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October 20, 2009
UCLICK® Creates Garfield y Garfield
Learning a second language
can be a daunting challenge, but not when one of the world’s most
popular comic strip characters is involved! Uclick, the #1 distributor
of comics on mobile, and Paws, Inc. have announced the release of Garfield
y Garfield for the iPhone and iPod Touch. This one-of-a-kind
app features the English and Spanish versions of more than 100 of the most
popular Garfield daily strips. With the mere press of a button
on the Multi-Touch screen, users can toggle back and forth between the
English and Spanish translations of the strip, quickly learning new words
and phrases.
The app is available for download from the Apple App Store for $2.99
(US).
“Again, as with so much of the new technology, I have to ask,
'Why wasn’t this around when I was a kid?'” says Garfield creator
Jim Davis. “This is a great tool for learning a second language
or for refreshing your vocabulary. I’m sincerely very proud to have
Garfield connected with this product. In the past I have heard parents
say, ‘ Garfield helped my child take an interest in reading.’ Think
how proud I’d be if they said, ‘ Garfield helped me learn Spanish!’
”Uclick and Paws Inc. created the Garfield y Garfield app
as a learning tool, offering users hundreds of simple and practical examples
of applied language. The fluid toggle controls enable users to examine
the translations seamlessly, providing an interactive language-learning
experience with special emphasis on vocabulary, sentence structure and
context.
“Garfield y Garfield is a groundbreaking application
that makes studying a second language convenient, engaging and fun,” said
Uclick CEO Douglas Edwards. “ Garfield is one of the world’s
most beloved comic characters, which makes him a perfect fit for an application
that uses the simple, direct language of comic strips to help users learn
a second language. We’re extremely proud to partner with Paws to
offer this wonderful application.”
Uclick has created more than 120 apps for iPhone and iPod touch featuring
a wide range of well-known comic strips, graphic novels, manga and web
comics, including Jeff Smith’s Bone, Ghostbusters and Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles. Uclick recently launched the Garfield Minus
Garfield app, which allows users to toggle between installments of
the smash-hit webcomic and the original Garfield daily strips that inspired
them. Uclick has also scored big hits on the App Store with non-comics-related
apps such as the Magic Eye 3D and USA Today Crosswords apps.
To get the Garfield y Garfield language-learning app and other
favorite comic books, graphic novels and manga for the iPhone and iPod
touch go to the Uclick Web App by typing Uclick.com into the Safari browser
or visit the App Store on the iPhone or on iTunes.
About UCLICK:
UCLICK® is the leading digital entertainment provider of humor,
comic strips, manga, graphic novels, editorial cartoons, and other content
for desktop, web and mobile phones. Uclick is also the leading creator
and distributor of crosswords, and other word and number puzzles. Partners
featuring Uclick content include the leading consumer portals Yahoo!, MSNBC.com,
New York Times, Slate.com, washingtonpost.com, CNN, USA Today, and AOL.
Uclick features include the top brand franchises Garfield, Doonesbury,
Calvin and Hobbes, Paul Frank, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, TOKYOPOP,
USA Today, Pat Sajak, Wyland, and many more. Uclick creative content and
services are available through the GoComics.com website, U.S. mobile phone
operators, the iTunes App Store, and other distributors worldwide. UCLICK,
LLC is a division of Andrews McMeel Universal, the leading newspaper syndicate
and publisher of humor books and calendars in North America.
For more information on Uclick, visit www.uclick.com.
About Paws, Inc.:
Cartoonist Jim Davis’ company, Paws, Inc., located near Albany,
Indiana, was founded in 1981 to handle the creative end of the Garfield
licensing business. Today, Paws is the sole owner of all copyrights
and trademarks for the Garfield property, and controls not only the creative
angle of the fat cat’s flourishing empire, but also the licensing,
marketing, and brand management of Garfield and the Garfield characters.
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To get the Garfield y Garfield language-learning app for the iPhone and iPod Touch go directly to the iTunes Store.
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