Reviews: Robotika #1-4

The review by Randy Lander at:

Comic Pants

by Dave Ferraro

Comics and More (August 8th)

by Brian Cronin

Comics Should be Good

and by Jim Bush

Static Multimedia

When I am not drawing....

...I am taking out bushes.

Robotika Hardcover Edition

I am currently working on the layout for the sketchbook section in the back of the first Robotika collection. I am trying to unearth character designs and sketches that show my thinking process as I was drawing the first mini-series. Here is a sample of one of the pages that I am working on right now:

Fan Art

I met Luis Rivera at the Oakland convention and we had a very nice chat about drawing and publishing comics. Imagine my surprise when I got a beautiful piece of Robotika artwork from Luis! More of Luis' artwork can be seen at his deviantart.com site at:

Luis Rivera at Deviant

San Diego pictures (II)

Another picture courtesy of Julia. David and Jeremy after the show at a sketchbook session:

San Diego Pictures

Here are some pictures courtesy David and Julia Petersen:
ASP Booth with Mark, me , David, and Aki:

Mike Mignola talking to David and looking at "Mouse Guard" originals:

Someone brought Moonstruck #1 (1987!) to get signed (wow!):

Robotika Review

Robotika #4 review:

Pop Thought

Post San Diego

Here is an interesting article about San Diego and how the independent publishers fit into the scheme of things. It features a piece of art from Robotika (Thanks Ryan!) and Mark talking about the show (at the very bottom):

Publishers Weekly

San Diego

I will be in San Diego July 19-23 promoting Robotika and talking to ASP about the follow-up series. Here are some pencils from the new pages that I am taking with me:

Does anyone speak French?

Here are some folks talking about Robotika...in French. If anyone can help me out and translate what is being said, I would be very thankful :)

Buzz Comics

Robotika #3 and #4 review at Paperback Reader

The newest review of the last half of the first "Robotika" mini series:

Paperback Reader

Robotika #4 (and #3) reviews

The reviews are starting to come in for the forth issue. I think that the reviews copies are just starting to arrive, so I hope to be able to post more reviews very soon.

Robotika #4 at Silver Bullet Comics

Robotika #3 at Comics Should Be Good at CBR

Sketching

Robotika #4 is out!

The final issue of the Robotika mini series is out! This has been a great experience for me and I want to thank everyone who has ever picked up a copy of the book for their time and their support.

This is the first review of issue #4 that I found on the web. I thought it was very reflective and well written:

Comics Should Be Good at Comic Book Resources

Robotika #3 Reviews (part II)

Two very different reviews of the same book:

Robotika #3 at PopThought

Robotika #3 at Comic Avalanche

Robotika #4 Preview

A couple of sites have previews of color pages from Robotika #4:

Broken Frontier

and

Newsarama

Robotika #3 Review (part I)

A couple of new reviews:

Robotika #3 at Comics and More

Robotika #2 Silver Comic Books

Comic Book Resources

David Moran interviewed me over at Comic Book Resources. David did a great job at making me sound like a coherent person, and I got an opportunity to publicly thank Barbara, Ryan, Michelle, and Leif for all of there support and encouragement. I also got to talk about some of my favorite artists and writers:

Comic Book Resources

Robotika #3

Robotika 3 is in the comic shops. It features my first attempt at a "real" cover. Joel did a beautiful job coloring the cover and the interiors.

Mouse Guard 2 is also out and David Peterson is continuing to fascinate me with his artwork and story.

In June: Robotika #4, Mouse Guard #3, and a new installment in Artesia series!

May: Robotika #3, Hijinx Comics and Super-Con

Robotika #3 will be out May 3rd.

I will be hanging out at Hijinx Comics May 6th from 1 to 4 pm. It happens to be "Free Comic Book Day" so stop by and say "Hi".

Also I will be sharing a table with Norman Felchle at Super-Con May 20 and May 21. It sounds like a great show with Adam Hughes, Charles Vess and Ryan Sook (!) attending.