Monty (formerly Robotman) is the title of an ongoing American comic strip created, written and illustrated by cartoonist Jim Meddick.
The comic strip began life as Robotman in 1985. It originally depicted the exploits of a small robot who believed he was an extraterrestrial visiting Earth, living with the ordinary "Milde" family. In the 1990s, Robotman left the Milde family and began living with a geeky inventor named Monty.
Robotman's origin was later retconned to having been designed and built by Monty and given false memories of being an alien.
Jim Meddick created Robotman for United Feature Syndicate around a toy character. The design of the character was already established and Meddick created the family setting and the other characters. As the strip progressed the design of Robotman changed considerably as Meddick's style evolved.
During contract negotiations, the syndicate approached Meddick with a request to change the name of the strip to Monty and to de-emphasize and...
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