Author's Reflections- Comic #394

#394

 

I think this particular comic was pretty good for what it is, but it probably would have been a little bit better if I hadn’t used this and the Bluestreak one in the same set of spotlights, since they’re very similar. But I do like the idea here and the dialogue. Just like the Primes, I really wanted to use the other Megatrons more and this was one of the better instances, especially since Dewey was, at this point, the one used least of all.

Author's Reflections- Comic #393

#393

 

I remember I went back and forth for the longest time about whether to feature some of the Knockoffs or give the spotlight comic to some other obscure character but I made the choice to give it to the Champions and I’m forever grateful that I did. Whereas a lot of these spotlight comics fall into that middle spectrum, this is one that I knew would be fantastic from the moment of inception. The script went through a couple changes but the idea remained the same: The Champions really thought of themselves as Knockora-Offina’s greatest heroes but when it came down to it they weren’t that much more than children playing make believe. I wanted them to set up the story with these grand backgrounds to enhance their delusions of grandeur, and I have to pay myself on the back…I really think the pictures I used worked so perfectly for what was going on. Again, for someone with my ridiculously remedial photoshopping abilities, a comic that turned out like this was something to be celebrated. To enhance the pictures I sent them through  posterize effect on a photo editing program to make the cut-and-pasted pictures and background really mesh, and I think it really added to the story. I was extremely excited to use Shortround’s fan-created ‘toilet mode’. I’d place this very high on my list of favorite comics.

Author's Reflections- Comic #392

#392

 

This should have just been a spotlight featuring Doughboy since he got all of the truly great material. I just desperately wanted to do something with the other Primes that brought them back from obscurity, but other than Doughboy’s stereotypical eating disorder that rarely happened the way I envisioned it. I knew the spotlight title was completely horrible so I felt the need to make fun of it myself before anyone else could.

Author's Reflections- Comic #391

#391

 

I had hoped featuring Ultra Magnus, Springer and Kup would spark something good like back in the days of them being locked in the Dinobots’ closet but I can’t say I really achieved that. Like Grindcore and Big Daddy’s spotlight in comic #389 there are some decent moments but nothing that really succeeded in accomplishing what I had hoped to. I do like that Kup questioned why Springer and Ultra Magnus were able to reminisce but he always got shut down when he did it.