"There were the Cyclons of Battlestar Galactica (famed for their "Pong" eyes) but also the robot dog of Boxey, Daggett (actually played by a chimpanzee)!"
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Sketching silver-age Covers
Started this discussion. Last reply by Steve W Sep 5, 2019. 10 Replies 0 Likes
One of my hobbies (well my main hobby actually) is re-drawing covers from the silver-age and trying to make them as close as I can to the originals. I draw by eye only - no tracing allowed. One of…Continue
Tags: drawing, covers, silver-age
Superman's birthday
Started this discussion. Last reply by Luke Blanchard Sep 26, 2017. 13 Replies 0 Likes
Whilst hunting thru the internet looking for comic covers to post relating to the letter "K", I came across this extremely interesting posting about the actual date of Superman's birthday. I'd always…Continue
Leo Baxendale
Started this discussion. Last reply by Luke Blanchard May 29, 2017. 12 Replies 0 Likes
I realise you’re not generally big followers of British comics, but I need to flag up a notification I received last week of the sad death of Leo Baxendale.Leo Baxendale was a very important artist…Continue
I'm no comic artist but....
Started this discussion. Last reply by Richard Mantle Apr 12, 2017. 13 Replies 0 Likes
I love to draw. Specifically I love to draw my favourite silver-age covers. I recreate them, drawing them at approximately double the size of the originals (that's A3, or 16.5" by 11.7" for those…Continue
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""If he's magical, does he qualify as a robot?"
I say no (but it doesn't bother me if you think so)."
"The Destroyer was a metal entity. If he's magical, does he qualify as a robot? I think so, because many of the other robots, small and large, are also magical."
"Lee Houston, Junior said:
Until his initial post Crisis On Infinite Earths return, I've only known Brianiac as a robot Richard Willis, so no offense taken. Now if you can tell me the exact classification for Brianiac 5 of the Legion of…"
"Until his initial post Crisis On Infinite Earths return, I've only known Brianiac as a robot Richard Willis, so no offense taken. Now if you can tell me the exact classification for Brianiac 5 of the Legion of Superheroes...
Meanwhile, since…"
"Oddly enough, despite having been a Doctor Who fan for about 45 years, I have never been as much into comics based on the show. Jeff probably knows more about Who comics than I do."
"Now that the Baron is around, I'm surprised that we haven't seen the guys below yet this month. They may not be robots, but I think they should count as cyborgs."
Dave Palmer replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day"More Challengers. This time versus Ultivac. The original and the reprint"
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"I'm not challenging this post (really I'm not! Just a geek thing), but when this was published (Action #280 (SEP61), Brainiac was believed to be an organic alien. In an early retcon (Superman #167 (FEB64), he was revealed to be a robot.…"
"This cover features Arale Noimaki, probably the most successful creation of mediocre scientist Norimaki Senbei, who passes her off as his younger sister. Akira Toriyama is the same person who created Dragon Ball."
"Since he's already been mentioned, here's an actual Brianiac cover, courtesy of the Grand Comics Database."
"The robots are revolting? That's your opinion!"
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Until his initial post Crisis On Infinite Earths return, I've only…"
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