lose a genius like Jobs. His wondrous creativity, and excellence, has truly changed our world.