Post by droidofages on Nov 15, 2009 12:00:21 GMT -4
I've been raving about this series from young publisher Red 5 since it's first appearance as a free comic at FCBD a couple years back. If you like Hellboy or Invincible or Planetary or X-Files or Robot 13 or just plain ol' fun comics about a talking robot who investigates weird happenings, this is the book for you.
Newsarama presented a feature article on the series HERE so you don't have to take my bloated words for it:
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"So what makes Atomic Robo so different that a slew of comic book readers are singing its praise? According to Clevinger, part of its charm is that he and Wegener set out to make something unlike anything else on the market.
"A lot of what makes Atomic Robo what it is that we were reacting against what we don't like in mainstream comics – that oppressive continuity that doesn't make any sense or the characters taking everything so seriously," Clevinger said. "We were among those guys who just got fed up with comics in the '90s. Although we love comic books, we felt like the output during that time period was so horrible that both of us just walked away from it for about 10 years. And when we decided to write Atomic Robo, we wanted to get comics back to having fun.
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Invented in 1923 by Nikola Tesla, "Robo" has been leading a crazy life of sci-fi adventures ever since. From fights with mobile pyramids, to encounters with Stephen Hawking and H.P. Lovecraft and Carl Sagan, to battles with Nazis and giant monsters, Robo really gets around."
Newsarama presented a feature article on the series HERE so you don't have to take my bloated words for it:
(or click on image or text)
"So what makes Atomic Robo so different that a slew of comic book readers are singing its praise? According to Clevinger, part of its charm is that he and Wegener set out to make something unlike anything else on the market.
"A lot of what makes Atomic Robo what it is that we were reacting against what we don't like in mainstream comics – that oppressive continuity that doesn't make any sense or the characters taking everything so seriously," Clevinger said. "We were among those guys who just got fed up with comics in the '90s. Although we love comic books, we felt like the output during that time period was so horrible that both of us just walked away from it for about 10 years. And when we decided to write Atomic Robo, we wanted to get comics back to having fun.
...
Invented in 1923 by Nikola Tesla, "Robo" has been leading a crazy life of sci-fi adventures ever since. From fights with mobile pyramids, to encounters with Stephen Hawking and H.P. Lovecraft and Carl Sagan, to battles with Nazis and giant monsters, Robo really gets around."