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Free Fantasy iPhone Graphic Novel – Limited Time!

robotcomics — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:36:45 +0000

FREE Limited Time Fantasy iPhone Graphic Novel!

Ben Powis’ Original Mobile Graphic Novel – Where Grows the Bitter Herb – is now available for FREE download on the iTunes marketplace for a limited time!

From November 30th – December 8th, the price on Bitter Herb is absolutely free on iTunes and $0.99 on Android (due to the rules regarding the Android Market, Bitter Herb will not be offered for free there at this time).

Ben’s work has wowed professionals and readers alike, and we here at Robot Comics feel that Ben’s mobile work has produced some of the most unique and re-readable comics on the mobile market today. His one-shot Turtle Guitar was released for free on the iTunes and Android Market and continues to be popular with mobile owners. His lengthier Bitter Herb epic was posted originally for $1.99 download.

Synopsis

All is not well in the village, a mother lies sick and dying. The only thing that can save her is a magical herb that grows atop the tallest mountain, but who will be brave enough to quest for it? Be prepared to embark on a journey through the unexplored world of Afar, to wild and wonderful environments meeting new creatures, some friendly and welcoming, some not!

British illustrator Ben Powis delights children and adults alike with Where Grows the Bitter Herb, proudly published for mobiles by Robot Comics.

Download

Where Grows the Bitter Herb #1 is available for download on the following platforms:

iPhone/iPod touch

Click on the button below to open Where Grows the Bitter Herb #1 on the iTunes App Store. Requires iTunes.

And don’t forget to download Ben Powis’ TURTLE GUITAR while you’re at it!

Ben Powis' Turtle Guitar is also FREE on iPhone (and Android, too!)

Click on the button below to open Turtle Guitar #1 on the iTunes App Store. Requires iTunes.

Android

Where Grows the Bitter Herb #1 is available in the Android Market. Scan the QR code below with your Android to receive its url.

Alternatively, search “Where Grows the Bitter Herb” on the Market.

And Turtle Guitar #1 is available for FREE in the Android Market. Scan the QR code below with your Android to receive its url.

Alternatively, search “Turtle Guitar” on the Market.

Preview

About Robot Comics

Robot Comics publishes mobile comics for hand-helds such as Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch, Google’s Android mobiles (including Tablets!), 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

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Ben Powis’ BITTER HERB Free for 7 Days

robotcomics — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:27:14 +0000

Ben Powis’ Original Mobile Graphic Novel – Where Grows the Bitter Herb – will be available for FREE download on iTunes marketplace for 7 special days only!

Next week, starting November 30th and ending midnight December 8th, the price on Bitter Herb will be dropped to absolutely free on iTunes and $0.99 on Android (due to the rules regarding the Android Market, Bitter Herb will not be offered for free there at this time).

Discover more about BITTER HERB: http://www.robotcomics.net/2009/09/ben-powis-grows-bitter-herb/

Watch the promo video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5ENh4WTfvU

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Synopsis

British illustrator Ben Powis delights children and adults alike with Where Grows the Bitter Herb, proudly published for mobiles by Robot Comics.

Download

Where Grows the Bitter Herb #1 is available for download on the following platforms:

iPhone/iPod touch

Click on the button below to open Where Grows the Bitter Herb #1 on the iTunes App Store. Requires iTunes.

Android

Where Grows the Bitter Herb #1 is available in the Android Market. Scan the QR code below with your Android to receive its url.

Alternatively, search “Where Grows the Bitter Herb” on the Market.

Preview

About Robot Comics

For more information contact: contact@robotcomics.net

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Ben Powis’ Where Grows the Bitter Herb

Robot Comics — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:55:20 +0000

“Incredibly complex and detailed art; lush colours and intricate, complicated backgrounds populated with simply drawn creatures of varying degrees of strangeness.” -Richard Bruton, Forbidden Planet

British illustrator Ben Powis delights children and adults alike with Where Grows the Bitter Herb, proudly published for mobiles by Robot Comics.

Title: Where Grows the Bitter Herb #1 of 1
Credits: Written & illustrated by Ben Powis
Publisher: Robot Comics
Price: $1.99
Screens: 126

Preview

Download

Where Grows the Bitter Herb #1 is available for download on the following platforms:

iPhone/iPod touch

Click on the button below to open Where Grows the Bitter Herb #1 on the iTunes App Store. Requires iTunes.

Android

Where Grows the Bitter Herb #1 is available in the Android Market. Scan the QR code below with your Android to receive its url.

Alternatively, search “Where Grows the Bitter Herb” on the Market.

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Ben Powis’ Turtle Guitar

Robot Comics — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:50:17 +0000

An ancient long lost fable retold! Our hero is but a simple farmer with a love for music. His world lies in turmoil, but does he have what it takes to turn it all around?

“[A] gorgeous tale” -Forbidden Planet.

British illustrator Ben Powis delights children and adults alike with Turtle Guitar, proudly published for mobiles by Robot Comics.

Title: Turtle Guitar #1 of 1
Credits: Written & illustrated by Ben Powis
Publisher: Robot Comics
Price: Free
Screens: 63

Preview

Download

Turtle Guitar #1 is available for download on the following platforms:

iPhone/iPod touch

Click on the button below to open Turtle Guitar #1 on the iTunes App Store. Requires iTunes.

Android

Turtle Guitar #1 is available for free in the Android Market. Scan the QR code below with your Android to receive its url.

Alternatively, search “Turtle Guitar” on the Market.

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Strange Yet Beautiful – Ben Powis on iTunes

robotcomics — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:07:04 +0000

UK Illustrator and small press comics auteur, Ben Powis, brings his latest two works to the iTunes storefront, comics that are gorgeously displayed on the iPhone and iPod Touch! Published by Robot Comics and bundled with the new iRobot Comics Viewer, “Turtle Guitar” is offered as a free downloadable short comic story while “Where Grows the Bitter Herb” is the first Graphic Novel sized mobile comic released by Robot Comics. Ben Powis is well-known for crafting comics that push the boundaries of what small press books can achieve, and perhaps one critic put it best when he called Powis’ comics: “Strange yet beautiful.”

“[Turtle Guitar is] a gorgeous tale of a farmer tending his dying, barren land who discovers a turtle whose song is so beautiful it can bring life to dead earth. A simple and slight tale but the artwork is just spectacularly good (rather reminiscent of Maurice Sendak I thought).” –Forbidden Planet International

Incredibly complex and detailed art; lush colours and intricate, complicated backgrounds populated with simply drawn creatures of varying degrees of strangeness. [Where Grows the Bitter Herb] looks a damn sight better than most comics from the big boys. But once you get beyond how nice the book looks superficially, open it up and be amazed at how good it is as a comic. –FICTIONS

Synopsis

TURTLE GUITAR and WHERE GROWS THE BITTER HERB are both fable-like stories, following an unnamed protagonist on a heroic quest to save everything they know. TURTLE focuses on a farmer seeking to save a dying land, and discovering a Turtle whose song can bring life to dead earth! BITTER HERB then brings Ben’s same sense of magical storytelling to an epic level, where a single hero struggles valiantly to find a rare herb located at the farthest, most remote reaches of the world. Turtle Guitar and Where Grows the Bitter Herb are both written and illustrated by Ben Powis, published for mobiles by Robot Comics.

Download

Turtle Guitar and Where Grows the Bitter Herb are both available for download on the following platforms:

iPhone/iPod touch

Click on the button below to open Turtle Guitar on the iTunes App Store. Requires iTunes.

Click on the button below to open Where Grows the Bitter Herb on the iTunes App Store. Requires iTunes.

Android

Turtle Guitar and Where grows the Bitter Herb will soon to be available in the Android Market.

Turtle Guitar Preview

Where Grows the Bitter Herb Preview

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

For more information on the mobile versions of Turtle Guitar and Where Grows the Bitter Herb, please visit http://www.robotcomics.net/tag/ben-powis/

For more about the author, Ben Powis, please visit http://www.benpowis.net

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