Whats the story with the Byrne Robotics mascot ROG-2000?
I have been looking at pictures of ROG-2000 and wondering where his name comes from and/or what it represents? I also saw your drawing of Paty 200-89 just now and am wondering the same thing for her. JB: Both names had the same source, Bob Layton. Back in the Jurassic Period, Bob, along with Roger Stern and a few other names you’d be less likely to know, ran a fanzine called CPL, out of Indianapolis. I got hooked up with them, providing spot illustrations. One day I sent in a drawing of a robot with his arm blown off. Since there were several people named Roger “on staff” at the time, Bob decided this was the latest editor, and dubbed the robot ROG-2000. Roger Stern then got in touch with me and asked for more. Since I had no access to xerox technology at the time, I had to work from memory, and the robot I came up with was somewhat different from the original. The illustration of him sitting behind a desk, reading mail, is the first official ROG-2000 drawing. Further drawings went in
