I hope everyone enjoyed the free Atomic Robo pages from last week. We’ll do more stuff like that in the glorious world of the future. Unless there’s a Singularity first. That would definitely disrupt my writing process. Hopefully we can hold off the technological super orgy until mid-November at least. Scott Wegener and I will be in Italy from Oct 27 – Nov 3 and if everyone but us has been downloaded into battlebots by the time we land, man, I will be so pissed off.

Slight change of gears. Archive Binge is a pretty cool service. Basically, it lets you create a custom RSS feed that doles out a given webcomic’s archive a few pages at a time. In this way, you can tackle a huge ~1,200 page archive in manageable chunks and catch up with the live updates before you know it. Yeah, that probably doesn’t help you folks with 8-bit, but they’ve got a bunch of other comics you can binge on. And now your loser friends who are terrified by the inhuman scale of the archives on this site no longer have an excuse. Everyone wins!

1. iPhone earphones.

This December, for the first time ever, all three volumes of Atomic Robo will be available. If history is any guide, these things will fly off the shelves, so be sure to pre-order from your local shop or online store. Don’t risk being left in the cold unforgiving darkness of a world without joy!

Volume 1: Atomic Robo and the Fightin’ Scientists of Tesladyne (2nd print) (OCT091063)
In his double-Eisner-nominated debut series (Best Limited Series, Best Coloring), ATOMIC ROBO takes on Nazis, giant ants, clockwork mummies, walking pyramids, Mars, cyborgs , and his nemesis, Baron von Helsingard and/or Stephen Hawking. Reprints the sold-out first edition of the smash hit with an all-new cover.

180 pages, $18.95, 2009-12-09

Volume 2: Atomic Robo and the Dogs of War (DEC084219)
Eisner-nominated ATOMIC ROBO lands on the front lines of World War II against the science freaks and devastating weird weaponry of Nazi Germany–from invincible walking tanks to atomic-powered weather cannons to the Monster Soldiers of the Third Reich. Can ROBO and THE SPARROW, Britain’s greatest covert operative, complete their missions and turn the tide of the war without killing one another?

152 pages, $19.95, 2009-02-25

Volume 3: Atomic Robo and the Shadow From Beyond Time (OCT091062)
It is 1926 when H.P. LOVECRAFT comes calling to warn ATOMIC ROBO of imminent doom. But the SHADOW FROM BEYOND TIME escapes into the future, intersecting with our world throughout the 20th century. The future and history of the universe hangs in the balance as ATOMIC ROBO teams up with, uh, ATOMIC ROBO in a last ditch effort to protect reality itself.

160 pages, $18.95, 2009-12-09

I would like to officially apologize for the latest episode of The Nerdy Show.

Did you see pages two and three of our little Atomic Robo online story? That little picture ain’t blinkin’ “NEW” for nuthin’, y’know!

There’s an Atomic Robo sketch challenge over at Ten Ton Studios. Maybe that’s something you would be “in to”.

So, I’m still addicted to Pathfinder (just buy it already). Actually, this’ll save us both a lot of time. If you ever want to know if I’m thinking about Pathfinder, just ask yourself this simple question: “Is Brian awake?” If yes, then yes! I’m either thinking about Pathfinder or thinking about how I’d rather be thinking about Pathfinder which still counts as thinking about it. I’m not even sure why. Like I mentioned in the Nerdy Show episode linked above that you shouldn’t listen to, I’ve played every iteration of D&D and it never really clicked with me. But now I’m all “Four twenty, play Pathfinder every day” over here. And, actually, now I’m eying Trailblazer (PDF available now, print edition “soon”) from Bad Axe Games with a suspicious, uh, eye, for I am wary of what effects it will have on my wallet after listening to this.

Finally, anyone who tries to tell you that Champions Online is not an amazing experience is a fucking moron — science fact.

If you haven’t gotten your Atomic Robo statue yet, it’s probably time to give up on life. It’s not a terrible fate. Oh, sure, there’s a lot of crying and a hollow, sucking void where your hope and dreams used to be. There’s that. Granted. But, y’know, it could be worse. There could be no statue on sale at all! Think about that for a minute.

Good god, I’m a terrible salesman.

To make up for that we’re bringing you seven all-new, all-different, all-exclusive pages of Atomic Robo action next week — one per day! They may also feature some other character, who knows! And, yeah, these pages will be in addition to your regular scheduled 8BT, HIKYM, and Warbot in Accounting. What’s that? More Warbot? Yes! Well, maybe! After a ton of delays on his end followed by a two tons more of delays on my end, the script is in Zack’s hands. Or maybe just his computer, I don’t know if he prints these things out or what. Anyway, I’ll abuse him via instant messenger, text, voice mail, and Skype until there’s a finished product for you guys to be depressed by.

I do this out of love for you, the audience. A sick, sick love that usually gets someone locked up. But, dammit, it is love.