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JANUARY 2010
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UPCOMING APPEARANCES:

Emerald City Comic Con
March 13th & 14th

THE BOILERPLATE
COFFEE TABLE BOOK



A lavish 170 page, 9x11, hardbound book with 350 illustrations
Ranked #3 on an Amazon.com list of best books!
See what Boilerplate bested HERE!

"A masterpiece of fictional reality"
The Telegraph UK

"An amazing visual odyssey"
The Denver Times

"Visually and thematically stunning"
The Baltimore Sun

"Wildly imaginative"
The New York Observer

"Tremendous fun"
The New York Post

"A delight, a perfect ramble of a read"
Los Angeles Times

“A priceless piece of originality”
Powell’s Books

"Wonderful" - Barnes & Noble
"Spectacular" - Amazon
"Brilliant" - Border's

“Truly brilliant. I can’t stop looking at it”
Mike Mignola, creator of Hellboy


See sample images from the book, a movie trailer, and MORE!



The KBOO radio book reading and interview with Paul & Anina (10/29/09)
"Deliciously detailed"
The New York Times

"Charming"
U.S. News & World Report

"Awesome"
Robotics Society of America

"Amazing"
The Christian Science Monitor

"Impressive"
Tim Gaskill, Editor StarTrek.com

"Cool"
NASA Space Telerobotics Program

"VERY cool"
Mike Carlin, VP of DC Comics


THE PORTLAND TRIBUNE
Randall Barton wrote about Boilerplate
in the Jan. 22, 2009 issue.

THE PORTLAND MERCURY
John Dooley wrote about Boilerplate
in the Nov. 7, 2002 issue.

THE OREGONIAN
Inara Verzemnieks wrote about Boilerplate
in the Nov. 8, 2005 issue.

DER SPIEGEL
The German magazine wrote about Boilerplate
in the Nov. 1, 2005 issue.

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Heidi MacDonald wrote about Boilerplate
in the Nov. 1, 2005 issue.

THE WILLAMETTE WEEK
Nick Obourne wrote about Boilerplate
in the Oct. 25, 2002 issue.
It would be the first in what would become a series of articles relating to Boilerplate.
Boilerplate was a cover feature in a recent issue (#54) of Real Robots magazine. This is the United Kingdoms' leading robotics publication.Click on cover at left for larger image.
Boilerplate was featured in an recent issue of Paradox.
This is Russia's top robotics publication!
Can anyone translate the article for me?



Paul was a guest on Clyde Lewis' nationaly known talk radio program GROUND ZERO (11/24/02). For three hours they discused Boilerplate and 19th century robots.

Fun Fact: This site is the #1 result when you type "Victorian robot" into Google!
EXCLUSIVE BLOG
www.MySpace.com/boilerplaterobot

The Boilerplate Historical Society


Boilerplate is an indie music mascot!
The robot can be found on the cover of the latest STARS album
Sad Robot.
Paul attended a STARS concert and came home with a Boilerplate bag of swag!


BOILERPLATE RETURNS!
Boilerplate guest stars in the latest HEARTBREAKERS graphic novel.

Missing since WWI and found in pieces by the Heartbreakers, Boilerplate is reassembled and helps our heroes thwart their enemies.

This graphic novel was nominated for an EISNER AWARD (the comic book industry's OSCARS) in the Best Painter category.
This news was reported in our hometown paper (4/19/2006 ).


Boilerplate was snuck into the background of a painting Paul did for a local brew pub.
Boilerplate is the subject of a factoid in the center of a kids menu for the Italian restaurant chain Fazoli's.


This site is currently being used in lesson plans, to teach critical thinking, by the famous
Hong Kong Academy.
A new Boilerplate figurine was constructed in the fall of 2007.
View the build!

Boilerplate was honored by the NASA Space Telerobotics Program as being a "Cool Robot of the Week!"


FALL 2009 BOOK RELEASE EVENTS

Release Party - Author Reading - Art Exhibit
-
From MARCH 22 to APRIL 19, 2001,
assorted Boilerplate items and ephemera were in a
GALLERY EXHIBITION!
Displayed were posters, pictures, the articulated maquette,
and original pages from the graphic novel.
Below are photos of the exhibition, which took place at the
Northview Gallery, 12000 SW 49th Ave., Portland, OR 97280

THE BOILERPLATE JUMPSTATION
BOILERPLATE'S INVENTOR BOILERPLATE UNVEILED BOILERPLATE'S LEGACY
BOILERPLATE AND
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR		 BOILERPLATE AND
THE PUNITIVE EXPEDITION
AGAINST PANCHO VILLA		 BOILERPLATE AND
THE JAPANESE-RUSSIAN WAR		 BOILERPLATE AND
WORLD WAR ONE
ANTARCTIC BOILERPLATE
BOILERPLATE COMICS
BIBLIOGRAPHY & TIMELINE
REPRODUCING BOILERPLATE BOILERPLATE'S MAIL BOILERPLATE'S LAB
BUY BOILERPLATE
FRANK READE
BOILERPLATE STORE

RELATED SITES:

Robot Cafe - Robotics news, forums, links. They rate BP a 10 out of 10--thanks!
MachineBrain - Robotics and "smart machines". Boilerplate's listed in the fighting robots section.
Jeff's Robots - Pictures (Boilerplate among them) and links ranging from silver-screen, to real robots.
William Herod - He chronicles the history of a little know robot known as the Buffalo Iron Man.
Dead Bodies Inc. - America's token robot journal written by robots, for robots.
Robot World - An online dictonary of robots (Boilerplate's included).
Mars - a consise yet comprehensive ('cause BP's listed) robot link list.
Dug North - robotic art, automata, and links (w/Boilerplate, natch!).
Robots will rule the world - 'nuff said!

The Boilerplate web project began in July 2000 with three pages and nine images--
it now contains sixty pages and hundreds of images!
See the site map for a complete list of pages and links

All contents copyright 2000, 2009 Paul Guinan.
Boilerplate, Archibald Campion, and all related marks and indicia are trademarks of Paul Guinan.
Questions and comments: guinan@bigredhair.com


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