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MAY 2008
A new Boilerplate figurine hs been constructed. View the build!

THE BOILERPLATE COFFEE TABLE BOOK
We are weeks away from officially announcing a publisher and release date for Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel. It looks like it may be a 200 page, 9x10, hardbound book with 300 illustrations. We will be turning in the manuscript in six months, and it will probably be at bookstores in the fall of 2009.
Stay tuned!

Here's a peek at the preliminary cover.

3/06/07 - Photos of Boilerplate in Japan have been posted EXCLUSIVELY on a
(naturally) JAPANESE BLOG


Excerpts from our upcoming Boilerplate coffee-table book are available for download onto your mobile phone or PDA from MPS Mobile. This is a new, global service from Macmillan. Downloads are available worldwide.

SAMPLE IMAGES
9/1/06 - Colorized photos of Boilerplate during the Philippine War of 1899.
9/14/06 - Cover images from Boilerplate Weekly Magazine, circa 1900.
9/23/06 - Painting of BP during the Boxer Rebellion, 1900.
10/01/06 - Photo of BP with the U.S. 10th Cavalry added to the Pancho Villa page.
10/08/06 - Posters of BP adventures in Alaska.
10/19/06 - A Photo of BP advancing with troops added to the WWI page.
10/22/06 - A Photo of BP in Trafalgar Square added to the WWI page.
10/28/06 - A Boilerplate Halloween!
11/09/06 - Poster of BP in the 1897 Sudan Campaign.
11/20/06 - Poster of BP charging up San Juan Hill, 1898.
12/01/06 - Photo of BP with Lawrence of Arabia, 1917.
12/10/06 - Photo of BP at the Essanay movie studio.
12/20/06 - Boilerplate and Houdini, 1916.
1/01/07 - Boilerplate and Jack Johnson.
1/10/07 - Boilerplate sighting, 1909.
1/22/07 - Stereophoto of BP in San Francisco, 1906.
2/02/07 - Warhol print of Boilerplate, 1967.
2/10/07 - An illo of BP touring the 1893 Expo has been posted toward the bottom of the main page.
2/22/07 - An illo of BP an its inventor, headed toward the South Pole, has been added to the Antarctica page.
3/01/07 - A color illo of BP during the 1896 presidential campaign.
3/19/07 - A color photo of BP in Paris.
4/03/07 - BP & high-tech Army equipment.

THE NEW YORK TIMES
Edward Wyatt wrote an article featuring Boilerplate. It appeared in the Nov. 1, 2005 issue.

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
Tom Hayden wrote an article featuring Boilerplate. It appeared in the Aug. 26-Sept. 2, 2002 issue.

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
Jim Regan wrote an article featuring Boilerplate. It appeared in the Jan. 16, 2004 issue.

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.
Click on image at right for a larger version.
Our HEARTBREAKERS MEET BOILERPLATE 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 spotlighted in THE OREGONIAN on Nov. 8, 2005
Boilerplate has been written about in PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
and Germany's preeminent news magazine DER SPIEGEL.
Boilerplate was featured in an recent issue of Paradox.
This is Russia's top robotics publication!
Can anyone translate the article for me?
Boilerplate was a cover feature in a recent issue (#54) of Real Robots magazine. This is the United Kingdoms' leading robotics publication, with offices in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Malasia, and Singapore.
Click on cover at left for larger image.
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.
BOILERPLATE, LOCAL MEDIA SENSATION!

John Dooley wrote a three-page feature piece on Boilerplate that appeared in the 11/7/02 issue of The Portland Mercury.

Nick Obourne of Portland, Oregon's Willamette Week wrote an article about Boilerplate that appeared in the 10/25/02 issue.

It would be the first in what would become a
series of articles relating to Boilerplate.
This site has been included in the prestigious ILLUSTRATION WEST 42, an annual juried show run by the Society of Illustrators. Thanks!


This site is currently being used in lesson plans, to teach critical thinking, by the famous
Hong Kong Academy.
Boilerplate was honored by the NASA Space Telerobotics Program as being a "Cool Robot of the Week"--super thanks!
A BOILERPLATE MOVIE??!
Dan Junge, a filmmaker who won Best Feature Documentary for "Chiefs" at Robert De Niro's 2002 Tribeca Film Festival, is interested in developing a documentary about Boilerplate.
So far it's on his "back burner"...

BOILERPLATE ON TELEVISION?!
Kit Hudson at Tactical-Media.com produced a TV program called The Sci-Fi Road Show.
He included Boilerplate in the pilot episode.

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

What folks are saying about Boilerplate:

"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 of StarTrek.com
"Cool" -- NASA Space Telerobotics Program
"VERY cool" -- Mike Carlin, VP of DC Comics

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



These web pages are THE preeminent source of information on robots of the 19th century!

The Gallery of Victorian Robots

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

All contents copyright 2000, 2006 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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