Once it is established that something is robotic, often times people talk about it like it isn’t self-aware.
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Admit it, you’d be a little freaked out too if you had to carry the head of someone who until recently you thought was a living, breathing person instead of a robotic duplicate.
Only Science Guy could say “I’m going to go get my hacksaw” and not have people immediately looking around uneasily. Well, maybe he can’t either.
This is one of the strangest questions ever asked in this webcomic. There will probably be some that are even weirder if the comic lasts long enough. The “I see nothing! Nothing!” is a reference to a Family Guy episode[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Once again, the Awesome Power of Science is coming to the rescue! Science Guy is one of the least-moved characters in this strip. If you notice, he spends a lot of time staring at other people, probably wondering what the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Now, I want a show of hands – and be honest – did you see this coming? When I scripted the ensuing comics, I referred to the character as Headless Robot Slick, something I never get tired of typing.
I like having guest-stars in this comic. R2-D2 is one I haven’t used until now (although C-3PO did appear along with Tom Servo, Vincent from the Black Hole, and 46 from Legostar Galactica in an early storyline). I like how[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s an old saying on Omicron Perseii 8: “You can take the robot out of the moron, but you can’t take the moron out of the robot.” Or something. Sometimes it’s a challenge for me to figure out who really[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Star Trek popularized the notion of the alternate universe, where things are almost the same, but yet different. Remember the episode where Evil Spock had a goatee? It was memorable enough that there is even a band named after it:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s actually a personal story behind the line “I am not a robot duplicate of Slick.” Several months ago, my daughter was at day care and a lady from the Butterfly Pavilion came by to show the kids some bugs,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…