by cectimm | Oct 3, 2015 | my work, robots
#popculturerobots Robby the Robot is a science fiction icon that first appeared in the film Forbidden Planet (1956) and he was one of my favourite childhood robots. I fell in love with him in Lost in Space (1966 TV Series) that was played in high rotation in the...
by cectimm | Sep 24, 2015 | my work, robots
#popculturerobots Marvin the Paranoid Android is a ship’s robot aboard the starship Heart of Gold in Douglas Adams’s classic series The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1978), a radio show that was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United...
by cectimm | Sep 11, 2015 | illustrations, robots
#popculturerobots Gnut first appeared in Farewell to the Master, a science fiction short story written by Harry Bates and published in the October 1940 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. The story was then made into a film called The Day The Earth Stood still (1951)...
by cectimm | Sep 3, 2015 | my work, robots
#popculturerobots Torchy the Battery Boy is one of the most unintentionally creepy robots in pop culture history. I’m glad to say that I’m way way too young to have watched this in its hay day, I only found it researching this project. Roberta Leigh was a...
by cectimm | Aug 24, 2015 | my work, robots
#popculturerobots I wasn’t allowed to watch a lot of TV growing up… it was restricted to Friday afternoon and weekends. Every Saturday morning I’d wake up super early and watch cartoons for as long as I could. I loved reruns of The Jetsons and...
by cectimm | Aug 20, 2015 | my work, robots
#popculturerobots The Transformers started out as a toy line in 1980’s Japan that evolved into comic books, a TV Series and eventually big Hollywood blockbuster movies. I loved comic books and cartoons growing up and as soon as The Transformers hit our chunky...
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