Check out the above promo video for Where Grows The Bitter Herb, out now on iTunes and Android Market place for mobile devices!
Win, Win Win!
Would you like to win a free copy of Where Grows The Bitter Herb for your iPhone or iPod Touch? All you have to do is download the Turtle Guitar app, which is free, and write a review of it, then tweet it to @robotcomics or send them an email. You can also tweet your review to me, for a bit of fun @benpowis – simple, now get to work!
P.s. I am afraid this competition is only available to US residents (sorry to the rest of the world, would still love to read your reviews though!).
More news to announce! Turtle Guitar and ‘Bitter Herb are now out on the Android Marketplace, so all you Google phone comics fans can go download them now!
I am very excited to announce that you can now read Turtle Guitar and Where Grows The Bitter Herb on your iPhone and iPod Touch! Turtle Guitar is available FREE, and Where Grows The Bitter Herb comes at a fraction of the print cost, each story has been converted by hand for optimum readability on the iPhone and the fantastic iRobot Comics Viewer displays them perfectly.
For more information, previews and reviews pleas visit the App pages on iTunes:
ANDROID?
Hello Android users! Turtle Guitar is hitting the Android marketplace this Wednesday (16th September) with ‘Bitter Herb following a week later (23rd September) so you will not miss out on the adventure!
Everyone go download the comics and let me know what you think!
Today I am excited to be launching a new minisite dedicated to the world in which my comics Turtle Guitar and Where Grows the Bitter Herb are set! I have plans to expand this world with further stories and artwork, there will be a new comic coming next year, more details on that soon(ish)!
As well as information on the current comics, the World of Afar website will also act as a collection of lore for the world. This begins in the Bestiary section where you can find out more about some of the critters you may have already met in the comics.
I am looking forward to growing the site slowly, over the coming months as we lead towards the launch of the next comic. New creatures will be added, glimpses into new stories or new locations and a bunch of Tunes from Afar, the audio section which is currently a work in progress but will feature audio tracks to accompany the stories, adding another level of atmosphere! So what are you waiting for…
“…it’s the execution of the plot that turns this into something quite lovely. Incredibly complex and detailed art; lush colours and intricate, complicated backgrounds populated with simply drawn creatures of varying degrees of strangeness.”
Hello!
Since completing my first comic, Turtle Guitar, I have been working on the next tale, set in the same world, and its now time to reveal the title, and a little bit of the story! Where Grows the Bitter Herb
Will be the title of ‘Comic Number 2′. The story follows our hero who is thrust into a wild adventure where he must traverse the untamed landscape in a quest to save his sick mother.
This is not a sequel to Turtle Guitar, and our hero is a different character entirely (though you wouldn’t know it too look at him!). The world will be familiar but you can expect to explore more of it from different perspectives as our heroes journey takes unexpected twists and turns through varied and perilous environments…
Where Grows the Bitter Herb is due out later this year, more preview content from the comic will be available right here as it progresses!
And don’t forget you can see 3 pages of this forthcoming comic (2 full colours prints and one original pen and ink page) at the Riverside Gallery, Richmond, as part of the Liveline Comics Exhibition 2008 (read below for more info!)
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