Uh oh! Trouble in Robogirl paradise! Apparently some of the sexy robot ladies are just as bad as real ladies in the not-shutting-up-and-obeying-the-men department.
Anyway, I found this online. I have no idea what comic it’s from. Do any of you comic book experts know?
Metal Men… even though one of them is a woman.
I think not Joe – the sigil is the symbol of Mercury (horns atop of the Venerian looking-glass).
It’s the Metal Men, who often appeared in DC’s Brave and the Bold, but I’m not familiar with the story.
No, Joe is right. They’re the Metal Men, DC characters who’ve been around since the Sixties. Judging from the art (and the blatant misogyny, as opposed to today’s more passive-aggressive sort), I’d say this is one of their earlier adventures.
What I find interesting about this panel is the professor’s implication that unquestioning obedience is a Manly Virtue.
Wait, even the robot lovelies will be uppity bitches, with opinions and stuff? Nobody tell poor DKM, he’ll be heartbroken.
/me missed the point… sorry Joe!
I can think of two options for dealing with that:
1) No actual artificial intelligence. Just will-less, soulless automatons with certain preprogrammed responses. This is what you get if you want a combination roomba/sex toy.
2) Build it like Warren’s robo-girlfriend on “Buffy”, where she suffers feedback if she doesn’t agree with you and answer when you call. This is the option you take if you want to subjugate a thinking, feeling being.
DKM? Preference?
Seraph, well, remember, Meller does envision robot lovelies, but also hints that submissive fleshy females can be bred.
http://manboobz.com/2011/08/16/david-k-meller-on-women-getting-cancer-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha%e2%80%a6lol/comment-page-5/#comment-52498
Once again I bow to the vast amounts of arcane knowledge that manboobzers have at their fingertips.
Writing Metal Men has long been one of my dream projects. I love old quasi-educational comic books (did you know that mercury is the only metal that’s liquid at room temperature?).
The robot woman is Platinum, the only female Metal Man, who is usually stereotypically feminine and constantly crushing on her creator, Doc Magnus. On one hand, she’s a pretty sexist character; on the other hand, she’s interesting as the only member of the group who shows a strong interest in developing her personality and becoming more human, even if it’s only to get into Doc Magnus’ pants.
These sorts of romances in fiction (like human/mermaid or man, different animal species, etc) always confuse me. I mean, is it like a Data “I am… fully functional” kind of thing?
Mermaid or merman, I mean.
So wait… this strip is about the girl wanting to join a… metal band? Is it a pun? Is it an intentional pun or just a hilariously awesome accident? Or have they actually formed a band and she wants to BE THE LEAD SINGER OR SOMETHIN?
Viscaria. Guess you don’t want to come to one of my Alien Contact Mixers, huh? 😉
@Viscaria
The Metal Men are all shapeshifters, so presumably she could form genitalia. Not sure how appealing a platinum vagina is, but there are options.
@Shaenon
They added a second female member – Copper – in 2007. I don’t remember much about her, despite reading the miniseries she appeared in, but Wikipedia says her chief trait was sarcasm. The Metal Men haven’t shown up post-reboot, so I have no idea if she’ll make any future appearances.
Funny though, I never really thought of the Metal Men as particularly obscure. Huh.
I’m getting an error whenever I try to log into WordPress using my FaceBook account.
If Copper was into music she could be a conductor!
…Ba dum TISH.
. Not sure how appealing a platinum vagina is, but there are options.
NOBODY is gonna come to my Alien Contact Mixer, are they *pouts*
Depending on how unpolished the various robo-genitals are, and whether or not my OCD kicks in, I’ll show up to your mixer ready to spitshine and make some robot very happy. 😀
@Shaenon
Holy crap, you’re the Narbonic Shaenon? It took a post about comics for me to get a clue.
Are you sure the robot out in front is the only female robot there?
The robot in red* looks awfully like Ann Coulter. Just noticing.
*the one decorated with the “mercury” symbol
That would be Mercury, shockingly enough, and, yeah, he’s a dude-bot.
Uhm… I’ve seen enough anime to know how this is going to end…!