Popbot, Book 6 (Bk. 6) [Paperback]

Ashley Wood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2004

The universe is shrinking, the future is crashing into the past... Meanwhile, Popbot and the Tomorrow Kings play chess with the Mortis. Continue the wild ride through the singular imagination of Ashley Wood in the latest edition of his lavishly illustrated Popbot series.

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Ashley Wood was born in Australia in 1971. An award-winning artist and commercial illustrator, his art is published worldwide on a monthly basis and he has contributed to both joint and solo fine art exhibitions. A Spectrum award winner, he has also worked on numerous television and movie projects. His work was seen monthly in the pages of Todd McFarlane's Hellspawn and is also featured in Uno Fanta: The Art Of Ashley Wood. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Ashley Wood was born in Australia in 1971. An award-winning artist and commercial illustrator, his art is published worldwide on a monthly basis and he has contributed to both joint and solo fine art exhibitions. A Spectrum award winner, he has also worked on numerous television and movie projects. His work was seen monthly in the pages of Todd McFarlane`s Hellspawn and is also featured in Uno Fanta: The Art of Ashley Wood. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: IDW Publishing (August 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932382461
• ISBN-13: 978-1932382464
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,542,919 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun - incoherent, but fun, June 13, 2006

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wiredweird "wiredweird" (Earth, or somewhere nearby) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Popbot, Book 6 (Bk. 6) (Paperback)

There's a lot going on here, and not a lot for the newbie to cling to. Maybe that doesn't matter, though.

The artwork is veried and enjoyable - most of it is harsh, angluar penwork with limited use of color, but parts of it verge on the painterly.

Story? Well, that's a problem. There are lots of one-page vignettes and a brief but cryptic story near the end. Robots abound, of course - for family fun, combat, and just about everything else. And, of course, there are endless adult entertainment opportunities, more hinted at than shown.

Maybe this series depends on continuity from one issue to the next, so any one snapshot of the series looks disjoint. The artwork is good enough to pull me back to see if that's the case. I enjoy the style, but I'm still looking for substance.

//wiredweird

4.0 out of 5 stars Style, yes, but substance?, May 31, 2006

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wiredweird "wiredweird" (Earth, or somewhere nearby) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Popbot, Volume 2 (Paperback)

The art attracted me to this book, a series I hadn't noticed before. Robots, babes, edgy art and subdued title typography, and a kitty - hey, even if there's no story, that can keep me going for a while.

The problem, I think, is that there may be a touch toomuch story, spread out over volumes that I haven't read. There's an alternate universe out there, with WW4 "in its final and tumultuous months" during 1984 and with a burgeoning robot industry looking towards a post-military product line. The cute kitty appears in a brief interlude, and we find out that he's some kind of perv. Oh, and Andy Warhol puts in an appearance. I'm not sure it makes narrative sense (I'm not sure there's a narrative), but his jagged streaks of stark white hair goes well with the jagged streaks of the stark artwork.

So, I'm not quite sure what I'm looking at, or how much that matters. I'm not quite sure how much I like it, but I do like it some. It's a fair first-time experience with this series and with the artist (Ashley Wood), and good enough to bring me back at least once or twice more.

//wiredweird

5.0 out of 5 stars good stuff, March 24, 2003

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kristy (North Dartmouth, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Popbot #3 (Paperback)

i bought this one out of order but the art was so good, i couldn't resist! when i catch up with the story, it'll make more sense, but it was worth it to buy it and not know what was going on.