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 | 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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