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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Blog Tour- POIKO by @BrianColesmith With Brian's Favorite Video Games & A #Giveaway! @readwonderbound, @thevaultcomics, & @RockstarBkTours

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the POIKO by Brian Middleton Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: POIKO: Quests Stuff

Author: Brian Middleton, Rebecca Taylor (Editor)

Pub. Date: April 12, 2022

Publisher: Wonderbound

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 128

Find it: GoodreadsAmazon, Kindle, B&NiBooks, KoboTBD, Bookshop.org

A new adorable anthropomorphic adventurer awaits, and his name is Poiko! Perfect for fans of Mouse Guard, Little Robot, and Hilda!

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN “AVERAGE” DAY FOR POIKO!

Have you ever had to deliver a care package to a dragon with allergies? Have you ever been waylaid by a school of space fish? That’s just an average day for Poiko, the kingdom’s most reliable courier. The world can be a big, scary place, but it can also be wondrous. Sad things can happen, but there are always good friends to turn to, or new friends to make. And no matter what, there is always, always someone who could use your help. Poiko learns all these lessons and more every time he brushes his tail, pulls on his hoodie, and steps out into a new adventure. The philosophical whimsicality of Calvin & Hobbes meets the fantasy-scapes of Adventure Time in this modern-day classic.

“In this sincere and exuberant fantasy adventure … Fanciful, visually engrossing backdrops and the sprawling cast of characters bring to mind classic Sunday comic aesthetics.”  -- Publishers Weekly

#1 Weekly pick from Good Comics for Kids!

Reviews:

“In this sincere and exuberant fantasy adventure … Fanciful, visually engrossing backdrops and the sprawling cast of characters bring to mind classic Sunday comic aesthetics.”― PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"Poiko: Quests and Stuff will delight young readers and drop them into a world that’s magical and interesting while reflecting something incredibly human in the way the characters interact with their community." -- Eliza Viera ― Gate Crashers

Download DIGITAL ITEMS (Bookmarks, Digital Wallpapers, and Poster), HERE!

https://www.readwonderbound.com/books/poiko-quests-and-stuff/

 

What are some of your favorite video games?

01. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - I’ve been a die-hard Legend of Zelda fan since way back in the NES days. A Link to the Past took that love to another level, and it’s never wavered. My brothers and I spent hours upon hours playing Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask together. I love every game in the franchise, but for me Breath of the Wild is the pinnacle. I have more hours in that game than I do in any other. I might have more hours in that game than all others combined. The open world exploration of that game is near and dear to my heart. I’m not any kind of brave explorer type, so the wonder I feel exploring this world is probably as close I get to the wonder that Poiko feels exploring his.
02. Minit - Top down adventure game with a wonderful world to explore, secrets to uncover, and a sword at the center of the gameplay? As you probably surmised, that’s a winning recipe if I’m your target demographic. Minit’s well-designed world and clever gameplay mechanic makes it so fun to play this game over and over again. Added bonus: it’s such an accessible speedrun!  I say this from experience, as I  am #84 in the any% category on 
speedrun.com! Whoo!
03. Gato Roboto - If you’ve read Poiko: Quests and Stuff, or even just glanced at some of the preview pages, you’ve probably seen a cat or seven in the background. My wife, my daughters and I are definitely pro-cat people. We have 6 of them in the house! So we came for the Gato. But we stayed for the wonderful, Gameboy inspired graphics, the awesome Metroid-style gameplay, and the kitschy, heartwarming story. This is another one with infinite replay value!

 

About Brian Middleton:

Brian Middleton has been telling stories in one form or another for his whole life. His first comic book (published by his brother's 4th grade teacher and the school's copy machine) sold out at the distributor level. After that there was no looking back! He continued drawing as the years went on and wrote several short stories. Eventually he married the woman of his dreams and together they started a family. At this point his mind began to drift back to his first creative passion: comic books! After dipping his toe in the water with a handful of self-published and work-for-hire comics he decided to take the deep dive and create his first series, Wulfborne. The three issue mini-series, published by Scout Comics, released in February 2019 to rave reviews. The comics review site, Reading With A Flight Ring, called the book "an understated masterpiece of fiction" and called Brian "a madman, a fool and a genius", which, as far as anyone knows, is all true. With the creation of Wulfborne complete Brian has turned his creative attention toward his next project, Poiko: Quests and Stuff. The rest of his attention is focused squarely on his one wonderful wife, two beautiful daughters and six (feel free, dear reader, to fill in here the adjective of your choice) cats.

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Giveaway Details:

2 winners will receive a finished copy of POIKO, US Only.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Tour Schedule:

Week One:

4/11/2022

Celia's Reads

Guest Post/IG Post

4/11/2022

Wottaread Blog

Guest Post

4/12/2022

Lady Hawkeye

Guest Post/IG Post

4/12/2022

Two Chicks on Books

Guest Post

4/13/2022

@jaimerockstarbooktours

IG Post

4/13/2022

GivernyReads

Review/IG Post

4/14/2022

Rajiv's Reviews

Review/IG Post

4/14/2022

BookHounds YA

Guest Post/IG Post

4/15/2022

@coffeesipsandreads

Review

4/15/2022

Little Red Reads

Review

Week Two:

4/18/2022

onemoreexclamation

Review/IG Post

4/18/2022

Bri's Bookish

Review

4/19/2022

Nonbinary Knight Reads

Review/IG Post

4/19/2022

Lifestyle of Me

Review

4/20/2022

The Clever Reader

Review/IG Post

4/20/2022

The Momma Spot

Review/IG Post

4/21/2022

Nerdophiles

Review

4/21/2022

Two Points of Interest

Review

4/22/2022

YABooksCentral

Guest Post

4/22/2022

More Books Please blog

Review/IG Post


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