[October 14, 2004] Mobile Consumers Read Over One Million Comics on Mobile Comics Network PLEASANTON, Calif, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- FunMail announced today that consumers have read over one million mobile comics on its burgeoning Mobile Comics Network (MCN) service. "The fact that consumers have read one million comics on their phones is a wonderful and amazing thing," said FunMail CEO Adam Lavine. "This clearly supports FunMail's vision that mobile comics is a viable and important wireless entertainment category, and consumers like the MCN service." FunMail launched MCN late last year in partnership with major U.S. comics syndicates such as United Media, King Features and Tribune Media Services. Supporting carriers include Verizon Wireless, Sprint PCS, Cingular Wireless, ALLTEL, and U.S. Cellular. Earlier this month, FunMail announced it had added Peanuts(R) to its lineup of mobile comics. MCN also includes a long list of premium comics, including Dilbert(TM), Beetle Bailey(R), Hagar the Horrible(R), Zits, Baby Blues(R), Broom Hilda(TM), Dick Tracy(R), Mother Goose & Grimm, Bizarro, Nancy(R), and many more. Interested parties can visit http://www.mobilecomicsnetwork.com/ for more information. About FunMail FunMail creates engaging, unique and fun visual wireless entertainment. FunMail's popular consumer services include comics, interactive wallpapers, mobile greetings, animated ringtones, and socially-driven peer-to-peer camera applications. Founded in 1999, FunMail has achieved an industry reputation for creativity, innovation and reliability, and is considered one of America's most fresh and interesting wireless entertainment companies. FunMail's branded services include Wallpaper Universe, Mobile Comics Network, America's Best Mobile Pix, RingToons Universe, and FunMail Animated Greetings. FunMail's services are distributed on wireless carriers including AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless, Midwest Wireless, Sprint PCS, T-Mobile USA, and Verizon Wireless. Please visit http://www.funmail.com/ for more information. FunMail CONTACT: Andy Baldocchi of FunMail, +1-925-250-2442 Web site: http://www.mobilecomicsnetwork.com/ Web site: http://www.funmail.com/ [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]