July 19, 2025 and eighty-years ago on this day in 1942, The John Coleman Burroughs written and illustrated, “John Carter of Mars” Sunday comic installment #33, Bold Attempt, was published. The comic is wonderfully illustrated, but it never really had a chance, the first installment appeared the weekend of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The episode was included, Green Martians, thoats, John Carter, Dejah Thoris, Woola, and surprise, evil robots. Isaac Asimov used the word "robot" for the first time in "Runaround" published in March 1942. While the word "robot" itself was coined by Karel Čapek in his 1920 play "R.U.R. That’s a pretty quick turnaround to see the word, robot, in the funny pages, unless JCB was familiar with Czech plays.
The drabble for today is, “Original Thought,”, and it was inspired by the appearance of robots in installment #33 of the Sunday comic, “John Carter of Mars.”
After the battle, Dejah Thoris and John Carter rode across the dead sea bottom. He said, “Those robots weren’t so tough. They couldn’t fight well Their moves were predictable. Real men are better”
Dejah replied. “Not so fast. Robots don’t snore, they don’t throw their clothes on the floor, and they don’t leave the toilet seat up. They have advantages.”
“Huh!” exclaimed Carter. “Unlike real men, they can’t think for themselves.”
“Are you agreeing with me or arguing with me. Most men don’t have a clue what to think until a woman tells him.”
“What?”
“Say, yes, Dear."
‘Yes, Dear.”
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