NYC Convention, ASP, and Robotika

Here is a report from the New York City Comic Book convention. Archaia Studios Press gets a nice write-up and Mark gets his picture taken and...what is that in the background? A huge Robotika banner in ASP booth and copies of Robotika for sale! How cool is that?

Paperback Reader

Robotika #2 (reviews V) and an interview

The second interview in a series of articles about Archaia Studios Press on the Variety web site is about Robotika. I get to talk about Leif and Ryan and of course Mucha!

Variety

Also Robotika #2 gets a review over at Broken Frontier by Fletch Adams:

Broken Frontier

by Brian Cronin at Good Comics:

Comics Should be Good

by Bill Baker:

BloodInThe Gutters

and also by Steven Grant at Comic Book Resources:

Permanent Damage

A series ends, but Niko's journey is just beginning...

April 2006 Diamond Previews is out and it contains the solicitation for Robotika #4.

It is actually a big Archaia Studios Press month. On page 229, Mark smylie's "Artesia Besieged" #1 is solicited. Pages 230-231 are ads for "Mouse Guard" #3, "Robotika" #4, and "Artesia Besieged" #1. On page 232 are the actual solicitations for Mouse Guard and Robotika (with Robotika #1 being offered again).

The order codes are:
Artesia Besieged #1... APR06 2923
Mouse Guard #3........ APR06 2928
Robotika #4........... APR06 2929
Robotika #1........... APR06 2930

I also saw a solicitation of an all new Richard Corben adaptation of Poe from Marvel!

ASP Variety Interview

Mark and Aki are interviewed over at Variety website. and they got some very kind words to say about "Robotika"...it is a pleasure working with these guys.

Robotika #2 (reviews IV)

Three new "Robotika" #2 reviews:

Jasma

Should It Be a Movie?

Komikwerks

King Arthur, Dracula, and...Robotika #2 (reviews III)

A Robotika write-up from Dan Head of Proletariat Comics:

Comics You Should Be Reading

Niko is proud to share the stage with Vlad.

From layout to inked panel

Recently I read through Jason Copland's Blog. Jason is a very talented artist working on a graphic novel with Davis Lewis (the mastermind behind ASP's "The Lone and Level Sands"). I very much enjoyed Jason's posts showing progression of his pages and I want to try something similar here. Here is a panel from a story that I wrote and laid out called "Cherokee Song". The layout is mine, the pencils are by Travis Sengaus, and the final inked version is by me. The panel represents a scene in which a samurai discovers that his son has committed suicide.

Robotika #3 Preview

A preview of the third issue is up at the Newsarama site:

Newsarama

Work on issue #4 is almost complete, just two more pages to finish and...what is next?

Robotika #2 (reviews II)

A review that recommends Robotika, but also mentions vertical text as a distraction:

Joplin Independent

A second review of Robotika #2. The cool thing here is that the vertical text get a "nod" in this one:

ComicReaders.Com

Mouse Guard #1 Sells Out!

I just read that a fellow Archaia Studios Press creator, David Peterson, has sold out the initial run of Mouse Guard #1! 8,000 copies! Mouse Guard #1 is going back to press for a second printing.
This is awesome news and it makes me even more excited to be a part of ASP line-up.

Not every review is 5 stars...or even 4 stars...or even 3 stars...

Here is a review of Robotika #1 by Tony Isabella...he did not like it.

Tony's Online Tips