Josh Hechinger, Writer (Bear Beater Bunyan, The Grave Doug Freshley)
	Jorge F. Muñoz, Artist (Bear Beater Bunyan)

Last month, Robot Comics published the final part of the four-issue mobile comic, BEAR BEATER BUNYAN by writer Josh Hechinger (The Grave Doug Freshley) and artist Jorge F. Muñoz.

Definitely one of the freshest, most inner-child-wild mobile comics we’ve yet published, Robot Comics decided to celebrate the series’ big wrap-up by interviewing the creators on the making of the series, it’s move to mobile, the sudden shift in title, and more.

ROBOT COMICS: So let’s start with revealing where the inspiration for Bear Beater Bunyan came from.  Was this a collaborative creation in concept between the both of you, or originally just your brainchild alone, Josh?  Did the concept change once Jorge came aboard?

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After last chapter’s library apparition, Jonathan will need some convincing before helping Tristan to solve the mystery of the ghost girl. Enter the creepy Miranda, who proposes the duo to have a seance at Tristan’s caravan. By Jason James.

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Parson Gotti faces Prince Ansom and Vinny Doombats on his own. Units will burn and dwagons will die. The battle of Gobwin Knob is on! By Rob Balder and Jamie Noguchi. 133s.

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Another full length review from the wonderful munchkins over at Comics Bulletin.

This one by Karyn Pinter on the glamorous Erfworld #1.

Here’s a snippet:

Parson Gotti is a gamer, but not just any gamer. He’s a mad, crazy gamer who’s bested every strategy game the world seemingly has to offer.  That’s where Erfworld and Lord Stanley come in.  Lord Stanley is in need of a great warlord to lead his armies to victory against Prince Ansom. Using a spell that cost a half million shmuckers, Lord Stanley and his Croackamancer, Wanda, summon Parson to lead their armies and win the final battle for Gobwin Knob.

In many ways Erfworld is brilliant, but too much about it is poorly executed, which was disappointing.  It felt like little sections of the story were left stranded out on a desert island while the rest of the story sailed on by to continue on the next panel.  There were times when there was no wording on a panel, setting up for comedic pause, and that worked out nicely.  But other times the comic just seemed to become scatterbrained and disoriented.  It’s that unfortunate tendency that really cost Erfworld points. Other than that, the comic is a real nerdy joy and it’s cute to boot.  It’s drawn in a very basic, yet fitting style, like a chibi, the sort of tiny, cute anime style. Well, whatever style it may be, it’s adorable.  Even when little demon-things are axing other spider-things in the head it’s cute.  I want to hug the little demon-things, which are called Marbits, with their little pointy ears and beady eyes.  Sorry, my girliness spilled on the page. Some of the sound effect illustrations are hilarious, like the PLOT explosion as the hero is pulled into the game world.  Or the ever-popular PWND as something gets knocked down.  Oh, and I can’t even get started on the secret nerd code woven into the dialog.  There are just moments of silliness, and moments of hilarity, and sheer genius.  The magic word for making something disappear is “Hoffa.”  Come on, how funny is that?!

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It all comes down to a Triple Threat Match between Bunyan, Scarsbury and the Great Bear of the North! The surprising and extra-sized finale to Bear Beater Bunyan, by Josh Hechinger and Jorge Muñoz.

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Darian’s nightmares come true! What might very well be the final confrontation between Darian and the wizard Metezck will define the future and the land of Formera. An action-packed finale by Andrew Dobson, originally published by Alterna Comics.

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Creator Jason James and his Scarycaravan Media crew – the fellas behind the unique mobile comic experience known as “ghostboy” (and look for a major announcement concerning ghostboy in the coming months), have donated a gorgeous donated an original ghostboy panel to Hi-Ex Comic Con for inclusion in their charity raffle (the proceeds of which, like the auction, will be donated to Children 1st).

The panel is taken from the upcoming ghostboy Issue #1, and here’s a peek:

So if you’re attending Hi-Ex over in Scotland this year during March 27th-28th, make sure you enter the raffle and give lots and lots of money to the children!  Who knows?  You may just walk away with original ghostboy art….

Click the image below to visit the Hi-Ex website for details:

Announced yesterday on the Tom Hall’s (writer of Robot 13) “Enlightened Words” blog:

The 8th annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards Ballot has been released, and Robot 13 has been nominated for Best Horror Comic Book!

The Rondo awards are a yearly program to allow fans of Horror to vote for their favorites in Horror film, books, comics, music and general fandom and can be voted on by YOU the fan!  If you go to Rondoaward.com, you can get the ballot information as well as info about the Rondos and lists of past winners.  You can vote for as many or as few of the categories as you like- so if there are those that you just don’t know anything about, feel free to pass on those and vote for the categories you feel strongly about.  All votes must be emailed to taraco@aol.com with your name (so they can adhere to the One Person=One Vote rule) by Midnight of April 3, 2010.

While we would LOVE for you to Vote for Robot 13 for Best Horror Comic Book, I want to also encourage you to check out the site and vote for as many of the categories as you feel knowledgeable about. It’s an awesome, grass roots type of thing and a HUGE honor to be nominated for everyone involved.

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Well my goodness will wonders never cease – a full length review of a mobile comic on a major comic book news site!  Hopefully this trend will continue.

Big, big, big shout out to Chris Kiser (reviewer) and Matt Mclean (editor) for giving VALENTINE a nice fat spotlight review over at COMICS BULLETIN.  And a glowing review to boot!

Here’s an excerpt:

Valentine #1 – #4 Review

(via Comics Bulletin)
By: Chris Kiser

If comics are to thrive and grow as a medium in the 21st century, they’ll have to find their place somewhere in the midst of the digital world. Of course, you don’t need me to tell you that. It seems like everyone with a blog, column, or message forum login has offered his or her opinion on how online comics will (or won’t) work. But while these pundits drown themselves in speculation, a few innovative creators are actually putting their digital comics on the market.

Valentine, by Alex de Campi and Christine Larsen, is one such effort. It ventures into the era of Napoleonic France’s ill-advised invasion of Russia, focusing in on young Valentine Renaud, one of the failed campaign’s few surviving soldiers. As Valentine seeks to make his way home, he finds himself embroiled in an ages old conflict involving a supernatural, demonic foe, and a mysterious, powerful sword.

The series has been created specifically for reading on an electronic mobile device, meaning that it’s not simply a regular comic book scanned onto your computer screen. Following an iTunes-like sales model, episodes of Valentine may be purchased for many of the popular smart phones as well as for an e-book reader like the Amazon Kindle. The specific restrictions of these formats, as well as their unique capabilities, contribute to a reading experience that couldn’t be replicated on paper.

Read the rest of it by clicking here.

We got a nice little mention over at Scott McCloud’s site.  Apparently we aren’t the only ones releasing a series in multiple languages simultaneously.

Here’s the article from scottmccloud.com:

Zahra’s Paradise is a new comic being offered online by First Second. From what we’ve seen, it promises to be an absorbing true story and I like the art. It’s being released simultaneously in English, Farsi, Arabic, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutchs—seven languages in all. Eight, if you count the language of comics.

Zahra’s release follows closely on the heels of Robot Comics’ Valentine, released in a whopping twelve languages simultaneously. If this is a trend, I like it.

Understanding Comics has been translated over the years into 16 languages, but like any book project, the process of getting it printed and distributed from scratch in each country requires an enormous amount of effort for its respective publishers.

The idea that all these dammed-up rivers of art and story might start breaking free all over the world soon is encouraging.

That’s the whole article, but feel free to check out the original source here.

And you can find VALENTINE by Alex de Campi and Christine Larsen on the iTunes market by clicking here or on the Android market by searching for “Valentine the Comic”.