Grime City Stories: The Gynoid Dilemma

[Doctor Robo]

From the pages of MCcomix.com, Doctor Robo and MC Tek proudly present “The Gynoid Dilemma” chapter one!

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For years Ted Twiss, the former villain known as “Dr. Twisted”, has struggled with a deep secret… his sexual attraction to female robots, and women who act like them. Now for any average person with this particular fetish this might not be that big of a deal, but Ted has the added burden of being one of the only people on Earth who can actually TURN women into robots. That makes his little fantasy into a daily struggle just to be a decent human being!

To amplify his problem, Ted has been tasked with the supervision of L.I.S.A. – a totally obedient life-sized doll who just happens to look exactly like the most famous superheroine in town. Can Ted set aside his personal fantasies and keep things professional with L.I.S.A.? Or will her resemblance to a certain busty blonde bombshell drive him out of his mind? Find out in chapter one of “The Gynoid Dilemma”, available only at MCcomix.com!

This is my first venture into both hand-drawn comics and multi-panel layouts, as well as my first collaboration with the excellent artist and friend of MCcomix known as "MC Tek". We hope you enjoy the story!

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[mctek]

Hey gang!

Like to express what a awesome experience it's been to work with Doc, likewise the comic as well. L.I.S.A took a while to set on a look and color, still i like the way she/it came out. Ted been a blast to draw as well, i got him pretty much right the first time. I hope you guys enjoy it, more to come!

MCtek~

[Akonkid]

Excellent issue! Great seeing the parallels between MilkMaid and Ms. Metrobay, the temptation of Ted, and the glorious flashbacks to some of Metrobay's best scenes. It's great to see Ted's past with Belinda explored, to hear his internal thoughts on his own moments of insanity, and his ultimately, and surprising, good nature to do the right thing and defy his inner desires. It's great conflict, and conflict ultimately makes the entire thing very interesting and well worth reading.

And props to MC Tek as well for the very good art. Seeing the great hand-drawn renditions of some Metrobay classics was amazing.

[leto17]

I really like your take on Milkmaid design. You really know how to convey the eroticism of a flawlessly designed fembot. I find it interesting that Ted kinda carries a torch for Belinda still. She's one of my favorite characters! One thing about this issue that I really enjoyed was it seemed to give the Milkmaid a slightly different personality from what we've seen before. By that I mean a more, almost innocent, desire to please, as opposed to the cold performance of duty. Both are great and should continue to be shown.

I'd actually like to see a series involving a love affair between one of Uroboros's Lambda Troopers "liberated" from Madame Nyx and the MilkMaid. If nothing else, explaining how they got together and the Superheroine squad obtained one in the first place would be interesting.

[Tecknophyle]

Minor continuity issue. Part of the "interesting devices" flashback showed a Greentooth. While Ted no doubt helped work on the basic technology, having him actually worked on that device is problematic because he'd recognize one, and given his reformed status he'd have alerted someone that the things are around.

[Akonkid]

Minor continuity issue. Part of the "interesting devices" flashback showed a Greentooth. While Ted no doubt helped work on the basic technology, having him actually worked on that device is problematic because he'd recognize one, and given his reformed status he'd have alerted someone that the things are around.

Yes, but has Ted SEEN any greentooth earpieces yet? I don't think they're extensively widespread yet. The only heroine that has one on at the moment is Brown Sugar, right? There's also Mayor Turner and Warden Smith, but he's had little contact with them. So he may yet discover a heroine like Sugar walking around with one, or she may not come in contact with him for awhile. We'll see.

[Doctor Robo]

And props to MC Tek as well for the very good art. Seeing the great hand-drawn renditions of some Metrobay classics was amazing.

I couldn't agree more. I think seeing how MC Tek interprets the classic Metrobay characters is probably my favorite part of these stories.

To address the continuity question, Ted didn't work on the greentooth earpieces as we know them, but he did have a hand in creating much of the technology that eventually evolved into the earpieces.

Also, I don't think he has actually seen one in action yet, so he wouldn't necessarily be able to recognize what they are or what they can do.

I feel like I neglected my boy Ted over the past few months while we explored other characters and storylines. He's still a prominent player in the Metrobay Universe and I plan to utilize him a lot more in the coming months.

- Doc

[mctek]

Hey gang!

Tecknophyle - Fear not i will try to stay with continuity as best i can, with Doc and Trishbot's help of course.

Akonkid - I'm glad you all loved the chosen science doc envoke for this issue, certainly had a blast doing it. Looking over stuff, i think you'll be foaming at the mouth later on, that's if you're not already doing so. Normally do alot of fantasy sword and shield stuff, So doing superheroine stuff has been both hard and fun to do. So right now i'm still stepping over that hurdle.

Leto - MilkMaid It certainly took me some time to develop color scheme wise, plastic is hard to do with colors, at least for me. Still i'm relieved it worked and people love it. I'll be happy to listen to ideas for stories, anything is possible, i think.

MCtek~

[Doctor Robo]

From the pages of MCcomix.com, Doctor Robo and MCtek proudly present “The Gynoid Dilemma” chapter two!

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Things don’t get any easier for Ted Twiss as L.I.S.A. insists on ‘fulfilling her programming’ and helping him live out his erotic fantasies. She knows he likes female robots – and she IS a female robot – so she doesn’t quite understand why he is so reluctant to take the plunge. He tries to explain, but it’s a LONG story. Luckily, we have all the time in the world!

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[dumbtime]

I love this aspect of story telling, character development through sprinkles of past, present and future. We're getting into the mind of Ted Twiss, who and what he was and is and it's keeping speed with what's going on in other storys that it relates to as well. Keep up the good work.

The art is fantastic as well, MCTek. You do a great job drawing the panels.

I'm really looking forward to more issues from this storyline.

[Doctor Robo]

From the pages of MCcomix.com, Doctor Robo and MC Tek proudly present “The Gynoid Dilemma” chapter three!

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Cadet Crissy Tanner is a lovely young woman… with an emphasis on ‘young’. She is still learning the ways of the working world, and doesn’t quite understand why things don’t always go her way. She is accustomed to using her good looks and feminine wiles to get what she wants in life, but when a fellow heroine becomes annoyed with her repeated requests, Crissy finds herself face to face with a sexy cyborg who’s hot in more ways than one!

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[nageth]

Most interesting part was Marcy having a rather sudden outburst. It seems like a rather radical departure from her usual demeanor – unless this is the millionth time Crissy has bugged her about this. Hoping the outburst is connected to both Marcy's recent experience as an evil henchman as well as her frying Crissy's brain/possible guilt.

[Doctor Robo]

Most interesting part was Marcy having a rather sudden outburst. It seems like a rather radical departure from her usual demeanor – unless this is the millionth time Crissy has bugged her about this. Hoping the outburst is connected to both Marcy's recent experience as an evil henchman as well as her frying Crissy's brain/possible guilt.

An astute observation. Marcy and Crissy parallel each other to some degree, although each of them deals with their little 'issues' in different ways. Obviously "Forbidden Fantasy" spotlights Crissy's attempts to reconcile her humanity with her cybernetic leanings, but Marcy has some things of her own to work out. We will explore that later on... I guarantee it.

- Doc

[Doctor Robo]

From the pages of MCcomix.com, Doctor Robo and MCtek proudly present “The Gynoid Dilemma” chapter four!

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Crissy Tanner’s current situation in “Forbidden Fantasy” chapter 16 is not the first time she has made a house call to the former Dr. Twisted to get some help with her little ‘dilemma’. She also stopped by to visit him a few days prior, but that meeting did not turn out quite the same way. What does that mean? Click on the link below to find out!

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[Akonkid]

Geez, Crissy's a pretty unlikable bitch in this one, ain't she? At this point I'm surprised Ted didn't just brainwash her and tell her to march off a cliff or something or just blank her brain and prop her in the corner. It seems odd to me that him having sex with LISA is a big no-no for some reason yet him having sex with Mechana was practically encouraged by Silver Satin. Crissy's behavior also sort of shook any notion I might have had that the two had a good, if awkward, relationship. I'm liking her Goth transition more and more while missing the happy, spunky, sheltered girl she original was. I'm just having mixed feelings as I realize that the girl I preferred may, in fact, have been destroyed by Silver Satin (damn you Marcy!)

That said, it is interesting to see Ted struggle with his good side. Crissy seems less like a temptation though and more like an annoyance (again, their relationship has changed in my mind). Ted makes for a good hero, but I wonder where exactly he can go from here, just like in the regular Forbidden Fantasy. When he's so noble and good-hearted now, he really only has one direction to go.

The art is good as always and the line work remains very high quality. It may just be my observation but the colors are getting tad sloppy and inconsistent at times compared to some of the earlier issues, but that's nitpicking and I know full well that deadlines force some rushed segments. I did get very confused on page 48 though. It took me a very long time to figure out Crissy was opening a door and not entering a cockpit of some kind (I thought the floating screen was a window), and I'm still confused about who the second face on the top is. Is that Crissy in a second panel? Her hair looks a bit different, but she's wearing the same uniform, so I'm not sure if that's just an inconsistency. I don't think that's someone else, but I could be wrong, and if I am wrong, who would it be?

The rest looks fine. This is a neat little story diversion that shows just how mentally unstable Crissy has become and it gives her interactions with Ted in Forbidden a bit more intrigue. I hope there will be more hand-drawn supplements to the stories here and there exists practically hundreds of untold stories I'm eager to see, stories where a traditional medium might be easier to work with. But now I'm ranting. Great story and great art. Thanks guys, and I hope to see more soon!