IDW Publishing has announced Wizards & Robots, a 48-page one-shot written by Grammy Award-winning musician will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas and Brian David Johnson, a futurist at Intel Corporation.  Adam Archer (Ratchet and Clank) will provide the art for the issue, which will ship in July.

An army of futuristic robots travel to the distant past in search of powerful wizards.  The robots’ motives are unknown, at least initially, but their ensuing battle with the wizards could destroy Earth.  IDW promises that the story, while fantastic in nature, will have grounding in real science.

This isn’t will.i.am’s first foray into geek culture.  He played John Wraith in the 2009 film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine (see "'Wolverine' Cast Signed").

--Brett Weiss