VentureBeat reports that the web-based Editor will debut on Narr8’s website in mid May, with versions for iOS and Android to follow shortly. Users can create stories in layers, with the Editor including stock artwork, background music and sound effects for those who want them. There is an approval process for all comics created via Editor – excessive cursing and pornography are not allowed, for example – although this should take around 24 hours.

Revenue will be split between Narr8 and the creator, in an as-yet-undecided ratio.

“The Narr8 Editor is the next big step in our business strategy, and it will greatly diversify the kinds of stories that are available (to readers),” Narr8′s Darya Trushkina told VentureBeat.

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The comic’s app edition puts an emphasis on interactivity, with users encouraged to create and update their own avatar, which can then appear in a Dandy strip. What’s more, the magazine’s taster issue will see Desperate Dan speak, in a move that Digital Dandy editor Craig Ferguson called “one giant leap for comic-kind”. Other features include  games embedded within stories, a games arcade and an online Dandy TV Show with game reviews, interviews and a “News at Dan” round-up.

The app, which is available for iOS and Android is free, although users have to buy credits to access individual issues. Using a 5,000 credit pack, for example, this works out at around 60p per issue.

The app’s launch follows publishers DC Thomson’s decision in December to move The Dandy to digital only.

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The move comes just days after leading digital comics platform Comixology launched its own submissions platform for self-published work. However, the two have a rather different approach, with Comixology only selling titles that win approval from its submissions team.

Emanata’s system, by contrast, is billed as “artist centric” with no evaluation process before self-published comics go on sale. Creators can also choose to give their work away for free, which is not allowed on the Comixology platform.

Using Emanata, creators set the price of their work according to Apple’s pricing tier system ($0.99, $1.99, $2.99, etc.). Apple takes a 30% cut of all sales, with Emanata and the artist sharing the remaining 70%.

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