The Last Robot Apocalypse Supper

“But woe to that robot who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been built.”

Robot Rescue, by Mark Bryan for Gallery 1988's show Robot Carnival.

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I Acted Like A Robotic Cowboy

I'm not what you think I am
I'm the king of siam
I've got a bald head
My name is Yul Brynner
And I am a famous movie star
Perhaps you saw me in Westworld
I acted like a robotic cowboy
It was my best role
I can not deny I
Felt right home deep inside
That electronic carcass
(Lyrics from Stephen Malkmus’ Jo Jo's Jacket)

Fast Gun by Raid71 for his solo show at Bottleneck Gallery.

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How many of these robots can you identify. I got 19/30 — not bad, not great. (Famous Robots by Daniel Nyari)

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"Get up and fight, sucker!"

Robot aficionado Eric Joyner shows us a better match than Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston. (Smackdown via Comics Alliance)

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There should be Rock'Em Sock'Em Robot tie-ins with every major pop culture series. A yes, I know Daleks and Cybermen aren't really robots. (Whobots by Jeffro Kilpatrick)

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ED-209: Please put down your lances. You have 20 seconds to comply.

Dick Jones: I think you better do as he says, RCMP Musical Ride.

ED-209: You now have 15 seconds to comply.

ED-209: You are in direct violation of Penal Code 1.13, Section 9.

ED-209: You have 5 seconds to comply.

ED-209: Four... three... two... one... I am now authorized to use physical force!

Italian illustrator Franco Brambilla's Eddy Canada is part of the Invading The Vintage series: "Cute Aliens invading grandpa's postcards, scifi movies and old tv shows." (Via Exhibition-ism)

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Fifty Ways To Be A Good Guy

Robert Ball has completed his Fifty Goodies project, depicting many of cinemas most iconic good guys (and women, robots and animals.) Prints are for sale at his shop, check back Ball's site for a list of the goodies.

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Robotic Companions

Some of Nathan Stapley's recent pieces for Gallery 1998 are up for sale as prints, letting me revisit one that I didn't get around to posting — Robotic Companions. I really like the look of his work, especially when it involves 15 awesome robots.

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Where's WALL-E?

While I did locate WALL-E, I was pleased to see Marvin the Paranoid Android, Twiki from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Muffit form the original Battlestar Galactica, Futurama's Calculon and, too my great pleasure, Mr. Butlertron from Clone High. Wesley! (Where’s WALL-E? by Richard Sargent; link via The Daily What Geek)

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Mighty, Mighty Kitchen Robot

I could use one of those. (Robot Breakfast by Amanda Visell, via Comics Alliance)

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Forbidden Planet Express

Bender: I came to Earth with a simple dream: To kill all humans. And this is how it must end!?

Bender is Robby the Robot in this Forbidden Planet/Futurama mashup. Leela's looking good though. (Forbidden Future at shirt.woot, link via Shopped Sci Fi)

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When the robot revolution begins I'll have little idea who or what's attacking me as I could only name half of these, at best. (Robots: A-Z at TShirtLaundry, via shitoid)

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It's Astro Mega Robo Iron Gadget Prime Time Fools!

"Just thought I'd take some of meh fav 80's cybernetic and robotic characters and temporarily team them up for no apparent reason other than kicking a multitude of ass," says kizer180. I support this kind of random pairing and demand more of it, internet!

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Mecha Powerpuff Girls!

When the Powerpuff Girls weren't enough to defend Townsville, Professor Utonium need to add robotics to his concoction of Chemical X , sugar, spice and everything nice. (Seoro.O via Comics Alliance)

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Exterminate! Exterminated

Dalek's have no loyalty to other robots. Exterminate! (Exterminated by jimiyo at TeeFury)

Update: I have been informed that Daleks are not, in fact, robots, thus revealing my pop culture shame — I've never watched Dr. Who.

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Vitruvian Robot

This is what it would look like if the Borg only assimilated robots. The Vitruvian Machine by Captain RibMan shows 40+ robots, cyborgs & machines from pop culture. Plus it says Deckard was a replicant. Had that been decided? Huh. Anyway, here's an index:

_1. BATTLE DROID _10. BENDER _11. BRAINIAC _100. BUBO _101. C-3PO _110. CYBERMAN _111. CYLON _1000. DALEK _1001. DATA _1010. D.A.R.Y.L. _1011. ED-209 _1100. FEMBOT _1101. GERTY _1110. GIANT ROBOT _1111. GORT _10000. GUNSLINGER _10001. HAL 9000 _10010. H.E.L.P.ER _10011. HUEY _10100. IRON GIANT, THE _10101. LOCUTUS _10110. MARIA _10111. MARVIN _11000. MAXIMILIAN _11001. MECHAGODZILLA _11010. MECHANICAL MONSTER _11011. OPTIMUS PRIME _11100. R2-D2 _11101. RICK DECKARD _11110. ROBBIE THE ROBOT _11111. ROBOT, THE _100000. ROOMBA _100001. RX-78 GUNDAM _100010. SENTINEL _100011. T-101 _100100. TOM SERVO _100101. TWIKI _100110. V.I.N.CENT _100111. VOLTRON _101000. WALL-E _101001. WRONG TROUSERS, THE

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There are some small errors in this (seems C-3PO becomes a Borg during the apocalypse and Bender's primary objectives are bending, "cheesing" it, and killing all humans,) but I love how they all turn on us in the end. (Robot Roll Call by Pleated-Jeans, via zupaztrupa)

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Robo Karaoke

Just a city bot
Built and raised in south Hokkaido
It took the midnight train goin' anywhere...

Dave Perillo's piece for the upcoming Autumn Society show "Turning Japanese" at Brave New Worlds comics in Philadelphia. "Robo-karaoke... A karaoke bar where all the giant mecha-robots can kick back, drink some sake and sing some Journey tunes."

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Flaming Lips: Do You Realize?

Do you realize?
That everyone you know someday will die
And instead of saying all of your goodbyes - let them know
You realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun doesn't go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round

I saw an amazing performance this week by The Flaming Lips in Toronto, a true spectacle that left me in awe. These aren't my videos — my camera phone isn't up to the job, but they give you a great sense of being there.




One of the highlights was the sing-along to Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.

And Wayne Coyne did crowd surf in his space ball / hamster ball and @phrichards got a great shot. If you ever get a chance to go see this bad don't pass it up.

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Robot kids, can't shut them off, can't reboot them. (Stories for Robots via Soup von b-w)

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