I’ve been waiting for years to put these new robot characters into a comic. One of the nice things about really sticking with a comic like this is that I can basically cannibalize the concepts I’ll likely never use. The Actioneer was this close to being the main character of this comic – with a different title for this strip, of course – but the Crimson Claw was too dang great of an idea to shove to the background. Kaley is basically an entirely different comic concept, and the new bots we’re about to meet were part of that comic. Heck, I even attempted to get that one published through Zuda years ago, but nothing ever came of it. Oh, well.
Ideas come and ideas go, but it’s so much fun that so many of them end up right here.
By Gianluca Burdon Fri Jan 27th 2017 at 3:35 am
Why not just make it to weak to kill a human or operate a weapon?
By Otaku Fri Jan 27th 2017 at 8:54 pm
Humans are not particularly durable, not just physically but emotionally as well. You’d have to sadistically make this a robot with AI but no capability of moving at all… at which point it probably has the time and the motive to try and figure out how it can drive you insane… in a subtle manner. Siri would probably be willing to coach it in subtle psychological torture. XD
By Gianluca Burdon Fri Jan 27th 2017 at 10:16 pm
You assume all humans are extremely fragile wimps
By Drago Sun Jan 29th 2017 at 11:29 am
Not all, but enough to get the job done.
By Bracey Fri Jan 27th 2017 at 10:25 pm
Yeah but where’s the fun it that? This is mad science dammit!
By notStanley Fri Jan 27th 2017 at 5:50 am
Finally caught up with my first Archive Binge, added to my Daily folder! (I know schedule is twice a week, but can watch the comments)
@Gianluca, this crew would ever think of making something non-lethal? What would be the point :}
By Gianluca Burdon Fri Jan 27th 2017 at 5:59 am
Two words: Robot Bulter
It’s always nice to have someone else do the cleaning
By Ladon Fri Jan 27th 2017 at 12:14 pm
They have henchmen for that. Pretty sure henchmen actually rank below robots.
By Gianluca Burdon Fri Jan 27th 2017 at 12:50 pm
A Robot Butler would also make you tea and bring snacks, plus it does entail bragging rights
By TMary Fri Jan 27th 2017 at 6:11 pm
Ohhhhhh boy, new characters 😀
By CK Sat Jan 28th 2017 at 4:09 am
Surely there is no way this could possibly go wrong, go wrong,, go wrong,, master of man,, master of man,, exterminate, exterminate!