Punching Robots 2084

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Tag: Dan Dare

  • Cat!

    Just realised the Dan Dare 2 loading screen has some serious Brian Eno’s cat vibes going on.

  • Dan Dare II

    Sorry that it’s a bit of a Dare-fest round here at the moment, just in a comfort read mode for some reason. Anyway. One of my more profound early (earlier?) inspirations lies with Martin Wheeler’s art for Dan Dare II. Both of the Gang Of Five Speccy Dare games are great (Probe’s entry, not so…

  • Robots I Would Punch: The President Of The Terran Federation

    Along with Bolland’s “gaze into the fist of Dredd“, this is one of my all time fave comic panels. The reveal is great but it’s the “Grief! A Robot!” that edges it into the sublime. Nobody suspects a robot! Especially one sent by The Mekon to ensure no peace can be brokered. And that, really,…