Fraternal League of Robotic Persons (16 x 20", Glossy or Matte Finish) $48.00

Robots of Retropolis, Unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!

The reason that's not actually the slogan of the Retropolis Fraternal League of Robotic Persons is that - so far as any of us know - no robot has ever been chained to anything there. Except that one time, with Big Lug #11408, but everyone knows that was his own idea. And it could have worked.

But I'll admit it's a scary thought. The chains, I mean. No, their actual slogan is "Although We Serve, We Are Not Servants" which would have been a perfectly valid slogan in any office I've ever worked in, even though we were wise not to chant it.

Retropolis has in fact always treated its robots pretty much like members of the family - not the family you could be thinking of at the moment, but rather one of those small town MGM style families that only Ronald Reagan ever believed were real. Because, you know, Retropolis is a pretty nice place, overall.

What happened, though, was that a big crowd of robots went together to a revival screening of "Metropolis". The movie left them feeling a little shaky. Between Robot Maria and the oppressed mobs of workers, the robots just had this sort of nagging idea that things could take a turn for the worse. So... they organized. Just in case. Food for thought.

ABOUT THE PRINTS

These prints are made to order by deviantPrints, using an archival quality photographic process on Fujifilm Crystal Archive paper. They're rated to last over 100 years without fading - though no prints should be left where they'll be baked by direct sunlight. The color fidelity, clarity and paper weight of these prints is far superior to the poster-quality reproductions I also sell here. They're pretty much the bee's knees.

You can order a print in either glossy or matte finish. This is mainly a matter of personal taste, but I do think that the glossy prints give you a sharper representation of the original digital image.

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