Jan 26
Robot Comics’ Robot 13 app was awarded yesterday the Digital Innovation Award at Digital World Book New York.
Robot Comics was the only European company in competition, and the only company nominated twice when the longlist nominees were named for the Digital Book World Publishing Innovation Award.

Robot Comic’s Android and iPhone app Robot 13 – adapted from Blacklist Studios’ comic of the same name – was the winner in the Comics category. Other nominees in the same category included the Amazon Kindle bestseller Tumor, Disney’s Epic Mickey Digicomics, and the TallChair’s critically-acclaimed Operation: Ajax iPad app.
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Jan 16
The longlist for Digital Book World’s inaugural Publishing Innovation Awards has been released, and TWO Robot Comics apps have been nominated in the comics category!
The Publishing Innovation Awards recognizes the best ebooks and book apps based on their merits in the areas of origination, development, production, design, and marketing.
Robot 13 by Thomas Hall and Daniel Bradford and Valentine by Alex de Campi and Christine Larsen have both been selected as part of seven total nominees, alongside such works as Archaia’s Tumor and Disney’s Epic Mickey Digicomics!
The top 5 finalists will be announced on Monday, January 17th, 2011.
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Oct 31
A new ghostboy episode awaits you this Halloween!
Jason James and Robot Comics invite you to St. Peter’s School’s Halloween ball.
Join Tristan, Miranda and Jon in a mission that would paralyze even the most daring 11-year old schoolboy.
Jason James and Robot Comics invite you to St. Peter’s School’s Halloween ball. Join Tristan, Miranda and Jon in a mission that would paralyze even the most daring 11-year old schoolboy!

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Tagged with: android • free • ghostboy • halloween • jason james
Oct 31
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.

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Tagged with: android • kevin maurer • mariano santillan • seven citadels
Oct 31

Congratulations to Jehuel Jones, winner of the ghostboy Halloween contest! Jehuel will be a character in ghostboy’s second story arc and makes his comic-book debut in ghostboy’s Halloween Special 2010, now available for Android devices.
Tagged with: contest • ghostboy • halloween
Oct 31
Valentine’s mis-steps in the court of the Dawn Country cost him dearly. Hidden in the words of these spiteful, gossiping nobles are grains of truth… if only Valentine were listening. The dazzling end to the first part of the Valentine series.

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Tagged with: alex de campi • android • christine larsen • valentine
Sep 30

Want to be a part of an original mobile comic this Halloween? Jason James and Robot Comics offer your soul a chance of digital posterity by becoming a character of the upcoming ghostboy Halloween special 2010.
Those who dare enter this contest have until Sunday night to send a photograph to halloween@ghostboy.co.uk. The most daunting face will get immortalized as a ghostboy character in a harrowing story that will send chills down to your mobile.
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Tagged with: contest • ghostboy • halloween • jason james
Sep 23

Droid Comic Viewer, the leading Android comic and manga reader by Robot Comic, broke the 250,000 Android Market downloads mark this week.
Unlike other landmark apps of the Android Market, Droid Comic Viewer has not been featured by Google yet. Its growing success comes from the strong support of its community, who actively contributes to make it the best comic reader for Android.
Droid Comic Viewer is the de facto comics and platform for Android devices worldwide. It has been localized to 7 languages and uses the ACV open format, which allows creators to adapt their comics for mobiles.
With an upcoming version that includes major feature, performance and usability upgrades, as well as more localizations, Droid Comic Viewer is on its way to become an essential app not only for comic fans, but also for all Android users. Join us as we introduce to a brand new audience the joy of reading comics!
Tagged with: acv • android • android market • droid comic viewer
Sep 09

In Maps & Legends won the Zuda Comics competition in November 2009, but its online serialization was interrupted with the close of the Zuda website. Now creators Michael Jasper and Niki Smith have teamed with Robot Comics to release an exclusive Android edition.
In Maps & Legends is available now both as a free 8-page preview and $0.99 full-length Issue #1
Synopsis
Kaitlin Grayson considers herself just an artist until she gets recruited by a strange man named Bartamus, who shows up at her place in the middle of the night and demands she use her skills to save his dying world. Soon Kait gets caught between two realities, and if Bartamus’ world falls, Earth is next — along with untold others.
In Maps & Legends is a world-shattering fantasy with hints of sci-fi and steampunk, written by novelist Michael Jasper and illustrated by Niki Smith.

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Sep 08
Kaitlin Grayson considers herself just an artist until she gets recruited by a strange man named Bartamus, who shows up at her place in the middle of the night and demands she use her skills to save his dying world. Soon Kait gets caught between two realities, and if Bartamus’ world falls, Earth is next — along with untold others.
In Maps & Legends is a world-shattering fantasy with hints of sci-fi and steampunk, written by novelist Michael Jasper and illustrated by Niki Smith.

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Tagged with: android • In Maps & Legends • Mike Jasper • Niki Smith
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