Robot Comics Launches Kindle Titles

Robot Comics has announced its official launch onto the Amazon Kindle, starting with the award-winning The Desert Peach by 1980s comix writer/artist Donna Barr.

After becoming the world's first comic publisher on the Nintendo DSi and having their Droid Comic Viewer rise to the top (most-used) comic viewer slot on the Google Android platform, Robot Comics say conquering the Kindle seemed the next natural step!

"All of our Kindle releases strive to have the best clarity of image and readability of text possible - two hurdles that have long plagued Kindle and Kindle 2 users when it comes to comics," says Dave Baxter, Deputy Director of Robot Comics. "This was particularly tricky because we sought hard-to-find or out-of-print comics to fill our initial Kindle library - comics that were hand-lettered, and not at all created with digital adaptation or multi-format presentation in mind.

"Because the reading experience on a Kindle is the closest that any mobile user can get to reading a printed book or comic, we wanted to offer readers something truly special," he continues. "Not just a digital version of what they could already read in print, but instead a number of titles that were made for print but no longer readily available in printed form."

The company's first Kindle comic, now available for purchase, is The Desert Peach #1 by 80's comix writer/artist Donna Barr. Originally published in 1989, now long since out of print, it introduces readers to Oberst Pfirsich Rommel, the fictional gay younger brother of Eriwin Rommel - The Desert Fox! Along the way we also meet Pfirsich's aide, Udo; the entire motley crew of the Halftrack 469th Support and Grave-Digging Battalion, and readers are ushered into the exotic and harsh climate of 1940's North Africa. It's history and humor with not just a dash of true-to-life dramatics.

Extras include a new Author Introduction to the series by Barr, a new "Der Kauz" Letters Page with never-before-published letters, and a preview for The Desert Peach #2.

Throughout its 20 years of publication, The Desert Peach has won the Inkpot Award, the Xeric Grant, and the Washington Press Association Award for Humor. Now Robot Comics is proud to re-introduce modern readers to this lost gem of 1980's and 90's comix history.

In addition to this first release, Kindle users can also download free custom-made Desert Peach screensavers for their Kindle at the Robot Comics website.

Future Kindle releases from Robot Comics will include the 900-page, out-of-print fantasy/horror epic ArmageddonQuest by Ronald Russell Roach - a work that took the artist 10 years to complete - and the indepedently produced first work of writer/artist Steven Walters, titled Suburban Folklore.

Currently, Robot Comics is only formatting comics for the Kinde 2 device. If readers would like to see comics for their Kindle 1 or Kindle DX, they can email us with their rabid demands at contact@robotcomics.net

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