#427
Optimus in a hot tub, good back and forth dialogue,
referencing Bumblebee’s “upgrade”…there’s not much here but it was a good
comic.
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Author's Reflections- Comic #426
#426
One of the things about this comic that was both a blessing
and a curse was the sheer simplicity I prided myself on, especially concerning
the backdrop. It made things very easy for me, and it even made for some great
jokes, making fun of myself for it. But it could absolutely get monotonous.
Getting a different perspective was something I really liked doing but I tried
not to do it TOO much in order to make comics like this really stand out. I
liked writing this from Maynard’s perspective, seeing exactly what was going on
from his point of view during the mode switch. This is definitely one of my
favorite comics to come out of this storyline. It’s still incredibly simple but
it came together very well.
This comic started the ‘B’ story featuring the commentary
trio. I always enjoyed being able to give them their own little arc while
simultaneously maintaining their role at the end of each comic.
Author's Reflections- Comic #425
#425
I didn’t feel the need to have another Blackarachnia/
Waspinator comic, and since this was the bookend comic of this particular week
I didn’t want to do anything that would cause a cliffhanger so a one-off like
this was exactly what was needed. It’s been said, but I can’t say enough how
much I loved writing for Skywarp.
Author's Reflections- Comic #424
#424
#424
These comics with Blackarachnia and Waspinator were
really fun for me to write since I’m sure a huge fan of the Beast Wars cartoon.
Similar to comics #416-420, there’s not much happening or the plot being moved,
it was just simple dialogue to really feature these characters. Any comic
heavily featuring Waspinator I automatically loved, even if the rest of the comic
was nothing terribly special.
Author's Reflections- Comic #423
#423
#423
The Decepticons’ side of the big upgrading storyline
had wrapped up for the most part so I wanted to start planting the seeds for
the eventual storyline featuring Blackarachnia. I wanted to finish the Maynard/
Upgrade Saga first but it was good to lay down some initial groundwork. This
comic was one that was very easy to write just using the basic
characterizations each character already had. Again, comics like these really
wrote themselves. The pose I got out of Waspinator in the eighth panel (where
Blackarachnia is slapping him) turned out great.
Author's Reflections- Comics #421-422
#421
#422
#421-422
Rather than take the time to feature all the newly upgraded
Decepticons on their own, I decided it would be better to just unveil them all
at once. I didn’t have plans for most of them down the road save for being used
as background fodder so it just didn’t make sense to make a big deal out of all
of them. Besides, this storyline was all about cranking out as many upgrades as
fast as I possibly could so it was fitting to rush things along.
The way Megatron divided the new characters up into
three groups provided for a bit of comedy as well as giving a tiny bit of
foreshadowing about who was really going to be featured in future comics.
Granted, that wasn’t a hard and fast rule since not all of these characters got
much screen time at all (spoilers, haha!). It works for what it is.
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