![]() The robots, used more and more by indolent people for military ends, become infected with human resentment, rebel against their makers and destroy humanity.Īlthough this science-fiction social dystopia may appear somewhat simplistic to today’s readers, this graphic-novel adaptation provides it with new energy. Rossum, the factory founder, wanted to “scientifically dethrone God” and “destroy the slavery of labour” for future generations, creating a free and independent humanity. The artificial beings, at first sight indistinguishable from humans, are the creators’ dreams come true. We find ourselves on the island where Rossum has his factory for building robots. Kateřina Čupová stays true to Čapek’s story and transfers the original stage settings into comic bubbles. ![]() or Rossum’s Universal Robots (1920), famous for giving us the word robot (apparently suggested to Karel by his brother, Josef), was written in 1920. ![]() ![]() is back in a fresh new production which could conquer the world again one hundred years on. ![]()
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