APE – Robots Are The New Pirate
April 24th, 2007 by SBSome of the SB crew went to the Alternative Press Expo and feasted on the delightful sensory overload that is a giant wealth of alternative comics.
We ran into the robocentric and all-around nice guy, Joe Alterio, author of the sublime Basic Virus web comic. not that we support the coming robot revolution, oh no not us.
Joe was sharing table space with Kaiju Big Battel, who are some of the giant Japanese monster-wrestling people we wish to be when we grow up.
Joe has a thing for robots, (not that that’s a problem, and we can all quit ANY TIME WE WANT, thanks) and is also responsible for the propaganda thoughtful educational material distributed by the Robo-Equality Party.
Mr. Robotics also plied SB with nifty robot toys expanded our research collection by purchasing some select pieces of contemporary robot art.
We now have a shiny delicious new Skull Bunny, one-of-a-kind by Ben Seto of Black Sheep Comics!
Here are a few pictures, taken by the Offical SuicideBots Digital Camera, Sponsored by Laughing Squid! Laughing Squid, consummate supporter of underground arts and culture tossed us this Panasonic Lumix one day and said “Try it out!”. We’re liking it so far though our technique leaves a lot to be desired.
We sought out Attaboy, who is to be congratulated on the debut of his nifty new short animation, Too Many Robots! The short debuted on the Disney Channel last Friday, and will be downloadable from iTunes soon, if it’s not already.
Finally, here is a MechaKitty we saw on a on a table of Wee Beasties.
The comics schwag was plentiful, and leapt up to plant itself inside our carrier bag, and now the SB Laptop is festooned with stickers large, small and nonsenical. Robots were everywhere in many different combinations, and squids were not far behind, supplanting pirates and clowns as the evil icon du jour.
[Thanks to Joe for letting us take his picture. Support the Revolution! Buy Robo-Equality shirts, Comrades!]
