Geek Syndicate - episode 126 with special guest starAtomic Robo Artist Scott Wegener
#1
Posted 02 July 2009 - 09:10 AM
In the this week's News: We find out what exactly is a SFX weekender and chat about a new way of recording TV ratings.
Week that was: Robin Hood series finale,The Black Beetle, Ghost Zero, Doc Monster, Detective Comics 854, The Good The Bad and The Weird and the Ghostbusters game. Helping us with our week that was is none other Scott Wegener, artist on the awesome Atomic Robo from Red 5 Comics.
Main: The first half of our interview with Scott. We cover his geek credentials, some of his fave comics, how he became involved with Atomic Robo and how the comic was picked up by Red 5 Comics.
Coming soon part 2 of the interview
Enjoy!
Direct Download: Episode 126
#2
Posted 02 July 2009 - 10:28 AM
a quick sample for you guys and especially bluemeanie. probably one of my fave sketches of Harley.
#3
Posted 02 July 2009 - 12:34 PM
Detective Comics #854 - Just had a scan of the preview on DC site - looks nice. Good to have a clear jumping on point in such a long running series too. Totally agree about the panel layout though - I remember when I started reading comics I pretty much had to read each page twice. Once for the words and once for the art. And sometimes odd panel progression was jarring.
Scott - Love love love Atomic Robo Volume one. I really need to pick up more though! Enjoyed it so much I did a wee Robo sketch after reading it in the lunch time. Nice to get some background and hear thoughts.
Dave - don't use the term "librarian" like it's not cool. I'm a qualified Librarian, doncher know.
Look forward to more from Scott!
TTFN.
#4
Posted 02 July 2009 - 12:48 PM
WedgeDoc -Thanks! Please feel free to purchase more of our quality Atomic Robo literature. We need to eat! Also for both Free Comic Book Day stories you can go to NuklearPower and click on the Robo link.
I'm curious about something. Robo was on some national Librarian's Top Ten list last year. Is that how you found out about it?
#5
Posted 02 July 2009 - 01:33 PM
I've actually not been a librarian since I qualified ... I was a public Librarian in holidays and such then went to University with the intention of doing it properly... Course things change and i wound up working in a Nuclear Power Station doing data work / change and comms stuff on a massive project, decided I wanted to do web stuff - went BACK to uni to do an Electronic Publishing Masters then wound up being a consultant in the Nuclear Industry writing database applications and technical authoring before finally (last year) getting something related to web / design work!
I found out about Atomic Robo from Mr. Nugent who suggested it to me. And boy was he right!
#6
Posted 02 July 2009 - 01:47 PM
I found out about Atomic Robo from Mr. Nugent who suggested it to me. And boy was he right!
So it was his nuclear reactor that drew you in then.
#7
Posted 02 July 2009 - 01:56 PM
Seriously Red 5 comics should pay me for the amount of pimping I do for Atomic Robo.
#8
Posted 02 July 2009 - 02:36 PM
It better be good, thats all I'm sayin'
#9
Posted 02 July 2009 - 02:42 PM
It better be good, thats all I'm sayin'
It's good
#10
Posted 02 July 2009 - 02:47 PM
aaahhhh shit, I gotta listen to TWO of them?
motherf....
#11
Posted 02 July 2009 - 02:55 PM
motherf....
yep just like we planned...*cues up evil laughter track*
#12
Posted 02 July 2009 - 02:58 PM
It feels like they end too soon. I press play, I start working, and then BAM I have to fuck with iTunes again.
What bout 90 minutes. That's a nice length.
#13
Posted 02 July 2009 - 03:05 PM
Good first part of the interview with Scott. It's no secret how much I love "Atomic Robo," so I'm really looking forward to the Q&A part of the show.
#14
Posted 02 July 2009 - 03:43 PM
I'm glad to hear he dug Appleseed. I liked the new Anime, haven't read the manga nor have I seen the old Anime. That's in my Queue.
If Scott liked Appleseed, I hope he's tried out the Ghost in The Shell manga/movies/tv shows. To put it basically, it's a police procedural set in future Japan. That's criminally underselling it, because this isn't just Vincent D'Nofrio wisecracking for an hour.
The main theme is the nature of a soul; whether a machine can have a soul (or ghost), whether your soul is lost when you merge with machine, and how many parts you can replace before you are no longer considered human.
Hell, everyone check it out! If you rent, buy DVDs, put that on your list.
#15
Posted 02 July 2009 - 05:06 PM
The old Appleseed Anime is HORRIBLE. Don't bother. Bother new CGI Anime's are beautifully done. Neither one is all that good compared to the original comics though, and they only have some superficial similarities. I've enjoyed both GiTS movies and the animated series as well. I think they were much better than their Appleseed counterparts. But again, they are pretty lame in comparison to the original comics.
I guess its the difference between one man's vision and working in a much larger studio environment.
There is a more recent GiTS mini-series from the 2000-something I think. It was terrible though. It was boarderline porn and Matsamune did a lot of really weird and ugly computer graphics.
I always point anime/manga haters at Ghost in The Shell and Appleseed. Not every book from Japan is a Naruto-Balls lame-fest or stuffed with gay vampire porn.
#16
Posted 02 July 2009 - 06:27 PM
Can't wait to listen to Part Two!
#17
Posted 03 July 2009 - 07:14 AM
And I read the first 30 or 40 Excalibur as well. Well, I say read, more struggled through Claremonts HORRIBLE over-wordy writing for Alan Davis' beautiful art.
#18
Posted 03 July 2009 - 04:02 PM
And I read the first 30 or 40 Excalibur as well. Well, I say read, more struggled through Claremonts HORRIBLE over-wordy writing for Alan Davis' beautiful art.
YEaaaah. I'm all about the Alan Davis loveliness.
I LOVED it when he was doing that Marvel UK stuff after Excalibur. I don't remember if it was any good or not, but it sure looked nice.
#19
Posted 09 July 2009 - 10:56 PM
#20
Posted 10 July 2009 - 03:43 AM
You're right mate I had no idea who he was and that book sounds bloody awesome!

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