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.

• Title: Seven Citadels: Jihad 2.0 #1
• Credits: Kevin Maurer (writer) / Mariano Santillan (illustrator)
• Publisher: Robot Comics
• Price: Free
• Screens: 70

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Robot Comics presents Yellow Peril, the first sitcom starring an Asian American! Download the free and official app for the office romance comedy webcomic by Jamie Noguchi (Erfworld).

Graphic designers Kane and Bodie try to stay sane while working at creative factory Pedanticorp.

A task which becomes increasingly difficult with the arrival of the new Art Director, corporate clone Steve, who has a passion for unbillable meetings and enforcing the dress code.

Joined by nearby restaurant owner Julie and new project manager Ally, these four friends will deal with the ever unreliable metro, fermented soy beans, impossible deadlines, incomprehensible client specs, and the emerging feelings between each other.

• Title: Yellow Peril
• Price: Free

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Over 40 free comics will be offered to users of the ARCHOS 5 internet tablet to inaugurate the Books & Comics category in AppsLib, the Android application marketplace for Archos devices.

The offering includes the first issue of all Robot Comics series and ongoings, and also complete stories and one-shots. These comics will span a variety of genres, for all tastes and ages: Valentine, the fantasy epic by Alex de Campi (Smoke) and Christine Larsen (Shrek), American Terror, the sci-fi war drama by Alterna Comics and Jeff McComsey, Bram Stoker’s Dracula’s Guest, illustrated by Steven Sanders (S.W.O.R.D.), or Jason James‘ ghostboy, an all-ages ghost story, are only a few of the many titles that will make Archos’ users rediscover the joy of reading comics.

Also offered, alongside the free comics, will be the free app Droid Comic Viewer, the leading Android comic and manga reader, which allows users not only to read Robot Comics releases, but also any comic in CBZ, CBR and ACV formats. Droid Comic Viewer has a growing community of more than 100K active users worldwide and supports all Android devices, from the affordable HTC Tattoo to the powerful Google Nexus One, and now the versatile ARCHOS 5 High Resolution Internet Tablet.

The added “Books & Comics” category of the AppsLib market creates a new layer of entertainment for the ARCHOS 5 internet tablet , which already supports a wide range of traditional media and games. Following this initial release, Robot Comics will start publishing free and paid comics weekly both in the Android Market and on AppsLib, for ARCHOS 5 internet tablet users.

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Robot Comics publishes mobile comics for all Android devices, and also iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Nintendo DSi and the Amazon Kindle. It is one of first and few mobile comic publishers who offer titles specifically designed and formatted to be read on mobile devices.

A commando piece of man-sized Bacon and a Pickle that thinks it’s a zombie.  Together, they fight ninjas.  Lots and lots of ninjas. And robots. And evil masterminds. Must be read to be believed!  Includes an original Jesus Hates Zombies bonus story! By Stephen Lindsay and Rolf Lejdegärd, produced by 215 Ink.

• Title: Massive Awesome #1
• Credits: Stephen Lindsay (writer) / Rolf Lejdegärd (illustrator)
• Publisher: 215 Ink.
• Price: Free

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The little ghost girl’s origin is finally revealed. What is her name? How did she became a ghost? What does she want from Tristan? This free interlude to ghostboy’s adventure has all the answers, and sets the stage for the big finale next week. Written and drawn by Jason James.

• Title: ghostboy #4 of 5
• Credits: Jason James (writer & illustrator)
• Publisher: Robot Comics
• Price: Free
• Screens: 40

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“It’s a thriller, expertly written and wonderfully illustrated…It’s amazing that [Lewis and Copland] are able to introduce the scheme, put it in motion, introduce complications, and wrap everything up in only sixty-six pages, but they pull it off by densely packing every page with story. The whole thing never feels rushed. The [three] issues form a complete story with a satisfying end. –Michael May, Comic World News

Writer A. David Lewis is no stranger to the world of comics, having penned the Harvey-Award nominated and Howard E. Day Prize winning The Lone and Level Sands, as well as the Paper Screen Gem Award winning Mortal Coils and the critically acclaimed Some New Kind of Slaughter. Now Lewis is teaming with rising-star artist Jason Copland (The Perhapanauts: Molly’s Story, Postcards, and Trickster) to bring mobile comics readers the action-oriented thriller, Empty Chamber.

“It’s a weird recipe,” Lewis says of the book. “It’s The Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy mixed a little with Goldeneye. And, from comics, there’s a bit of Whiteout, Queen & Country, Global Frequency and even Planetary thrown in (no wonder the Colonel’s named Ellis, right?). After working with Jason on Mortal Coils, I wanted to do a project that was not only fun and exciting, but would appeal to the sort of broad audience that enjoys 24.  In teaming with Jason Copland, I don’t think we’ve sacrificed intelligence or storytelling by any means.”

Empty Chamber is being released as a 3-issue monthly mini-series by Robot Comics. The first issue is now available for Android using Robot Comics new frame-by-frame reading experience and will soon be offered on iTunes and for the Amazon Kindle in both K1&2 and DX editions.

“When I wrote Empty Chamber, I was thirsty for some smart action,” says Lewis. “Adventure’s great, but only when it’s held up with a pretty intelligent structure. At the same time, nothing kills action quicker than egg-headed snobbery that flies over its audience’s head. Empty Chamber is an attempt to walk that middle route: It’s meant to be sharp.”

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Emtpy Chamber is a second generation mobile comic, blending together frame-by-frame animation, transition effects, vibration and custom screens to provide a brand new comic reading experience while also staying true to the traditional comic book form.

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A good, old-fashioned space opera. –Dave Sim

I love the cartooning. –Warren Ellis

Matt Dembicki seems to have a good handle on dialogue and knows how to keep the story flowing with just enough exposition peppered in-between the action bits. –Ain’t It Cool News

The art is original, the story is funny and captures the imagination, and there’s a lot of action. –TalkAboutComics.com

Ignatz-Award and Howard E. Day Prize winner (for Xoc and Mr. Big, respectively) Matt Dembicki doesn’t just write epic narratives about underwater ocean-life – he also writes about heroic, space-faring, sword-wielding pond life!

Robot Comics is proud to present Spadefoot by Dembicki and artist Andrew Cohen for Android and Apple mobiles. Spadefoot is a classic space opera following one freebooting royal toad as he stumbles upon a threat to the entire universe. An all-ages, fast-paced, four-part series that blends mainstream pulp with indie comic weirdness to produce something better than both. Spadefoot #1 is now available on the Android market and will soon be released on iTunes as well.

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Spadefoot is a second generation mobile comic, blending together frame-by-frame animation, transition effects, vibration and custom screens to provide a brand new comic reading experience while also staying true to the traditional comic book form.

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An unlikely hero is called upon to free the universe from the clutches of one nasty space salamander.  But will Spadefoot and his Misfit Marauders have what it takes to overcome the obstacles they face along the way to the ultimate showdown?  By Ignatz and Howard E. Day Prize Award-Winning Author, Matt Dembicki (Xoc, Mr. Big) and Andrew Cohen.

The Android edition of Spadefoot is an ACV 2 formatted comic with frame-by-frame animation and additional transition effects to provide a brand new Android comics reading experience!

“A good old-fashioned space opera.” -Dave Sim

• Title: Spadefoot #1 of 4
• Publisher: Robot Comics
• Screens: 120

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Robot Comics is proud to bring Bram Stoker’s Dracula’s Guest to mobiles, adapted by Stephen L. Antczak and James C. Bassett, illustrated by Steven Sanders (Thunder Road) and lettered by Sean Taylor. Available both as an illustrated short story and as an original comic book, this free version of Dracula’s Guest will thrill new and old readers alike. Two years after Bram Stoker’s death in 1912, his widow published a collection of his short stories, entitled Dracula’s Guest. In her preface to this collection, Florence Stoker wrote of the title story:

“A few months before the lamented death of my husband -I might say even as the shadow of death was over him- he planned three series of short stories for publication, and the present volume is one of them. To his original list of stories in this book, I have added a hitherto unpublished episode from ‘Dracula.’ It was originally excised owning to the length of the book, and may prove of interest to the many readers of what is considered my husband’s most remarkable work.”

The origin of “Dracula’s Guest” as an early, excised chapter of Dracula was universally accepted for seventy years. But with the release of Stoker’s notes for the novel, scholars began to question Florence Stoker’s account. The discovery in 1984 of a manuscript copy of Dracula further argued against “Dracula’s Guest” being a missing first chapter. Today, hardly anyone believes that “Dracula’s Guest” was ever a part of the original Dracula manuscript. The true nature of the story, however, remains in dispute-opinions range from a missing second (rather than first) chapter to a much later short story only peripherally related to the novel through the characters of Jonathan Harker and Count Dracula. While it is clear that the style and tone of “Dracula’s Guest” do not fit the book, the story remains an important part of the Dracula mythos -and, of course, a ripping good yarn!

• Title: Dracula’s Guest of 1
• Credits: Stephen L. Antczak and James C. Bassett (adaptated script) / Steven Sanders (illustrator) / Sean Taylor (letterer)
• Publisher: Robot Comics
• Price: Free

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In 1939, something was pulled up from the ocean depths off the coast of Spain; what it was and where it originated from were a mystery to the fishermen who found it, but all the surviving members of that crew agree on one thing~ whatever it was, it saved their lives. Robot 13 tells the odyssey of the hero who awoke from the ocean floor that day as it looks for answers to who he really is… A comic by Thomas Hall with art by Daniel Bradford.

“after the reading through the issue, it definitely has its own unique tone (again, in both in the art and story) and narrative pacing that make it feel like a very different — and very good — series. I was really impressed with it, and this is certainly one to keep an eye on.” -MTV Splash Page

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• Title: Robot 13: Colossus! #1 of 3
• Credits:
  • Thomas Hall (writer)
  • Daniel Bradford (illustrator)
• Publisher: Robot Comics
• Price: Free
• Screens: 103

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