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tgannon's review against another edition
5.0
This is one of the best books I've ever read. Imagine Joss Whedon's humor + Hellboy + Indiana Jones and you've got Atomic Robo
blairconrad's review against another edition
3.0
It's okay. I'm not getting a lot of character development here, and I thought Robo's speech was anachronistic early on, and I couldn't get past it.
cassie_grace's review against another edition
3.0
Goodreads had been recommending it to me forever, and I just found out that the creators switched from print to webcomic format, so I read the first volume. Not a bad little comic.
bandherbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Fun graphic novel about a robot who leads a group of scientists who fight throughout history.
The artists did an amazing job conveying emotion (in a robot) and action, and I dug the non-linear story telling. Several laugh-out-loud moments including a funny dig at Stephen Hawking and excellent word play.
The artists did an amazing job conveying emotion (in a robot) and action, and I dug the non-linear story telling. Several laugh-out-loud moments including a funny dig at Stephen Hawking and excellent word play.
neilrcoulter's review against another edition
1.0
Blah. It's like a whole bunch of other things, but with nothing new or interesting to add. The artwork in the unfinished (I guess?) stories at the end of the book is a lot more interesting than the artwork in the main part of the book.
kdheart's review against another edition
4.0
This was so much fun!
Indestructible science-adventure robot taking on the weirdest threats with his adventure scientists. A *lot* of stuff blows up. There's killer pyramids.
Pure crack :D
Indestructible science-adventure robot taking on the weirdest threats with his adventure scientists. A *lot* of stuff blows up. There's killer pyramids.
Pure crack :D
ashlylynne's review against another edition
2.0
Atomic Robo and the Fightin’ Scientists of Tesladyne (Atomic Robo #1) by Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener
★★
Genre: Sci-Fi/Comic Book
Release Date: December 2009
Source: ComiXology – Borrowed
On My Shelf: No
Let’s see, if you don’t want to read my full review of this, I can make this short and sweet for you and save us all a lot of time: This is basically a replica of Hellboy.
I read this because it sounded sort of interesting, and I was in the mood for something I could breeze through quickly. And, well, I breezed through it, that’s for sure. At times I felt that this was a version of Hellboy for middle-grade readers yet there were many parts that felt inappropriate (to an extent) for said reading level, which just confused me, as it made me unsure of what the target audience for this story was.
As I said above, this is basically a knock off of Hellboy. Now, I’m not a huge Hellboy fan (as I always feel like there’s a bit something missing from the comics), and, that being so, I really wasn’t a huge fan of this comic. Atomic Robo is Hellboy. Sarcastic attitude, similar background story, both working reluctantly for a secret government agency that investigates the supernatural…do I need to go on? Even the art style is in the way of wanting to mimic Mignola’s work. Because of this, I immediately felt jaded from about page 2. There’s nothing worse than a watered down version of something you’re already not crazy about.
This story felt especially lacking in the character development. Nobody had a personality, and I honestly cannot remember a single character other than Atomic Robo, and even him it’s very vague and blah as to what I remember. He’s a sarcastic robot, which sounds cool in theory, but in execution it failed miserably.
As for the art, as I mentioned above, it’s in the style of Mike Mignola’s work, and, I believe, is fairly well done. The artwork was by far the best thing about the story. I enjoyed the muted pastel colors and how they affected the story. Sure, it wasn’t much, but it made reading this a bit more interesting.
I want to make something clear before I wrap this review up: I’m not attacking these artists for wanting to create something in the way of Mignola’s work, but there’s a difference between inspired by and copied from. I love reading things inspired by other works. I not-so-much like reading things that are a copy of other works with excruciatingly minimal originality.
Overall, this was a very blah read for me, and I don’t recommend it. Are there worse things out there? God yes. Is this worth settling with? God no. This story was alright, but all in all too forgettable to invest further in.
Review originally published on my Wordpress blog Dreaming Through Literature.
★★
Genre: Sci-Fi/Comic Book
Release Date: December 2009
Source: ComiXology – Borrowed
On My Shelf: No
Let’s see, if you don’t want to read my full review of this, I can make this short and sweet for you and save us all a lot of time: This is basically a replica of Hellboy.
I read this because it sounded sort of interesting, and I was in the mood for something I could breeze through quickly. And, well, I breezed through it, that’s for sure. At times I felt that this was a version of Hellboy for middle-grade readers yet there were many parts that felt inappropriate (to an extent) for said reading level, which just confused me, as it made me unsure of what the target audience for this story was.
As I said above, this is basically a knock off of Hellboy. Now, I’m not a huge Hellboy fan (as I always feel like there’s a bit something missing from the comics), and, that being so, I really wasn’t a huge fan of this comic. Atomic Robo is Hellboy. Sarcastic attitude, similar background story, both working reluctantly for a secret government agency that investigates the supernatural…do I need to go on? Even the art style is in the way of wanting to mimic Mignola’s work. Because of this, I immediately felt jaded from about page 2. There’s nothing worse than a watered down version of something you’re already not crazy about.
This story felt especially lacking in the character development. Nobody had a personality, and I honestly cannot remember a single character other than Atomic Robo, and even him it’s very vague and blah as to what I remember. He’s a sarcastic robot, which sounds cool in theory, but in execution it failed miserably.
As for the art, as I mentioned above, it’s in the style of Mike Mignola’s work, and, I believe, is fairly well done. The artwork was by far the best thing about the story. I enjoyed the muted pastel colors and how they affected the story. Sure, it wasn’t much, but it made reading this a bit more interesting.
I want to make something clear before I wrap this review up: I’m not attacking these artists for wanting to create something in the way of Mignola’s work, but there’s a difference between inspired by and copied from. I love reading things inspired by other works. I not-so-much like reading things that are a copy of other works with excruciatingly minimal originality.
Overall, this was a very blah read for me, and I don’t recommend it. Are there worse things out there? God yes. Is this worth settling with? God no. This story was alright, but all in all too forgettable to invest further in.
Review originally published on my Wordpress blog Dreaming Through Literature.