Get a Dynamite Comic Book Deal on Groupees

I've been a fan of the offerings of comic book publisher Dynamite for a few years now because they take pulp fiction and retro stories like Battlestar Galactica, Flash Gordan, The Green Hornet, John Carter: Warlord of Mars, The Lone Ranger, The Six Million Dollar Man and Sherlock Holmes portraying them in updated adventures for modern audiences to enjoy while maintaining many of their classic elements.  Dynamite is offering for a limited time a digital deal on the website Groupees that will allow purchasers to sample a large number of their comic book series while also supporting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund with a percentage of the proceeds.

The Groupees web site is an alternate service similar to the Humble Bundles I've posted about several times before.  Instead of choosing your price though, consumers select how much they want to spend from designated levels of benefits.  20% of the purchase price in this Dynamite deal goes to the Comic Book Defense Fund.  Spend a minimum of $1 and you'll receive 34 comic books that include selections from Project Superpowers, The Spider, Sherlock Holmes, and Red Sonja.  Spend $5 or more and you will receive a selection of comic books from additional series that include Games of Thrones, Army of Darkness, Dresden Files, the Green Hornet, and Django/Zorro.  $10 will get you a variety of issues from Dreadstar, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, and Legenderry plus the Dynamite Art of Alex Ross picture book. Alex Ross has really become recognized as one of the best artists in the comic book industry so that book in itself makes this package worthwhile.  Additionally, for every 1,000 purchases, an additional bonus item is added to everyone's package.  Since most of the titles in this deal are ones I actually haven't read yet, I spent $10 to check them out and to show some support for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.  My $10 purchased 101 digital comic book issues that normally cost from .99 cents to $3.99 each.  For example to demonstrate the savings, Kevin Smith's Green Hornet digital issues included in my Groupee deal on the Comixology website/app are priced at $1.99 each which would have cost me $20 just for those 10 issues if I bought them there.

Since 1986, when Michael Correa, the store manager for a Lansing, Illinois comic book shop called FRIENDLY FRANK'S was arrested for the possession and sale of comic books as obscene material, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) has provided legal assistance to protect the First Amendment rights of the readers, creators, retailers, publishers, and librarians of comic books, manga, and graphic novels.  Twenty-eight years later the CBLDF is still tackling censorship issues and standing up for First Amendment rights, including its recent efforts to have a Utah law that censored Internet speech and a California law that eliminated First Amendment protections for violent images declared unconstitutional by Federal Courts. In additional to legal advocacy, the CBLDF also provides educational outreach regarding citizens rights in regard to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. For more information about the COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, visit www.cbldf.org

The digital comic books are stored on your Groupee website profile and can be downloaded from there to your PC in DRM-free files which means that you don't have to view them through a particular website or app like Comixology; but you'll need a good unzip program, like Express Reader, and a pdf reader compatible with your phone, tablet or whatever device you wish to read with to access and enjoy the comics. You can also use Torrents to access your digital files from Groupee.

Payments can be made with a Paypal account or you can use Paypal without an account to process a credit card payment.  Groupees also accepts payments via Amazon and Bitcoins.

Don't hesitate if you are interested in this comic book deal though because it will be gone in a week. For more information, visit Groupees.com

Travel to BLOOM COUNTY with a Humble Comics Bundle

Before apps and wifi, the Internet and wifi when reading newspapers were still a mainstay of how people got their news and comic strips were a regular conversation around the workplace water cooler there was BLOOM COUNTY.  This comic strip by Berkeley Breathed was published in newspapers across the United States from December 8, 1980 through August 6, 1989.  Bloom County examined American politics and culture from the perspective of a fantastic county in Middle America where children had adult personalities and animals could talk.   Breathed was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1987 in editorial cartooning for his work in Bloom County.  IDW Publishing has compiled all of Breathed's comic strips which are now available for a limited time as a Humble Bundle deal.

The Humble Bundle deal lets people pay whatever amount they choose to receive 4 annual volumes of Bloom County comic strips for the years 1980 - 1984 from IDW.  You could pay $5, $10, $25, $50 whatever you'd like to purchase this comic bundle and designate from that sum how much IDW receives, how much of a tip to give Humble for its serve, and how much to donate to a designated charity, in this case Traveling Stories .  So if someone were to purchase the bundle for $15 they could designate $5 to each or could give $10 to Traveling Stories with $2.50 each going to the other two.  You get the gist. It is hoped people will appreciate getting a good deal and at the same time also be generous enough to support the charities using the Bundle as a fundraiser.

In addition to the basic package, if you spend the average amount of purchases on this comic bundle, you'll also get Bloom County: The Complete Digital Library Volumes 5 - 9 which covers the years 1985 - 1989.  Plus paying the average price + $5 unlocks two more titles, Berkeley Breathed's Opus: The Complete Digital Library of Sunday Comics 2003-2008 & Berkeley Breathed's Outland: The Complete Digital Collection 1989 - 1995.

Money spent on this Humble Bundle also supports the charity Traveling Stories. Traveling Stories is a nonprofit organization dedicated to outsmarting poverty one book at a time and inspiring a love for reading everywhere! We build libraries in book-poor villages around the world and provide free reading support in the U.S. through StoryTent programs.

These digital books are DRM-free which means that they aren't tied to a particular website or computer program to be able to read.  Download them onto whatever device you want and read them at your convenience where and when you want.  I've heard that accessing these comics works great from a PC or laptop but some people have had difficulties with them on smart phones and tablets.  Here's a hint, for smart phones and tablets download an app called Bluefire Reader that is meant to optimize reading ebooks and you should be in good shape with those devices too.

If you are interested in traveling back to Bloom County don't hesitate in purchasing your Humble Comics Bundle as it will be gone as of Wednesday, March 18, 2015.

Star Wars Video Games are the Newest Humble Bundle Deal

The newest Humble Bundle deal is Star Wars video games you can play on your PC through the STEAM cloud-based gaming service.  Humble lets you pay what you want for the bundle and even gives a portion of the proceeds to a campaign's designated charity...in this case letting purchasers choose to support either UNICEF or the new Star Wars: Forces for Change charity that Disney has created and tied to the promotion of the brand's upcoming motion pictures.  Name your price: $1, $5, $12 and you get 3 classic video games for whatever you want to pay.  If you spend over the "average" amount people are spending on the Bundle you get 3 more games or if you just spend $12 you can get a total of 9 games.  Plus you never know throughout the games Humble may throw in some additional games into the package to up the ante! Right now the Humble Bundle is estimated to be worth $115 if you went out and bought these games from retailers right now.

The Name Your Price Games are:

Knights of the Old Republic

Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

Star Wars Dark Forces

The Average Price Games are:

 Battle Front II

Knights of the Old Republic II

Star Wars Republic Commando

The $12 Bundle Games add:

Empire at War: Gold Pack

The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition

The Force Unleashed II

I remember enjoying many of these games on my original xbox gaming system so if you are a PC gamer and like Star Wars this seems like a great not to miss deal.  Don't wait though because this is a limited time offer and when its over the deal's gone.  Keep an eye out on the clock on the offer's web page that is running down how much time is left to make sure you don't miss out.

Remember too if you are in a generous mood some people pay more than they need to in order to support making donations to a campaign's charitable partners.  I'm sure UNICEF and Star Wars: Force For Change would appreciate your generosity and put donations to good use.