Giant Monsters! (with Atomic Robo)

[q99]

Got me, Robo. It doesn't seem to be doing us any good.




Answer: Of course it is :)


Two pages from Atomic Robo: Revenge of the Vampire Dimension #2



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Comments

[icon_uk]

Heh, this just arrived with me this past weekend as my first Atomic Robo TPB (but not my last!). Loved the Sentai-type team.

Though I confess that complaints about the square cube law in such cases just annoy me. We're already talking about a life form growing way beyond anything that normal evolution or nature would permit, I have absolutely no issues with the concept of it simultaneously developing a much more efficient oxygen processing system, and a more sturdy, yet lighter skeletal (or exo-skeletal) frame.

[q99]

-We're already talking about a life form growing way beyond anything that normal evolution or nature would permit,-

Yea, but it's directed and engineered, so that's fine. As long as it follows certain laws involving squares and cubes, at least! :D


One thing I'll note about Atomic Robo is a lot of stuff *does* follow the Square Cube law. Only some weird stuff violates it, and the scientists scratch theirs heads whenever it shows up.

[biod]

"Why do we even have the square/cube law?"
So when stuff like this happens, we can mock it relentlessly.
Because that's how SCIENCE rolls.

Grammar Hammer

[glprime]

Rhetorical questions still necessitate a question mark at the end of a sentence, Robo.

(I give an exception for a Flat What, but that's it.)

Re: Grammar Hammer

[q99]

Hey, yea! He got it right for the Square-cube one which is even more rhetorical than the atomic breath bit.

Re: Grammar Hammer

[midnightvoyager]

Ah, but in DIALOG, the lack of a question mark may indicate that the question was phrased as a Flat-What-toned statement. It's along the lines of typing in dialect, so I forgive it.

Re: Grammar Hammer

[fifthie]

Yeah the choice of grammar clearly contributes to the author's indication of the tone in which that statement should be heard.

[mrosa]

Ah, I need to get these comics!