YALSA’s Top 10, Vol 4, Vol 5, and Vol 6?!

Brian!

The Young Adult Library Service Association chose Atomic Robo and the Fightin’ Scientists of Tesladyne as one of 2009′s Top 10 Great Graphic Novels For Teens. That’s pretty damn cool. Now if only we could convince them to put Atomic Robo and the Dogs of War in the 940s.

I can’t believe I just did a Dewey Decimal joke.

I think we settled on a title for the new Volume 4: Atomic Robo and the Ghost of Station X. It’ll be a “feature length” story arc instead of the the one- and two-parters of varying degrees of interconnectedness we’ve done so far. I don’t want to give anything away, so I’ll just say the whole thing takes place somewhere in the 2000s (with some flashbacks of course). It’ll definitely be between four and six issues.

This bumps Atomic Robo and the Flying She-Devils of the Pacific back to Volume 5. We haven’t specifically locked down anything beyond that, but I’d like to do Atomic Robo in Diamonds Are For Never for Vol 6. Scott balks at abandoning our Indy-inspired “and the” convention; and I know he’d like to do a Return of the Sparrow storyline outside of WW2; and I have a feeling we’ll be under a certain amount of pressure from readers to do a story with Dr. Dinosaur ASAP after this year’s Free Comic Book Day. So, yeah, it’s still way too early to call.

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http://www.greymattersplat.com/ Mike

"The Ghost of Station X" sounds awesome!! It's got that pulpy, Shadow-type sound to it that makes me wish we could get 2 or 3 of the minis all at once.

And yes, definitely more Sparrow!

(I want you to know, that in spite of 15 years of reading/buying comics, 4 years of actually working for a shop – three of which I ran it, some work with a couple different toy companies, and a couple of comic-fringes related stuff I'm working on even now, it's only when I come here that I go full on fanboy. I'd be embarrassed if I gave a damn what other people think)
http://www.greymattersplat.com Mike

"The Ghost of Station X" sounds awesome!! It's got that pulpy, Shadow-type sound to it that makes me wish we could get 2 or 3 of the minis all at once.

And yes, definitely more Sparrow!

(I want you to know, that in spite of 15 years of reading/buying comics, 4 years of actually working for a shop – three of which I ran it, some work with a couple different toy companies, and a couple of comic-fringes related stuff I'm working on even now, it's only when I come here that I go full on fanboy. I'd be embarrassed if I gave a damn what other people think)
Josh B.

Congrats on the Young Adult list. Anything that gets Robo more coverage. Y'know, in a strange twist on reality, I actually find myself inclined to agree with Scott on the "and the" convention. Probably just my desire to have everything connect just so.

You guys have created far too many cool characters and ideas in a short space of time. Yeah, I definetly want more Sparrow, perhaps detailing how she took the reigns over from her brother, in a "Secret Origins"-esque fashion, I already want more Dr. Dinosaur because the notion is so great, and now that Scott showed everyone the Jack Tarot sketch he did, I simply must know more about him. Thanks a lot guys. Maybe if you cloned yourselves…
Josh B.

Congrats on the Young Adult list. Anything that gets Robo more coverage. Y'know, in a strange twist on reality, I actually find myself inclined to agree with Scott on the "and the" convention. Probably just my desire to have everything connect just so.

You guys have created far too many cool characters and ideas in a short space of time. Yeah, I definetly want more Sparrow, perhaps detailing how she took the reigns over from her brother, in a "Secret Origins"-esque fashion, I already want more Dr. Dinosaur because the notion is so great, and now that Scott showed everyone the Jack Tarot sketch he did, I simply must know more about him. Thanks a lot guys. Maybe if you cloned yourselves…
http://www.negativeink.com/ Jeff P.

You'll also be under a lot of pressure from me about doing more Dr. D. Plus more Bernard.
http://www.negativeink.com Jeff P.

You'll also be under a lot of pressure from me about doing more Dr. D. Plus more Bernard.
ZephiriusJixx

So this means at least 4 if not 5 more Atomic Robo mini-series, sounds great. I like the "and the" convention as well, when I look at an atomic robo title without it, it doesn't seem to click in my mind.

On another note, do you think you could get an rss feed for the actual articles, instead of the comments?
ZephiriusJixx

So this means at least 4 if not 5 more Atomic Robo mini-series, sounds great. I like the "and the" convention as well, when I look at an atomic robo title without it, it doesn't seem to click in my mind.

On another note, do you think you could get an rss feed for the actual articles, instead of the comments?
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I added this to the top of the sidebar. Is that what you were looking for?
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I added this to the top of the sidebar. Is that what you were looking for?
http://www.nuklearpower.com Brian!

Yessir!
http://intensedebate.com/people/bclevinger bclevinger

Yessir!
ZephiriusJixx

Yep, that's it, thanks!
ZephiriusJixx

Yep, that's it, thanks!
rkhdgr

I just saw this when I looked at the YALSA list. Congrats! (Now I'll have to read it, and not just 8-bit Theater).
rkhdgr

I just saw this when I looked at the YALSA list. Congrats! (Now I'll have to read it, and not just 8-bit Theater).