Astronauts released the unmanned SpaceX capsule, named Dragon, from the end of the space station's giant robot arm.
Suffice to say, the original painting does not include a giant robot.
Seven editions later, Giant Robot has a print-run of 8, 000, all produced professionally.
Editor of Giant Robot magazine and Asian American commentator Martin Wong, sees these westernization surgeries as far more insidious than just simple procedures.
Turns out the couple needed all these skills to build their home, a 2, 600-square-foot, three-bedroom ultramodern residence that looks a little like a giant robot.
"Giant Robot is awesome, " says Chinese-American student Wendy Liao, 17.
The story -- about a giant robot from space who must choose to overcome the darker forces in his programming -- turns out to have allegorical significance, thanks to recent events.
The operators of the Japanese American National Museum bookstore didn't like the piece at all and removed the magazine from its shelves -- an indication, perhaps, that Giant Robot's inventors shouldn't give up their day jobs just yet.
Mr. Abel says he is still stinging from an especially harsh beat-down at the hands of "some 12-year-old girls from Japan" in a giant-robot game called Chromehounds.
Unfortunately, the XBox giant walking battle robot stimulator has been discontinued.
Stompy, a giant six-legged robot, suitable for both fun rides and use in disaster zones, looks set to be built after it successfully hit its target on crowdfunding site Kickstarter.
Projects which have already been supported by the University Challenge and Science Enterprise Challenge include a sewer robot - resembling a giant, jointed brush - developed by Durham Pipeline Technology, set up by Durham University.
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