3.1 preview, 3.4 pre-order, and something amazing

Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 April 2009 10:32 Written by Brian! Wednesday, 29 April 2009 10:26

ComiXology has a five page preview of Atomic Robo and the Shadow From Beyond Time #1. Not that ti matters, because you are buying it today!

Meanwhile, the fourth issue is is now available for pre-order locally and online — Team Robo likes Heavy Ink, but you’ve got options.

Lastly, if you ever wondered what Atomic Robo would look like in statue form, this is a start.

What I can tell you about it so far.

FCBD’09 + Vol 3.1 FINALLY

Last Updated on Sunday, 24 May 2009 11:28 Written by Brian! Monday, 27 April 2009 12:15

You heard it here first unless you heard it somewhere else before you heard it here: Atomic Robo and the Shadow From Beyond Time #1 hits stores this Wednesday — 100% guaranteed, confirmed by Diamond — 4/29/09. And it’s about damned time.

It looks like this.

The delays at the printer were a pain in the ass, but on the bright side this Saturday is Free Comic Book Day. Which is great all on its own, but it means you’ve got a chance for a double dose of hot Atomic Robo action. You should pick it up, it’s probably the best story we’ve done yet.

I will be signing at Sci-Fi City in Orlando, FL and also probably Bad Apple Comics UCF. Drop by, say hello, get free stuff!

Meanwhile! I finished writing the fifth and final issue of Volume 3 this weekend in between visiting some family and fixing Lydia’s laptop because I am a Techno Wizard straight outta the Dee-Bee slums of Chi-Town. Sorry, got off on a nerd tangent there, what was I talking about? Right, Volume 3. So, I approach every Robo series as an experiment, and so far they’ve all involved time. Volume 1 hops around time between and within issues. Volume 2 tells a linear series of thematically related tales while hopping through time with greater focus than Vol 1. Volume 3 combines both of these approaches by hopping through a wide range of time to tell a series of tales that are all thematically linked. Volume 4, meanwhile, will feature completely unrelated stories all happening within an extremely narrow range of time.

One of these days, I swear, I’ll write a mini-series that works like a traditional mini-series where it’s just, y’know, a story.

But not today!

P.S. I think we’re going to change Vol 4′s title to stick with our “and the” thing.

Damn Your Icy Hide, Canadian Print Industry!

Last Updated on Saturday, 11 April 2009 09:49 Written by Brian! Saturday, 11 April 2009 09:43

Bad news first: the printer screwed up and Volume 3′s release is delayed. We’re now aiming for April 22nd, but I can’t guarantee that date yet. I’ll update with more info as I get it. The whole thing is a major pain in the ass because we finished the issue ages ago, but unfortunately we do not have perfect psychic control over the printer to force them to do our bidding.

Yet.

The good news: remember this super bitchin’ poster?

Well, now you can buy it! So go goddamn buy it already!

Not quite the news: is it just me or was Monsters vs. Aliens incredibly weak? There were a couple decent moments/gags I guess, but the vast majority of it was entirely too forced and hollow. I can’t say it was a complete waste of time though. Hugh Laurie’s real accent always makes me think of Jeeves and Wooster and there’s no complaining about that.

Lastly: this.