Wednesday, April 14, 2010

National Robot Week: Warbot in Accounting

There are few things in this world that I love more than Atomic Robo. After all, he's the wisecracking robotic son of Nikola Tesla, he battles Nazis, he's survived the Vampire Dimension, and he's faced down some bona fide cosmic horrors.

But not all of the robots created by Brian Clevinger are so successful or get such snappy dialogue. Take Warbot, the start of Clevinger's online comic Warbot in Accounting. Poor Warbot was built to be a superior killing machine, but now that he's been decommissioned, he needs a regular old office job. Tragically, Warbot never got the upgrades necessary to send faxes or engage in water cooler chatter. His coworkers hate him -- or worse, ignore him -- and that's before we even get into the horrors of his dating life. A trip to the Vampire Dimension would probably be a welcome relief.

Go pay Warbot some attention. Just be warned, you may cry a little.

[Warbot in Accounting]

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