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Last week was national visit your mom week. I can tell already that most of you are in serious trouble.

While Brian was frolicking in the heat and humidity of Alabama (which is really no different from the heat and humidity of Florida as far as I can tell) I decided to go see what late August was like under the stifling smog hat of North American’s only megalopolis, the Big Apple.Before I launch into that though, here’s more links than you can possibly be interested in clicking, all about how awesome Atomic Robo 3.4 seems to be. Continue reading

It’s Monday and you’re all asking, “Where’s Scott? Where’s Scott?” My first instinct is to say “WHO CARES?!” but the real answer is that he’s kicking all kinds of ass on Robo 3.5. Meanwhile, you’re stuck with me for this week’s Monday blog!

So, we finally got a release date for the next issue of Atomic Robo and it’s this Wednesday! My unbiased opinion as a comics professional is that you should go and buy that comic. It’s got a robot, the first Action Scientists of Tesladyne — Science Agents in the parlance of the era — and it ties into the Cold War before going…somewhere else.

Changing gears slightly, I’ve had Giant Robots on the brain for reasons that are none of your damn business (yet). Continue reading

This has been one of those weeks where nothing in particular has happened, yet I still feel like I accomplished a lot.

On the Atomic Robo front I was thrilled to turn the corner on Issue 3.4. I don’t know why, but with every book page 17 is an important page. For some reason it represents to me the moment where I stop chugging along at a steady pace and I really pour on the steam as I come into the final leg of the race that is drawing a comic book. I’m working on page 20 right now and, while this is not my favorite issues of the mini-series, drawing Carl Sagan doing all sorts of unlikely stuff has been a LOT of fun. Continue reading