Robots From Tomorrow!

To followup on Mike's shelf pick last episode, we present this book discussion  originally broadcast on December 26, 2013.

This week the guys dive into a work that, courtesy of the good folks at Humanoids, was translated and released in English earlier this year. From the incredibly inventive minds of Pierre Gabus and Romuald Reutimann, District 14 is a comic that pushes convention and genre into all sorts of new places.

Part noir, part sci-fi epic, and with a cast of both humans and funny animals, District 14 is the tale of an elephant named Michael who has recently immigrated to District 14 and is confronted with all the drama and absurdity contained within its walls. Nothing is ever as simple as it seems, especially when it comes to Michael and his newly minted friend Hector McKeagh, a beaver who is also the most notorious reporter in town. District 14 is a comic that can work on a purely fantasy level, while also smartly commenting on some of today's social issues. Wealth, corruption, fame, and the press are just a few examples of the topics reflected on in this work.

This volume, the first in a series, is well worth every comics fan's time. The concept and writing is exceptional, and the art is gorgeous. It's available digitally as well as in hardcover, and it comes with the RFT gold seal of approval.

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. Music is John Hughes by Anamanaguchi. Enjoy your funny books.

To followup on Mike's shelf pick last episode, we present this book discussion  originally broadcast on December 26, 2013.

This week the guys dive into a work that, courtesy of the good folks at Humanoids, was translated and released in English earlier this year. From the incredibly inventive minds of Pierre Gabus and Romuald Reutimann, District 14 is a comic that pushes convention and genre into all sorts of new places.

Part noir, part sci-fi epic, and with a cast of both humans and funny animals, District 14 is the tale of an elephant named Michael who has recently immigrated to District 14 and is confronted with all the drama and absurdity contained within its walls. Nothing is ever as simple as it seems, especially when it comes to Michael and his newly minted friend Hector McKeagh, a beaver who is also the most notorious reporter in town. District 14 is a comic that can work on a purely fantasy level, while also smartly commenting on some of today's social issues. Wealth, corruption, fame, and the press are just a few examples of the topics reflected on in this work.

This volume, the first in a series, is well worth every comics fan's time. The concept and writing is exceptional, and the art is gorgeous. It's available digitally as well as in hardcover, and it comes with the RFT gold seal of approval.

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. Music is John Hughes by Anamanaguchi. Enjoy your funny books.

Picks for the Week of June 10, 2020 Mike- Superman 100-Page Giant #3 & District 14 Greg- Batman: The Adventures Continue #1 (of 6) & Barry Windsor-Smith: OPUS

Welcome to the All-New, All-Different Pull List Episodes!

With Diamond halting new comics distribution for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mike & Greg decided, rather than drop these episodes all-together, to just change up the format. So for this four hundred twenty-fourth installment of the Pull List series, the lads chose:

1) Something from this week's shipping list2) Something else pulled from their own collections.

There may not be new comics to choose from this week, but hopefully these new Pull List episodes give just as much food for thought in choosing what goes into your quarantine reading queue.

Stay safe and enjoy your funny books!

Picks for the Week of June 10, 2020
Mike- Superman 100-Page Giant #3 & District 14 
Greg- Batman: The Adventures Continue #1 (of 6) & Barry Windsor-Smith: OPUS

Welcome to the All-New, All-Different Pull List Episodes!

With Diamond halting new comics distribution for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mike & Greg decided, rather than drop these episodes all-together, to just change up the format. So for this four hundred twenty-fourth installment of the Pull List series, the lads chose:

1) Something from this week's shipping list
2) Something else pulled from their own collections.

There may not be new comics to choose from this week, but hopefully these new Pull List episodes give just as much food for thought in choosing what goes into your quarantine reading queue.

Stay safe and enjoy your funny books!

Robots From Tomorrow is a twice-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.

Greg gets a chance to chat with comics scholar Dr. Andrew Deman about the Rosetta Stone of his comics upbringing: Chris Claremont's original run on Uncanny X-Men. With The Claremont Run, Deman and his team look through that body of work and its impact not only on sexuality, gender, and representation in comics, but also its effect on the long-continuity media landscape we now find ourselves in. What X-character does he have a soft spot for? What artist pushed Claremont the most? Which storyline does Deman think is Dark Phoenix 2.0? The answers to those questions and more on today's episode!

Greg gets a chance to chat with comics scholar Dr. Andrew Deman about the Rosetta Stone of his comics upbringing: Chris Claremont's original run on Uncanny X-Men. With The Claremont Run, Deman and his team look through that body of work and its impact not only on sexuality, gender, and representation in comics, but also its effect on the long-continuity media landscape we now find ourselves in. What X-character does he have a soft spot for? What artist pushed Claremont the most? Which storyline does Deman think is Dark Phoenix 2.0? The answers to those questions and more on today's 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 safe and enjoy your funny books.

Topics for the Week of June 3, 2020 Mike- Nate Powell's Omnibox & Judge Dredd: The Daily Dredds 1981-86 HC Greg- PunisherMAX by Aaron & Dillon HC & Shelf Bound Charity Auction, Week 6

Welcome to the All-New, All-Different Pull List Episodes!

With Diamond halting new comics distribution for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mike & Greg decided, rather than drop these episodes all-together, to just change up the format. So for this four hundred twenty-third installment of the Pull List series, the lads chose:

1) A previous year's Pull List choice.2) Something else pulled from their own collections.

There may not be new comics to choose from this week, but hopefully these new Pull List episodes give just as much food for thought in choosing what goes into your quarantine reading queue.

Stay safe and enjoy your funny books!

Topics for the Week of June 3, 2020
Mike-  Nate Powell's Omnibox & Judge Dredd: The Daily Dredds 1981-86 HC
Greg- PunisherMAX by Aaron & Dillon HC & Shelf Bound Charity Auction, Week 6

Welcome to the All-New, All-Different Pull List Episodes!

With Diamond halting new comics distribution for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mike & Greg decided, rather than drop these episodes all-together, to just change up the format. So for this four hundred twenty-third installment of the Pull List series, the lads chose:

1) A previous year’s Pull List choice.
2) Something else pulled from their own collections.

There may not be new comics to choose from this week, but hopefully these new Pull List episodes give just as much food for thought in choosing what goes into your quarantine reading queue.

Stay safe and enjoy your funny books!

Robots From Tomorrow is a twice-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.

With new comics distribution still cattywampus and no new Previews catalog at time of recording, the lads decide to do some off-the-cuff podding.

Mike starts things off soliciting binding advice for his ideal Maxx collection. With so many options (Image run or IDW run? Mix & match? Multiple issue #1's? Separate book for spinoffs?), Greg has his work cut out for him. Not to be outdone, Greg asks for advice on his new Wacom tablet and taps a rich vein of insight on not only the device itself, but printing in general. Do you know what the K in CMYK stands for? Maybe you do, maybe you don't!

Listen to today's episode for not only all the above, but the hosts' thoughts on Marvel's Dawn of X titles, the absurdity of calling 1986 a Modern Age of anything, and much more!