Comics go mobile

If you find texting a little too emotionless, Verizon Wireless maybe able to help you be a bit more creative. The company this week announced a service that lets its wireless customers create personalized comics and send them to other mobile phones. Developed by AMA, Comic Creator will let customers write their own story and choose from a variety of backgrounds, settings and characters, each with customizable expressions. For example, characters include: various human and non-human characters including a robot, a panda, a martian and a monster among others. The messaging technology lets Verizon Wireless customers to access friends’ phone numbers directly from the application. Plus, Comic Creator by AMA is continuously updated with new backgrounds and characters, providing Verizon Wireless customers with fresh ways to communicate and show off their creative sides. Comic Creator is available for $3.99 per month, which lets Verizon Wireless customers send up to 20 comics to mobile handsets and an unlimited number of comics to e-mail recipients.