It has always crossed my mind how Wall-E probably seen the other ones basically dying one by one, depressing af

There's something so unbelievably haunting about the fact the Axiom had letters for people who were approved to be on board, like... what if people didn't get approved?

I like to think that Andy made it to the Axiom where his wife and kids are and when the captain asked him how clean earth had become he just responds: “Clean?” This would then be the inciting incident in the leaders realizing that operation cleanup failed and it would be better to stay in space then return to earth.

At first I didnt get why the other Wall-Es didnt recharge, considering they use solar energy. But seeing all of them,not just Wall-E himself, are somewhat conscious, what if they knew it was over, humans were not returning to earth nor clean the planet, and they just.. gave up,except for the protagonist, and let themselves run out of batter forever. Or maybe they just got lost while venturing out.

I agree that Wall-E had a perfect story and end but prequels like this would be amazing for an actual show or something it really encapsulates the greed of humanity and how we are ignorant of the destruction we cause until it’s too late then which we don’t try to solve the problem we leave it to a bunch of robots they get left all alone most of which end up joining the mess they were made to solve

I never realized that our beloved trash child had so much trauma 😭 I loved the movie to pieces, and I actually never knew these comics existed

Just a lil' thought, while Bull-E is meant to be the antagonist in the last 4 issues, I'm pretty sure it's meant to be the Wall-Es foreman come to think of it, making sure they don't goof off and to maximize their efficiency.

I really hope Andy made it to the Axiom safely. That would be so depressing to think he left earth and Wall-E behind only to perish in space alone never finding his family.

It's tragic to think Wall-E had friends/Co-workers but one by one, they all shut off, leaving Wall-E all alone.

Tbh, this is pretty dark, especially how each of Wall-E's companions just die. No warning or anything like that, they just shut down and never wake up

it's crazy how the first 3 are actually really touching, lonely stories and the rest are just "wall-e gets bullied by a conehead"

Pixar needs to make this into a show, by making each comic into an episode

I think the other guy running out of power makes him feel like he needs to recharge himself.

How the hell do these comics capture the horror of being alone in a huge world better than the film, quite depressing

How dare you call BURN-E a throwaway character! He's a hard dedicated worker!

Man, this just shows how lonely Wall-E was. No story line ever beats Wall-E's.

god damn... honestly, as a kid i never realized just how dark wall-e may be as a story a lonely robot, slowly losing everyone he's ever met over time; picking up artifacts in an attempt to remember the old days with his friends

I think Wall-E electrocuting himself is meant to be him seeing what the car batteries do or how much electricity they have, remember he’s a curious boy

I feel like the original 4 worked off the assumption wall-e was unique. His sentience more a malfunction then an intended outcome. The arc after that seems to operate off the logic that all wall-e units operated more or less the same.

YUSSSSSS someone finally acknowledged these comics! The comics highlight a lot of things that eventually changed Wall-E for the better. It’s implied that unlike his brothers, Wall-E barley ever did his job due to his personality developments, and as a result, when all his brothers worked themselves to death, he was the only one left. What’s even sadder is that at first, he didn’t understand why his brothers all stopped working… before he eventually realizes that he had no choice but to continue the job they were meant to do… alone. As time went on, the poor guy was forced to HARVEST parts from his own brothers to keep himself maintained… that alone is pretty traumatic to think about. (What’s extra sad is that in out there, Wall-E did have a few brothers that did think a lot like he did… but it’s sad to think that they too passed on over time…)

I love how Andy has a spacesuit that's pretty much the same as the design from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Man the atmosphere of these comics are depressing Wall-e never knew what happened to Andy And slowly over the course of almost a millennium he lost everyone he ever knew Some of the art is really good and makes the trashed Earth feel oppressive and bleak as well Love it!

The existencial horror is really something here. Keep in mind that Wall-E had been alone century after century before meeting Eve. One moment his pals were alive and well. The next they were all dead.

Everybody is saying that they want a prequel but i dont the situation disney is in rn this is already a perfect sequel

I wonder if, even though not really seen in the movie, the humans returning to Earth would repair the other Wall-E units. It would certainly be interesting to see how those events would play out.

Pirating proves yet again necessary for media preservation.

They should re-release these comics in one big book with all of them in it!

The sad thing is that that guy who met Wally is probably dead

As someone who loves WALL•E and the movie endlessly, I must say that hearing about these comics YEARS after their initial release is such a treat. I mean, I ofc have no want for Disney to taint this franchise in anyway, but as a person who will die on the hill that WALL•E is one of the greatest films ever made, I must say, a re-release of or a tv show based on these comics would be legitimately one of the coolest things Disney and Pixar could ever do for this universe.

I kinda find it annoying when people voice over characters, but I don’t mind it that much with this one. Your voice is actually pretty good for WALL•E

Didn’t expect for Wall-E to encounter a human in the prequel

Wall-E may seem like he live a miserable life, but that doesn't change the fact that he is the cutest character in Disney World

Wall-E didnt watch the other Wall-E units die, the other wall-e units were deactivated by BnL remotely when the company gave up trying to save earth. Pixar stated in interview that the premise of the movie was "what if someone forgot to turn off the last robot?". You can see in the movie that all the robots are stopped in the middle of whatever task they were doing at that time, while working as a team in the same general area. What makes the wall-e character special is that he never received the shutdown broadcast.

Man, Wall-E has such a lonely and tragic life, being the last of his product line.

Fun fact. I actually have printed copy of the comics and the out there book. And several movie books. And the ps-2 and v-smile cartiage, and the toys built by think way. Though still working on obtaining what I don't have yet. And a home made copy of the movie that my cousin made for me. 100 percent true story.

this movie is genuinely my most favourite and beloved peice of ART that humanity has ever produced influenced me in so many ways, watch it every birthday

I think the little “coolers” they have in the ”Out There” comics are actually old timey lunchboxes WALL•E units probably just have a habit of collecting different types of junk and that’s why our WALL•E seemed so happy about finding the cooler in the mall

Never ever would’ve known of this without you. Thank you. Wonder how many people think Andy is the one from Toy Story, taking up the job of his hero Buzz Lightyear

I’m glad it was a prequel as that’s the only way I can see the wall e universe being expanded

Thankyou for bringing this otherwise missing part of WALL•E lore story to light, and from beginning to end, it’s a wild and emotional ride.

Andy’s story in this underlines a tragedy of this world, what of those fist to explore space that didn’t make it back before the axiam left.

I found these comics in 2019/2020. I don’t own any, but it was such a treat reading them. A random headcanon, since no other wall-e units are alive, maybe each different item he stored in a cubicle reminded him of his fallen brothers

This is actually so good. more movies need prequel or tie in comics in this style

What I personally think is that judging by the last four comics, all of the wall-e units had a personality. I think the AI malfunction that caused Wall-E to give him emotions and personality also happened to the other robots, all of them developing their own characters, BULL-E for instance felt human emotions and traits of anger, jealousy, and a lust for power. Pop-eye was touched that Wall-E would offer his own eye to replace his own broken eye. Why I think they died off is that while Wall-E was generally happy and always looked forwards to a bright future, the others didn’t. They instead experienced grief, searched for belonging in a world that would never return to the way they were supposed to help return, and they ultimately became depressed and stopped caring about the world and themselves. This explains why they all just died off one day, once the first one left, they all decided that is was their time to go too. Wall-Y was separated from the others that day and while he cared about Wall-E’s safe return home, seeing as no one else returned he knew then that the others finally died. Perhaps Wall-Y realized that Wall-U shut down and gave up not knowing if Wall-E would wake up or really caring about him either. So he somberly shuts down in his sleep to join the others.

Man I refuse to believe this man is that unknown

Very nicely edited and good audio implements. Kind of thought the little jokes you made were a little unnecessary, but not the worst. I really appreciate the explanation of this series and even your excursion finding the last issues.

I feel like it’s better not to give Wall.E a sequel, prequel or Disney plus mini series so it’s not ruined

The thought that Wall-E bots just didn't FEEL like recharging, with the last one willingly just letting himself die too, is pretty depressing.

It’s crazy to think you have so little views pretty sure this might be ur most popular video yet because I never knew this existed. But going about my opinion on the comic it’s rather interesting and very good to think the plot and story is far more interesting then recent and modern Pixar movies and has more emotion is crazy if they did adapt this to a show it would be wonderful prequel a few tweaks and changes would make it better but overall a great prequel

There is something ironic about the fact that the WALL-Es went through their own apocalypse or extinction. It was as if they had taken over the fate of humans if they had stayed on the planet. WALL-E itself resembles something of a primitive man engaged in energy extraction and performing rituals, along the way, using his curiosity and observation, he learns the nature of the world around him, for example, the nature of fire, initially he knew only about the incinerator as a phenomenon of fire and smoke, then he saw the smoldering coal and realized that the fire could go out Then he discovered light bulbs, external electricity, and even realized that the stars are also fiery. It looks extremely entertaining that a robot explores the world like the first humans.

I have been trying to read issue 7 for 5 years. You have finally helped me in my quest to consume every piece of Wall-e related media on the planet.

Why hasn't this video blow up yet?It's done greatly! Wall-E is my favourite Pixar movie so I'm glad that it gets some recognision nowadays.

Wall-E is, has, and always will be, forever and ever, my favorite movie. Nothing in this world can change that.

Personally, Ithink it's best if they keep it that way, Wall-E needs no sequel, leave a gold nugget in it's raw form.

I can say that WALL-E doesn’t need a prequel or sequel at all, as it’s already a perfect movie with a catching story and a satisfying conclusion. If the comics count as a prequel, then that could be a good explanation of how the movie happened in the first place.

But why couldn't Andy take WALL-E!!?? I loveWALL-E, and just happened across your video about this, and may I say-- THANK YOU! I appreciate seeing the comics, especially the fact that you made sure it was a complete story, I hate incomplete things, but especially incomplete stories...

This will suffice as my Wall-E 2 / prequel, thank you for putting this together all in one video and narrating over it for all of us to enjoy, you're the goat

Absolutely FANTASTIC work! absore the attention to detal with the SFX mix, really helps make it a lot more lively than a straight description of the comic. As an audio editor and sound designer, i'm impressed with the care and thought you put into this. Hell i'd say it even surpases me. all around fantastic work

Personally, I think the first three issues by Torres were the best in the comic run. Feels right in the tone of the start of the movie before the Axiom. The later "out there" half by Carlson to me honestly feels kind of fan-fictioney in a bad way. Bull-E's eyes look too much like real eyes (unlike the camera-looking eyes from the Wall-E's). Know this is kind of nitpicky but it kind of messes with how the rest of the Wall-E's are all grounded/appear realistic, while Bull-E's design just stands out as being out of place with realistic eyes and a traffic cone-esk head. I also don't like the idea of Wall-E meeting a human (Andy) before the Axiom and all too. Not a critic on the video though, this video is generally amazing for revealing this piece of semi-lost media. Wall-E finding out his fellow Wall-E's have passed on was just sad but I also loved it. Just personally wasn't a fan of the latter half of the comic. Edit: meant first 4 issues, just got confused by the timestamps and didn't realize the first issue was 0

20:56 I find it funny that a black market Wall-E existed.

Sequel: *DEF NOT.* This Prequel: This was nice! Actually quite a fun concept!

I remember this comic I think. I very vaguely remember a prequel WallE comic at my library, and as a kid, i picked it up. I dont remember the contents of it, it had the art of the first or second issue (i am still stunned it was over 10 years ago), but thank you for making this video. It is absolutely astonishing to me that these are that rare.

Prayed that we'd get more Wall-E comics and series.

The timing on buying that book is impeccable

It's a shame we never got a series it would be great to show stuff before the movie

id love to see a Wall-e show of sorts in the past or future relative to the movie

This prequel was awesome. On the topic of sequels though, Wall-e really does not need one, but I desperately do want to revisit the world of Wall-e. All I hope is we get a short film one day. maybe a short film that would play before an actual movie, in the wall-e universe as just a way to check in with the characters again since the last time we've seen them.

If they ever make a wall-e sequel, it should be at least partially inspired by these comics (also obviously a prequel)

I love how humanity's plan to clean everything up is just burning it all up, making the atmosphere more poluted. Thinking about it, the fact that the wall-e's got shut down and the cleanup stopped is probably what made earth inhabitable again.

I already know this would some forgotten book i would read and read and then dig up years later and remember reading for hours at a time

Abandoned City...so weird seeing Time Square, Manhattan, NYC so dirty, so empty, so...quiet.

31:07 wait a minute, if there were acceptance processes in getting into the Axiom starliners, that means that there were potentially a lot of people who couldn't get into the ships, meaning that many people were left alone on Earth to potentially die. Makes this movie's universe much more dystopian than it already was

This comic series is so amazing and yet so dark at the same time. It really helps gives us a idea of before the movie. I guess the most tragic thing is that modern Disney would of never have turned this into a prequel or find some sort of way to sugarcoat the impacts of these comics. 😢 Thank you for making this video! Without this upload I could of never knew about these comics! You did an amazing job on the editing And commentary about this whole comic series! 👏

This series looks like one of those pg-13 secretly dark as all heck stories

Okay, so let me get this straight. There's a human, named andy, who is an astronaut? Ig my boy really went to infinity and beyond

Thank you so much! You have no idea for how much I’ve wanted to see someone acknowledge these extremely obscure comics.

So crazy how rare these became.

glad I wasn't the only one who noticed the overuse of "little buddy". it bothered me a bit.

I hope they come up with more sequals. I love these comic book series

Man you can't tell me that a movie about how Bnl ended the world and being about Wall e's lonliness wouldn't be the coolest thing especially compared to the midfest that is their current catalouge of movies.

Thank you for archiving this dying story in an alternative format, whether officially blessed by Pixar or not.

Wall-E is a franchise that not need to be changed. Is good as it is...

Honestly I was always under the impression that our Wall-E was the only unit that was sentimental while the others were just mindless and blank But it makes sense that he isn't the only one that develops consciousness and awareness

When Wall-E starts charging himself, I think he's trying to show "C" how to recharge, not necessarily that he thinking charging himself will fix the other robot. It's still misguided, but he's trying. He doesn't just want to help others, he wants them to learn how to help themselves, which works well within the movie's themes.

i never knew this existed, thanks for helping me find

I like the melancholic and pensive tone of these. Writing before the 2010s was still good, made you think without being preachy.

I have a book that’s collection of a whole bunch of the Pixar comics, including this! One thing that really bugged me about this video though: Wall-E isn’t calling the other robots “C” or “K” or whatnot, he’s saying “See,” “okay,” and other words. That’s why he “recharges himself,” he is trying to show the Wall-E how to recharge.

First of all, thank you SO much for showing me these comics; I loved Wall-e back when I was too young to even understand the movie. The first 4 issues were amazing, giving us some simple, yet satisfying and creative flashbacks that give the scene where Wall-e shows off his treasure hoard to Eve in the movie even more meaning; it’s honestly just so nice to know these comics exist and do a very good job at giving us a glimpse into Wall-e’s past. Also, did I say the first 4 comics? Well I meant it, because f*ck issues 4-7. I can’t be the only one who heavily dislikes issues 4-7; they added nothing to the overall story and even cheaped us out with that fake and utterly pointless twist at the beginning of Issue 7. Also, I do NOT like Bull-e’s design; their narrative role is interesting enough and I actually like the creativity of their name, but they look so silly compared to the other Wall-e’s! Those goofy angry eyes and the simplicity of its arms make it feel like a cartoon character that doesn’t fit in. *In a Pixar IP.* Don’t get me wrong, 4-7 have some redeeming qualities; the idea that Wall-e got to interact with a human before the movie takes place was an interesting idea, and we even got to see what Wall-e’s friends were like before they mysteriously shut down. (Side note: I think Andy snapping at Wall-e for going through his stuff was very uncharacteristic of his gentle attitude, especially because it was over something as unproblematic as *looking* at stuff). Personally though, it think it would’ve been better if Wall-e didn’t interact with any humans prior to the movie, making his lack of surprise at their appearance feel more as a result of his determination to get to Eve, and his kindness feeling stronger when he helps out Josh without any fear. But that’s more of a nitpick, it works either way in that regard. 4-7 still suck though. Also, the video was good too ig. (Seriously though, you did a great job editing it, pretty much every decision you made was perfect).

the 8 comics reminded me of the movie, in my opinion the best parts where the ones before the humans appearance, similarly to here i liked how depressing and horror like the first part felt. Its crazy to think that almost no one has heard of these comics before.

This brings me nostalgia from my childhood. So many memories

Him finding rubebr duckies makes me so happy

I absolutely ADORE WALL-E so finding out a comic like this has existed all these years was stunning! The little sound effects and edits you put in just made this so perfect, you really deserve more for this quality

Bro really put the home depot theme at the end 💀

WALL-E one of my favorite Disney characters of all time theses comics might be before the movie just like rouge one and Solo

They really should make a Wally 2 where the crew and robots of the axiom rebuild the nature of Earth, and going on expeditions to find surviving plants and animals.

Dude no way kids read this… the comics about his friends dying is so fucking depressing. Early Pixar and Disney were different times man.

I think Wall-E was the film that cemented by love for the post apocalypse genre at a young age.

Loved Wall-E so much in 2008 that I had stationary at school. The video game was a sorta-prequel with its intro, but learning about a dystopian Earth is always fun.

Damn never would of guessed these were here w out you man 😓

3:25 I’m pretty sure he’s trying to show him what to do