Mega Man Looks a Little More Mega to Me
Archie Comics is doing a Mega Man comic series, which is news, but news that wouldn’t normally get a Topless Robot article. That is, until my pal Alex Kropinak — animator of Marvel’s incredibly good-looking “What The?!” toy videos — made this preview video for the comic, using the comic art. Let me assure you, Archie did not send him 18 different faces of Dr. Light; he animated all of himself, and it’s just absurdly awesome. It’s pretty much the greatest motion comic I’ve ever seen, and that includes all of Marvel and DC’s professionally made work. So that’s the news. The kid’s a genius. That is all.
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.