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.

Robot 13 is no stranger to success. The Android version of the multi-platform app was previously featured by Google in the Android Market, reaching 200,000 downloads in a few weeks. It was the first comic book app featured by Google.

Created by Thomas Hall and Daniel Bradford, Robot 13 is an amnesiac robot who battles mythic monsters. Robot Comics brought Robot 13 to mobile devices using cross-platform software that combined frame-by-frame animation, transition effects, and vibration to create a unique reading experience.

“Daniel and I strive to make our comics as good and entertaining as possible. We are humbled by the attention Robot 13 has received and thankful to the Digital Book Awards for recognizing our efforts.”

–Thomas Hall, writer, Robot 13

“As Robot 13 is a labor of love, the Digital Book Awards is a true honor. It is exhilarating to see your creations come to life, especially in an exciting digital format. We are grateful for all those that helped along the way.”

–Daniel Bradford, artist, Robot 13

Released in early 2010, Robot 13 was one of the 200 apps that Robot Media produced the past year. “Mobile devices provide new storytelling possibilities where experience and content go hand in hand,” states Robot Media’s founder, Hermés Piqué. “Robot 13 was one of our first releases that explored this and our goal is to continue to explore it further. 2011 will be an exciting year for digital content!”

About Robot Comics

Robot Comics publishes mobile comics for hand-helds such as Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch, Google’s Android mobiles, Nintendo DSi and Amazon’s Kindle. It is one of first and few mobile comic publishers who offer titles specifically designed and formatted to be read on e-devices. For more information contact: contact@robotcomics.net

Related posts:

1. Robot 13 and Valentine Nominated for Publishing Innovation Award
2. Digital Media Buzz features Robot Comics
3. Google features Scott Pilgrim in the Android Market

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.

Robot 13

Robot 13 is part sci-fi action, part Lovecraftian horror, the story of an ancient robotic hero salvaged from the ocean floor and forced to fight his way through a menagerie of mythical monsters as he journeys to discover who he really is….

Robot 13 was the first comic on either iTunes or Android to combine frame-by-frame animation, a wide-range of transition effects, and vibration into a single package.  It was also the first independent label mobile comic to surpass 200,000 downloads on both Android and iTunes.

Valentine

Valentine is the historical-fiction supernatural adventure that pits French calvary officer Valentine against an unholy horde as he battles his way through a desolate Russian landscape during the War of 1812.

Valentine was the first comic to be published in a ground-breaking 13 different languages simultaneously upon its debut.

About Robot Comics

Robot Comics publishes mobile comics for hand-helds such as Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch, Google’s Android mobiles, Nintendo DSi and Amazon’s Kindle. It is one of first and few mobile comic publishers who offer titles specifically designed and formatted to be read on e-devices. For more information contact: contact@robotcomics.net

Related posts:

1. Robot 13 wins Digital Innovation Award at Digital Book World New York
2. Robot 13 Nominated for The Rondo Awards
3. Valentine featured on Boing Boing

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!

• Title: ghostboy Halloween Special 2010
• Price: Free

Preview

Download

ghostboy Halloween Special 2010 is available for download on the following platforms:

Android

ghostboy Halloween Special 2010 is available for free in the Android Market. Scan the QR code below with your Android to receive its url.

Alternatively, search “ghostboy Halloween Special 2010″ on the Market.

Related posts:

1. Be a part of an original mobile comic this Halloween
2. ghostboy #3
3. ghostboy Halloween contest winner!

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.

• Title: Seven Citadels: Jihad 2.0 #2
• Credits: Kevin Maurer (writer) / Mariano Santillan (illustrator) / Travis Rightmeyer (colorist)
• Price: $0.99 US

Preview

Download

Seven Citadels: Jihad 2.0 #2 is available for download on the following platforms:

Android

Seven Citadels: Jihad 2.0 #2 is available in the Android Market. Scan the QR code below with your Android to receive its url.

Alternatively, search “Seven Citadels: Jihad 2.0″ on the Market.

Related posts:

1. Seven Citadels: Jihad 2.0 #1: Can a terrorist clone end the war on terror?
2. Formera #1
3. Diary of the Black Widow #1

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.

Related posts:

1. Be a part of an original mobile comic this Halloween
2. Nintendo DSi mascot contest winner
3. ghostboy Halloween Special 2010

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.

• Title: Valentine #8
• Credits: Alex de Campi (writer) / Christine Larsen (illustrator) / Tim Durning (colors)
• Publisher: Robot Comics
• Price: $0.99 US

Preview

Download

Valentine #8 is available for download on the following platforms:

Android

Valentine #8 is available in the Android Market. Scan the QR code below with your Android to receive its url.

Alternatively, search “Valentine” on the Market.

Related posts:

1. Valentine #3
2. Valentine #5
3. Valentine: One Original Mobile Comic, One Dozen Different Languages

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.

Original post

Related posts:

1. ghostboy Halloween contest winner!
2. ghostboy Halloween Special 2010
3. Santa’s first mobile comic appearence

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!

Related posts:

1. Droid Comic Viewer version 1.1.1 update log
2. Droid Comic Viewer v1.3.2 update log
3. Droid Comic Viewer v1.2.6 update log

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.

Preview

About the Creators

Artist Niki Smith is an artist and writer who is currently working on a handful of creator-owned comic projects such Some Did Rest.  Her work has also appeared in several English language and German comic anthologies.

Writer Michael Jasper has published three novels, a story collection, and over four dozen short stories in Asimov’s, Strange Horizons, Polyphony, Writers of the Future, and the Raleigh News & Observer, and other fine venues. His most recent novel is A Gathering of Doorways (Wildside Press, 2009).

About Robot Comics

Robot Comics publishes mobile comics for hand-helds such as Google’s Android mobiles, Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch, Nintendo DSi and Amazon’s Kindle. It is one of first and few mobile comic publishers who offer titles specifically designed and formatted to be read on e-devices. Their mission: “Our goal is simple: to create and distribute high-quality mobile comics, while contributing to the development of the digital comics industry.”

Related posts:

1. In Maps & Legends #1
2. Armageddonquest: A Non-Market Android Comic Exclusive

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.

• Title: In Maps & Legends #1
• Credits: Mike Jasper (writer) / Niki Smith (illustrator)
• Publisher: Robot Comics
• Price: $0.99 US

Related posts:

1. In Maps & Legends In An Exclusive Android Edition
2. Phantom Jack #0