The fourth Scott Pilgrim volume! It’s summertime, but who can relax? Welcome back to Scott Pilgrim’s nightmarish little existence. His relationship with Ramona Flowers is sweeter than ever, but he’s still got girl troubles, seven evil ex-boyfriends still want to kill him, and worst of all, now she wants him to get a JOB?! Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 4: Now with more kicks, punches, rock & roll, subspace, half-ninjas, experience points, samurai swords, girly action and laughable attempts to seek gainful employment!

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Armageddonquest cover by Tom Scioli, colored by Bill Crabtree.

Since August 22th Google is recommending Scott Pilgrim to all owners of Android devices. The free sampler of the Scott Pilgrim mobile comic is one of the 15 apps featured on the Android Market front-page.

Described as “pure awesome” by AndroidHeadlines.com and rated 4.5/5 by Android users, the Scott Pilgrim Android app is initially available in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and UK.

Scott Pilgrim’s precious little app is published by the innovative HarperCollins imprint, Fourth Estate, and developed by Robot Comics/Robot Media, the leading comics provider for Android.

Robot Comics has translated Bryan Lee O’Malley’s comic book to mobiles through movement, sound and vibration, creating an original reading experience tailored for Android devices.  An experience which also becomes interactive and social when readers discover secret content carefully hidden in the scenes of the comic, as well as use an in-app commenting system that utilizes Twitter and Facebook to share the clues.

Scott Pilgrim is the second mobile comic featured by Google in their Android marketplace. The first one was the indie hit Robot 13 by Thomas Hall and Daniel Bradford, also produced by Robot Comics, which has been downloaded by almost 200,000 Android users to date -a number rarely reached by print editions.

With a launching price of £3.49 per volume, well below the print version, the Scott Pilgrim app is on its way to become the best-selling mobile comic for Android devices, and the first of many mainstream comic titles that finds a new audience in the Android Market.

The Scott Pilgrim app is also available for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Visit http://www.scottpilgrimtheapp.com for more information.

The Scott Pilgrim app by Fourth Estate and Robot Comics is now available in selected countries* from the Android Market.

Scott Pilgrim’s Android app translates Bryan Lee O’Malley’s comic book to mobile through movement, sound and vibration to create an original reading experience. An experience which also becomes interactive and social when readers start discovering secret content carefully hidden in the scenes of the comic, and use the in-app commenting system, Twitter and Facebook to share the clues.

Each volume of the graphic novel is priced at £3.49 and a sampler containing the first chapter of the first volume is offered for free. An iPhone/iPod touch/iPad version of the app is also available.

* Currently Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and UK.

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The third Scott Pilgrim volume! Ramona’s third evil ex-boyfriend, Todd Ingram, is currently dating the former love of Scott Pilgrim’s life! Envy Adams broke Scott’s heart a year and a half ago. Now she and her evil art-rock band are back, and they’re getting Scott’s band to open a show two days from now! That’s just enough time for Scott to fight Todd, keep Ramona happy, fend off demented ex-girlfriends, and practise that new setlist. Right??

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In a world where mainstream comic book titles routinely top the digital download charts, one challenger has risen like David against Goliath to stake its claim: Robot 13 by Thomas Hall and Daniel Bradford has just become one of the first independently produced comics to push past the 100,000 download mark!

A true-blue indie label comic garnering 100,000+ readers is an unparalleled triumph for both independents and digital comics alike.  There are few such comics that make it onto Diamonds’ Top 300 for any given month, and none that rise above the 10,000 order mark.  Robot 13, on the Android market alone, Robot 13, with Android Market downloads alone, would be at the #2 position of Diamond Top 300 of June 2010! Which is unquestionably ground-breaking of for an indie.

“Robot 13 is a truly Independent Comics success story,” Blacklist Studios’ Co-Owner and Robot 13 Co-Creator Thomas Hall said. “Everything was done without Diamond’s distribution or outside funding, and was the product of two guys making Comics they wanted to see as fans.”

“Sure, we knew the book was pretty good,” Blacklist Studios’ Co-Owner and Robot 13’s Co-Creator Daniel Bradford continued. “But who could know we would get that level of interest? It was more than anyone could have expected.”

Curious?

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In the Dawn Country, reunions are made, plans are hatched… and paradise proves not as nice as it seems. Valentine is caught in a tightening web of magic, manners and deception as he joins Roland’s court. By Alex de Campi (Smoke) and Christine Larsen (Shrek)

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A desperate government secretly approves a program to clone captured terrorists. Called the “Jihad 2.0.” program, the clones spread disinformation and help special ops track and eliminate al-Qaeda leaders. Now al-Qaeda responds. Written by war journalist Kevin Maurer and illustrated by Mariano Santillan.

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Robot Comics’ Robot 13 app recently became the first comic app to be featured on the Android Market.

Developed by Robot Comics and featuring the indie smash success by Thomas Hall & Daniel Bradford, the Robot 13 app combines ground-breaking transition effects with vibration to create a truly unique reading experience for the end user.

After being featured, Robot 13 was downloaded more than 50,000 additional times by Android users in just a few short days.  These are some of their comments:

“Absolutely brilliant. Fantastic illustration and the way it moves from page to page is brilliant. Never seen anything like it before!” -Laura

“This is so cool. It’s the perfect balance between interactive and traditional comic book. It’s a lot of fun to read.” -Aaron

“Very cool I don’t really like comics but this is something I could get addicted to” -john

“Excellent way of writing a story. Love the extras like vibrations and zoom. Awesome. Purely Awesome.” -Cesar

Curious? Download Robot 13 #1, available for free both on Android and iPhone.

The explosive double-sized finale of The Battle for Gobwin Knob! Surrounded and outnumbered, Parson will have to challenge the very own rules of Erfworld to win the battle. When your last resort is a suicidal endgame, you know you’re booped.

The last of the last of the last stands by Rob Balder and Jamie Noguchi!

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