Calling-in all the way from the UK, is one of the most recognized and celebrated writers of the Transformers and robot-fiction: Simon Furman (Death's Head, Dragon's Claw, Doctor Who). Simon is on the show this week to talk about the release of his latest mech-inspired comic: Astrobots Vol. 1 (available now!), the 40th Anniversary of the Transformers, working at Marvel UK during its peak, and what robot characters can teach us about our own humanity.

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Talking Astrobots, Transformers, and Marvel UK with writer Simon Furman

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