Robot Beach by Matt Forcum http://www.robotbeach.com A webcomic about life, loneliness, and robots. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:02:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 104 – Learn Anything? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/robotbeach/~3/sVcB7UJvDco/104-learn-anything http://www.robotbeach.com/104-learn-anything#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:02:06 +0000 Matt http://www.robotbeach.com/?p=1374 104 – Learn Anything?

Wanna get your fill of Robot Beach while on the go? A developer by the name of Dale Zak is offering an iPhone app that comes pre-loaded with many great webcomics (including yours truely). The cost is $1.99 and I don’t get a cut of that, but It’s probably the easiest and best way [...]]]> 104 – Learn Anything?

Wanna get your fill of Robot Beach while on the go? A developer by the name of Dale Zak is offering an iPhone app that comes pre-loaded with many great webcomics (including yours truely). The cost is $1.99 and I don’t get a cut of that, but It’s probably the easiest and best way to get Robot Beach on your iPhone right now, so why not support independent developers and pick it up today!

You can buy the original art for this strip! Click here to learn more.

]]> http://www.robotbeach.com/104-learn-anything/feed 0 http://www.robotbeach.com/104-learn-anything Fanboy Fridays: Rice Boy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/robotbeach/~3/sKb_WsILoOE/fanboy-fridays-rice-boy http://www.robotbeach.com/fanboy-fridays-rice-boy#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:27:25 +0000 Matt http://www.robotbeach.com/?p=1368 What’s this!? a Fanboy Fridays post on a Wednesday? Stick with me here. I’ve been wanting to talk about Evan Dahm’s Rice Boy for a while now, but for one reason or another, I haven’t done it. Well, I am thinking about it right now, so before it slips my mind again, Let’s talk about Rice Boy.

Actually, there is a whole lot I could say about this comic. I am absolutely in love with the deceptively simple and beautiful art and the story evolves at a brilliant pace that is both surprising and satisfying. But my friend Tom over at Marooned Comics describes what makes Rice Boy so fantastic, and he does a better job at it than I ever could.

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Heck, Tom even got to interview Evan about his work! Evan talks about the way he went about creating the wonderfully sympathetic character of Rice Boy:

He started as something I drew in high school; just a simple little person. Putting him in this sort of story seems to suggest an incongruously passive, meek character, and I liked how he contradicted the large scope of the story. It wasn’t that conscious, I guess; I just liked doing as much as I could with a severely visually limiting character.

Be sure to head over to Marooned and read the interview with Evan, then head over to rice-boy.com and check out the amazing world that Evan has created.

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Well, I think those crazy days are over for a while so starting today, we are going back to a consistant schedule again! I’ve decided to scale it back to Tues/Thurs/and sometimes Sunday again mostly because the school year is fast approaching and this time around I am going to be teaching a second [...]]]> 103 – The Rather Mundane

Well, I think those crazy days are over for a while so starting today, we are going back to a consistant schedule again! I’ve decided to scale it back to Tues/Thurs/and sometimes Sunday again mostly because the school year is fast approaching and this time around I am going to be teaching a second class in addition to my normal class. So, I am excited for that, but it also means less time for Robot Beach.

Never fear though, because You will be getting the same great comic you’ve grown to love on a nice, consistant schedule again!

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My apologies to… well… Everyone I guess. You can buy the original art for this strip! Click here to learn more. Share and Bookmark ]]> 102 – Ready to Kill

My apologies to… well… Everyone I guess.

You can buy the original art for this strip! Click here to learn more.

]]> http://www.robotbeach.com/102-ready-to-kill/feed 20 http://www.robotbeach.com/102-ready-to-kill 101 – What Happened? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/robotbeach/~3/g7TXNehCryk/101-what-happened http://www.robotbeach.com/101-what-happened#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:45:02 +0000 Matt http://www.robotbeach.com/?p=1359 101 – What Happened?

Posting this one a little late tonight, but I’ve been cleaning up for a RISK board game night tomorrow so I’ve got a good excuse. You can buy the original art for this strip! Click here to learn more. Share and Bookmark ]]> 101 – What Happened?

Posting this one a little late tonight, but I’ve been cleaning up for a RISK board game night tomorrow so I’ve got a good excuse.

You can buy the original art for this strip! Click here to learn more.

]]> http://www.robotbeach.com/101-what-happened/feed 5 http://www.robotbeach.com/101-what-happened 100 – Cowboys and Indians http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/robotbeach/~3/TDfIAu1XUuc/100-cowboys-and-indians http://www.robotbeach.com/100-cowboys-and-indians#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:19:18 +0000 Matt http://www.robotbeach.com/?p=1353 100 – Cowboys and Indians

This is it! Strip 100! Man, I can hardly believe I’ve made it this far. Frankly, I wasn’t sure I was going to get this far when I started Robot Beach a year ago, but I am so very happy to have done so. It’s been a lot of work, (consider [...]]]> 100 – Cowboys and Indians

This is it! Strip 100! Man, I can hardly believe I’ve made it this far. Frankly, I wasn’t sure I was going to get this far when I started Robot Beach a year ago, but I am so very happy to have done so. It’s been a lot of work, (consider that each strip can take 3+ hours to create) But It has been well worth it. I’m hooked on Robot Beach and I hope you all are as well!

If you’ve enjoyed the first 100 strips, you are probably wondering what the next will 100 will bring. Well, Stick around and find out!

This comic is SOLD!

]]> http://www.robotbeach.com/100-cowboys-and-indians/feed 19 http://www.robotbeach.com/100-cowboys-and-indians Podcast Review of Robot Beach http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/robotbeach/~3/PakEiIIDB3A/podcast-review-of-robot-beach http://www.robotbeach.com/podcast-review-of-robot-beach#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:54:49 +0000 Matt http://www.robotbeach.com/?p=1340 The guys over at Digital Strips Podcast (one of the many podcasts I subscribe to) were kind enough to review Robot Beach on their latest show. They had many flattering things to say as well as a few fair bits of criticism. Do you agree with their final verdict? Leave some feedback and let me know!

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Hello to all of you who are finding my little comic for the first time! Just a quick note, I am currently on a tuesday/thursday release schedule until I get caught back up on some work. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your stay on Robot Beach! You can buy the original art for this [...]]]> 099 – My Special Brew

Hello to all of you who are finding my little comic for the first time! Just a quick note, I am currently on a tuesday/thursday release schedule until I get caught back up on some work. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your stay on Robot Beach!

You can buy the original art for this strip! Click here to learn more.

]]> http://www.robotbeach.com/099-my-special-brew/feed 11 http://www.robotbeach.com/099-my-special-brew Robot Beach turns 1! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/robotbeach/~3/hZ6hHUgBAkQ/robot-beach-turns-1 http://www.robotbeach.com/robot-beach-turns-1#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:53:35 +0000 Matt http://www.robotbeach.com/?p=1332 1stbirthdaycakeFriends, today marks the one year anniversary of my little comic! I was hoping to make it to 100 strips and my one year anniversary on the same day, but the gods have been conspiring against me lately.

I wanted to take a quick moment to thank everyone who has stopped by here and left a comment or sent me a personal email of encouragement. I have meet and befriended some brilliant artists in the past year who’s work I greatly admire. Their encouragement and helpful advice has been greatly appreciated. I continue to look forward to growing those relationships for many years to come.

I especially want to thank you readers who have for months and months, continued to come back and check on the latest antics of Carl, Larry, and Robot. This first year has certainly been a year of personal growth as a fledgling cartoonist, and the one thing that has kept me pushing myself to do better with each update is knowing that all of you are expecting something great. I do not want to disappoint. It may seem like a little thing, but knowing that my work is viewed by hundreds of eyeballs every day has been a huge motivating factor for me. I cannot thank you all enough.

So we’ve got one year in the can! Only thirty four more years to go! (assuming I fall of the face of the earth at the age of sixty five.) I hope you all will come with me, it’s going to be a crazy ride!

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I must admit, I harbor a secret love of good beer. I don’t know very much about beer though. I am far more learned in the ways of wine. This comic is SOLD! Share and Bookmark ]]> 098 – Two Beers

I must admit, I harbor a secret love of good beer. I don’t know very much about beer though. I am far more learned in the ways of wine.

This comic is SOLD!

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