Pericles Junior

Over the past few weeks, HBO's new hit series Westworld has captivated a viewership with its complex tale morality play of gods, men and machines. As great as Westworld is, it's only on for one hour a week, and soon it'll reach the season finale. If you need more of that good machines-achieving-sentience action, we've selected five of the best robotic comics for you to sample next. Love that? Try this.

  We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, as well as the special qualities of comic book storytelling, but because cartoonists, illustrators and their fans share countless numbers of great pinups, fan art and other illustrations on sites like Flickr, Tumblr, DeviantArt and seemingly infinite art blogs that we’ve created Best Art E

This past weekend at WonderCon 2013, Guillermo del Toro announced a graphic novel prequel to his upcoming mech vs. kaiju blockbuster, Pacific Rim. Dubbed Pacific Rim: Tales From Year Zero, the 112-page hardcover will feature a story by PR screenwriter Travis Beacham, art by Sean Chen, Yvel Guichet, and Pericles Junior, inks by Steve Bird and Mark McKenna, and a cover by Alex Ross...