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It's a bird...it's a plane...it's iGoogle comics themes!
July 23, 2009
We have always been excited to introduce design flair and whimsy to our user experience, especially on our homepage. Be it through our special
holiday logos
or special themes for our iGoogle users, we like to open up our homepage as a canvas for artists to express themselves and reach their fans and Google users around the world. Today, I'm particularly excited to announce the new comics themes for iGoogle, just in time for
Comic-Con's 40th anniversary
.
The themes showcase the amazingly diverse world of comics. Browse our gallery (
www.google.com/comicsthemes
) to choose from nostalgic comic strips like
Peanuts
, iconic heroes like
Batman
and
Iron Man
, or alternative comics greats like
Dan Clowes
, author of the graphic novel, "Ghost World." The dozens of themes represent talented artists from around the world including
Rumiko Takahashi
from Japan and
Lewis Trondheim
of France.
To offer his unique perspective as one of the world's most accomplished comics artists, I'm pleased to introduce guest author Jim Lee. In addition to being a recognized industry veteran, he also drew today's beautiful
homepage logo
incorporating some of
DC Comics
' most famous characters.
During his 20 year career, Jim has worked with DC and
Marvel Comics
, co-founded
Image Comics
and also
WildStorm Comics
– one of our iGoogle themes. His Batman, Superman, X-Men, Iron Man, Fantastic Four and WildC.A.T.s issues have sold millions of copies. Jim is a recipient of the
Harvey Award
, Golden Panel Award and is widely respected for his contributions as an artist, a creator and a publisher of comics.
An artist's POV by
Jim Lee
Even as the world of comics evolves and embraces a new digital era, it doesn't change the universal, international appeal of the unique art form that is created through the simple marriage of word and picture. I'm excited to have been chosen to help launch this wonderful project. But I'm more elated, both as a professional and as a fan, that so many
different
types of comics have been chosen to be part of the iGoogle comics themes launch. From the mainstream superhero world of DC that I work in to the mainstays of the newspaper funnies from my childhood, to the
Tokyopop
manga titles I collect with my teenage daughters to the esoteric and more literary works of
Dan Clowes
and
Gene Yang
, two of my favorites; I think the breadth of choices available demonstrates the amazing diversity and the fundamental vitality of the stories comics can tell.
Posted by Marissa Mayer, Vice President of Search Products and User Experience, and Jim Lee, Comics Creator/Publisher
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