Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: BATTLEBOTS! (Which are coming to ESPN or ESPN2 soon, BTW, with new rules that will keep wedges from dominating.)
Shaenon Garrity (shaenongarrity) says:
I swear I read that as “…will keep wedgies from dominating.” Which I bet is an ongoing concern for a lot of people involved in Battlebots.
Owl Who says South (owlsayssouth) says: man (real) robots freak me out man. at least when i think of them, coupled with our new small accurate sensing devices, and FPS AI programming advances…
D. Connolly (theogrin) says:
Wh—why do I get the sneaking suspicion that these robots are making their ‘toys’ out of…papercraft?
Anything else would probably be a case of – if you’ll pardon the use – cannibalizing parts…
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
OK, have I got this right. The li’l “woot!” guy in the last panel was the pilot of the biplane, and he’s celebrating the fact that he stayed in the air for .015 seconds?
And will he celebrate by painting a little leg in a fishnet stocking on the side of his aircraft? He could become a spokesman for Nehi, then.
Jeffrey Channing Wells (channing) says: Ed, you have correctly apprehended this complicated bit of cartoon choreography. Shaenon began hating me the moment I asked her to draw a castle made of office supplies, and my request that she draw in a single panel “a robot piloting a flying machine running over Tip’s foot and then crashing into the wall” most likely only cemented this.
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
Well, I finally made good on my threat to start my own free forum. Comics by Shaenon II (it includes The Mad Scientist Wars) is open!
The forum can be found at:
comicsbyshaenon dot free-forums dot org
I hope all of you can join!
Jeffrey Channing Wells (channing) says:
Wonderful, So It Begins. (May I call you “So”?) Thanks for setting that up.
All right, I hereby encourage every one of you to pick a forum, cling to it with near-religious tenacity and spend all your time dissing the guys on that OTHER forum. Because, AWESOME.
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: Pete: It’s the UV room, so Tip’s wearing (briefly) UV-blocking shades.
Michael Brewer (wusemajor) says: Ok, so we have Italian Silverfish, Amish Centipedes, and now Barnstorming Robots? Or are they 0r-Vi11e and Wi11-BUR?
Ryan Boes (thatguy) says:
I have joined forum II so…
All you forum I users are just stuck in the past and your site takes forever to load.
Te he he =P
Jeffrey Channing Wells (channing) says: That’s the spirit, Ryan.
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
This is just getting weirder, and weirder, and weirder.
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: BATTLEBOTS! (Which are coming to ESPN or ESPN2 soon, BTW, with new rules that will keep wedges from dominating.)
Shaenon Garrity (shaenongarrity) says:
I swear I read that as “…will keep wedgies from dominating.” Which I bet is an ongoing concern for a lot of people involved in Battlebots.
Owl Who says South (owlsayssouth) says: man (real) robots freak me out man. at least when i think of them, coupled with our new small accurate sensing devices, and FPS AI programming advances…
D. Connolly (theogrin) says:
Wh—why do I get the sneaking suspicion that these robots are making their ‘toys’ out of…papercraft?
Anything else would probably be a case of – if you’ll pardon the use – cannibalizing parts…
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
OK, have I got this right. The li’l “woot!” guy in the last panel was the pilot of the biplane, and he’s celebrating the fact that he stayed in the air for .015 seconds?
And will he celebrate by painting a little leg in a fishnet stocking on the side of his aircraft? He could become a spokesman for Nehi, then.
Jeffrey Channing Wells (channing) says: Ed, you have correctly apprehended this complicated bit of cartoon choreography. Shaenon began hating me the moment I asked her to draw a castle made of office supplies, and my request that she draw in a single panel “a robot piloting a flying machine running over Tip’s foot and then crashing into the wall” most likely only cemented this.
Rob (acoustic_rob) says:
Is it just me, or do these killer robots slightly resemble Phil Foglio’s Law Machines?
http://www.airshipentertainment.com/buckcomic.php?date=20070317
David Harmon (mental_mouse) says: Ed: I thought he was celebrating that Tip stayed in the air for .15 seconds….
kelly snedeker (telluride) says: LOVE IT! robots and aviation can’t get better than this.
Jane Narbon (lady_madsci) says: Oh, no! Battlebots!
Pete (westrider) says: So, uh, what’s up with the two pairs of glasses?
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
Well, I finally made good on my threat to start my own free forum. Comics by Shaenon II (it includes The Mad Scientist Wars) is open!
The forum can be found at:
comicsbyshaenon dot free-forums dot org
I hope all of you can join!
Jeffrey Channing Wells (channing) says:
Wonderful, So It Begins. (May I call you “So”?) Thanks for setting that up.
All right, I hereby encourage every one of you to pick a forum, cling to it with near-religious tenacity and spend all your time dissing the guys on that OTHER forum. Because, AWESOME.
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: Pete: It’s the UV room, so Tip’s wearing (briefly) UV-blocking shades.
Michael Brewer (wusemajor) says: Ok, so we have Italian Silverfish, Amish Centipedes, and now Barnstorming Robots? Or are they 0r-Vi11e and Wi11-BUR?
Ryan Boes (thatguy) says:
I have joined forum II so…
All you forum I users are just stuck in the past and your site takes forever to load.
Te he he =P
Jeffrey Channing Wells (channing) says: That’s the spirit, Ryan.
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
This is just getting weirder, and weirder, and weirder.
Huh. This site didn’t like something about the comicsbyshaenon URL.