It’s a witty adventure tale full of bickering monsters, cigar chomping dragons and locusts. This perennial favorite from Jeff Smith (also targeted by the occasional ban) is about a group of mostly lovable cousins who are thrown out of their hometown of Boneville and into a vast and frightening wasteland. I love this comic, and this is a great entry point into the universe.īest Line: I did not bring ruin to an underground utopia pre-dating the dawn of agriculture for the purpose of not gaining power over the fabric of reality. The whole endeavor is driven by humor, but the hilarious inability of the average minion to kill or even subdue Atomic Robo eventually gives way to real threats and heroics. The art style is somewhere between high quality Saturday morning cartoon and traditional American comic books. It’s written by 8-bit Theater writer Brian Clevinger and arted by artist Scott Wegener. The government would like to use him as a kind of super soldier to fight Nazi, malevolent mad scientist, Helsingard.
It turns out Tesla, benevolent mad scientist, created an autonomous atomic robot during WWII. Maybe you don’t have time to go reading all 56 free comics, so I did that for you (aren’t I kind?) and found 9 selections that aren’t just enjoyable on their own, but should lead you into wallet slimming obsessions.
Sensibly most of them are #1 issues, just in case you were looking for another series to sink your teeth, and money, into. Comixology keeps a small collection of comics for free! Did you know this? Perhaps you did.