I have to google the images of the toys to gain more information of this dystopia that Mr.Wood has painted for us. I really wished that the 96 page World War Robot had been more like the Boilerplate graphic novel, where the art and story fused perfectly, leaved you feeling that your money was well spent. I wanted to see the soldiers, their weapons, and the robots to gain more information on the story itself. Von De Plume is an ex-member of N.O.M and has own private army corps - The Shitty SevenOne o.
Some of the art should have been created this way, but not all of it. A quick look at the ThreeA World War Robot figure Von De Plume. While the description from IDW said the Moon, Mars, and Earth, all of the painting could have been set in No-Man's Land in 1915, and I wouldn't have known the difference. Which gives the reader the gravity of the situation, but not the reason why this war and even where the action is happened most of the time. But, the style being drape, muted, and defused, leaves most of the action being portrayed in a depressed, lonely, and hopeless light. Wood I have issue with, he is clearly one of the most talented artists I have seen in years. The shadow organization NOM (Not Ordinary Men) is working towards some unknown motive, with their most prolific member Nom de Plume being something of the ThreeA mascot." Both sides are supplied with their war machines by Rothchild Industries, based in an impregnable facility on Luna. World War Robot is a story currently told through two art books (with a third coming!) by Ashley Wood of a world that develops heavy robotics and some degree of space travel, as 1980’s Earth is at war with its colony on Mars, which has declared independence. Badass battles, really intense human/robot drama, and even a little black humor and political intrigue are the order of the day in this oversize (one foot long by one foot wide!), standalone epic courtesy of Wood. In World War Robot, a dwindling band of humans and robots face off in a battle that will likely end humanity as we know it. Robots) has handled his share of robots over the years.
"Award-winning designer/artist Ashley Wood (Popbot, Zombies vs.