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Robots don't know comics ...

Robots don't know zines ... Or do they? We're in the midst of celebrating robots this month, with our new issue of MAKE magazine featuring DIY drones, rovers, and bots of all kinds. So imagine our delight when we saw Doctor Popular's robot zine at last weekend's San Francisco Zine Fest.

The graphic zine is actually a 24-page comic book, with each page drawn by a different artist, all in 24 consecutive hours. Doc Pop was even nice enough to sign a copy and then gift it to the office. Thanks much, Doctor Popular!

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In MAKE, Volume 19: Robots, Rovers, and Drones, learn how to make a model plane with an autopilot and a built-in robot brain. We'll also show you how to make a comfortable chair and footstool out of a single sheet of plywood, a bicyclist's vest that shows how fast you're going, and projects that introduce you to servomotors. All this, and plenty more, in MAKE, Volume 19! Subscribe to MAKE, or log in to check out the Digital Edition.

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Posted by: docpop.myopenid.com on August 26, 2009 at 4:12 PM

Thanks for the mention

For anyone interested, the entire book is online as a free download here: http://www.docpop.org/2008/10/23/robots-dont-know-anything-about-twitter.html

Also, just to clarify, although each page in the comic was based various Twitter suggestions, all of the art was done by me. I was working with a group of other artists, but we were each creating our own 24 hour comic.

Thanks again for getting the word out about the comic.

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