Planetwide Media Debuts Speed Racer Comic Book Creator 2(TM) Interactive Entertainment...

Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:00am EST

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Planetwide Media Debuts Speed Racer Comic Book Creator 2(TM) Interactive Entertainment Software at American International Toy Fair 2008 February 17-20, 2008

Fans Can Create Their Personalized Speed Racer Comic Books
Featuring the World's Most Futuristic Car, the Mach 5
NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Planetwide Media and Speed Racer Enterprises, Inc. today announced
the debut of Speed Racer Comic Book Creator 2(TM) interactive
entertainment software. Featuring classic characters such as Speed
Racer, Racer X, Pops, Trixie, Chim Chim, Spritle, Sparky and the Mach
5. Speed Racer Comic Book Creator 2 lets the fan get into the drivers
seat of creating their very own personalized Speed Racer Digital Comic
Book. Drag 'n Drop officially licensed Speed Racer art, backgrounds,
icons, screen shots, video clips and audio, while creating your very
own personal digital comic books.

Speed Racer Comic Book Creator 2 comes bundled with PD Particles,
a comprehensive and self-contained painting tool with a focus on
Particle Brushes. Fans can easily create fascinating original artwork
from a variety of illustration and special effects based on painting
with particles and bristles, such as magical lighting effects, hair,
fireworks and waterfalls, etc. Another prominent application inside
Speed Racer Comic Book Creator 2 is Audacity, an easy-to-use audio
editor and recorder that provides the ability to record live audios,
and digital recordings or sound effects, music, and embed a user's own
narration into their comic book creations. Users will also be able to
import, edit and combine sound files with other files or new
recordings.

"Speed Racer Comic Book Creator 2 gives the Speed Racer fans
interactivity with the characters and the story that they love," said
James Rocknowski, President of Speed Racer Enterprises. "We are now
letting the fans do what they've always wanted, the opportunity to
create their own Speed Racer story."

"Speed Racer and the Mach 5 are such iconic symbols of the Comic
and Animation world," says Kevin Donovan, President Planetwide Media.
"The Speed Racer Comic Book Creator 2 finally lets the fan tell and
create their own personalized Speed Racer Comic Books."

About Speed Racer Enterprises

Based in Santa Monica, California, Speed Racer Enterprises was
formed in 1991 and owns the worldwide rights to the Classic Speed
Racer animated television property. The company also manages all
television distribution, merchandising, licensing and promotional
activities for the property. For more information visit
http://www.speedracer.com.

SPEED RACER TM & Copyright 2008 Speed Racer Enterprises, Inc.
Speed Racer is a trademark of Speed Racer Enterprises, Inc. and is
used under license.

About Planetwide Media

Planetwide Media provides a unique and patent pending,
interactive, self-publishing personalized media platform for a wide
audience of emerging consumers in the digital new media space. The
company provides web enabled tools, software applications and video
games that create personal interactivity. The company's signature
product, Comic Book Creator(TM), is a best-of-breed digital media
platform that embraces User Generated Content (UGC) and enables users
to blend their creations into their social networks, their blogs and
across the web. Comic Book Creator is an easy to use platform that
provides the consumer with a richly enhanced interactive digital
experience. Planetwide Media is currently combining the Comic Book
Creator with technology through licenses with world-class
entertainment, video game, sports, music and lifestyle brands
worldwide. For licensing and brand partners, Comic Book Creator is a
platform to extend their digital footprint into an interactive digital
experience.

Visit: http://MyComicBookCreator.com or http://www.MashON.com for
more information.

Comic Book Creator TM & (C) 2008 Planetwide Games, Inc. All rights
reserved.

Planetwide Media
Mark Politi, 949-421-0488 ext. 4206 (Office)
Vice President - Licensing and Media Relations
mark@mashon.com
or
Speed Racer Enterprises, Inc.
James Rocknowski, 310-917-1200 (Office)
President
james@speedracerenterprises.com
or
Terpin Communications, Inc.
Christina Hwang, 310-821-6100 ext. 104 (Office)
Christina@Terpin.com