Responding to love, death + robots so far
ComicBook.com: Share both of you at [Love, Death + Robots’] Previous volumes in certain ways, how do you feel about responding to them so far in Volume Three?
Jennifer Yeoh Nelson: I think we’ve all been working on it, and for sure people have been working on animation for any length of time, that’s what we wish the response would have been when we can finally tell adult stories in animation. Because a lot of times, we’ve been told that people won’t watch adult cartoons, these cartoons are basically a family thing for kids to watch on their own. We as artists want to use animation as a storytelling tool to tell us stories that are as fun and varied as anything. And so for us, it’s not a literary genre, it’s a style of telling any story we want. Finally, being recognized by the public as something they want to see is really fun.
Tim Miller: I love that fans and professionals in our field love the show, but I really hope we can attract some people who don’t consider animation part of their regular diet to watch the show. was like with dead list. I knew I was going to bring in all the comic nerds, but how do we get other people who wouldn’t normally want to come to a comic book movie? This is how we expand the audience for this type of material. This way we keep telling bigger and more amazing stories. I should bring more people to the tent.
What’s different for volume 3
CB: Speaking of all that title in volume three, is there something specific that either of you wanted to look different this time around to make it more prominent than volume one and two?
Yoh Nelson: I guess we just…some of them took longer to cook. Some of these shorts took two and a half years. Some of them took six months. For us, it’s about, all of these stories are really interesting to us and they were just different pipelines for all these different studios.
Miller: But we’re very excited about Fincher’s work. It’s been a long time coming. We’ve been talking about him and I. He is a very patient man. We’ve been talking about doing something in animation for 15 years. And even though he was on the show, actually getting him to do one was, I think, very exciting. He wanted to do this “Bad Travel” short story when we had evolved heavy metal. And so when the time and opportunity came, he wanted to do this. I also feel like the whole show of episode two and three has a different tone, because Jennifer is here, and together we choose the stories, and that has a huge impact on what the final show will be like. And I love this mix. Everything is different, and it can continue to develop in a very interesting way.
Choose shorts for every size
CB: Now, when curating stories for volume three, do you want to work with certain creators or certain studios to deliver certain styles? Or is it something else entirely?
Yoh Nelson: It always starts with stories, because we have a huge list of amazing stories, we try to find stories that are different from each other but still have the joy of a geek. This was always the beginning, but then we have to figure out the whole matchmaking process between the directors, the studios, and the story that might end up leaving the mix because we can’t find the right director or studio. It’s all this organic process.
Miller: In the end, it came to Jennifer and I tied wrists together and a rusty kitchen knife on the other. Which one bleeds first? [laughs]
Yoh Nelson: With our fists wrapped in broken and bleeding glass. [laughs]
general appearances
CB: Is there a general theme that goes in like, “Oh, okay.” Yes, it’s Love, Death + Robots, but with each volume, do you especially want to take on certain stories that deal with the same things or certain feelings that you want to address? That’s what I was curious about.
yuh Nelson: There is no real topic. [laughs]
Miller: Subject There is no subject. [laughs]
Yoh Nelson: Subject There is no subject. I think maybe it only brings certain parts of the geek’s mind forward. I think this is very much. Does it give you a certain feeling? Does it make you feel like you should think about this? Or is that cool? Sometimes we look at it as, “Does it have a robot, or death, or love?” It’s random like that.
Miller: But it’s interesting for fans to think that we choose stories this way, and while in reality the show name was really meant to feel like a basket big enough to capture any story. And not specifically. Obviously not every story has love, death, or bots.
Yoh Nelson: Most of them have death in it.
Miller: But the chances are great.
Yoh Nelson: Most of them have death in it. Someone will die.
Miller: But we do not choose from it. No, I’m going to pick the next season that doesn’t have any of these three.
Yoh Nelson: Everyone will throw [laughs].
Miller: [laughs] Yeah. It will have hate, life and organic things.
Love, Death + The First Robots Sequel
CB: This is the first volume with a sequel. Why was the story “The Three Robots” chosen in particular for a new story update for this volume?
Yoh Nelson: I think it’s a reaction from the fans, because people really like “The Three Robots.” This is also because we love John Scalzi, and have worked with him constantly. And he had some crazy cool ideas about what to do with his three robot characters.
Miller: Also John seems like a nice guy, but let me tell you, he’s someone you don’t want to disappoint. He can come for you at any time. He has a great attachment with sharp objects. could kill you any-
Yoh Nelson: John sweetheart.
Miller: [laughs] I’m sorry. John really-
Yoh Nelson: We want to make John happy.
Miller: Yeah. It’s nice to work with all these wonderful people. And then, if you’re lucky, you can work with them further. And John is just prolific. I don’t know how he has time to do anything, but he comes regularly and visits us here in LA. A collection of his stories will still be hanging on the wall for future seasons.
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