Ad1997 is a black and white comic colored with greytones. The linework is interesting, with a great variety of line and lots of black. It’s fun to look at.

The choice of view in the panels reminds me of a movie storyboard. For some reason, the movie Die Hard comes to mind but I’m not sure exactly why that movie in particular. Over time, the art gets a little crisper and easier to follow, too.

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We The Robots is about (a nation of) robots. I will warn that it is hilarious and I will waste far too much time rereading it, I suspect.

Also, some (the friends of the artist, in fact) apparently have trouble getting the name of the comic right. The About page includes a few sentences about the proper title and how to get it right. I was in tears because I was laughing so hard, but you’ll have to read that page for yourself.

Now that we are all properly informed about the name, let’s talk about the comic. It began in October 2007 and usually updates three times a week. It normally has a three or four panel layout, but sometimes deviates with other layouts. There is even an animated cartoon in there as well.

The artwork is a little different than the norm. The backgrounds are usually dark colors and props are drawn in but left uncolored. The robots are rendered in color with no contour outline. Like the props, the details of the characters are draw in but left uncolored. It’s a unique look.

Most of the We The Robots strips are unrelated, storywise. It presents, in fine comic tradition, a sideways look at life. In many cases, we see the robots doing something utterly stupid, sometimes even self destructive. We would never dream of doing these things, but we do - if we look at ourselves honestly.

Of course, sometimes we can easily identify with We The Robots too. There’s one entitled “Underwater” where the robot is swimming peacefully under the water and loving until that “dreaded moment” we all hate.

There’s lots to like about We The Robots. The only thing that detracts for me is the occasional use of a cuss word. The humor is good and enjoyable and it could be just as good with some other word inserted there, but that’s just my personal opinion. My other personal opinion is that (as of this writing) Uncle Bill needs to leave ASAP. Yikes!

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We the Robots
by Chris Harding
http://www.wetherobots.com/
review by Delos Woodruff

(2 votes, average: 4 out of 5)

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