Category: Graphic Novels

Daily Pop Sneak Peeks, Graphic Novels

Daily Pop Peeks: Prepare for MotM Island!

Slippery Raptor

Hey guys! Slippery here.

It looks like we’re having a Mystery of the Map Island soon! The Daily Pop sneak peeks from the past month or so have clearly been referencing scenes from the MotM graphic novel. Check it out. 😀

One Warm Line: Toward the beaux fort, see?
Embers: This fire burns, always.
High on the Hog: Eat, drink, and be merry.
GPS: You’ll never get lost, unless you already are.
Wildlife: Get in touch with your wild side.
Drydock: This one’s gone to ground.
Pen Pals: Rage, rage against the cage.
Whitewater: We’re looking at a raft of problems now.
Leftovers: Plenty more where that came from.
Atlas Shrugged: Now we’ve really gone off the map.
Mast Head: Don’t cross the streams.
Uncharted: This settlement is off the map.
Grotto Preminger: We’ll be direct: this common room is a star.
Fishbone: One of the greatest bands of all time.
Game of Thrones: Iron would be preferable to old splintered wood.
Basket Case: What a deflating voyage.
Run Aground: Whatever floats your boat.
Ascend: You will have seen the mountaintop.
Upsot: The hull, you say.
Downfall: Don’t go chasing these things.
Collapse: Jared Diamond might have something to say about this.

Yup, the graphic novel will be coming to life on Poptropica. The sneak peeks are the same as the novel — the deflated hot air balloon (which they rode on), the map, the broken viking ship, and even Oliver, Mya and Jorge inside the cage! Another thing to point out, looks like the common room in this island is called “Viking’s Grotto”. For what I can tell, it looks like we’re going to save the gang from the Vikings and stop Octavian from his diabolical plans.

If you’re still not convinced, try typing mysteryofthemapisland.com – and it will direct to Poptropica! According to a Whois search, the domain has been owned by Poptropica since February 25, 2015.

There’s been no official announcement yet, but it’s looking very likely. If you want to see more recent MotM sneak peeks, check out the PHB’s Daily Pop Sneak Peek Archive!

Also, if you haven’t already, visit our Comics page to read the entire Mystery of the Map graphic novel – even pages that have not been published on the Creators’ Blog yet!

Looks like the island is going to be exciting, and I can’t wait for its confirmation! Are you excited as I am? What do you think of it? Leave your comment below! 🙂

-Slippery

Graphic Novels, Realms

Attack on Realms & MotM Recap Mayhem!

Blake

 Guess who’s back (back, back)
Back again (back, back)
Blake is back (back, back)
Tell a friend

What’s popping, Poptropicans? Whew, haven’t said that in a while. And it’s good to be back, thank you for the background music, Blakettes! You guys aren’t getting paid for this, remember. Oh, stop by the kitchen on your way out of the office, there’s some leftover casserole from last week if you want it!

So anyway, what’s popping, Poptropicans? Blake here, but enough of my ramblings, let’s get on to the news! First up, for you Attack on Titan fans, there’s a new Realms video that… I guess KIND OF relates to the show? I dunno, I’ve never really seen it. Anyway, check it out:

Anyway, I know the Comics page on the PHB lets you read Poptropica’s graphic novel in full, but for those of you who are just too lazy to click it, I’ll now be covering every last page that’s gone down on the Creators’ blog since we last covered it. It’s gonna be like the Nations song all over again… (And the award for most outdated reference goes to…. me!) Keep in mind, this will include pages 26 to 48, but you can always look on our Comics page for the entire novel!

Click “read more” to see the pages.

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Arabian Nights Island, Graphic Novels, PoptropiCon Island, Realms

MotM p. 22-25, wolf club Realms, & more

Slippery Raptor

Hey Poptropicans! Slippery here.

First up, here are the latest Mystery of the Map pages (p. 22-25)! Check them out below, or read from the start on the graphic novel page!

The gang has discovered a Viking ship – what could happen next? It looks like Octavian has lost the map. Maybe it’s with Mya and the gang!

On another note, the first episode of PoptropiCon (Line Forms Here) is now free on the Poptropica iOS app! Need any help in entering the con? Check out the PHB’s PoptropiCon Island Guide!

con1 carouselSpeaking of the app, I noticed something about the description of the update. Here’s what it says:

New mini-game! Escape from Monkey Island featuring the characters Jorge and Oliver from the beloved Poptropica Comic Strip.

However, when I updated the app, there was no Monkey Island mini-game, just the GHD Jack Chase mini-game (which isn’t new). Maybe they’re related to the comic-island sneak peeks in the Daily Pop?

Moving along, there are a couple of new Poptropica Realms videos in the Creators’ Inside Poptropica playlist. Here, a well-dressed wolf shows us how to build wolf-inspired home bases. It’s really cool and pretty amazing. Check it out!

Also, Poptropica tweeted another rejected concept art for the princess in the third episode of Arabian Nights. Curious about why the princess is so sad? Check out BT’s theory about that here!

arab3princessLast but not least, you may notice something new when you visit Poptropica.com: at the bottom of the homepage, there’s a KidSafe seal from COPPA certifying Poptropica as a kid-friendly program! I think many players knew that already, but it’s great to see Poptropica getting recognized. 🙂

kidsafeseal

That’s all of the recent updates over at Poptropica for now. Tell us what you think in the comments!

-Slippery

Graphic Novels, Realms

MotM p. 17-21, book publication plans, & Realms videos!

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans – pages 17–21 of Mystery of the Map are here, which you can read below. To stay up-to-date with the series, you can read every page on Poptropica’s official graphic novel site area!

Speaking of the graphic novel, Poptropica has big plans for this origin story: they’re looking into publishing it as a 12-book series, with two being published per year. Wow, that’s ambitious!

On a different note, here are a couple of Realms recently tweeted by Poptropica (with this note: “from the curious…to the upside down!”):

But that’s not all! They’ve also added a few new Realms-related videos to the Inside Poptropica playlist on their YouTube channel, which you can view below (Captain Crawfish explores Spotted Beetle’s caravan, Dr. Lange builds Ashworld Tower and also a Pyramid):

For tips on this Minecraft-like feature, check out our Poptropica Realms Guide!

In other news, the Dressgate costume of last weekend has worn out its stay, so to speak, and is no longer available. Hope you had fun with the obviously black-and-blue dress while it was here. 😉