Robot Beach by Matt Forcum

066 – Not My Child

Matt — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:03:55 +0000

I wanted to thank everyone who came by on Saturday night to watch me color this particular strip. It was a good time and good conversation. We will be doing it again next Saturday night at 10:00pm eastern, so be sure to stop by and say hi!

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Larry is cheating on me.

Matt — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:18:38 +0000

Look who I found wandering around in one of the panels in the latest Legend of Bill comic strip. That’s right. Success has gone to Larry’s little head, and he thinks he can just run off to greener pastures any time he wants.

Seriously though, This was a huge surprise to me and I am extremely honored to have one of my characters immortalized in the pages of Legend of Bill. Thanks so much Dave!

And speaking of honor, I am also very, very honored to have been asked to contribute to Tom Dell’Aringa’s next Marooned book! I will be creating a one-page comic that takes place within the Marooned universe. I am very excited to get started on this one, and it will be nice to get off of the beach for a bit and head for the stars!

Larry’s Lazy Sunday Strip #1

Matt — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:10:16 +0000

I am trying out a new feature over the next few weeks called Larry’s Lazy Sunday Strip. It is essentially a dumping ground for jokes and ideas that cannot fit into the normal Robot Beach comic. For example, you might see planes, cars, jokes about new movies, politics and references to pop culture. I hope this fits in well with the rest of what I am doing, but it may not. We will just have to give it a shot and see how it works out!

065 – It’s a Robot

Matt — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:55:41 +0000

I actually really like how that little guy turned out. He is pretty cute!
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Fan Art – Will Terrell

Matt — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:24:34 +0000

Holy Cow you guys! Will Terrell, the amazing artist behind the comic Super Zeroes sent me this ASTOUNDING piece of fan art.

Isn’t it stunning!? Will has taken a bit of a break from his own comic, but is starting up again soon. So if you like surfing and the beach life (and heck, who here doesn’t right?) Head on over to superzeros.net and check out his work. His comic has been a favorite of mine for a while now!

Now, how do I convince Will to write and draw my strip for me and let me sign my name to it…

064 – A Good Detective

Matt — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:56:03 +0000

Woah! I think things are about to get interesting!

By the way, I still owe everyone a comic from last week. Don’t let me get too far along before getting that done for you guys.

This comic is SOLD!

Fanboy Fridays: Red’s Planet

Matt — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:04:13 +0000

It’s Fanby Fridays again and I wanted to take this moment to bring to your attention one of my personal favorites. It’s called: Red’s Planet and it is drawn by the extremely talented Eddie Pittman. This comic started up in 2010 and is brand-spanking new, so now is the perfect time to get on board and start reading!

If this comic looks to beautiful to be true, it might have something to do with the fact that Eddie is a former Disney artist who has worked on films like Mulan, Emperor’s New Groove (a personal favorite) and Lilo and Stitch. He has the pedigree, and it is certainly on display here. The line work is beautiful and the character construction is amazing. I am always extremely impressed when an artist can construct a character in many different poses and angles and it still looks correctly proportioned. That is perhaps the hardest trick for a cartoonist to do, and Eddie pulls it off so effortlessly here. His characters are also extremely expressive which is such an important yet so often overlooked aspect to cartooning. You just don’t see a lot of it in webcomics. I also really love the way he uses color and light to help set the mood. Again, a very important, yet rarely seen aspect of fine cartooning. I’ve learned a lot from the few pages that have made their way to the web so far. (EDIT: The Artist just posted an article on how he designs his characters. Very informative!)

The plot of this comic is wonderful as well. It’s about a little girl named “Red” who runs away from her foster home and is mistakenly abducted by aliens and then marooned on a deserted planet. Although we have yet to see much of this, (Eddie just finished up the prologue) I am looking forward to seeing where this comic goes.

It is rare that I catch a webcomic of this quality right at the beginning of it’s run, so I am very excited to get a chance to share this with you before it breaks out and becomes HUGE! So what are you waiting for? Go check out Red’s Planet today!

063 – Looking for Clues

Matt — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:35:56 +0000

Thanks for your understanding this week. I felt really bad that I wasn’t able to get updates out on time. Look for another comic this weekend to make up for not having them out on time earlier this week.

A quick note: This weekends live drawing session will be moved to 10:00 eastern on Sunday night. Thanks!

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What it means to be human.

Matt — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:59:26 +0000

A robot gives us it’s perspective of what it means to be human in this amazing commercial spot:

Perhaps there are similar themes with what I am doing? Hmm?

062 – Victory

Matt — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:31:42 +0000

Ok. This is late. There are reasons for it. They involve server difficulties and laser surgery. I won’t go into details, but I will say that everyone is fine, and the comic is now available.

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