He was a powerful psychic, and had created flex mentallo when he was a child, and had him star in his own series, my greenest adventure. Jan 04, 2017 an adorable robot that reads bedtime stories and 4 other types of tech youll see at ces 2017 smarter cars, augmented reality and new tvs will also feature prominently at the annual consumer. A reimagining of one of dcs most beloved group of outcast super heroes. Ive also observed, maybe in the age of political correctness, that we no longer see these types of images. Pure inventiveness and imagination equals flex mentallo. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. On the comic book girl 19 show, cbg19, robot, and space brain have adventures in their attempt to make a youtube show about movies, comics, and pop culture.
I think her episodes about flex mentallo which you can watch below are her best. Comic book girl 19 gives her opinions on comics, movies and more. Comic book girl 19 s web series started roughly a year ago and releases a new episode about once a week. Before anyone cries outrage at why george perez and walt simonson are not on this list, despite continuing to produce amazing work, please remember that were just talking about seminal works from the last 25 years. Smile make your body move album robot wars by binarpilot. But for ga, and really all ages, this is my favorite book. Flex mentallo, man of muscle mystery, is supposed to be a silver age superhero with a charles atlas superpower that allows him to do, well, anything by flexing his muscles while simultaneously being a parody of a charles atlas advertisement. Doom patrol earns its rrating with astonishing new superpower penultimate patrol, the latest episode of doom patrol, revealed a new power for flex mentallo and a different climax than what fans expected. K9 is an old pun on canine see american copanddog units, or the robot dog from doctor who. This is not a resume of the plot of the comic page by page, but a postconstruction i have dared to elaborate. Red bodies, white head, yellow belts and yellow and blue shoes. Nemesis comic will be an awesome movie for those that arent. In 2009, metallo was ranked as igns 52nd greatest comic book villain of all time. The uncanny xforce team starts to take shape in this months installment.
Fighting robots is a common trope throughout comics, even if the line they appear in isnt centered around the science fiction genre. I also state in my fanfic that casper worked st harvey approving scripts but got dismissed when he wanted more creative control. And are there any known australian comics that are thought to be extinct. Describe flex mentallo here we can try but you wont believe it.
Flex mentallo s feats are pretty much what people think thought robot. Despite her title, she also talks about movies, tv shows, and other aspects of pop culture. To celebrate the last 25 years in comics, were looking back at the greatest comic book artists from the last quarter century. With exponential advancements in the field of robotics occurring daily, i am starting to consider the practical questions on how to address my robot butler.
Michaels childrens hospital jamboree fighter squadron. They had a table set up where we volunteered and talked to kids about engineering and first lego league. Ive been getting a postcard at least once a year since i put my contact info in the fandata publication back in the early 80s. I remember it had 3 characters, boy, girl and a baby robot. Danny the street and crazy jane have recently joined the newest doom patrol. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Robot girl is an afrofuturistic version ofbernard becketts genesis for children, populated with a black cast of characters.
Flex mentallo and the morrison problem the comics journal. I wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for making comic con a memorable one for her and us the same. If were talking about comics from any age, its probably this one just because its so cool. His real name is supposedly irwin schwab, but he has mental problems that prevent him from truly understanding reality around him, so even his true identity might be no more than a delusion on his part. Wired magazine teamed up with the stan winston school and legacy effects to bring this 9. Danika lee massey, also known as comic book girl 19, cbg19, or danikaxix, is a youtube personality and adult model known for her commentaries on. Flex mentallo, man of muscle mystery by grant morrison goodreads. Dcu resident wallace sage, as a child, created his own comic book using nothing. As with anything else in the marvel universe, nothing is ever easy. Apr 30, 2014 theyre everywhere and everywhen simultaneously. Sex robots may soon be able to turn down unwanted sexual advances.
The miniseries is perhaps morrisons most underappreciated book, but that does not take away from the quality of the book. Xmen, script by stan lee, pencils by jack kirby, inks by paul reinman. The doom patrols members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities but also left them scarred and disfigured. With his dying breath, wally gave flex back his powers. We have no idea is a fun and accessible book about the universe and how little we know of it.
I apologize if its too big, but im very excited to announce that my new book is on sale. John corben is a fictional supervillain appearing in comic books published by dc comics, commonly as an adversary of superman metallo is depicted as a cyborg with a kryptonite power source in his heart, which he uses as a weapon against superman. I got a postcard from them wanting to buy comics from me over the summer. Flex mentallo is, along with the alan moore and neil gaiman issues of miraclemanmarvelman, one of the most sought after lost works of the modern age. This was enough for vertigo to take a chance on a limited series and this book is very much in its own continuity, quite apart from the doom patrol. So i just finished reading the flex mentallo mini and it was amazingly crazy and still touching, which honestly not surprised coming from grant morrison, but im a bit confused with the ending. The complete robot is the definitive anthology of asimovs stunning visions of a robotic future in these stories, issac asimov creates the three laws of robotics and ushers in the robot age. Robot talks about his new found love for early 90s image comics.
For already established fans snatch up this keystone work as soon as possible. Vertigo finally released grant morrison and frank quitelys flex mentallo in hardcover, and cbr spoke exclusively to morrison about flex s secret origin. Another story, seemingly set in the real world, is about the hallucenogenic experiences of a comic book writer. It inverts expectations and examines what it means to be human and the value of emotions. Wolverine the best there is, cabin in the woods, robots first appearance. Copyrights and trademarks for the comic, and other promotional materials are held by their. Flex mentallo was created by morrison for the doom patrol and quickly developed a following. Apr 18, 2017 not aimed specifically at children, this book is best for older kids. Robot man in doom patrol nick derington comic book artists, comic books, ninja.
More than any other comic book writer i can think ofmore than eisner or pekar or craig thompson or clowesmorrison is a genius of sentiment. Apr 26, 2015 filmmakers have been using attractive robots as a scifi trope for ages, but the technology to make that a reality is more developed than ever before. An adorable robot that reads bedtime stories and 4 other. May 01, 2018 taken over by a hookerbot by zxc8787, wednesday, april 24, 2019minor edits by janedoe2010, for clarity, april 25, 2019 kally and her husband were planning a party to entertain potential investors for their startup company.
Armed with electronic gadgets, software programs, and her endless imagination, she creates lifelike machines that can respond to the world around them. May 12, 20 compiled from a 3 part upload into a single video for the purpose of condensed posting. We competed with other robots for fun and were selected to be one of the few teams that got to battle with the star wars robots. Casper in the absentminded robot the big blog of kids. Comicbookgirl19 loves flex mentallo, man of muscle mystery.
A discussion of the comic book girl 19 show, a webseries about. Her focus still skews towards comics, but her best quality is the way she casually talks with the viewers. Casey began life as the comic book character known as captain brinke, the tenyearold leader of the st. This comic book was one that really stoked my interest when i was looking for things to read as a younger man, and revisiting it was a joy. Robots and pretty girls may not be suitable for children. I found your comic on reddit and am now binging it. Its full of clear and fun explanations and cartoons. Comicbookgirl19 talks about the legendary grant morrison on. Sweaty comic book nerds does the maestro of madness, grant morrison.
But before the movie, lets get into a discussion of the nemesis comic, and why the comic could translate into film very well. Baker illustrated the flogging story and the girl gangs in the issue below. His origin is disputed, although the most commonly accepted origin is that brumel a. When your evolutionary instinct kicks in, as well as years of modern definition of dadding. Murray boltinoff january 3, 1911 may 6, 1994 in pompano beach, florida was a writer and editor of comic books, who worked for dc comics from the 1940s to the 1980s, in which role he edited over 50 different comic book series. Robotman, negative man, elasti girl and crazy jane, led by modernday mad scientist dr. Now flex mentallo, the man of muscle mystery, returns to investigate the sinister dealings of his. Mentallo marvin flumm is a fictional supervillain, a mutant appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. I approached this book having been a satisfied grant morrison fan of his runs on jla, animal man, marvel boy, new xmen, even final crisis and batman though only marginally for the latter. With the ability to change reality around him by flexing his muscles, dcs flex mentallo has gotten himself into some pretty crazy scenarios. Free 3d hentai interracial furry cartoon xxx parody. Flex mentallo by grant morrison and frank quitely best comic books, comic books art.
Thought robot vs 10 billion suns battles comic vine. Cynthia breazeal is a roboticist, a scientist who designs, builds, and experiments with robots. Wardencommander of the ferelden grey wardens, and two smexy dwarves meet and are abo. The 15 best grant morrison comics of all time paste. After a day of training and meeting jean grey, a new student at professor xs school, the xmen go one their first assignmentstopping a mutant named magneto from talking over an air force base. A reddit for fans of comic books, graphic novels, and digital comics. Why you should check out comic book girl 19 moar powah.
Man of muscle mystery, on the influence and vital need of superheroes in the world. Dan slott responds to messageboard insult with welldeserved fbomb. Having a servocontrolled mechanical man as the jeeves to my bertram wooster is an attractive. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Comics2film movies and tv shows based on comic books and comic strips.
There was one occasion where a horde of robots was before flex mentallo in battle, and with a single flex, the robots were felled. The comic book didnt sell very well as it was only available in one comic book shop on one street. Ive been looking for this scifi comic book graphic novel for years with no luck. See more ideas about flex mentallo, doom patrol and comics. The 25 greatest comic book artists from the last 25 years. Doom patrol earns its rrating with astonishing new superpower. He is usually depicted as using technology to increase his power. Buy i, robot robot novels by isaac asimov from amazons fiction books store. Aug 01, 2007 film and fiction robots robots and robotics hyland, tony on. Coyote pastiche to reprise duck amucks notion of cartoonistasgod, much like flex s take on the archetypal comic book ad spins off into investigations of the comics reading experience. A vertigo bonus pinup of flex mentallo by frank quitely. The webs first and finest destinations for fans of marvel and dc movies from disney, warner brothers and beyond.
Jul 29, 20 my little girl has nonstopped talked aboutwatchedtold everyone she has come into contact with about your amazing robot that she met at comic con. Flex can read minds, see into the future, and go beyond his own dimensions. Im sort of confused first to make as in, she invented them from scratch, without knowing about such things in the outside world. Robotics by kathy ceceri is, by contrast, written with children specifically in mind and offers 20 projects to try as well as a history of robots and their use.
During the new 52, danny, now a street again, links kid flash and solstice to the rest of the future teen titans. Does anyone remember an obscure short lived cartoon in the 1980s. The reprint announcement was made tuesday morning on vertigos graphic content blog, where it was also indicated that the flex mentallo hardcover. Ambush bug is a fictional superhero character who has appeared in several comic books published by dc comics. Welcome to your awesome robot by viviane schwartz gives its howto information in comic book form 4. Earth 2 hardcover, the invisibles, transmetropolitan, the authority, captain america. Doom patrol has appeared in different incarnations in multiple comics. The smartest kid on earth features the intermingled stories of four generations of corrigans, with similar themes running through their. The silent grove comic alternate universe doodle, where alistair is a warden and not king, aeducan is former. Andy buckrams tin men the novel, intended for childrenyoung adults, follows the adventures of an inventive preteen named andy buckram who lives on a farm alongside a midwestern river and had decides to build four robots out of tin cans, wire, and spare junk. Nyx comic books all regular issues are out of stock. She has literally killed my husbands and my phone by pulling it up to show everyone. As a child, she relied on movies to see robots in action. Flex mentallo is basically very meta, spinning a character from comic book ads into a comic book protagonist and investigating the effect that has on a reader.
Comic book short story where a couple of robots take off. Comic book greats overkill todd mcfarlane, rob liefeld. Casey was actually created by danny the street when the sentient street was still quite young. The comic book girl 19 show episodes comic book girl 19. The community of comic book creators in the 60s and 70s was small enough that these connections arent exactly uncommon, to the point where a.
After having been fired for cause after attempting a covert s. Dan slott responds to messageboard insult with welldeserved. You may have noticed the huge banner below each comic. Scroll down to add issues to your want list and well email you when they arrive. One robot then convinces the other robot to remove their protective plating. Jun 18, 2018 sex robots may soon be able to turn down sexual advances from humans sex robots deserve consent, too.
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