Cosmos Quest!

Hey guys! Remember Cosmos Quest from a while ago? Well it's finally ready! I've been neglecting the good old Curious Robot for over a month, getting this new comic series ready to share. So head on over to its very own website and check it out! You can read the prologue and the beginning of the first chapter already.

Enjoy!

New Comic Book!

Hey everybody! I just thought I'd let you know that I've been stranded on Mars for the last few days and haven't been able to post anything. While I was there I was  working on a new comic book/webcomic. Currently I'm working on the Prologue.

The story is about a band of fearless curious space explorers who are sent on a mission of discovery. Also, a mission to prove to alien species that Humans are an advanced race. On the way the meet new friends, see new things, eat new food, not to mention get caught up in an intergalactic war and then save Earth from... well, I'll tell you later.

Here are some pictures of the main characters that I drew (not to scale).

Cosmos - the main character

Squeaker - Cosmos's weird pet alien thing

Stella - the secondary character

Totem - an alien hitchhiker

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Coming Soon!

Periodical Periodicals - the three headed Phosphorus (15)

Minifigure Ministories - probably something to do with a genie

Writing Wednesday - a poem written quite some time ago.

The Dictionary of Obscure, Curious, Humorous, Forgotten and Loved Words!

Coming Soon! - Curious Dictionary

Very soon I will have completed my own dictionary called:

The Dictionary of Obscure, Curious, Humorous, Forgotten and Loved Words

I've dug up tons of strange words from around the internet, many of which have not been used properly for years. Most of them you will never have heard of (I hadn't either until now). I've used sources such as "The Phrontistery", "Luciferous Logolepsy", and the "Grandiloquent Dictionary". I've even had to scour the web for the official longest word in the English language, a difficult but rewarding task. Right now the dictionary contains about 130 entries, all with an example sentence. 
 

Here's a word for each adjective in the title of the dictionary, respectively, as a teaser.

acephalous - (adj) lacking a distinct head. Although it was acephalous, the chicken survived for three weeks.

byrthynsak - (noun) steeling as much as one can carry. The byrthynsak of the McWander estate was an incident recorded in all the local newspapers.

groak - (verb) to stare at someone who is eating in hopes of receiving food. The irresistible puppy groaked from under the table. 

 hamadryad - (noun) a king cobra. Unbeknownst to the farmer, the hamadryad slithered towards its victim

 phrontistery - (noun) a thinking-place or an establishment for learning or studying. Many great scientists went to the phrontistery to think and cogitate. 

I'll be adding a few more entries and then it will be ready to put on the blog. But even then I will continue to add to it!

 

(Hopefully) Coming Soon! - New Short Story Series

So here's a rough sketch of the new short story series I'll be doing on this blog to replace the Mosaic series.

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Edges of the Map

New Lands. Strange Creatures. Unexplained Mysteries.

Soon after the unexplained death of King Grisbon, king of the Isle of Aebia, a gruff, quiet and immensely strong man shows up in the village of Clagville. This man, Cynwreg, tells tales of a city of gold, friendly dragons, wonderful creatures and new continents. He soon befriends a young boy and his eccentric grand-uncle, but trouble begins to brew. The town folk accuse Cynwreg of murdering King Grisbon, and he is chased off of Aebia and back to his ship, along with his new found friends, and then some.

Characters:

Cynwreg - and muscular, quiet, and defensive man in his thirties. 

A young boy in early teens - relatively shy, but sometimes brash. Always getting into trouble

A young girl about 9 or 10 - lived in woods, murderous, loves hunting, tribal.

The girl's mother - always talking, opinionated. 

The boy's grand-uncle - a scientist, botanist, zoologist, topographer. always mapping and cataloging new lands and creatures.

An old alchemist - can actually turn metals into gold for limited time. rather demented and zany.

A few more people. 

Yode - Cynwreg's pet miniature dragon (don't worry, it's fuzzy). 

Mildred - official ship's goat.

As they sail across the Oob Ocean, they discover new creatures and lands never before seen by Aebians.

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Names might change. Clagville might chase Cynwreg out of town because their don't like Yode. Everything is subject to change. Maps coming soon. Hope you enjoy!

Coming Soon!

Minifigure Ministories - First we search for the illusive forest-man and then we go through airport security.

Periodical Periodicals - Vial has received a letter from the deadly but groundbreaking Polonium (84)

Writing Wednesday - Possibly the beginning of a new series.

Coming Soon! Curious Characters

Coming soon to the Curious Robot:

Did you notice the new tab right under the blog title called "Curious Characters"? Did you click on it? Did you notice that it is "coming soon"? Good! This new blog feature contains the Curious Characters, a collection of all the imaginary people or things that appear on my blog, including Vine and Vial, the Curious Robot (me), Beany the Can, and more!

Coming Soon!

The Periodical Periodicals: An interview with Iodine, the interesting icon of topical antiseptics.

Describing Without Words: Beany the Can helps make a Click on Ike comic.

Writing Wednesday: This week will be another installment in the Mosaic series, which will be followed up next week by a poem or story.

Flora Friday: the infamous Sundew or perhaps a less common but just as deadly (if you're a bug) carnivorous Bromeliad.

And to top off this load of curious creativity, a book report of some sort. (The Curious Robot is quite fond of alliterations.)

Coming Soon!

Coming soon to the Curious Robot!

The Periodical Periodicals: Argon, the lazy, amazingly inert gas which resides below neon.
Flora Friday: The aquatic kelp.
Writing Wednesday: A poem or story from Africa.

Coming Soon!

Here's what the Curious Robot has in store for you guys in the next week:

The Periodical Periodicals - the murderous but miraculous Mercury, element number eighty
Flora Friday - the Walking Iris OR Poison Ivy
Writing Wednesday - how to creatively but intriguingly describe a person for a story or book.

You guys will just have to be patient until I get these posts done. Meantime, click the links to visit the past posts I've done.