Robo 'round the world

[Meister]

I'm curious. What's the farthest from their homeland Atomic Robo issues have travelled?

I offer Germany. I have no way of knowing for sure but there's a chance I'm in fact the only person in the entire country to read it. Any evidence to the contrary will be gladly accepted. The guys at the comic book store sure hadn't heard of it.

[EVILNess]

Forgive me if I am wrong but, isn't there a law in Germany that you can't sell things that feature Nazis? Wouldn't Atomic Robo Break that law?

[Meister]

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It's actually a bit more complex. In a nutshell, you can sell whatever you want, but a lot of publishers censor their own product because there is a law against displaying Nazi symbols. In theory this law exists to keep neo-nazi groups from using them and use in context should be fine (example: Indiana Jones movies), in practice people have been prosecuted for displaying this:

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Which is obviously bollocks and was eventually officially declared such (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strafgesetzbuch_§_86a), but a lot of publishers still either misunderstand the law or figure "better safe than sorry."

It works much the same way with depictions of violence in the media, by the way. And that, kids, is how governments introduce censorship without actually having to put themselves in the position of the censor.

[Melfice]

I was gonna suggest me.
But then I thought, "Oh, wait, there's Meister. He's German."
And then I saw that you, Meister, made the topic, and I was still: "Yeah, he's German."
And then you mentioned you're German. So. Yeah.

If we travel via Asia, I'm still further away from the US than you though. >___>

Netherlands, here.
Most likely, I too am one of the few people here who read Atomic Robo.

[EVILNess]

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It's actually a bit more complex. In a nutshell, you can sell whatever you want, but a lot of publishers censor their own product because there is a law against displaying Nazi symbols. In theory this law exists to keep neo-nazi groups from using them and use in context should be fine (example: Indiana Jones movies), in practice people have been prosecuted for displaying this:

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/420/200pxhakenkreuzimverbot.png (http://img10.imageshack.us/my.php?image=200pxhakenkreuzimverbot.png)

Which is obviously bollocks and was eventually officially declared such (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strafgesetzbuch_§_86a), but a lot of publishers still either misunderstand the law or figure "better safe than sorry."

It works much the same way with depictions of violence in the media, by the way. And that, kids, is how governments introduce censorship without actually having to put themselves in the position of the censor.

It's always best to get the information straight from the source.

Still you guys are further away than me, I live in the Texas part of the Ark-La-Tex area.

[Unprodigy]

Robo's plenty popular here among comic readers, but Australia's not that different from America culturally. I mean, we speak (baaaasically) the same language, for a start.

[Si Civa]

It can be ordered from Finnish webshop if I recall correctly and I suppose that some people have bought Robo (I should buy it but blah, blah, lazy me, blah). And Finland is farther from USA than Germany. So ha, I guess.
Except, if you go via the North Pole I suppose, but nobody is that wise nowadays.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

I think I am the most northern person. But then again, I don't know the relative latitude that Melfice is in comparison to me.

If I am the most Northern, then I gotta say, it's lonely at the top

:(

[Kurosen]

Robo is shown to be in China in flashbacks during Vol 1, Issue 2 and that's technically further from Robo's place of origin than Germany. But only because Robo lives on the American East Coast.

[Melfice]

I think I am the most northern person. But then again, I don't know the relative latitude that Melfice is in comparison to me.

If I am the most Northern, then I gotta say, it's lonely at the top

:(

52° 21′ 0″ N, 4° 52′ 0″ E
That's the coordinates of the Netherlands (or at the very least Amsterdam.)
I'm fairly certain you're higher up than me.

EDIT: 45° 24′ 0″ N, 75° 40′ 0″ W
Or maybe I AM, if I'm only looking at Ottawa, as that's the only coordinates I could easily find...

EDITED: Nope. Alberta is 53°. You're still up higher.
And even Meister's higher on 52° 23′

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

According to wiki, my co-ordinates are 53°15′54″N 113°48′19″W what ever that means.

[Si Civa]

59°49′25″N, 22°58′05″E
Those are the coordinates of the most southern city of Finland. Take that as "Finland beat you again, the first time, okay, we really didn't beat you but hey.."
And Norway, shhh!

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

59°49′25″N, 22°58′05″E
Those are the coordinates of the most southern city of Finland. Take that as "Finland beat you again, the first time, okay, we really didn't beat you but hey.."
And Norway, shhh!

I fgured there would be someone higher then I.

[Melfice]

59°49′25″N, 22°58′05″E
Those are the coordinates of the most southern city of Finland. Take that as "Finland beat you again, the first time, okay, we really didn't beat you but hey.."
And Norway, shhh!

Yeah, but on the other hand, we haven't had any confirmation that anybody from Finland has bought and read Atomic Robo. Including you. =P

*cue Osterbum showing up proving me wrong*

[Si Civa]

To add the Finnish shame, I checked if there were any discussion about Atomic Robo in one of the Finnish comic forums, and there wasn't any. It's like that to defend Finnish stupidity I should buy Atomic Robo.

[Meister]

A quick google search on German language pages reveals: there are in fact people here who know about Robo and like him! And who call Scott Chris! Presumably they'll also have bought issues so there goes my incredibly pathetic status.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

A quick google search on German language pages reveals: there are in fact people here who know about Robo and like him! And who call Scott Chris! Presumably they'll also have bought issues so there goes my incredibly pathetic status.

Don't worry Meister, you're still pathetic to us. =D

Wait that didn't come out right :shifty:

[Osterbaum]

I have not bought Atomic Robo. But I sure as hell will during summer, as long as I can get myself a job.

[Unprodigy]

Robo is shown to be in China in flashbacks during Vol 1, Issue 2 and that's technically further from Robo's place of origin than Germany. But only because Robo lives on the American East Coast.

Pretty sure Australia's even further away. In fact, the direct opposite side of the globe from the East coast of the US would probably be around about where the West coast of Australia is... but I'm on the East coast so I guess that doesn't mean much. >_>

[Eldezar]

Try these:

http://www.gadling.com/2008/01/21/find-out-whats-on-the-exact-opposite-side-of-the-world/

http://www.antipodemap.com/

The second link can be found in the first link. The way I see it, unless the Nazi's had an undersea base or an uncharted island, and Hitler's last orders to them were "Prepare to release the Roo Rockets on Australia" and then Hitler died but the hidden base didn't get the message for a few years, and then decided to attack anyways, then I don't think Robo will be making a trip to the exact opposite of any part of the U.S or Deutschland.

But you never know.

[Melfice]

Just... to avoid any confusion, we WERE talking about the physical comic-books.
Not so much where Robo HIMSELF went. Inside the comic-books.