Let's Let You Meet the Cast!
With series writer Chuck Moore
Over the last eight weeks, we've kicked off a new web comic series called Killer Robots Love You which represented a new venture for artist Tony Miello and the first serious foray into writing (publically anyway) for me, Chuck Moore. Along the way, we dropped you into the action, but never really handed you a road map to the characters and the story. We opted to share a bit of the tale, then make with the quick and cool introductions. That's what we're doing this week as a brief interlude while Tony is on vacation. It seemed like the perfect time!
What is Killer Robots Love You?
The original pitch for the series centers on a web comic covering relationship issues, pop culture references, tech topics and current events. As I've mentioned previously, you basically take your average apartment building, fill it with a wide cast of characters, add a beautiful female lead then introduce yourself to the killer robots that love her and you have the heart of this tech-centric romantic comedy. From our celebrated custodial ninja to the aging rock star just down the hall, no circuit board will be left unturned as we show you what love really means in the digital age. If, heaven forbid, you've just stumbled across this story for the first time and have no idea what we're talking about, I invite you to look back on the first eight installments of Killer Robots Love you... 001 Identity Theft / 002 Meet Johnny Simms / 003 Emily Returns Home |
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Okay, let's meet the cast already!
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W-Box - Before there was an X-Box... Before there was a Wii... There was the W-Box! This little robot is a gaming console whose life in the limelight has passed. A prototype of the current physically involved games, the W-Box didn't just simulate the fun but actually played the games with you. Some of the objects that can come out of this killer robot include a karaoke mic, tennis rackets, baseball bats, chain saws, death rays, saw blades and much, much more. |
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Domo 76 - He may not speak, but he has a lot to say on his twitter feed turned monitor face. Communicating mostly by flashing words, Domo also sometimes relaxes into a video feed featuring world leaders as he sifts through the social networks keeping track of the latest conspiracy theories. Though he doesn't actually have real plans for world domination, he fancies himself an evil villain ready when the moment calls. In his eyes, he's Silent Bob meets Dr. Evil. |
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Leo - Leo is the voice reason within the apartment serving as a sounding board for the other robots' mayhem. A dated computer constantly searching ebay for upgrades, he works tirelessly to keep the others in check and win the love of his roommate Beth. Often nervous, somewhat self-conscious and always trying to improve the lives of his friends, Leo's heart is in the right place even if his disk drive is no longer needed. |
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Cosmo - Cosmo is a wonderfully mellow, fun loving robot who would be just as at home in 1969 as 2009. He's absolutely obsessed with geek culture, genre television, role playing games and sees himself as an award winning cosplayer who mission in life is to bring those costumes to the lives of others. A die hard fan of renaissance fairs, his goal in life would be to joust for the king... if only he had two legs. |
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Elizabeth "Beth" Hailey - A young, friendly woman who just happens to share an apartment with four crazed, slightly killer robots. Working in telemarketing (most recently as an identity theft crisis counselor), Beth is looking for a little romance in her life. Totally accepting of others, she's convinced that life with a group of killer robot friends is absolutely normal. |
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Zoe McElroy and Sophie Halliday - Two of Beth's closest friends. We'll tell you more about them another time, but suffice it to say, they have their stories to share and their robots to share. |
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Johnny Simms - Imagine the lead singer of your favorite hair-metal, classic rock band.... only older and somwhat senile. Johnny is a voice out of time in search of his comeback tour. He lives convinced that the next big break is just around the corner and has become a little obsessed with W-Box's microphone karaoke attachment. Could it be the key to his lost fame and glory? He thinks so. Johnny lives just down the hall. |
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The Custodial Ninja - Imagine you are a ninja sent on a daring assassination mission into a strange apartment complex. Now imagine that the occupants of the apartment you're stalking accidentally mistake you for the building's custodian. Now suppose you decided to stay. Part deadly assassin, part toilet plunger wielding fiend. It's all good and it's all a day in the life of a custodial ninja. |
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Grandma Libby - Landlord to the apartment complex, Libby is a bit lost in a her world of classic television and stuffed fish. An eccentrically weird old lady who has no idea the robots are robots, she is best friends will all her pets. The fact that all her pets are fish doesn't bother her in the least. As they die, she just has them stuffed and absolutely loves giving them away as gifts to any visitors. |
Think you've met everyone? This is just the beginning!
So much more to come.
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