#213
#214
#215
#213-215
I was originally just going to add characters to the Decepticon
side since they were already painfully outnumbered but I figured a couple more
Autobots couldn’t hurt. First off, Grindcore’s bio on the toy packaging said he
loved Heavy Metal music so, being a metal fan myself, I thought he’d be fairly
easy to write for. Big Daddy is an homage to a G1 character that lead a small
team that was rebellious, but I thought it would be fun to have his character
be a stereotypical Pimp. Grindcore honestly has a lot more practical uses in
the comic, Big Daddy’s speech being a lot more specialized. I’ve attempted to
use them as much as I possibly can over the years but more often than not
they’ve been relegated to background characters. They’ve gotten some pretty
great moments here and there though! I especially like the Ozzy Osbourne and
Randy Rhodes references via Grindcore in comic # 214.
In the three Peanut Galley panels, the first one in
comic #213 stands out the most, since it really was one of the major reasons I
was introducing more characters at such a high rate. In late 2007 I started
making simple profiles for the characters, listing their name, function, first
appearance in the comic, intelligence, strength, speed, courage, firepower and
a short biography about their appearance in the comic. They turned out to be
something that was fairly well received but at this point I had run out of
major characters to make profiles for. It wasn't the biggest deal but I enjoyed making them and the readers had asked when I was going to make more. And of course, Hot Shot’s comment in
that same panel is especially true about a lot of the characters outside of the
major tier one characters.
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