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Apr 16

Jonathan Liu of GeekDad fame posted a comprehensive review/overview of Robot Comics as a mobile comics publisher.  He pointed out the exact strengths and weaknesses we’d give ourselves.

Here’s a snippet:

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One of my favorite sources of comics for the iPhone (and iPod touch) is Robot Comics. They have a decent catalog of titles, and the best part is that most of them start off free. For comics with multiple issues, the first one is usually free and the rest are available for $.99 each through an in-app download. There are several single-issue comics that are free as well, including several adaptations of Cory Doctorow stories. (”Craphoundicon” is one of my favorites.) When you purchase a later “episode,” as they call them, it simply shows up in the index. Each comic has its own app icon on your home screen which contains all the issues. It might be nice to be able to combine them into one Robot Comics viewer app, though I suppose the new iPhone OS will allow you to group them if you choose.

Some of the comics I’ve reviewed previously have been through Robot Comics: Erfworldicon and Robot 13icon, for instance. A more recent release is Valentineicon, a fantasy-horror set during the War of 1812, which was simultaneously released in about a dozen languages. I compared the English and Chinese versions, and was pretty impressed with the way both of them looked.

Thanks, Jonathan and GeekDad!  And just for your info, Jonathan (and also to you readers out there who care), a single iTunes viewer to store all the comics is coming very, very soon. So stay tuned.

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Jan 19

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Jonathan Liu of Wired.com’s GeekDad, gave ERFWORLD a very, very, very nice write up.  That is, if you consider being called the “World’s Geekiest Comic” a nice thing.

We sure do!

Here’s a snippet:

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Okay, I know, “Geekiest Comic Ever” is a big claim to make, considering there are other comics like “When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth.” But I had to get your attention somehow, right? And Erfworld is incredibly geeky in a fantastic way. (As opposed to geeky in a sci-fi way.) Here’s the plot: in the magical realm of Erfworld, the Overlord Stanley the Plaid has basically killed off all his warlords in battle due to poor strategy. His spell-caster Wanda suggests they buy a spell which will summon the perfect warlord from anywhere in the universe, a military genius who will save them from certain defeat. So they cast the spell and who should appear but Parson, an overweight strategy gamer from Columbus, Ohio.

Thanks Jonathan and GeekDad peeps!

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