Badasses: A Portrait
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I don’t share a lot of art on Topless Robot, just because there’s seldom anything for me to say about it, but very occasionally, that’s okay. Case in point: Joe the Barbarian comic artist Sean Murphy’s above picture of his favorite heroes, which does indeed include Einstein wielding Cloud’s sword from Final Fantasy VII (and a man-crush is born). If you like it, head over to his Deviantart art page to see his other work, including his amazing Wolverine-centered alphabet. Much, much thanks to Sean T. Collins of Robot 6 to introducing me to this.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.