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kali921 (kali921) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-13 15:07:00

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creator: brian clevinger, creator: scott wegener, theme: dinosaurs, title: atomic robo

Atomic Robo vs. Dr. Dinosaur: Meta! Machine guns! Totally metal!
You know what we haven't had yet on Scans Daily 2.0? Atomic Robo, that's what. This needs to be remedied, stat! dejadrew's awesome Captain Raptor post earlier this week resulted in the mighty Brian Clevinger, the writer of Atomic Robo, linking me to one of the stories from the Atomic Robo Free Comic Book Day issue.

This beautiful gem of a tale is titled "Why Atomic Robo hates Dr. Dinosaur."

Yes. You read that right. Dr. Dinosaur.

And lo, it was AWESOME.

The story is a flashback to 1999. Our titular (and marvelous) hero Atomic Robo finds himself on Taravai Island in French Polynesia.

Things aren't going well. Why? Because he's lampshading and littering meta all over the landscape with a sapient dinosaur. A sapient dinosaur with a MACHINE GUN.

Yes. That was a time traveling dinosaur with a rocket launcher.

But it's really the spatula and ice cooler that make Dr. Dinosaur rocket into the heady heights of "so awesome that awesome broke."

You can read this enthralling tale in its entirety right here for free as the gentlemen behind Atomic Robo have thoughtfully posted it on their website. When I got to the last page, I was literally weeping in laughter. This was easily the best thing put out by anyone on FCBD.

I really urge anyone who hasn't yet picked up issues of Atomic Robo to give it a try. It tends to sell out quickly, though, so get hopping to your LCS on Wednesdays!

I say we need a Dinosaur Week on

scans_daily. Have we had one yet?

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	darklorelei 2009-05-13 05:25 pm UTC (link)
	Loooove Robo so, so much. It's the best. ALSO. Dr. Dinosaur is going to feature prominently in volume 4 of AR! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kali921 2009-05-13 05:27 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, I saw that Brian wrote about that, and I cannot WAIT. More Dr. Dinosaur. I kept randomly waking up last night, thinking of this story, and cackling hysterically. My downstairs neighbor was very amused. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	darklorelei 2009-05-13 08:17 pm UTC (link)
	I keep wanting to do Robo posts, but I can never figure out what to post so as not to be totally spoilery. Might post the Rasputin mini, though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kali921 2009-05-13 10:23 pm UTC (link)
	I had a very hard time picking what to post just from this nine-page story. I kept wavering between "no, don't want to spoil it! Just give them teasers!" to wanting to post the entire thing. That's typically what happens when I read Atomic Robo. (Reply to this) (Parent)

Fact: With crystals, you can do anything.

ian_karkull
2009-05-13 05:44 pm UTC (link)

Dr. Dinosaur: Greatest character or greatest character?
He really needs a pair of teeny tiny glasses though, to make him look more distinguished. He's a doctor, after all.

The last page of that story totally killed me. How can Atomic Robo contain so much awesome and not instantly vaporize all inferior comic books in it's vicinity?
Is it because of crystals? I like to think so.

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	Re: Fact: With crystals, you can do anything. kali921 2009-05-13 05:49 pm UTC (link)
	Of COURSE it's because of crystals! Crystals: the new Deus Ex Machina, amirite? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Fact: With crystals, you can do anything. sianmink 2009-05-14 02:37 am UTC (link)
	NEW? Hardly. But, Crystals! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Addendum. kali921 2009-05-13 05:51 pm UTC (link)
	I would just like to add that Dr. Dinosaur has a fire extinguisher. He's such an efficient camper/saurian hegemonist! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Addendum. seanmonster 2009-05-14 05:14 am UTC (link)
	And a spatula! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Fact: With crystals, you can do anything. seanmonster 2009-05-14 05:13 am UTC (link)
	Glasses? Hmm... He(?) does have goggles, though! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	This is my only dinosaur-related icon... parsimonia 2009-05-13 06:48 pm UTC (link)
	Have we had one yet? No. But it is high time we did! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: This is my only dinosaur-related icon... kali921 2009-05-13 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	Eeeeexcellent. Fortunately, I have Devil Dinosaur to post! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	greenmask 2009-05-13 06:57 pm UTC (link)
	Oh my goodness, Doctor Dinosaur has some marvelous expressions. I would not have thought that a dinoface could do peeved disdain, but I would have been plain wrong. And he's wearing a backpack! ^-^! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kali921 2009-05-13 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	A backpack with SPATULAS! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	greenmask 2009-05-14 01:20 pm UTC (link)
	Can't you just imagine him flipping his lesser-dino eggs and bacon, and the nomnomnomm face? Go, Doctor Dinosaur! Go! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ashez2ashes 2009-05-13 07:52 pm UTC (link)
	Huh, I had thought Atomic Robo was really dark. Am I getting it confused with something else, or is this story atypical of the series as a whole? From this preview, it looks like something I might want to check out, but for some reason I thought it was "dark and edgy"? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	darklorelei 2009-05-13 08:15 pm UTC (link)
	You are totally confused with something else. It is hilarious and awesome. I highly, highly, highly recommend it. It is my only must-read. Features Nazi mecha, mummies, eldritch horrors, and sapient dinosaurs. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	arrlaari.livejournal.com 2009-05-13 08:50 pm UTC (link)
	The artist's style is strongly influenced my the guy who draws Hellboy. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kali921 2009-05-13 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	It's not dark. It's not heavy. It's twisted, cracky, and funny. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	broblawsky 2009-05-13 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	There are a few stories that have genuine pathos, but not excessive amounts. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	hybrid2 2009-05-13 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	i read that a hour ago!! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kali921 2009-05-13 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	Proselytize, good person! Proselytize! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	salad_barbarian 2009-05-13 11:35 pm UTC (link)
	There is a reason I titled my IJ friends page "My wallet's mortal enemy". Now I'm going to have to start buying these comics. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kali921 2009-05-14 09:58 am UTC (link)
	Can I just say that your IJ user name wins, good sir or madame? I am smitten. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	salad_barbarian 2009-05-14 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	I'm a sir but I can't vouch for the "good" part. My name is a (sort of) long LJ based story. This is the first time I can recall of it smiting someone. ;) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	psychop_rex 2009-05-14 01:49 am UTC (link)
	"Mammal robot!" THAT is brilliant. I mean, technically he IS a mammal robot - he's a robot designed in the form of a human, which is a mammal, therefore he is a robot mammal - but still, it's funny! True AND funny! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kali921 2009-05-14 09:59 am UTC (link)
	THAT's what makes him DOCTOR Dinosaur, of course. That incisively perceptive observation! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-05-14 03:09 pm UTC (link)
	It's enough to leave Robo at a loss for words! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	seanmonster 2009-05-14 05:21 am UTC (link)
	Damn, you beat me to it... Not matter, my copy of Atomic Robo Vol. 1 just came in, so I'll just have to post something from that! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kali921 2009-05-14 10:03 am UTC (link)
	Please do! We even have support from the creators, since Scott Wegener just weighed in on this post. :-D (Reply to this) (Parent)

Dr. D. & Robo
(Anonymous)
2009-05-14 08:07 am UTC (link)

As the co-creator of Atomic Robo I fully endorse this probably-illegal re-posting of my work. (Although this and last year's FCBD stories are free online at www.nuklearpower.com anyway.)

Daily Scan is an excellent way to expose people to new material. I saw something else involving dinosaurs and space pirates on here yesterday and purchased both the books for my daughter . . .and me.

Feel free to put whatever snippets (snippets mind you) of Atomic Robo up on DS that you deem scan-worthy.

-Scott

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	Re: Dr. D. & Robo kali921 2009-05-14 09:56 am UTC (link)
	Thank you, Scott! Brian and I occasionally chat over on LJ, and you guys totally rock. Thanks for the support of Scans Daily and for being total mensches in general. I posted a snippet of this story over on my LJ (kali921, same as here), and of course people loved it. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Dr. D. & Robo rustedone 2009-05-14 05:42 pm UTC (link)
	Glad to see you approve, sir! It's stuff like Atomic Robo that keeps me buying comics, keep up the great work! And hey, feel free to create an account and join in on the madness. We'd love to have another relative comic big-wig adding his 2 cents to the pile =D (Reply to this) (Parent)

	silverzeo 2009-05-14 12:32 pm UTC (link)
	(Face palms) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kali921 2009-05-14 01:40 pm UTC (link)
	Facepalm why? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	silverzeo 2009-05-14 07:36 pm UTC (link)
	You would do the same if you had to deal with that craze dino... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	rustedone 2009-05-14 05:47 pm UTC (link)
	Dammit, I was going to post this swears vengeance Oh well, spreading the joy of Robo is always a good thing. A talking velociraptor loaded up with camping gear and a rocket launcher? THIS IS WHAT COMICS ARE FOR! And I heartily endorse a Dinosaur Week. I remember snagging the first issue of DinoRiders a few years ago, I need to go excavate it... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sir_mikael 2009-05-15 06:21 pm UTC (link)
	Whoa whoa whoa. Whoa. There's a DinoRiders comic?! Shit, I loved that stuff when I was a kid. Never had the toys but loved the cartoon, and envied others who had the toys and didn't appreciate them. Dinosaurs! With weapons! Animal based aliens. Rule of Cool indeed. ... And now Atomic Robo goes into the buy-list. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

rustedone
2009-05-15 07:47 pm UTC (link)

I had the T-Rex, Triceratops, Pteranodon, and a couple of others. Unfortunately while I was relatively gentle with my toys compared to most kids (especially considering I was about 4-5 when I got them), pieces still got lost and broken. Still kept the dinos, though.

As for the comic, not too much other than the establishing origin story happens. And even though it has the Rex on the cover in full battle gear, it only shows up in the *second* issue, which I don't have.

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	xandertarbert 2009-05-15 12:47 am UTC (link)
	Atomic Robo would really, really, like to be able to drink heavily. After fighting dinosaur who are also doctors, then turning around and fighting doctors who are also dinosaurs, you can see him at some point sitting down and going, "I would, at this point, like to get wated beyond all belief. And I can't. This is how I know God hates robots." (Reply to this)