Oh, the Possibilities

You know you want a Roomba just so you can say that you have a robot. And then you can leave it dust bunnies on the floor so it can feed. Helping take over the world saps a lot of energy.

--m

Dachshunds are Sneaky like That

I'm staying at Kupcake's house tonight, and she has two dachshunds. They only LOOK innocent. Really, they're robots and dragons. No lie.

--m

<-- What the wieners look like in real life

Someday You'll Leave, But That's Okay

I know someday you'll want to leave to go terrorize bigger and better places, but I'm glad you're here with me now.

(Whitney, my housemate, moves out at the end of the week. I'm going to miss her. A lot.)

--m

And a close-up of the goggles in this, because they're awesome mad scientist goggles.

For Now

Robots. The end.

--m

Wouldn't It Be Cool if I Did, Though?

This emo comic comes from the title of an explodingdog drawing, done without looking at the actual drawing first.

And in the store for tonight: an awesome shirt about tacos is ready for you to purchase, love and wear!

--m

P.S. Yes, yes, I know Yoda says, "Do or do not, there is no try." You don't have to leave a comment with that in it. 

Romance Isn't Dead

Robots and dinosaurs are a love story waiting to happen. When SciFi starts doing romances, I want this to be one of them.

--m

Sasquatches, Killbots, and Zombies! Oh My!

Happy Halloween! My costume was "not a triceratops" and I spent the night out with friends, so enjoy this monsterific TRS Saturday-Vault special!

--m

It's Not Too Late

I love explodingdog and decided to take one of the titles of a new drawing and try drawing what I imagined for it without looking at the image first. The full title of his was "A follow up letter. It is not too late," and you can see it here.

In other news, today I spent about five minutes hugging a box of cereal when I found out I could it after all (see: food allergy girl).

--m

Your Next Robot Upgrade

The title came out of a conversation I had tonight (right before comic-idea-deadline time) and here are the results. The exact quotation is, "You should ask for that on your next robot upgrade."

I would ask for jetwings too.

--m

Tet's New Robotic Dinosaur

That last dinosaur was riddled with anatomical mistakes and no fancy photoshop coloring. Not so any more, my friends! The new one even comes with an accurate scale bar! The height of fashion among all the super-hero paleontologists, this robotic Daspletosaurus sp. could be your sweet new ride for 6 low minimum payments of $999,999.99(USD).

Call now and we'll include a free army of genetically engineered hamsters*! Call in the next five minutes and we'll double your hamster order and even give you a dozen cultures of mechanical baby sand dollars!

Call now for a deal you can't afford to miss! The robotic Daspletosaurus sp., the double army of hamsters and 12 cultures of mechanical plutei**! That's a $5 million in savings, but this deal won't last long!

*Hamsters have been genetically engineered for cuteness and lasers. Some international restrictions may apply.
**Plutei offered are diagonally asymetric but may wander in the morphospace.

--m

(Sorry about the length of this post, I really got into that sales pitch.)

It's All in the Goggles...And the Plotting

Mad scientist goggles: $17.19

Rent for sweet, evil lair: $670.00 (plus utilities)

Scrap metal for building robots: $200.00

Paperclips, rubberbands, lasers and misc. office supplies: $342.43

Speedy internet connection for youtubin' and blogging: $64.75

Opensource program to livetrace your campaign poster: $0

World domination: priceless.

--m

(The impetus for this comic: I love that my best friend got welding goggles and that I got to take a photo wearing them. Also, I like making pop culture references.)

'Cause I'm a Robot Now

Sleeping is for people who don't have lives or invertebrate embryos to look at.

I'm getting that glazed over, carrying-a-sleep-deficit look. (And two comics have been about lack of sleep in the last week, so clearly it's time to have a nap marathon.)

--m

P.S. Have a good Fourth of July for all the americans in the readership. And happy Canada Day two days late for the Canadians.

Robots Make the Best Best Friends

Today my best friend said to me: "I'd be okay with having a robot for a best friend."

Sometimes I love her so much I can hardly talk about it. (Note: she is not the robot, I am probably the robot.)

--m

To The Fantasmic People I Know

I know a lot of really amazing people. I'm leaving for Washington (state) next week for the summer (and the next year) and I was really nervous/upset about leaving home, but tonight thanks to all of them, I feel a lot better about it.

You guys are awesome, just FYI. <3

--m

(When I have my evil, mad scientist uprising, I will make sure my giant robots spare you.)

I Will Prevail AND Have a Robot

I've been learning how to solder, and so far I've learned:
1. Ow, that's #$*@ing HOT!
2. Teehehe. Poop.
3. "Those are all perfect solder joins...it's not level on the board, is it?"

Tomorrow I finish the last assembly on the robot I'm putting together (that is a true sentence...weird). It's from a kit, but end result: I will still have a robot.

Go follow me on twitter to find out everything I'm doing. At all hours of the day.

--m

I Dream of Rocketships and Jetpacks

I was rereading old Exploding Dog tonight, so you get some of that madness. I always feel vaguely inadequate after reading this comic, so I'm probably going to have to boost my ego by playing Minesweeper.

Thanks to Maker Faire this weekend, I have the beginnings of my evil robot army. Jetpacks and rocketships are next on my list. Still stalled on the phylum-change serum.

--m

P.S. My trackpad art still leaves a lot to be desired, but I think I'm improving. Tomorrow I'll be home and real art (derisive snort) will resume.

I Am Never Productive

...And being as I was moderately productive today, I have some serious concerns that I've actually been replaced by an android. An android with all my memories...and a work ethic. (Gasp! The horror!)

So, basically I need someone to bring me an EMP device and bacon.  STAT.

--m

Also: there's a huge nerd programming reference in this comic. (pseudo-COBOL what what)

Yea, Fuzzy Robots are a Deal-Breaker

I love the word "mustachioed".

But a robot who's mustachioed, that takes most of the joy out of the whole word.

In the meantime, tomorrow you should check me out at a reading being held.  It's going to be a Literary Death Match--so come watch me get pulverized.  :)

Time to leave this creepy robot behind!
--m

Just Because You're Paranoid, Doesn't Mean They're Not Out to Date You

Yep. It's true.

Maybe it says something about me that I worry about this sort of thing. It probably does.

I blame this week's current zombie obsession on Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a novel of epically awesome proportions. I love the original of this book, but the zombie version is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend it.

Have a good weekend!
--m

Perfection is One of the First Clues

I can't be the only person who thinks this sort of thing...right?

Anyways, it's a source of much relief to me, because imagine what a romcom/Terminator mashup would do to your friend's emotional health. Talk about therapy bills.

/shudder

That's all for tonight, see you all soon!

--m

P.S. I seem to get burnt out when I try and do every day, so every other day is what I'm shooting for as of late. If this isn't often enough for you, you can email me comic ideas which I will attempt to draw.

ETA: Why does no one tell me when I have a glaring typo in the comic itself?! I've fixed it (like a week late /facepalm). Really. I wrote "Sometime's"! I need to proofread better, obviously.