Robots From Tomorrow!

Another month, another "Previews" catalog to dissect! As always, Mike & Greg start things off with the diverse Green and Purple sections, covering the majority of publishers in one fell swoop. What's coming to comic shops in March (and beyond) that catches the lads' fancies? Definitely something for everyone in the top half of this two-part "Previews" walkthrough!

Picks for Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Mike- 2000AD Regened TPB Greg- The Michael Moorcock Library: Elric - The Eternal Champion Collection HC

Need suggestions for your LCS trip this week? Let Mike & Greg point out the books hitting shelves on Wednesday they're most excited about in this four hundred fifty-third installment of their ongoing "Pull List" series! These episodes are the perfect way for anyone to kick off their comics: from the most curious newcomer to the most dedicated Wednesday Warrior!

Picks for Wednesday, December 30, 2020 Mike- Batman: The Rise and Fall of the Batmen HC Greg- Zatopek OGN

Need suggestions for your LCS trip this week? Let Mike & Greg point out the books hitting shelves on Wednesday they're most excited about in this four hundred fifty-second installment of their ongoing "Pull List" series! These episodes are the perfect way for anyone to kick off their comics: from the most curious newcomer to the most dedicated Wednesday Warrior!

Trying to decide the first graphic novel ever is nigh impossible, but thankfully, trying to figure out the first comic book made on a computer is much easier: Mike Saenz's Shatter! Well, sort of . . .

Mike & Greg take a trip to the primordial past of digital comics to check out three early examples of comics created on the keyboard rather than artboard:

• 1985's Shatter
• 1988's Iron Man: Crash (Saenz's followup comic)
• 1990's Batman: Digital Justice by Pepe Moreno & Doug Murray

What went right? What went wrong? What the hell is a "mouse"? And what was the REAL first digital comic? All that and more on today's episode!

Picks for Wednesday, December 23, 2020 Mike- Excalibur #16 Greg- The Comic Book History of Animation #2 (of 6)

Need suggestions for your LCS trip this week? Let Mike & Greg point out the books hitting shelves on Wednesday they're most excited about in this four hundred fifty-first installment of their ongoing "Pull List" series! These episodes are the perfect way for anyone to kick off their comics: from the most curious newcomer to the most dedicated Wednesday Warrior!

This episode was originally broadcast on May 25, 2016.

Mike and Greg squeeze in another freeform talk before the lead-up to next week’s “Dark Horse Month” over at Multiversity Comics. Having recently returned to the office-dwelling workforce, Greg starts things off with thoughts about how to decorate your workspace and the different levels of letting your geek flag fly. Do you go all-out? Is less really more? Even within SFW limits, what are the parameters to consider when deciding what parts of your fandom to share with the uninitiated? And are you prepared for the questions, comments, and fallout of your choices? You might be with this crowd a while, so getting off on the right foot is important. Find out where he & Mike draw their particular lines!

Then it's off to the iPads for some Marvel Unlimited back-issue bin rummaging! Leading out of a request by fellow MCer Matthew Garcia, the lads come up with some off-the-cuff recommendations and cover art critiques. Plus Jim Lee faces off against John Byrne with Mark Chiarello waiting in the wings, Humberto Ramos spins many a Spider-Man cover, and Greg carpet F-bombs the work of one particular Marvel cover artist. Is it Greg Land? Greg Horn? Greg Capullo? Find out who and much more on this episode!

Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth’s surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. Stay sage and enjoy your funny books.

Picks for Wednesday, December 16, 2020 Mike- Strontium Dog: Search & Destroy - The Star-Lord Years TPB Greg- DC in the 80's: The End of Eras HC

Need suggestions for your LCS trip this week? Let Mike & Greg point out the books hitting shelves on Wednesday they're most excited about in this four hundred fiftieth installment of their ongoing "Pull List" series! These episodes are the perfect way for anyone to kick off their comics: from the most curious newcomer to the most dedicated Wednesday Warrior!

This episode was originally broadcast on November 27, 2019.

We present today's episode as a side dish of comics for your Thanksgiving Day festivities!

First up, the lads remember the late Tom Spurgeon, giving thanks for the varied and considerable contributions he made to comics as a whole, and his inspiration to this show's hosts in particular.

Then it's time to spin the wheel for another game of Longbox Roulette (Marvel Edition), where Mike chooses a random issue from the Marvel Unlimited service for Greg to identify in 10 yes-or-no questions or less! And in honor of Mr. Spurgeon, several 'Five for Friday' topics are mixed in with the Roulette questions, prompting answers from both sides of the microphone.

Something for everyone fighting off the day's tryptophan coma on this episode!

Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth’s surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. Enjoy your funny books.

Picks for Wednesday, December 9, 2020 Mike- Vampirella: Dark Powers #1 & Super Mario Manga Mania TPB Greg- The Cimmerian: The Frost Giant's Daughter #1

Need suggestions for your LCS trip this week? Let Mike & Greg point out the books hitting shelves on Wednesday they're most excited about in this four hundred forty-ninth installment of their ongoing "Pull List" series! These episodes are the perfect way for anyone to kick off their comics: from the most curious newcomer to the most dedicated Wednesday Warrior!

Graphic novels may be all the rage, but the art of turning prose into comix is one many publishers are finding just slightly easier than turning lead into gold. From the early days of Classics Illustrated right up until today, Mike & Greg take a look at five novel-to-comics adaptations to get a better understanding of what works and what doesn't when it comes to adding pictures to all those words:

A People's History of American Empire by Howard Zinn (adapted by Mike Konopacki and Paul Buhle)

Do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (adapted by Tony Parker)

The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair (adapted by Kristina Gehrmann)

The Giver, by Lois Lowry (adapted by P. Craig Russell)

Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance With Death by Kurt Vonnegut (adapted by Ryan North & Albert Monteys)