Unless you’ve been living under a comic/science-free rock since 2007, you’ve assuredly heard of “Atomic Robo,” one of the most popular independent comics currently being published. Telling science-y adventures of a metallic action hero, Atomic Robo has seen six volumes of his ongoing story published so far, with a seventh on the way. However, for many people, that isn’t enough. “Robo” isn’t a monthly comic, leaving a Robo-less void over months at a time while series creators Clevinger and Wegener work on the next volume.
That’s why Clevinger, Wegener and Red 5 will be releasing a brand new monthly series entitled “Atomic Robo – Real Science Adventures,” which starts this week. The book serves as an anthology, albeit not in the traditional sense of the word as all the stories is part of the ongoing Robo canon. The book won’t focus specifically on a single Robo adventure but rather tell ancillary stories from his world starring additional characters fans know and love like Dr. Dinosaur and the Sparrow. It will feature a bevy of artists such as Ryan Cody, Yuko Ota, Rob Reilly, Chris Houghton, John Broglia, Zack Finfrock and more.
The book will be released monthly and will run alongside any upcoming volumes of “Atomic Robo.” The first issue will be available in shops tomorrow as well as digitally through Comixology. For a four page preview of the book as well as the press release, take a look behind the cut.
Red 5 Press Release
For anyone who has ever read Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener’s “Atomic Robo” stories from Red 5 Comics, their complaint is always the same — there are not simply enough Atomic Robo stories in the world.
Enter “Atomic Robo Presents… Real Science Adventures”, a new monthly comic series of Robo-related pulp tales. “Real Science Adventures” debuts with its first issue this Wednesday, March 28 in comic shops across North America and digitally through the Comixology and iVerse readers.
“There are hundreds of stories to tell from the history of Robo’s world,” explains RSA writer Clevinger, “but not all of them fit the larger arcs we have planned. This is our opportunity to tell some of those stories from the little corners of Robo’s world.”
In order to expand Robo’s universe without doubling the workload of Robo’s co-creator and artist, Scott Wegener, the creators looked for help from its own team of action artists.
“Scott and I have met a ton of artists in the years since we started Atomic Robo and we’re always looking for opportunities to work with them. Bingo! So, we’ve got four short stories in each issue and each story is drawn by a different artist.”
“I wrote all the scripts and then Scott and I tricked a bunch of our artist friends into drawing them for us. We’ve got Ryan Cody, Yuko Ota, Rob Reilly, Chris Houghton, John Broglia, Zack Finfrock, and more.”
Fans of Atomic Robo’s currently-told adventures can expect to see familiar faces in starring roles. “We’ve got everybody. Robo, the Sparrow, Dr. Dinosaur, Bruce Lee, and of course fan favorite Secretary of Defence James Forrestal,” teases Clevinger.
But “Real Science Adventures” is not what readers might come to have expect from a traditional anthology.
“It’s less an anthology and more a collection of stories from the little corners of Robo’s world,” Clevinger explains. “Every story we tell is part of the mythos of Robo, his world, and their histories. These are no different. Some of these stories are wholly original, like when Robo trained under Bruce Lee, while others are continuations of tales we already told.”
Look for “Atomic Robo Presents… Real Science Adventures #1” this Wednesday wherever the finest Atomic Robo comics are sold.
