Since August 22th Google is recommending Scott Pilgrim to all owners of Android devices. The free sampler of the Scott Pilgrim mobile comic is one of the 15 apps featured on the Android Market front-page.

Described as “pure awesome” by AndroidHeadlines.com and rated 4.5/5 by Android users, the Scott Pilgrim Android app is initially available in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and UK.

Scott Pilgrim’s precious little app is published by the innovative HarperCollins imprint, Fourth Estate, and developed by Robot Comics/Robot Media, the leading comics provider for Android.

Robot Comics has translated Bryan Lee O’Malley’s comic book to mobiles through movement, sound and vibration, creating an original reading experience tailored for Android devices.  An experience which also becomes interactive and social when readers discover secret content carefully hidden in the scenes of the comic, as well as use an in-app commenting system that utilizes Twitter and Facebook to share the clues.

Scott Pilgrim is the second mobile comic featured by Google in their Android marketplace. The first one was the indie hit Robot 13 by Thomas Hall and Daniel Bradford, also produced by Robot Comics, which has been downloaded by almost 200,000 Android users to date -a number rarely reached by print editions.

With a launching price of £3.49 per volume, well below the print version, the Scott Pilgrim app is on its way to become the best-selling mobile comic for Android devices, and the first of many mainstream comic titles that finds a new audience in the Android Market.

The Scott Pilgrim app is also available for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Visit http://www.scottpilgrimtheapp.com for more information.

In a world where mainstream comic book titles routinely top the digital download charts, one challenger has risen like David against Goliath to stake its claim: Robot 13 by Thomas Hall and Daniel Bradford has just become one of the first independently produced comics to push past the 100,000 download mark!

A true-blue indie label comic garnering 100,000+ readers is an unparalleled triumph for both independents and digital comics alike.  There are few such comics that make it onto Diamonds’ Top 300 for any given month, and none that rise above the 10,000 order mark.  Robot 13, on the Android market alone, Robot 13, with Android Market downloads alone, would be at the #2 position of Diamond Top 300 of June 2010! Which is unquestionably ground-breaking of for an indie.

“Robot 13 is a truly Independent Comics success story,” Blacklist Studios’ Co-Owner and Robot 13 Co-Creator Thomas Hall said. “Everything was done without Diamond’s distribution or outside funding, and was the product of two guys making Comics they wanted to see as fans.”

“Sure, we knew the book was pretty good,” Blacklist Studios’ Co-Owner and Robot 13’s Co-Creator Daniel Bradford continued. “But who could know we would get that level of interest? It was more than anyone could have expected.”

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Robot Comics’ Robot 13 app recently became the first comic app to be featured on the Android Market.

Developed by Robot Comics and featuring the indie smash success by Thomas Hall & Daniel Bradford, the Robot 13 app combines ground-breaking transition effects with vibration to create a truly unique reading experience for the end user.

After being featured, Robot 13 was downloaded more than 50,000 additional times by Android users in just a few short days.  These are some of their comments:

“Absolutely brilliant. Fantastic illustration and the way it moves from page to page is brilliant. Never seen anything like it before!” -Laura

“This is so cool. It’s the perfect balance between interactive and traditional comic book. It’s a lot of fun to read.” -Aaron

“Very cool I don’t really like comics but this is something I could get addicted to” -john

“Excellent way of writing a story. Love the extras like vibrations and zoom. Awesome. Purely Awesome.” -Cesar

Curious? Download Robot 13 #1, available for free both on Android and iPhone.

The amnesiac hero recovers from his fight with the Phoenix in a lost mountain of the Basque Country, unfortunately close to the lair of a vengeful Cyclops. An origin is told, a companion is found and lives are ended in the extra-sized conclusion to the first chapter of the saga of Robot 13, by Thomas Hall and Daniel Bradford.

• Title: Robot 13: Colossus! #3 of 3
• Credits: Thomas Hall (writer) / Daniel Bradford (illustrator)
• Publisher: Robot Comics
• Price: $0.99 US
• Screens: 147

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Robot 13: Colossus! #3 is available for download on the following platforms:

iPhone/iPod touch

Click on the button below to open Robot 13: Colossus! #3 on the iTunes App Store. Requires iTunes.

Android

Robot 13: Colossus! #3 is available in the Android Market. Scan the QR code below with your Android to receive its url.

Alternatively, search “Robot 13: Colossus!” on the Market.

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.

About Robot Comics

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.

The most talked-about indy comic of 2009 continues its run with a thrilling second issue, packed with even more action and intrigue!  Robot 13’s quest to discover who he is continues: seeing only fragments of his past, the robot warrior desperately tries to remember where he came from and why he feels compelled to battle mythological creatures of destruction.  With R13 aboard, you can be sure there’s rough sailing ahead… and this time, it’s in the form of a Phoenix!  But this ravaging battle provides just a taste of what’s ahead for our intrepid hero, as a diabolical figure watches from the shadows… and isn’t happy that monsters keep dying!

Writer Tom Hall and artist Daniel Bradford continue the saga of their creation that has captured the imagination of comic fans the world over.

“Fantastic.  Phenomenal.  Best book I’ve read all year.  This is absolutely must reading and I can’t promote it enough.” –Jeff Marsick, Newsarama

“It’s sort of monster-of-the-month, but there’s a deeper plot that’s unfolding and tying the fights together. I hope 13’s able to figure out what it is, mostly because I like him and want to see him get the answers he’s looking for.” –Michael May, Robot 6

• Title: Robot 13: Colossus! #2 of 3
• Credits:
  • Thomas Hall (writer)
  • Daniel Bradford (illustrator)
• Publisher: Robot Comics
• Price: $0.99
• Screens: 133

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Robot 13: Colossus! #2 is available for download on the following platforms:

iPhone/iPod touch

Click on the button below to open Robot 13: Colossus! #2 on the iTunes App Store. Requires iTunes.

Android

Robot 13: Colossus! #2 is available in the Android Market. Scan the QR code below with your Android to receive its url.

Alternatively, search “Robot 13: Colossus!” on the Market.

Links

YouTube trailer

Blacklist Studios

Robot Comics offers more than 40 free mobile comics for Android, iPhone, iPod touch and Nintendo DSi.

This May 1st thousands of comic book fans and casual readers will visit comics shops all over the USA and Canada to get free comics thanks to Free Comic Book Day (FCBD). Yet, if you’ve got an Android, iPhone, iPod touch or Nintendo DSi anywhere in the world, dozens of hours of free comic book entertainment await you, as close as your fingertips, with unlimited stock, and not just this Saturday.

From the energetic OEL manga Bear Beater Bunyan, to the nostalgic Craphound by Cory Doctorow, Robot Comics has dozens of free comics available every day. The first issue for all our series is free without exception, and we additionally have complete stories free of charge, such as Ben Powis‘ strange but beautiful Turtle Guitar, or Juan Romera’s sci-fi mystery, Misery Depot.

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Introducing a new way to read comics on Android…with ACV 2 formatted comics!

Robot 13 #1 by Thomas Hall and Daniel Bradford is now available on the Android Market, and marks the very first Android comic with ACV 2 formatting which offers additional transition effects and frame-by-frame animation. Robot Comics is proud to bring this new comic reading experience to Android, designed to work on all Android devices: from Motorola Droid and Google Nexus One to HTC Dream and HTC Tattoo, including tablets like Archos 5 IT.

Robot 13 was a natural choice to debut this new kind of Android comic: with its dynamic page layouts, atmospheric story, brisk-pace, and action-packed sequences.  Readers will experience a wide range of animation and vibration effects when reading Robot 13, and enjoy the most immersive mobile comics reading experience ever offered on Android.

Robot 13#1 debuted on the market to a unanimous 5-star rating and raves from readers.  Issue #1 is free, issue #2 will be released for Android on May 12th and cost $0.99 US.

Synopsis

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.

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iPhone

Robot 13 is also available for iPhone and iPod touch. The app is free and includes issue #1. Further issues are priced at $0.99 US.

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:

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. (”Craphound” 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: Erfworld and Robot 13, for instance. A more recent release is Valentine, 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.

Read More http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/04/the-first-ones-always-free-robot-comics-for-iphone/#ixzz0lI3mZhMd

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.

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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Robot 13: Colossus! #1 is available for download on the following platforms:

iPhone/iPod touch

Click on the button below to open Robot 13: Colossus! #1 on the iTunes App Store. Requires iTunes.

Android

Robot 13: Colossus! #1 is available for free in the Android Market. Scan the QR code below with your Android to receive its url.

Alternatively, search “Robot 13: Colossus!” on the Market.

Links

YouTube trailer

Blacklist Studios