Panel 1: Arf (a shaggy mop of a dog) stands before Fred (a stick figure human) with an excited look on his face. Fred is behind a table containing a microscope and he has a comically large bone in his hand. Fred: Sure, buddy, I’ll play with you. Panel 2: Fred makes a pretend throw complete with sounds of exertion. Arf makes to lunge in the direction of the throw. Panel 3: Fred now has his back to Arf, looking into his microscope. The bone sits on the table, forgotten. Arf has realized what is going on and is starring daggers at Fred through slitted eyes.

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Panel 1: Arf (a shaggy mop of a dog) stands behind Sam (a spherical robot with a mechanical grin) with a comically large bone in his mouth. Sam is sitting in a relaxing chair in front of a tv. He holds a gaming controller which is attached to a gaming console which is attached to the tv. Sam: Hi, Arf! Arf: Mrph! Panel 2: Arf perks up in excitement. Sam: Wanna play? Panel 3: Arf’s eyes narrow in clear displeasure. Sam: Cool! I’ll have to best my game first. Arf: Grrr.

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Panel 1: Arf (a shaggy mop of a dog) stands behind Bob (a box robot with a worm sticking out of it) with a comically large bone in his mouth. Bob is examining his GUN. Arf: Mrph! Panel 2: Bob looks back at an expectant Arf. Bob: Sorry, Arf, I have to do target practice. Panel 3: Closeup of Arf who has widened his eyes in a hopeful expression. Panel 4: Panel pulls back to show Arf walking away, eyes narrowed in irritation. Arf: Mrmph.

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Panel 1: This Title panel has leafless trees, a toothy maw, and Bob’s worm head in a bright red hood. The title reads: Robot Theatre Presents: Little Red Riding Worm. Panel 2: Bob (a box robot with a worm sticking out of it) is in a bedroom, leaning into a wardrobe and audibly rummaging around. Narration: Once upon a time, there was a little worm. Panel 3: Bob stands holding a bright red cloak in an otherwise black and white comic. Narration: She always wore a bright red cloak. Bob: Why is this familiar?

Panel 4: A cloaked Bob stands between two much taller, stick figure humans. Rather than words, the humans have pictures coming out of their speech bubbles. One has a wolf and the other has a burglar. Narration: She wanted to visit her sick grandmother, but her parents warned her not to talk to strangers. Panel 5: A basket filled with bread and sweets, including a whole entire pie. Narration: The local bakers weren’t strangers so she visited them for some sweets. Panel 6: Two stick figure humans dressed a bakers are throwing their hands up as if in argument. Narration: But they seemed busy with some other stuff. Baker 1: Beans! Baker 2: Beans?

Panel 7: Bob is walking away from the viewer with cloak and basket, into a woods. Narration: So the worm went on her way into the dark and scary woods. Panel 8: A cottage at the end of the path with thick vegetation and dangerous vines all about. Narration: Because the metaphor indicates that grandmothers lie at the end of the thorniest path. Panel 9: Bob continues to walk down the path but is being spies upon by a tall, harry, shadowy figure. Narration: But a dreaded Stranger was lurking nearby. To Be Continued…

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Panel 1: Sam (a spherical robot with a mechanical grin) sits on a stool on a stage with a beret on his head. He is spinning around on the stool as he reads poetry across all panels. At the front of the stage is a sign whose words change in each panel. The full sign gag will be at the end of the description. Sam: Light night I dreamed I was a Hedgehog, concerned for nothing but the collecting of rings. Panel 2: Sam: When I awoke, there was nothing but Sam, in a chair, with a controller in his hand. Panel 3: Sam: Am I a Hedgehog dreaming that he is a robot, or a robot playing vidergames? Audience: *snapping their fingers* Sign Gag: 1. O’Dell’s. 2. Gaming Tournament Tonight! 3. No Items. Fox only. Final Destination.

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Panel 1: A Henchman (a stick figure with an inverted triangle for a head) stands on a stage with a beret on its head. It is holding a holographic emitter that shows the head of General Alpha, who also has a beret on his head. Alpha is reading poetry into a microphone across all panels, and the henchman’s beret is slowly slipping off its slanted head. At the front of the stage is a sign whose words change in each panel. The full sign gag will be at the end of the description. Alpha: A child, left abandoned, Cold rain upon an unflinching monster, Panel 2: Alpha: Victor’s legacy secured, Does he not see the fruits of his labor? Panel 3: Alpha: Does not the oldest son inherit? Audience: *snapping their fingers* Sign Gag: 1. O’Dell’s. 2. Free Drinks for Robot Overlords. 3. Please Don’t Hurt Us!

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Panel 1: Burglar (a stick figure with a burglar's eye mask) sits on a stool on a stage with a beret on her head. She is reading poetry into a mircophone across all panels. At the front of the stage is a sign whose words change in each panel. The full sign gag will be at the end of the description. Burglar: Dark of night, Shadows to hide, Deep in the heart of the City, Creeping towards treasure. Panel 2: Burglar: Not the gold, but the thrill spurred forward, What gained from One More Hit, One More Game, One More Score? Panel 3: Burglar: Only the Blood in her Veins matters. Audience: *snapping their fingers* Sign Gag: 1. O’Dell’s 2. No THEFT Allowed! 3. We shouldn’t have to tell you that.

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Panel 1: Arf (a shaggy mop of a dog) stands on a stool on a stage with a beret on his head. He is reading poetry into a microphone across all panels. At the front of the stage is a sign whose words change in each panel. The full sign gag will be at the end of the description. Arf: Arf arf arf, Arf arf, Panel 2: Arf: Arf, Arf arf arf, Arf arf arf, Panel 3: Arf: Arf arf, Arf arf arf. Audience: *snapping their fingers* Sign Gag: 1. O’dell’s. 2. No Pets Allowed. 3. Not that you care.

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Panel 1: Fred (a stick figure human) stands on a stage with a beret on his head. He is reading poetry with a bongo under one arm across all panels. As he reads, he smacks the bongo. At the front of the stage is a sign whose words change in each panel. The full sign gag will be at the end of the description. Fred: Overwhelmed with love, a feeling that defies all expression. *bonk* Panel 2: Fred: I do science, and the math, but I cannot quantify this feeling. *bonk bonk* Panel 3: Fred: That hits me in the face with a flamethrower. *bonk* Audience: *snapping their fingers* Sign Gag: 1. O’Dell’s. 2. 2 for 1 Fish Fry. 3. Shrimp Only.

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Panel 1: Bob (a box robot with a worm sticking out of it) stands on a stage with a beret on his head. He is reading poetry from a paper across all panels. At the front of the stage is a sign whose words change in each panel. The full sign gag will be at the end of the description. Bob: Roses are red. Violets are blue… Apparently. Panel 2: Bob: Rhyming is hard. Panel 3: Bob: I don’t know how to do this. Audience: *snapping their fingers* Sign Gag: 1. O’Dell’s. 2. Poetry Night. 3. Robots Welcome.

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Panel 1: Fred and Freida dance with the lab in front of a boombox. A central box reads “Bob! by JDVM, ft: Imitation by Atomic Guava. Throughout this comic, the lyrics of this song are artistically placed throughout each panel. Text: Imitate, Imitate, Imitation. Art! Imitates Life! Imitates Fools! Imitates You! Imitates Me! Panel 2: We see three robots in a back ally. One is a hexagon with legs and face made of wire. She has sunglasses and messy hair. Her symbol consists of three concentric circles. Another robot looks wispy and ghostlike. She is in a long dress and floats with her wire feet dragging behind. Her long wirelike arms end in viscous talons, and long hair hides much of her face. The third robot is pentagon shaped with bulky arms and legs. She holds marbles between her fingers. Her hair is in a side shave and a line of gold streaks above one eye and down her face. Text: Their ears are on the walls like flies, For hours, deliberate—wanton degenerates, Their own center of their universe. Panel 3: A robot shaped like a massive four pointed star made of perpendicular diamond shapes floats among a bunch of factory pipes. Next to him is a Henchman for scale and he is easily the height of 5-6 normal humans. Text: Orbit, dilapidate, A! without a brain, Beneath that bold exterior Dead socket eyes, inferior.

Panel 4: Harold (a small robot whose head is a horizontal cylinder atop a ball) rolls along with a friendly smile on his face. Text: Like a puppet on a string, Make them dance. For. Me. Panel 5: Keymaster (a tall, bulb shaped robot with one crab arm and another arm ending in a bladed key, with sunglasses and a crown floating over a mechanical frown) he is holding the broken pieces of a keylike staff. Text: I try to make something with my own two hands, You can ask how I do it, You can worship my pain and desire it, Panel 6: General Alpha (A robot shaped like the letter A, dressed in militaristic garb) stands on legs we don’t normally see him wearing. He has an asterisk on his belly. Text: Once I offered myself freely to anyone, Desperate for someone to hear me, Now they fall in my footsteps, My incompetent copies, Panel 7: A robot shaped like the letter V stands, almost appearing to look at Alpha in the previous panel. She is saying “boo,” and has an asterisk on her chest. Text: You can rule a dimension, Even ravage its roots unaware, But the power you’re missing, Is knowing to look when it’s there.

Panel 8: A robot shaped like a vase with an antlered crown atop her head. She has wispy wire arms and a W on her chest. She is on a floating disk that has been shown many times in the comic. Text: Break me from the inside, Let me know if you find, What sets my life apart, Panel 9: A squat robot whose head is a crescent shape holds a wand with a crescent chapped head. He has a four pointed star on his chest. Text: From those who stand behind me, For what you want cannot be taught, By automaton machines, Panel 10: A familiar Henchmen (stick figures with an inverted triangle for a head) pedals away at a stationary bike with a look of concern on his face. Text: Wired enough to survive, Bled enough to be called, A life worth making counterfeits to bind me, Panel 11: A tank filled with liquid sits upon a pedestal with science stuff on it. Floating in the liquid is an inverted black triangle. Text: An idol with a virus for a heart.

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Special thanks to Atomic Guava for allowing use of their song Imitation. It was a perfect fit for the final installment of this current arc. JD has written more thoughts about the whole thing at bobrobotworm.com/comic/a2w20-7/.
The song can be found here: atomicguava.bandcamp.com/track/imitat...

Panel 1: General Alpha (A robot shaped like the letter A, dressed in militaristic garb) sits upon his throne, a glass of champagne in his hand. A Henchman (a stick figure with an inverted triangle for a head) stands nearby holding up a clipboard. Henchman: The Keymaster has failed, sir. Alpha: Has he? Panel 2: Closeup of Alpha’s triangular face. He is surrounded by various shapes that are shaded in. They include, The letter V, a four pointed star, a vaselike shape, and a pentagon. Alpha: Because it occurs to me that everyone else would have seen what happened. Panel 3: We see what appears to be a robot holding a suitcase, but the area around the arm and leg is shaded to obscure the full art. The leg has a checkered pattern like fishnet stockings.

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Panel 1: Dr. Smith (A stick figure human) stands at a table, wrapping a red crystal gem in cloth. A clipboard sits nearby. Dr. Smith: How did they even get this? Panel 2: Smith is carrying his wrapped package through the lab. Dr. Smith: The BOB pulled through in the end. Panel 3: He stands before a wall safe and is placing the package within. Dr. Smith: And the SAM exceeded all expectations. Panel 4: He slams the safe shut. Dr. Smith: Perhaps The Shadow Protocol can wait.

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Panel 1: Closeup of Keymaster’s face, which consists of a floating crown, sunglasses, and nose over what is normally a mechanical grin. Today that grin is a frown. Keymaster: Not cool, Dudes. Panel 2: Keymaster’s full body. He is bulb shaped with the kanji for tree on his chest. One arm ends in a lobster claw and the other in a sharp key/knife. He holds the broken pieces of a long key shaped staff. Keymaster: You broke my stick. Panel 3: We see a large factory setting with Henchmen (stick figures with an inverted triangle for a head) working. They appear to be building various flying machines that have been seen throughout the comic. In the foreground is a conveyer belt that is moving Henchman bodies past machinery that is building them. A nearby crate is filled with unactivated Henchmen. This crate has a familiar looking W stamped on it. Keymaster (offscreen): But don’t worry… I’ll be back.

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Panel 1: Burglar (a stick figure with a burglar's eye mask) is crawling in through a window. She looks as if this is taking a great effort to accomplish. Panel 2: She loudly flops onto the floor and just kind of lays there for a minute, arms and legs splayed out. Panel 3: Closeup of Burglar laying on the floor. She is reaching up to grab at her mask. Burglar: They did it. Panel 4: Burglar removes her mask. What is revealed means nothing to us because she is a stick figure and therefore featureless. Unfortunately, we cannot identify humans without context clues in this comic. Burglar: Good job, robots.

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Panel 1: Sam (a spherical robot with a mechanical grin) stands with arms wide in greeting. Arf (a shaggy mop of a dog) looks excited to see him. Sam: Arf! Arf: Arf! Panel 2: Sam holds his arms out as Arf leaps towards him. Panel 3: Sam is flat on his back as Arf sits atop him, liking his face. Panel 4: Both robot and dog have their eyes closed and are making snoring sounds.

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Panel 1: Bob (a box robot with a worm sticking out of it) and Sam (a spherical robot with a mechanical grin) stand within the lab. A table in the background holds a boombox. Fred (a stick figure human) is uncorking a bottle with a loud pop while Freida (also a stick figure human) rushes in holding four glasses. Freida: Champagne! Panel 2: Fred deposits the bottle on the table and turns on the boombox. Freida is handing glasses to the robots. Freida: This is how humans celebrate. Panel 3: Fred and Freida are by the table while the robots hold their glasses in the foreground. The two are clearly not drinking. Bob: This is pleasant. Sam: I really liked the popping sound.

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I've always admired JCS for its ability to appeal to both religious and fervently non religious audiences. Minchin was born to play Judas and brings so much passion to the role. Every clip I have seen from this production is stellar.

Panel 1: Title panel that shows two stick figure humans holding up a banner that reads “Bob! By: JDVM” Panel 2: Bob (a box robot with a worm sticking out of it) is looking back at his rear leg that is stepping on a small red crystal Panel 3: Bob’s legs begin to extend, propelling him upward. Panel 4: Sam (a spherical robot with a mechanical grin) sits inside a fighter jet made mostly of triangles. Flames erupt from the back and a laser gun is mounted on the bottom. As he flies through the air, Bob lumbers next to him in the foreground on very long legs, keeping pace with the jet.

Panel 5: Keymaster (a tall, bulb shaped robot with one crab arm holding a long key as a staff and another arm ending in a bladed key, with sunglasses and a crown floating over a roguish grin) looks shocked as his damaged battle platform lists towards a massive, melting crystalline structure. We can see the top of a building poking out from the top of the crystal. Panel 6: The battle platform crashes onto the crystal, sending Keymaster flying. Panel 7: Keymaster is picking himself up, leaning on his staff for support. Bob stands before him, gun in hand. We can see that the crystal on which they stand has melted more. Revealing two more stories of the building, as well as the top of a tree. Panel 8: More of the tree is freed from its prison as Keymaster swings his staff down towards Bob’s head. Bob has blocked with his gun raised high above his head. High in the sky we see Sam flying closer.

Panel 9: Closeup of Keymaster looking up as he sees Sam flying closer and firing his laser. Panel 10: Looking down, a shocked Keymaster sees that in the confusion, the much smaller Bob has grabbed his staff and snapped it in two. The crystal has melted to the point that we can nearly see the entire tree. From offscreen, the laser is streaking towards it’s target. Panel 11: Distracted by Bob, Keymaster is taken in the abdomen by Sam’s laser. The crystal has melted to the point that the ground shows through in a patch beneath his feet. Panel 12: More patches of ground show where the crystal has completely melted away. Keymaster lies defeated on the ground with Bob standing over him. Sam flies by in the background.

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Panel 1: Bob (a box robot with a worm sticking out of it) is trapped within a large red crystal. He looks as if he was shielding his face when trapped. The crystal is melting. Panel 2: The crystal melts enough to begin exposing Bob’s face to the air. Panel 3: Bob is mostly freed, with only his back leg trapped. He is looking down at it as the reality of what has happened dawns on him. Panel 4: Closeup of Bob’s face as he looks up to the sky with fierce determination.

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Panel 1: A poorly drawn (sorry) squirrel, trapped in a red crystal. We see that the crystal is melting and the squirrel’s bushy tail is exposed to the air. Panel 2: A stick figure human is likewise trapped. He looks like he had been trying to run away when caught. His crystal prison is also melting. Panel 3: A much larger crystal is melting. This one had engulfed an entire car. Panel 4: Bob (a box robot with a worm sticking out of it) is also within a crystal. This one too is melting, though Bob has not yet been freed.

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Panel 1 (and only): Top-down view of a city block. Carnage litters the streets as stick figure bodies and the corpse of a tank lay strewn about. Large red crystals dot the landscape with stick figure humans trapped inside. A Large triangular battle platform flies over the street, exploding before our eyes. A shockwave radiates out from the blast. Sam (a spherical robot with a mechanical grin) sitting inside a fighter jet made mostly of triangles is flying away from all that with flames erupting from the back of his jet. The left side of the panel is dominated by a massive red crystal that is clearly larger than a building.

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Panel 1: Keymaster (a tall, bulb shaped robot with one crab arm holding a long key as a staff and another arm ending in a bladed key, with sunglasses and a crown floating over a roguish grin) is flying in a large, inverted triangle and firing a laser from his staff. The flying platform almost looks like a face, with missile portholes for eyes. Crystal tipped missiles are firing out of said holes. Next to Keymaster is a generator of sorts. We can see the hint of something large and red just behind him. Panel 2: Top-down view of Sam (a spherical robot with a mechanical grin) sitting inside a fighter jet made mostly of triangles. Flames erupt from the back. The jet is swooshing to the side as it dodges away from one of the missiles. Guns and a laser fire from the jet as Sam shoots down the other missile. Panel 3: The view switches to behind Sam as he faces Keymaster head on. View of the other robot is obscured by the smoke from the exploded missile. Sam is firing his laser and the artist of the comic is proud of how the fire coming out of the jet’s engine looks. Behind Keymaster is a massive red crystal that takes up our entire field of vision. Panel 4: Sideview of both ships as Sam hits the generator head on. A hissing sound can be heard and smoke billows out of the machine, covering most of the platform.

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Panel 1: We see a city layout in a top-down view. There are buildings of various sizes and a park with trees, pond, and a winding path. The streets are not all at right angles. Dotted about are blobs of red that longtime readers will know are likely humans trapped in large crystals. Sam (offscreen): The city makes more sense from above. Panel 2: Sam (a spherical robot with a mechanical grin) sits inside a fighter jet made mostly of triangles. Flames erupt from the back and a laser gun is mounted on the bottom. He flies among buildings in the city that have more crystals erupting out of windows and even the structures themselves. Atop one of the buildings, we see our hero robot Bob also trapped. Sam (thinking): There is engineering in this. Panel 3: Sam flies around a corner and comes upon Keymaster (a tall, bulb shaped robot with one crab arm holding a long key as a staff and another arm ending in a bladed key, with sunglasses and a crown floating over a roguish grin). Keymaster is flying in a large, inverted triangle and firing a laser from his staff. We can see a massive wall of red behind him. Sam (thinking): Order, Specificity, and Design. Even if messy, I understand these things.

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Panel 1: Sam (a spherical robot with a mechanical grin) sits inside a fighter jet made mostly of triangles. Flames erupt from the back and a laser gun is mounted on the bottom. He flies his above dark and threatening storm clouds. Narration: There is freedom in flight. Panel 2: We see the underside of the clouds as Sam in his fighter jet burst through them and into a fierce storm. Narration: Long have the grounded looked to the sky and dreamed. Panel 3: The panel pulls back to Sam and the jet in miniature with storm overhead and the city below. The silhouettes. Of two large skyscrapers loom in the foreground and we can see a structure of red crystal, larger than normal buildings nestled in the city below. Golden lightning splits the sky. Narration: I have but to think it and I am there.

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Panel 1: This title panel reads “Bob, by JDVM.” “Bob” is in large letters. The B and o have Henchmen (stick figures with an inverted triangle for a head) poking out of them pointing guns at Sam (a spherical robot with a mechanical grin) who hides behind and atop the b. Panel 2: Sam walks behind Harold (a small robot whose head is a horizontal cylinder atop a ball) who holds an umbrella that mostly shields them from the rain. Sam in engrossed in a large paper that he is looking at. Sam: This is awesome! Panel 3: Closeup of the paper which looks to be schematics for a generator of sorts that has been seen in previous strips. It is heavily waterlogged, but still readable. Sam (offscreen): I’ve seen this thing before.

Panel 4: Panel pulls back to show both robots walking. A whirring sound can be heard as Harold rolls forward. Sam: These are schematics for an Accelerator Generator! Panel 5: Closeup on Sam’s head as math equations float around him as he thinks. Included are the image of a stick figure woman in a burglar’s mask holding a sack as well as a crocodile. Panel 6: Sam’s visible eye goes very wide. Sam: Omai. Panel 7: Panel pulls back to show both robots walking. Sam thrusts his arms outward in excitement. He either doesn’t notice or doesn’t care that he has thrust the schematics right into the rain. Harold smiles. Sam: If this is accurate, I can fix everyone! I can fix Bob.

Panel 8: Harold begins putting the umbrella away as they seem to be free of the rain at the moment. They are walking towards a garage door that is mostly off screen. Sam: I need to get close to the flying triangle. Panel 9: They have now reached the garage door. From atop Harold’s head pops a large pointing hand. He is rolling towards up and down buttons. Sam: I can do that leg thing, but it will be hard with the key guy flying and shooting. Panel 10: Harold has pressed the “up” button and the door begins to lift. Sam: Wait! Flying around and shooting! Panel 11: The door has lifted to reveal a triangular fighter jet. Sam has gathered a surprised Harold up into a big hug. Sam: You just saved the day, Little Dude!

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