Animax #1 - Atop the Fourth Wall

[@bizarroguy6570]

Ok, if something called Dinosaur Rex so boring he doesn’t want to review that is just a sad day for comics.

[@deathknight75]

Right? Because that means it was that special kind of boring where there aren't even a lot of jokes he can make about it.

[@Gaia_BentosZX5]

@@deathknight75 So boring that he had to find the successor to Brute Force to spice things up, despite a short life.

[@michaelzaiser8088]

Better a bad comic then a boring comic. At least we can have fun roasting a bad comic.

[@otakon17]

How...how do you make DINOSAURS BORING!?

[@toby070]

This technically makes it his shortest review ever

[@oblivionslefthand]

I will say this about Dinosaur Rex: At least the artist can draw feet.

[@MrPokefan124]

There are probably some people who are sad they didn’t see that review now lol

[@richmcgee434]

@@MrPokefan124 The feet are right on the cover. They aren't missing anything, foot fetish-wise.

[@lkotro21]

HA! And women.

[@bunkerzero]

DINOSAUR REX!!! the comic that's loaded with fun!!! *Note: fun not guaranteed*

[@ej-epicjourney5351]

Fun fact: there's a Marvel character actually called Animax. She's a mutant who can summon monsters from her DNA.

[@daelen.cclark]

EJ - Epic Journey Sounds awesome!

[@zemox2534]

Sounds better than the actually comic book.

[@trickyricky4731]

Can summon monsters from her... What?

[@ej-epicjourney5351]

@@trickyricky4731 Yep, she uses her DNA structure to create genetic monsters.

[@richmcgee434]

@@ej-epicjourney5351 Amusingly, Animax is also the name of the Japanese TV channel that aired the X-Men Anime series back in 2011.

[@ShinyGaara65]

"Because poor literacy is KEWL" Anyone else suddenly feel like buying a shirt?

[@SarcasticSnake64]

I already bought it lol

[@juon91]

Oh, that was what I felt.

[@mattwo7]

Puppetmon: I like it! Put it on a Shirt!

[@daelen.cclark]

If only I could afford it.

[@patrickrobitsch4893]

Between his overall aesthetic and the line about "they will fall before us like wheat before the scythe", X-Tinctor feels like the villain Harvest wishes he could have been.

[@Nightwing9597]

Fun can’t be dead, I’m watching Atop the Fourth Wall!!

[@GuessWho7197]

Admittedly, the villains usually had the best visual designs with most toys, so I'm not surprised the Carnivors are cooler.

[@urahara64360]

Even if their name is a lie. While pigs are omnivores the rest of their animals are herbivores.

[@DAsrada]

Mother Caretaker: My grand great grandfather, The Jackal, used this only to gratify his grudges, but today it will restore hope! ...I just hope this clone doesn't deteriorate as fast as Spider-Man 5 through 599.

[@Cam1188]

I feel like someone in the Doctor Who writers room saw the Dinosaur Rex comic at a young age and capitalized on making the idea much better with the creation of Madame Vastra and her crew :)

[@myriadmediamusings]

Between Prequel Month, Dan Dare and Event Comics Month 3, I was honestly starting to forget that there was such a thing as single video Atop the Fourth Wall episodes. Also did a double take because I thought this was a comic tie-in to the anime channel Animax.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

RIP Dinosaur Rex you well be missed by whoever liked you.

[@teddyfurstman1997]

Lol! Who knew Dino's are less fun.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

@@teddyfurstman1997 Barney says hi!

[@edvance1030]

@ konehead cokehead So nobody?

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

@@koneheadcokehead4981 so... why was the real reason why linkara ended up not reviewing dinosaur rex?

[@CrimsonMoonM]

@@ianr.navahuber2195 This ain't the first time he's cancelled a review because a book that sounded fun was so unbelievably boring that he couldn't make up enough jokes to cover a full review. So when he says that the cover alone fooled him into thinking it was going to be fun, I believe him.

[@OnDavidsBrain]

Even Linksano knows that the Animax are things that SHOULD NOT BE!

[@brianlewolfhunt]

and that, coming a guy who delighted in giving life to a foam toy.

[@grantmoore8228]

4:00 unfortunately three soldiers in red armor in a boxed Canyon argued over what to call their animal/vehicle hybrid before settling on the name "Warthog"!

[@pokejoseph]

Also they have a robot who speaks in spanish

[@JaelinBezel]

I thought you said "in a crayon box"

[@juliagoodwin3461]

I get it! ... I understood that reference.

[@brianlewolfhunt]

I think it looks more like a puma. :)

[@roberthellmann4854]

Heater Delight sounds like the name of a Bond Girl.

[@drakkenmensch]

Or a Captain Planet villain whose schtick is making people waste resources through overusing heating oil.

[@thetenth1921]

Same name as Starfox's old girlfriend in the regular Earth-616 Marvel Universe

[@Wright805]

I like Heater. She's cute.

[@Carewolf]

@@Wright805 Then heater is broken. She's supposed to be hot.

[@Wright805]

@@Carewolf She's both.

[@roberthellmann4854]

About Animax’s origin story... OF COURSE! DON’T YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SCIENCE?!

[@wpeniche]

Missed opportunity on Linkaras behalf

[@rodrolliv]

"Dinosaur Rex was lame" I can't help but think that this is HiC fault, somehow

[@teddyfurstman1997]

You mean this HiC juices?

[@YourUncleBenis]

Please don't make HiC the new Countdown.

[@Dynaman21]

Tom King’s goal in life is to forcibly remove the fun from any and all comics.

[@outrightmisfit]

If you search closely you can find this all leads back to Countdown

[@adamdavis1648]

What's HiC?

[@waseemchoudhry4465]

The idea of combining animals and cars is both a stoopid and bizarre idea. IT’S PERFECT. No joke, if there weren’t any corporate shenanigans in the 80’s, it would’ve been a classic, like transformers or tmnt. I hope there are people who want to revive the idea.

[@mattwo7]

2:43 Reminds me of a "joke" in Porky in Wonderland, which was later remade into Dough for the Do-do which didn't have that "joke". These cartoons were the only time Yoyo Dodo was front and center yet he was apparently popular enough to show up in Roger Rabbit, have a son named Gogo in Tiny Toons (the only blood relative in that show) and he even shared a main antagonist role with Mxyzptlk in the old DC/Looney Toons crossover some time in the late 90s between the releases of Space Jam (which was referenced) and Digimon World 1 (which had an ad in the comic that promised more Digimon than it actually had).

[@carlrood4457]

Every time animals rule the Earth, we get cities like Ape City and Zootopia so why not Peoplopolis?

[@sterlinggal1019]

Amazing opening to the review.

[@davidcrowe5524]

Steve Purcell (Sam and Max Freelance Police) did the art, and in an interview, said that he and Walt Simsonson took the job for the same reason... they wanted the toys.

[@171QA]

After watching Bennet’s Barefoot Gen review I needed something light to get my spirits up again. Thankfully this did.

[@26th_Primarch]

Heavily armed combat vehicles that are also cybernetic animals? Zoids: Are we a joke to you?

[@RabblesTheBinx]

The difference: Zoids were actually cool. Also, you went to Zoids for your animal vehicles reference? On a channel that has a hugely successful series about Power Rangers?

[@PrincessAshley972]

@@RabblesTheBinx Zords arent cybernetic animals though, at best theyre AI robots

[@RabblesTheBinx]

@@PrincessAshley972 the Wild Zords and Galactabeasts would like to have a word with you (also the Sentai version of the Dinozords and maybe the Thunderzords, not sure about the latter, but that didn't carry over to MMPR).

[@seb24789]

Why has nobody mentioned Brute Force by now?

[@RabblesTheBinx]

@@seb24789 because they were mentioned in the video?

[@WikiPeraX]

8:47 “The crime isss lifffffe... The sssentenccce isss DEATHHHH!”

[@DoctorPretorious616]

Yeah, Extinctor did remind me quite a bit of Judge Death.

[@twilightman2816]

20:27 Minus ten points for not having the catapult be part CAT!!!!!! But anyway, I'm glad that you found another ridiculously awesome / awesomely ridiculous comic series to review, what with Brute Force having concluded and T-Force and US-1 soon to be concluded as well.

[@kiyomihattori6460]

"Mankind is unprepared for my banana bread!" Welp. My sides just hit the Source Wall in the face. Not sure which one.

[@titansargonautsproductions7952]

I didn't think it was possible to top last week's intro, but I have to say this one was even better. Kudos.

[@SpeedyEric1]

13:33- Which explains why Hasbro waited until 2 years after the premiere of the original Transformers TV series to kill off Optimus Prime in the movie. Even then, it still pissed everyone off. So much so that they added dialogue of Duke being in a coma and not dead in G.I. Joe: The Movie. True story.

[@juliagoodwin3461]

Apparently the concept was planned for GI Joe the Movie first... that whole debacle really bit Hasbro in the ass, didn’t it?

[@lonewolf6884]

@7:00 As someone who has been studying Astronomy since he was 5, a planet that is tidally locked wouldn't be like what's presented in the comic. Instead one side would be a desert and the other frozen.

[@LostInNumbers]

Yep, the twilight zones might be habitable though.

[@Mewchu14]

I kinda love the atmosphere this book’s worldbuilding has. It’s just kinda over the top in a way I really dig.

[@maugos]

It's stuff like this that I imagine the team working on it shrugging and then saying "We're gonna do whatever we want."

[@Wright805]

Mel Birnkrant, the toys creator, was so impressed with the first issue that he told the writer to do exactly that.

[@badman3000]

Not to be an actually they refer to Africa as the Dark Continent because it wasn't explored or not it was known about it.

[@BENergizer1]

It's still a definition that white people put on a continent that was well explored and known by the people who lived there. Even if you put the implications that "dark" having negative connotations connecting to the skin tone of its native population aside, it's still racist to say that a continent is "dark", unexplored and unknown if your immediate reaction to arriving there is to dismiss the natives as ignorant savages and belittle, conquer and enslave them.

[@badman3000]

@@BENergizer1 I am not saying that it wasn't kind of racist. I'm just saying that that's not the reason why they called it that. I think it had mostly two meanings the one that you gave and the fact that it was mostly unexplored. They didn't even have maps of the interior of Africa at the time.

[@beagleboygaming1701]

ok good i was about to reply that

[@envythejelly6034]

Yeah it's also notable that Dark Africa actually changed in what it referred to over time, but intriguingly never included the primarily Muslim North, as that area was well known. In fact by the time of the scramble, it basically just referred to the regions between the northern border of modern day South Africa~Zimbabwe, up to the bottom of the Sahara, excluding the coasts, Kenya and the horn. It's the bits that were at the time, heavily dangerous to get around wildlife wise, and had not been mapped thusly. The Dark Continent was also used for South America early on (as in, 15~1700s) too for similar reasons. Tl;Dr - not "dark because they're black" or "dark because they're backwards" but rather "dark because we fill this in black on a map"

[@rebornkusabi7264]

Eeeeehhh it's both, don't be so disingenuous. It was called that until it was explored and then it was called that because it's full of people with darker skin than those lily-white Europeans. Next you're gonna say THAT derogatory word used for black people just means ignorant people next.

[@AzureIV]

That toy line (including the lore) looks really cool. It reminds me of a lot of other successful vehicle toy lines. Shame that it didn't pan out for one reason or another. It looked like it could make some decent money.

[@contrabandresearch8409]

I used to have that second issue, but I didn't know the name of it until last year, then I forgot the name again until I saw this video. I didn't understand that the dude that died was supposed to be the leader, but that's a gutsy move for the beginning of a series.

[@Rixec2]

Animax looks to bring about goofy fun for as long as it can like Brute Force before. Maybe if there are enough comics like the two you'll be able to keep this going.

[@RedJax69]

You might want the helmets to be themed after the same animal as the vehicle so you do not grab the wrong helmet. The lion helmet might not work with the rhino or horse.

[@ImaginatorJoren]

I love that the thumbnail is Thing Trucker

[@nigelflood7074]

Thank you so much for this episode, I have never heard of this crazy toy line and comic. So damn cool.

[@Sentina7]

This is amazing!!! New favourite thing. This story is beautiful just everything about it. I will make it my personal mission in life to see this brought back some how.

[@mattwo7]

3:47 Could you imagine an alternate universe where this toyline had a cross promotion with Halo where they made the M12 Force Application Vehicle into an actual pig? (and a RvB version with Puma and Chupacabra variants) Actually Hasbro should do this with their Beast Wars trademark somehow, including a version of Beast Wars Scorponok who turns into a M808 Main Battle Tank and a version of Big Convoy who turns into a M313 Heavy Recovery Vehicle.

[@wpeniche]

“It’s looks like a big cat...” “You mean like a Puma?”

[@PosthumanHeresy]

Okay now you're just showing off your Halo lore knowledge. With that said, I could also go for a line of Covenant Transformers. Grunt > Ghost, Drone > Banshee, Jackal > Spirit, Elite > Wraith, Hunter > Scarab, Brute > Chopper, Brute Captain > AA Wraith, Honor Guard Elite > Revenant or Specter, Arbiter > Covenant Battlecruiser (ie The Truth and Reconciliation), Truth + Regret + Mercy as a combining one to form High Charity, Tartarus > Prowler, and Engineers working like Minicons. That or perhaps as guns. Grunt > Needler, Drone > Plasma Pistol, Jackal > Beam Rifle, Elite > Plasma Rifle, Hunter > Fuel Rod Cannon/Gun, Brute > Spiker, Brute Captain > Brute Shot, Arbiter > Energy Sword, Honor Guard Elite > Carbine, Tartarus > Gravity Hammer, Truth + Mercy + Regret forming into a big Prophet throne.

[@mattwo7]

@@PosthumanHeresy I mean not really, the full names of the Warthog and Scorpion were mentioned in RvB and I just checked the wiki for the full name of the Elephant. I always liked the Elephant and found it irritating it only ever appeared on one map and only in Halo 3... Also if I had actually did my research I would have known about the Mobile Anti-Aircraft Weapons Platform M510 Siegework/Ultra-Heavy aka Mammoth, which fits Big Convoy better. I don't remember that one tbh even though Halo 4 was the last game in the series I played.

[@bthsr7113]

This toy line and its setting had some potential. Would be interesting to see what could have been done. Like with Exo-Force. That one should have gotten a tv show. In the case of Animax, have there be more bridges (and of course InCARnated boats), change the human costumes, do a little non-specific world home repair, throw in something about ancient energy shields that lessen the sun's fury to survivable levels for most of the light side. This could work with some changes if you're willing to look past the abominations against god and science they drive.

[@goodpeople25]

Exo-Force, man I miss that line.

[@Wright805]

An Animax cartoon would have been awesome!

[@docette2015]

Okay, the REALLY annoying thing about Dinosaur Rex is that it SO sounds like it should be a rollicking good time. . .but apparently it is not. :( Real shame. But at least we have Animax to bring us back to the happy side of things! This whole premise is one of the goofiest things I've heard in a while, and it is amazing. XD A true worthy successor (or, uh, predecessor) to Brute Force! A shame neither lasted longer so they could do a crossover! (Come on, Linkara, put your magical comic-resurrecting powers to good use!)

[@Wright805]

Heck yes! You could even have it so that the technology that created Brute Force was the forerunner to ReinCARnation.

[@NoahDaArk]

This is in response to Linkara’s confusion about Africa being called the “Dark Continent.” While it *seems* to have racist connotations, in actuality it’s a lot tamer then it seems! Africa was called The Dark Continent because of its massive size. Africa is the second largest continent in the world, and back then exploring it was as challenging as Rob Liefeld drawing feet! As such much of their early knowledge about Africa was unknown and “in the dark”, Hence the name. I hope that clears it up for ya my man, Keep up the good work!

[@emiliestinson3086]

9:08 - Is nobody gonna point out that Extinctor is just Judge Death with wings?

[@maggiethegoblin8130]

Okay that is... Actually a really dang cool idea for a story. Tweak it some, maybe make the animals ais in the vehicles to help the humans pilot them like Jaegers, make the helmets less doofy, I could see this being popular.

[@nicodemusedwards6931]

0:17 it’s ok Linkara. In a few hours, the sun will rise. Oh yeah, and giant robot takes its first step. Whatever.

[@shaggyrogers8869]

What the f*ck does that mean?

[@BronzeBoy520]

Fun is dead, long live Fun!

[@blixer8384]

Is that a Skull and Bones reference?

[@jaredsamples6969]

@@blixer8384 or a FF7MA reference

[@metropod]

the way they describe the earth is what we who follow astronomy and astrophysics refer to as being “Tidally Locked”. But the thing is, Tidal Lock and “Stopped rotating” are not the same thing. Sure it looks that way, but it’s not how it works. If the earth somehow actually stopped rotating (and we didn’t all die in the process cause loosing about 1000MPH In momentum is going to cause a lot of problems), then we would still have day and night, it would just take roughly an entire year from one sunrise to the next, and it rise in the west and set in the East. It would have the appearance of rotating because the earth is still moving in orbit around the sun.

[@HerosBane]

Dr Linksano brought a foam lizard to life, he's probably screaming "Why didnt I think of that!"

[@benjaminrubin2178]

7:15 Oh, Isaac Asimov wrote an entire novella around that last question called "Nightfall". Spoiler alert, it does not end well.

[@sarahtelles1931]

Animax, that name makes me want to see an animal version of Mad Max

[@sarahtelles1931]

Yeah, I guarantee that if one side was day all the time, life wouldn't survive, especially plant life

[@otakon17]

@@sarahtelles1931 yeah wouldn't the twilight band between the night and day sides be the only habitable area on the planet as one side would be completely dried out and fried and the other frozen in darkness.

[@carlrood4457]

I swear it's like the insane child of every other toy line from the 80s. I see Thundercats, He-Man, Transformers, MASK, etc.

[@SuperWolsey]

The obscurest of all the obscuries. I'll go to my money bin.....

[@anjetto1]

In this fictional world, dinosaurs are *more* common..... more common.

[@SaraBanartist]

The villain looks like if Iron Maiden's Eddie somehow ended up in The Road Warrior.

[@Artista_Frustrado]

ok this series looks awesome & dumb enough to deserve an honest revival ... so, I will go on a limp & assume the whole "walk the road to oblivion" thing is the Animax equivalent of riding to Valhalla kinda thing

[@IronWolfZer0]

I actually thought up a rewrite of the setting while watching this. Rather than setting it on earth in the future set on a planet were magic exists, one type that work in the light and one that works in the dark. The circle of twilight can be the only area on the planet were both magic can exist together, and the bridge of doom is only place the two side can truly fight.

[@BOOXMOWO]

This whole premise is... amazing?!

[@Tareltonlives]

"The comic is lame; fun is dead" Dinosaur Rex seems to take itself faaaar too seriously There's something...off about the designs here, like Poor Man's Zords I like the concept though PLANETS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY CONSERVATION DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY ♫Max Action! The name you want to touch!♫ "It's a good thing lions and tigers are herbivores or things might be confusing" Oh boy, the villain has a much better design than the hero. All the villains do; they're like Bebob and Rocksteady instead of generic blond white guys. "Even in the 25th century they still make fun of that franchise" "Peopleopolis" Is that in Metopia? Is that were Bestosterone is? "Mankind is unprepared for my banana bread!" Do you know how the Animax came into being? They were animals once, taken by the dark powers, tortured and mutilated, a ruined and terrible form of life. And now... perfected Somehow, Max Action has returned. Seriously, why did they kill him off in the first placE? What purpose does this serve? Still, it's well drawn and feels suitably epic, unlike Air Raiders. This is like a Diet version of Brute Force, but eh, I'll take it over more inept and dark event comics

[@lorddrayvon1426]

What's funny is that the parallel is entirely possible given this came out ten years after Gorenger.

[@cassie6146]

I would have thought Linksano would be trying to make Starfire and Chieri into Cat-ilacs.

[@nickmanzo8459]

No Young Frankenstein joke when the Mutants break in? I kept expecting “Oh my God, it’s the villagers!” or “Please!!! Just another seven seconds!!!”

[@ThatJohnKillion1970]

Something about this screams SUNDAY!!! SUNDAY!!! SUNDAY!!!

[@EerieGrey]

I love that the human city is called Peoplopolis

[@ethanbell6762]

I can't wait for Animax's reincarnation as an IDW comic series in the near future

[@Wright805]

Heck yes!

[@devlinburgess2463]

This is what a Saturday morning cartoon would look like in the Mad Max universe. It'd be in a programming block with U.S.1.

[@xl9079]

I kind of wish Dinosaur Rex focused on a very religious T-Rex who was sceptical of Evolution.

[@MrControll]

The fact that Dinosaur Rex was so bad it managed to derail Linkara's updates in what I think is the first time ever is probably all that needs to be known about it.

[@SereneDancer]

Okay that outfit sure is something. Never thought I'd see Nipple Clamps on a comic cover 🤣🤣

[@RenjiAbarai777]

Cool! We'll probably get to see the Ninja Style Dancer next episode!

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

Soooooo this comic is like a mix of Zoids, Mad Max, a bag of cocaine, tonnes of leather, a dash of Judas Priest and every issue of Heavy Metal combined into one in some dark ritual... along with an extra bag of cocaine for good measure? Actually, come to think of it, this comic would have been perfect for Heavy Metal magazine. I mean, just look at it.

[@ToHoldNothing]

This is oddly like Visionaries Knights of the Magical Light, except more focused on the sci fi rather than the mix of dystopian fiction and magic melded with tech. Also was an unpopular toy line that had a short lived TV show and a comic book series that ended before the story in it was complete I think their premise would work more in scientific astronomical terms, since it was a solar alignment that wiped out technology, rendering it useless so everyone went to more medieval times

[@mattwo7]

4:48 Considering how Transformers Generation 2 worked out for them I _can't imagine_ why it didn't pan out.

[@Fuzzy_Barbarian]

"Tension would kinda disolve if it turned out they could just clone another team member if they died." Meanwhile, in current X-Men comics, that is literally exactly what they do. Like, they have a character shoot another in the head as a joke. It's kind of awesome.

[@dylansharp8471]

Wait what happened? Did they shoot the clone or the real person?

[@Djinsin]

WHY IS THERE NO CARTOON OF THIS?? I NEED A CARTOON OF THIS!!!

[@Wright805]

I second that!

[@Plot-Point-Media]

I love how he explained the concept to Linksano who want to bet that we’ll see him being chased by one of those in the future?

[@rassilontdavros3004]

I think this is the first time since I started watching that we’ve had one of these last-minute changes.

[@dunes8817]

It's happened before either because the comics were too good or because they were bad in ways that wouldn't allow for much material.

[@SchazmenRassir]

Ah, something lighthearted and fun. Good choice, Linkara.

[@connerharvey548]

I really hope your wrong about the old lady and the jackal. I wouldn't mind a crossover between this series and Spiderman, but the last thing we need is another clone saga.

[@TMT66666]

A world sponsored by Mountain Dew? The horror. The existential horror!

[@JaelinBezel]

"Hey let's talk about what we're gonna do before we do it and then do it!" Ever since I was a little kid watching an episode of Space Ghost, when he talks about using his Ice Ray right before using his Ice Ray for no discernable reason, it always bothers me when a comic or show does that. I don't mean things like Goku shouting Kamehameha or Sailor Moon yelling Moon Princess Halation. I mean things like in the second issue of the original X-Men series from the sixties when Jean is training in the Danger Room by levitating a huge heavy ball above herself (because safety is for squares, I guess). She loses focus and the ball starts dropping towards her. Cyclops practically gives a soliloquy on how he's going to save her (which she responds to while still in danger so there's no way this is happening at the same time) before opening his visor. Like, in the time it took him to say all that, Jean should already be a red stain on the floor (again safety being very much for squares).

[@BlinkofaStorm]

Linkara... That is just Theodore Rex but in the 1920's. You know... The Movie of the Dinosaur cop who teams up with Whoopie Goldberg?

[@John_does]

I just remembered this episode and thought the comic was called T-rucks, and after remembering it's not I'm disappointed in the fact I didn't found anything called like that, it's just a fun name for something with truck dinosaurs.

[@Aqua-Marine-UK_1991]

Animax looks like they can fit well in the He-man universe

[@Wright805]

Have you read my Animax/She-Ra crossover fanfic?

[@TheBunSquad]

God less than a minute in and I'm dying laughing. That intro is gold

[@casi1201]

The best opening EVER!

[@daelen.cclark]

Linkara AKA; Ballet gummybear: comic fun reincarnated

[@Robin0928]

I really needed a laugh today with job training so this was a wonderful little episode!

[@actionjackson4982]

Lmao he didn't even bother to review Dinosaur Rex. I love it.

[@bookvee]

I have a copy of this somewhere, bought for a long train journey. I do not remember it, or the journey. All I remember is the intensely dull meeting with someone else and their lawyer to discuss how they are allowed to use use my art because it was online, and that makes it public domain. I got paid, they got dropped as a client by their lawyer, they stopped using stolen art, life was good.

[@LegendPurpleDragon152]

7:37 “After I explained this to him he just started screaming and hasn’t stopped for like 3 hours now.” And considering he hasn’t reappeared at the time of this comment, I can only assume he’s *STILL* screaming.

[@benvigus8705]

A new recurring comic? Fantastic!

[@chrisbuttonshaw2088]

"why do you guys have helmets that look like the animals?" BRANDING!!!

[@Inspiration_Date]

Today, Animax lives on as a TV network.

[@TheSkully343]

I'm sad Animax did not survive if only because it means more people will never be able to return to the glorious city of Peoplopolis

[@Wright805]

If it's any consolation I've written some Animax fanfiction.

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

you lied to us! and i was looking forward to dinosaur rex

[@Martynde]

I like to imagine Brute Force takes place in the Transformers continuity. Marvel cancelled Transformers due to low sales then had its writer Simon Furman write Brute Force? I would have preferred no Brute Force and a few more issues of Transformers, which we got anyway with Generation 2. But still. Brute Force didn't need to exist. Transformers didn't need to be cancelled.

[@jakepalermo9181]

7:47 Tell the "mad scientist" this field is actually called Biorobotics (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biorobotics)

[@WillKeaton]

Similar premise to Attack Pack, which was also about a bunch of animal/vehicle hybrids. Although, to the best of my knowledge, it wasn't set on an Earth that has stopped rotating. Also, I can't decide which is the more absurd name: ReinCARnation, or Peoplopolis.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

Whoa, never heard of these. They're so obscure, Toy Galaxy has never even mentioned them.