Maria by Kev Crossley.

Kev Crossley was a regular of the comic convention scene, and may well still be, I tend not to get too much time to wander these days. He does these really angular sketches and I was intrigued with what he'd do with Maria.

Amazing. I'd love to see Kev's interpretation of the whole movie in comic book form...

Robot Maria by Matt Boyce

Maria just has to one of the best robot designs ever created.
She has stood the test of time and influenced so many that followed her, notably C-3PO being one of the most famous, and I really enjoy seeing artist's interpretation of such a classic.

Matt Boyce appeared on the comic scene a while back now. A very funny, very genuine bloke who produced a couple of mini-comics, contributed to a couple of independent UK anthologies and then just stepped away from the comic creating world. A real shame. I do see Matt about once a year or so, he pops up at what seems to be a random Comic Convention (although I'm sure there will be a pattern), and we chat.
He did this sketch for me at a Convention when he was 'doing his comic book thing' and asked me to scan and email it to him so that he could colour it.
I jumped at the chance and got this great little image back.

Fabulous.

Robot Maria by Simon Davis.

Fritz Lang's Metropolis is a masterpiece.
Considering the time it was made, 1927, its vision and design still stand out today. A bleak and doomed future in much the same way that Bladerunner was, and obviously a big influence on Ridley Scott's classic.

 And it had Maria, a robot who is transformed into a replica of a woman in order to bring chaos to a world on the edge of meltdown. It's a long film, certainly for the time, and quite a complex story considering the limitations of the film industry of the day.
The standout for me is the classic design of the robot.

Fabulous.
I first came across Simon Davis' work on the Sinister Dexter stories in the 2000AD and was intrigued to see how his water colour style would work on the Robot Maria ?
I was suitably impressed and happy with the end result.