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 What is it? Atomic Robo is a story about action, adventure, robots and most importantly SCIENCE! The series, written by Brian Clevinger with art by Scott Wegener, is a fun, pulpy adventure series starring a robot created by Nikola Tesla and his adventures ranging from before World War 2 to the modern era dealing with foes ranging from gangsters to Nazis to time traveling dinosaurs. Cast of Characters The Good Guys Atomic Robo:  Built by Tesla he travels the world with the Action Scientists of Tesladyne solving problems with action science and guns and bombs. Jenkins:  The lone survivor of the Vampire Dimension. Jenknis is tough as nails and isn't afraid of anything or anyone. The Action Scientists: Robo's go to paramilitary force that help him save the day with action science. The Bad Guys  The Baron Heinrich Von Helsingard:  A Nazi scientist first fought by robo in 1939. He's been a thorn in the side of Tesladyne ever since. Of course there's more characters than this but if you want to know more go buy a trade and start reading! Which brings us to... Where to start? ANYWHERE! The best part of this series is that you can pick up any trade and be all set. There are some references to previous stories but nothing you absolutely have to catch to understand the story. Though really if you read one you're going to want to read the rest because it's just that drat good. Volume 1: Atomic Robo and the Fightin' Scientists of Tesladyne The first Robo adventure introducing you to Tesladyne and it's action scientists. In this volume alone Robo stops a Nazi supervillain from conquering the world, fights giant ants and does combat with robot mummies. This is just good comic book fun pure and simple. I would suggest starting here just because it's the first one and gives you an idea of what to look forward to. Volume 2: Atomic Robo and the Dogs of War The second adventure puts Robo behind the scenes of World War 2 to stop nazi mechs from turning the tides of battle. This turns into a web of intrigue involving British spys and genetically engineered monstrosities. Probably one of the darker stories in the series. Volume 3: Atomic Robo and the Shadow from Beyond time The third story has the universe in danger of being destroyed by a non-linear, non-euclidean, Lovecraftean horror and only Robo, Robo, Robo and Robo can save the day. Volume 4: Atomic Robo and Other Strangeness This volume is packed chock full of ACTION SCIENCE. It features vampires, kaiju, dinosaurs and ghosts! According to Wikipedia it also has some mini-stories that hadn't been printed before but I don't own this one yet so no idea if that's right or not. Volume 5: Atomic Robo and the Deadly Art of Science The Deadly Art of Science takes place in the life of young Robo. This Robo is young and innocent spending his time helping Tesla around the lab reading pulp fiction until he ends up wrapped up in a daring tale of intrigue of his own! Teaming up with a real life pulp crime fighter they fight gangsters in cahoots with dark forces beyond human understanding! Volume 6: Atomic Robo and the Ghost of Station X The most recent mini to conclude begins with Robo flying to the emergency rescue of astronauts in jeopardy and finding a web of danger that had been in the works for decades! Will robo survive to solve the mystery of Station x!? Ongoing series Atomic Robo Real Science Adventures A new series with only one issue out so far. It's untold tales of Robo through his life. Issue two comes out May second. Where to get it? Now that you know more about the series you're probably asking yourself "But where can I get this fine series? I MUST HAVE IT!" And to that I have to say many places! Your local comic shop should have it in stock and if they don't will be more than willing to order if for you. If you don't have a local shop and want to get trades you can always use Amazon or In Stock Trades. If you want singles I don't exactly know where to get those but if someone posts it I'll edit that in no problem. You can find digital copies for absurdly low prices at Comixology if digital or absurdly low prices are your thing! If you want to get your feet wet here's some  FREE Robo comics:FCBD 2008 FCBD 2009 FCBD 2010 FCBD 2011 FCBD 2012 The Yonkers Devil MXII The Getaway Rescue Mission The Lizard Man Nikola Tesla’s Electric Sky Schooner (From Adventures In Science) What are you still doing reading this? Go read Atomic Robo! Links! Official Website The Team Robot Manifesto Tesladyne Orientation Video Audio Commentary for Volume 7 (and maybe beyond) Coming this June Atomic Robo Volume 7 The Flying She-Devils of the Pacific. Here's what I've been able to find about it: "It's called The Flying She-Devils of the Pacific. If there's another combination of English words that could better sell you on a comic book than those, it probably involves 'give you' and 'a million dollars.'" And there was a recent kickstarter to fund the production of an Atomic Robo animated short. It succeeded with flying colors! Production of the short is set to resume in June. And there were enough donations to get a Dr. Dinosaur Pinball game made for computers and iThings. If I'm missing anything let me know and I'll get it added in. Len fucked around with this message at 23:17 on Nov 13, 2012 |
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Forum goon Hyperactive is really Mr. Clevinger and has been answering various questions in the thread. Feel free to ask him things! When do we see Robo punching Hitler? Never, actually! We try to let real historical figures keep their real historical accomplishments. Atomic Robo isn't about a robot who solved racism when he stopped the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Kennedy. It's about a robot who put an end to the top secret Nazi Special Weapons Division which allowed the Allied Forces to advance into Europe. I was really worried from the first two volumes that I was getting a watery version of hellboy. Near-invulnerable wizecracking weirdness-weary protagonist fistfights nazis, then a nazi brain in a jar, then the ghost of rasputin (which had to be a direct homage, right?) then coming next: cthulhu horrors? I know I'm not just cherry picking similarities, hellboy must have been a big influence on the whole style and feel of the early volumes. No one believes this, but: nope. I'd been working on Robo since 1996. My exposure to Hellboy prior to the films was seeing graphic novel covers at Barnes & Noble. I never picked one up, but my assumption was that Hellboy was the head monster the people fought. Then the movie came out and I finally cracked down to read some of the books. Whoooooops. It's easy to draw similarities, but you can do it with Batman and Spider-Man too. But no one does. Because they've been around forever, so each one has had time to mark out its specific territory. We did the WW2 and Cthulhu stories first to dive right into Hellboy's domain. The similarities are obvious, so it behooved us to get straight to the counter examples to show what's different: the humor, the tone, the pacing, the use of time, the role of history, Robo's relationship to the people he knows and humanity at large, etc. Volume 3 was specifically engineered to be the Little Mac uppercut to the Hellboy comparison and by and large it worked. Len fucked around with this message at 04:47 on May 12, 2012 |
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Apr 20, 2012 00:53
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Honestly after strip 1221 I wondered what Brian was going to do with himself. Good to see his endeavors have done well.
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Apr 20, 2012 00:59
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I write the Robos. Got a question? I probably have the answer!
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Apr 20, 2012 06:55
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Hyperactive posted:I write the Robos. Got a question? I probably have the answer! If so, did you really hold that chekov's gun for nine years or just roll with it later?
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Apr 20, 2012 09:05
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Ah, good job with the OP, Len. Probably break the lines between the initial text, maybe even add links to where to buy the trades, but otherwise, good job, son. Hey, Brian, since you are here, are there plans for more Warbot in Accounting? I need my life to be more depressing.
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Apr 20, 2012 10:31
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Hyperactive posted:I write the Robos. Got a question? I probably have the answer! Is there anything you feel the thread needs? Also are the Dr. Dinosaur figures ever getting a reprint? I have the disposable income for one now but didn't when they were released.
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Apr 20, 2012 15:34
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StealthArcher posted:If so, did you really hold that chekov's gun for nine years or It's no more difficult than holding one for a year or a month. Just longer. 8-bit was full of gags with gaps between set up and delivery on the order of months or years, that one was just the longest. Robo has something similar going on. We mapped out a hundred years of history before we started, and we go out of our way to avoid linearity between volumes. So, we're able to hint at or set up events past, present, and future and to do it without most people noticing. The most recent example is that the events of Vol 6 set up Vol 8, which dovetails right into Vol 9 and 10. But there are seeds planted as far back as Issue 1 of Vol 1 that we haven't seen sprout yet. While Vol 7 is the story of why Robo seems a little short on cash in one issue of Vol 3. Saoshyant posted:Hey, Brian, since you are here, are there plans for more Warbot in Accounting? I need my life to be more depressing. Len posted:Is there anything you feel the thread needs? quote:Also are the Dr. Dinosaur figures ever getting a reprint?
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Apr 20, 2012 16:06
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Hyperactive posted:Links to Atomic-Robo.com. Maybe the Team Robo Manifesto. Our absurdly low priced digital issues and collected editions. And some free comics. Added those links in for you.
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Apr 20, 2012 18:17
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Atomic Robo is great. I shove it in all of my friends' hands the second I find out they might ever possibly enjoy reading a comic book. My boss' husband just had dinner with Brian. I was very jealous.
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Apr 21, 2012 02:51
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StealthArcher posted:If so, did you really hold that chekov's gun for nine years or just roll with it later? Which one is this we're talking about?
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Apr 22, 2012 02:36
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When do we see Robo punching Hitler?
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Apr 22, 2012 05:46
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Brian, Who would win in a super science battle? Atomic Robo or Buckaroo Banzai?
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Apr 22, 2012 06:03
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Nilbop posted:Which one is this we're talking about? Manwithastick posted:When do we see Robo punching Hitler? And so on. BooDoug187 posted:Who would win in a super science battle? Atomic Robo or Buckaroo Banzai?
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Apr 22, 2012 18:46
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Hyperactive posted:Never, actually! We try to let real historical figures keep their real historical accomplishments. Atomic Robo isn't about a robot who solved racism when he stopped the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Kennedy. It's about a robot who put an end to the top secret Nazi Special Weapons Division which allowed the Allied Forces to advance into Europe. Given Robo's level of sapient intelligence, do we ever at least get a dream sequence of him punching Hitler?
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Apr 22, 2012 18:47
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Hyperactive posted:This is the set up in 2001, and this is the pay off in 2010. Surely super science will allow a Robo Vs Hitler's brain story?
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Apr 22, 2012 21:14
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Manwithastick posted:Surely super science will allow a Robo Vs Hitler's brain story? Or a Robo vs a Hitler clone/robot? Seriously though this is one of the best fun comics I've read in a long time.
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Apr 22, 2012 21:37
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I regret to say that I have been lapsing in my regular Robo purchasing habits lately but will attempt to pick them back up post haste. Moving to cities without any dedicated comics stores will do that 
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Apr 23, 2012 08:58
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So, they ship out the FCBD stuff to shops a bit early, and I couldn't help but flip through the Robo issue while tidying up our back room the other day. Pure gold, as always.
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Apr 23, 2012 14:56
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Just thought I'd mention that I bought vol. 1 solely because of this thread, and I am really enjoying it. The art and the humor are exactly my kind of thing. I'll be looking to pick up the other vols. very soon. On that note, is it just me, or is everyone sold out of vol. 3?
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Apr 23, 2012 17:49
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Miyamoto Musashi posted:Just thought I'd mention that I bought vol. 1 solely because of this thread, and I am really enjoying it. The art and the humor are exactly my kind of thing. I'll be looking to pick up the other vols. very soon. I think volume three is out of print at the moment but it should be back soon (I hope)
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Apr 23, 2012 18:31
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StealthArcher posted:Given Robo's level of sapient intelligence, do we ever at least get a dream sequence of him punching Hitler? Manwithastick posted:Surely super science will allow a Robo Vs Hitler's brain story? My Lovely Horse posted:I regret to say that I have been lapsing in my regular Robo purchasing habits lately but will attempt to pick them back up post haste. Moving to cities without any dedicated comics stores will do that bairfanx posted:So, they ship out the FCBD stuff to shops a bit early, and I couldn't help but flip through the Robo issue while tidying up our back room the other day. Pure gold, as always. Miyamoto Musashi posted:Just thought I'd mention that I bought vol. 1 solely because of this thread, and I am really enjoying it. The art and the humor are exactly my kind of thing. I'll be looking to pick up the other vols. very soon.
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Apr 23, 2012 18:43
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Hyperactive posted:If only Robo slept and could therefore dream! Hyperactive posted:Glad to hear it. We knew people would expect a lot from a Robo and Dr. Dinosaur team up story. Our hope was to get half way to those expectations and hope for the best. Hyperactive posted:Vol 3 is currently sold out and we're not entirely sure when it will be back in print. Hopefully late 2012. But like it says in the OP, you can read the collected editions in any order so you're not going to lose anything if you have to skip this one for now.
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Apr 23, 2012 20:43
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bairfanx posted:He's really never tried to sleep when he was really wanting to be human? I never really felt like he got overly sad, but there have been multiple times he's certainly seemed to want to experience human things (like citizenship or a relationship) I don't have PM's but if Musashi doesn't want it or they have two copies I'd be willing to pay for it plus shipping.
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Apr 23, 2012 22:21
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bairfanx posted:He's really never tried to sleep when he was really wanting to be human? Robo has no interest in being human. He's ageless, super strong, super tough, never gets tired, and he has the equivalent of an iPad 5 with an unlimited dataplan lodged in his head. He's having a ball being not human.
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Apr 23, 2012 23:52
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If you guys want to hear Clev talk about some bullshit for like an hour, this is the link for you: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/23/war-rocket-ajax-109-brian-clevinger-talks-real-science-and-p/
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Apr 24, 2012 02:22
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Len posted:I don't have PM's but if Musashi doesn't want it or they have two copies I'd be willing to pay for it plus shipping. I'll let you know after I pick up my books on Wednesday
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Apr 24, 2012 04:10
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bairfanx posted:You can read them in any order, but I'll be damned if that third volume isn't the best. Our LCS has at least one copy, maybe two, Musashi, if you're interested in covering cost+shipping, shoot me a PM. There's digital too, of course, which is a steal. Intriguing. I'm not much for digital, though...I much prefer having physical copies of things, space be damned. I do appreciate your generous offer, but I'll give Len first crack at it. If your store does happen to have 2 copies, though, then I'd take the second. No PMs here either, but my email is r_howard33 at hotmail dot com if you need to contact me. Thanks again.
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Apr 24, 2012 07:16
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Benito Cereno posted:If you guys want to hear Clev talk about some bullshit for like an hour, this is the link for you:
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Apr 24, 2012 15:35
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When we gonna see more Nuka Break?
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Apr 25, 2012 04:27
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If I may throw this out here: If Atomic Robo were made into an animated series (hypothetically, of course), do you have anyone in mind for certain characters?
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Apr 25, 2012 04:36
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The Werle posted:When we gonna see more Nuka Break? Unlucky7 posted:If I may throw this out here: If Atomic Robo were made into an animated series (hypothetically, of course), do you have anyone in mind for certain characters?
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Apr 25, 2012 17:16
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Hyperactive posted:Vol 3 is currently sold out and we're not entirely sure when it will be back in print. Hopefully late 2012. But like it says in the OP, you can read the collected editions in any order so you're not going to lose anything if you have to skip this one for now. Wow, I need to see if my LCS has any copies, then. Just picked up Vol 2 before PAX East. This is one of the few books I tell everyone to read.
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Apr 25, 2012 23:56
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Hyperactive posted:That's up to you.  I gave them  , happy?!?!? (I am)
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Apr 26, 2012 03:14
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Miyamoto Musashi posted:Intriguing. I'm not much for digital, though...I much prefer having physical copies of things, space be damned. I do appreciate your generous offer, but I'll give Len first crack at it. If your store does happen to have 2 copies, though, then I'd take the second. Apparently we did sell the one or two we had, sorry guys 
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Apr 26, 2012 03:57
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The Werle posted:WELL FINE
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Apr 26, 2012 04:30
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bairfanx posted:Apparently we did sell the one or two we had, sorry guys No worries--thanks for checking for us. I'll just have to wait until it comes back into print.
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Apr 26, 2012 06:07
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Hyper, you need friggin' PMs!
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Apr 30, 2012 05:59
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Rhyno posted:Hyper, you need friggin' PMs! I can be contacted on The Twitter or my dumb site.
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I was really worried from the first two volumes that I was getting a watery version of hellboy. Near-invulnerable wizecracking weirdness-weary protagonist fistfights nazis, then a nazi brain in a jar, then the ghost of rasputin (which had to be a direct homage, right?) then coming next: cthulhu horrors? I know I'm not just cherry picking similarities, hellboy must have been a big influence on the whole style and feel of the early volumes. However from shadow from beyond time onwards it's really become its own thing, robo in particular getting fleshed out. Extremely enjoyable and unusually funny for a print comic. I'm especially loving all the semi-realistic science dialogue. "It couldn't have worked that way, it wasn't a xenon laser", "So why did it work?", "Good question, work up a treatment and we'll get you a lab to find out". Someone involved here must have worked in research before. How often are these released digitally?
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