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Several million of you guys have sent me this art by German graphic-design student Adrian Riemann, for which I thank you. Obviously, as a stupid-big MOTU fan, I love it, and I thank you all. Just for the record, let me explain why I’m only now posting it, seeing as many of you sent it to me last week.
? Day 1: I am sent the art. However, I’ve already posted a lot of fan-made nerdery for the day. Decide to hold off.
? Day 2: Lots of actual news. Decide to hold off again.
? Day 3: Other site begin posting the art. Can’t decide whether to post it or if it’s too late.
? Day 4: Every other nerd site ever has posted it. Am obviously too late now. Have fucked everything up.
? Days 5-7: Several million people email me the art, assuming I haven’t seen it, and understandably so.
? Day 8: Post art to get people to stop emailing me. Am beyond late. Commenters mock me for being hopelessly behind on nerd news of interest. Feel stupid and ashamed and angry. I weep big, bitter tears.
Still, the art’s nice, though. See ’em full-size and the rest of the characters here. (Pic via ToysREvil)
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.