Yearly Archives: 2006


Advent Rising: Rock the Planet #5

[singlepic id=140 w=200 h=310 float=left]Publisher: 360jam Publication Date: November 22, 2006 Rob’s Credit: Story by and Dialogue… Other Credits: Story by Donald Mustard and Bill Jemas, Layout by Arthur Dela Cruz, Pencils by Cliff Richards, Inks by Dennis Crisostomo, Colors by Cris De Lara, Letters by Simon Bowland, Editor Teresa […]


Advent #5 shipping 2

Click for larger image According to Diamond Comics shipping list, “Advent Rising: Rock the Planet” #5 limps into stores today after many months of delays. This issue caps off the mini-series and concludes the “Rock the Planet” storyline.


Robbo Freeps into Action

The Detroit Free Press put the spotlight on the Michigan-based Actionopolis authors and paid special attention to your’s truly and “Heir to Fire”. Note: The article is no longer available on the Free Press website so I’m reprinting it here… OH, SNAP! A DAY FOR COMICS: Illustrated books festival features […]


I hear a fat lady… 1

Click for larger image The word from 360ep is that Advent Rising #5 has shipped from the printer and is on the way to the distributor. I don’t know what that means for a release date exactly. Just that it’s a strong indicator the the book will be release (for […]


SNAP! snaps up snappy snappers

I have no idea what that headline is supposed to mean, but I’ve officially booked a table at the second annual SNAP! small press show organized by Green Brain Comics in Dearborn Michigan. I’ll be sharing a table with the incorrigible Paul D. Storrie, writer of Revisionary, Justice League Unlimited […]


GLBA signing

I had a great time meeting with booksellers at the Great Lakes Booksellers Association trade show last weekend. Myself and fellow Actionistas Dan Mishkin (The Forest King) and Gary Reed (Spirit of the Samurai) were there displaying our books and signing autographs. I’m grateful for the warm response we got […]


Howdy, CS Readers 2

A big thanks to our friends at Creative Screenwriting magazine for mentioning Heir to Fire in this week’s emailer. Just a quick mention that it’s not a graphic novel but a prose novel, illustrated by “Macabre” Mike Dubisch. Don’t take my word for it! Read the sample chapter. The book […]


‘Advent’ rises again

Here’s some news I came across while we’re waiting for that last issue of ‘Advent Rising: Rock the Planet’ to come out. Majesco is once again selling ‘Advent: Rising’…this time through the Steam broadband gaming thingamabob. Is there still some life in the Advent franchise?


Heir to Fire: Book One – Gila Flats

[singlepic id=12 w=200 h=280 float=left]Publisher: Actionopolis Publication Date: September, 2006 Rob’s Credit: Written by… Other Credits: Illustrated by Mike Dubisch Get it: Your local bookstore | Amazon | Your local Borders | AllBookStores | Alibris | AbeBooks | Your local library Synopsis: When monstrous creatures overtake Ryan Morales’ home town, […]


No ‘Advent’ for you!

Click for larger image Well, according to Diamond’s shipping list, the long-delayed “Advent Rising: Rock the Planet” #5 will not ship this week, the final week of September. I did talk to Jemas just last week though and, through his chagrin, he assured me that the book is coming out…so […]


“Heir to Fire” moving target

The latest word is that “Heir to Fire” will hit comic stores on September 27. Joining it will be “The Forest King”, “What I did on my Hypergalactic, Interstellar Summer Vacation” and “Spirit of the Samurai”. Mostly likely the next two Actionopolis books, “Blackfoot Braves Society” and “The Anubis Tapestry” […]


A perfect ’10’

Getting caught up on summer reading here. My pal and “Young Ancient One” collaborator Andy Kuhn doodled up a cool crime thriller called “10”, published by the unsinkable Boom Studios this past summer. Written by Keith Giffen and co-created by Shannon Eric Denton, “10” tells the story of a hapless […]


They’re coming…. 2

I just got word from the publisher at Actionopolis: “Heir to Fire” along with the six other spine-tingling, laugh-a-minute, action-packed, fantasy-filled, mystifying and hair-raising launch titles have arrived at port in the U.S.A.! That means they’ll be wending their way through distribution channels and showing up in stores in short […]


Harriet to “Fire”

Noted internet book reviewer Harriet Klausner took a peek at “Heir to Fire” and liked what she saw. …an exciting horror story in which young readers will identify with the reluctant hero, a reticent teen who tries to do his best to defeat evil. The characters are realistic and the […]


‘Heir to Fire’ makes landfall…

Shannon Denton rang me up last night to tell me the first production copies of “Heir to Fire” have arrived at the secret underground Actionopolis headquarter. Neither galleys nor dummies nor any other preview version of the book. These are the real deal! They’re part of a small quantity of […]


‘Heir to Fire’ price watch 2

Those of you who pre-ordered early from Amazon got a bargain on ‘Heir to Fire’. This weekend they raised their asking price to $10.36. That’s still a 20% discount on cover, same as offered by Barnes & Noble. However, if you’re a B&N Reader’s Advantage member you get an additional […]


Heir to Fire creeps out Magic Tree

Tanya Cliff of Magic Tree Bookstore in Oak Park, IL read “Heir to Fire” and liked it! ?Heir to Fire? was completely unpredictable and I couldn?t put it down. The gross, creepy, spooky events made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. This is the first of […]


Back From San Diego 1

Came in from San Diego this morning. Had a blast at the convention…perhaps the best time I’ve ever had there. I shared a room with Jonah Weiland and Augie DeBlieck from CBR, two entertaining guys who have their comedy routine pretty tight after 7-8 years of rooming at cons together. […]