“Caveman Robot” didn’t last long as a strip. After this origin sequence the inventor is mostly forgotten, and we just follow the robot around as he worships. It got preachier than late-stage Johnny Hart, and readership plummeted.
Douglas Adams in “Dirk Gently’s Detective Agency” described a future robot that had been specifically designed to believe on the behalf of human beings, so they could get on with other things.
comixbomix 23 days ago
Gent: The Early Years
Zykoic 23 days ago
AI = Artificial Intelligence. AR = Artificial Religion.
Dr. Quatermass 23 days ago
And that’s the story of how Stonehenge was built.
“No one knows who they were or what they were doing.”
Sounds about right.
WaitingMan 23 days ago
Ironically, Robot is not solar powered.
phritzg Premium Member 23 days ago
Me invent new word for “kill”. It called “sacrifice”.
Huckleberry Hiroshima 23 days ago
Yay. No wait.. boo. But .. yay .. no .. booooooo.. oh all right, yayyyy.
Gent 23 days ago
Me like how he talk.
Doug K 23 days ago
Great! Now he’s killing me swiftly with his spear.
fritzoid Premium Member 23 days ago
Whenever I have time to kill, I practice drawing Doug.
dfischer348 Premium Member 23 days ago
Ruben has outdone him self with this one … so much going on in two panels.
fritzoid Premium Member 23 days ago
If the robot does your worshipping, how will you know who the Sun God WANTS you to kill…?
fritzoid Premium Member 23 days ago
“Caveman Robot” didn’t last long as a strip. After this origin sequence the inventor is mostly forgotten, and we just follow the robot around as he worships. It got preachier than late-stage Johnny Hart, and readership plummeted.
Billavi Premium Member 23 days ago
I only kill to know I’m alive
mistercatworks 23 days ago
Douglas Adams in “Dirk Gently’s Detective Agency” described a future robot that had been specifically designed to believe on the behalf of human beings, so they could get on with other things.