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August 27th
Good lord, finally! It's been so terribly busy this is the first night in two weeks where I've been able to draw/colour/post, etc. Big thanks to Rob who helped colour in the top 4 panels! (During his lunch hour break today, no less) They look great!
(So no one thinks I'm a terrible person, during my lunch hour I drew Cybertronian Starscream and bottom panel Starscream then inked them tonight)
August 19th
Thank you so much Backburn for saving the comic for today! I have literally had no time this week to even look at my sketchbook - I have just purchased a new condo that I will be taking possession of in September (that was one of the conditions), planning for a big event... working overtime... and my dad was admitted to the hospital Sunday so I have been trying to visit him every day when I can. So whew... busy. We'll see if things improve over the weekend somewhat, I know I will be scrubbing my place down lol.
This comic was also too funny to let sit for any length of time, you KNOW that is exactly what Chip would do. I also love that retro CiD design. Maybe needs a couple more lens flares.. lol
August 16th
So... I apologize for really no new art this update - I had absolutely no time to draw at all this weekend, it's been that crazy of a last couple of days and I'm exhausted, so I'll be heading to sleep soon. However, I still wanted to continue with the story, and since it would be mostly dialogue I think it managed to work out. I love writing for Bluestreak because he's so honest and good natured. And that he talks. A lot. All the time.
August 12th
Mmrrpphhh tired... going to sleep...
August 9th
And we're back into the storyline. Just for the record, the War Within style designs from Don Figueroa... wow it takes a long time to try and replicate (bastardize? lol). I enjoy drawing the pre-Earth models but man... With Bluestreak I decided to go in a different direction then his War Within model and give him a pre-Autobot body, maybe throw in a bit of blue even. In this version, he gets pretty mangled in the attack on his city.
August 5th
And we're back baby! I'm back from my mini-vacation and comic drawing holidays (which I actually have to admit, have made me a bit twitchy for drawing), although I am obsessed with Starcraft 2 so that's been occupying most of my current free time. (But won't interfere with updates, I promise)
This is based on an actual game I played last night with my brother and "Moonie", who was kind enough not to be offended by the comic... whew! I always feel bad, because I get pretty intense when I'm playing games (I'm the same way in sports) but I try not to get after anyone in particular.
July 30th
Thank you for the wonderful submission Solara! I know you worked really hard to get something in and I love it! And the fact that it's a belated bday present, well that makes it all the better.
As with the Optimus Prime comic, wallpapers are in the forum.
As of today (Friday) I'm driving out to Saskatoon and shall return Tuesday, so the next update will be a little delayed, I hope everyone has enjoyed the guest comic week! I will still be accepting submissions, I will collect them for next time I need something ~_^ thanks to everyone for contributing and coming to check the comics out!
July 29th
Today's comics were done by Michel, a developper and fellow co-worker, so we're getting some programmer representation tonight! (Everyone else who has contributed from my work so far have been designers like me) So thanks Mike!
Apparently in the bottom comic that is actually a 'bad joke' (as Mike puts it) that he converted into wingdings or zafdingbats.. one of those... lol
July 27th
Today's guest comic was done by Rob, who not only is another one of my fellow co-workers he is also my assistant, or partner-in-crime as it may be... lol Rob helps me build the sites and not only that he is also helping me out with a couple guest comics! He actually created 4 or 5, but I thought these two were the funniest. (If anyone's interested I can post them in a separate forum thread maybe they are all pretty funny)
Thanks Rob!
July 26th
Today's guest comic was done by yet another co-worker and very good friend, zomgPeterson. For these next upcoming guest comics, I gave a few of my co-workers old panels that they hadn't seen before (because they were several years old) , blanked out the dialogue (so that all that remained was the white bubbles) and let them fill in what they wanted. The results are pretty hilarious, I will be posting them as part 2 of guest comic week.
Also it should be noticed that Peterson is an avid Star Trek fan....
July 23rd
Today's guest comic was done by Rylaan, another of my co-workers and good friend at the office. In case anyone is wondering, the comic is based of another popular comic series called Scott Pilgrim. (You can view the Scott Pilgrim Comics Website here)
Thanks for the awesome art Rylaan, words cannot express the epicness of Prime. Rylaan was also kind enough to create wallpaper based on his artwork which I am going to be posting in the art and desktop section. More guest comics from co-workers on the way!
July 22nd
Today's guest comic was done by BoaZig, one of my co-workers! When I said that I needed some more guest comics she stepped up, along with some of my other co-workers to bring us some more comics so we can continue to celebrate! lol.. I have yet to print this out (and show it to Megatron). But I'm sure doing both will be spectacular.
July 21st
Today's guest comic was done by Sunstorm. I've always loved her style of drawing and clever dialogue. And I am exactly like Prime when I play video games, it's like listening to someone dictating their life. ...Also I add in additional sound effects.
July 20th
Today's guest comic was done by Nekoazuma. I think the drawings are all really good, especially the TF: Animated characters. I say, if there's going to be more femmebots, then let there be Animated!
July 19th
Happy 4th Anniversay everyone! It's kind of... shocking, in a good way, that the comic has been going on for so long. It's been loads of fun and I love doing it and I hope that everyone has fun reading it too!
Guest comics will officially start tomorrow, I don't have enough for the entire week so I'm spacing them out a bit. For now enjoy some decepti-goodness.
July 16th
I wish I could write more right now but it's really late and I'm going to pass out to sleep... worked pretty hard on the inks, would've liked to have been able to shade it but ran out of time, so maybe if I have any free time on the weekend.
Guest Comic week starts Monday! Happy CiD anniversary everyone!
July 12th
So after all the crazy action we had for a bit, we slow it down slightly to get through some important story points. If anyone was wondering why Thundercracker was popping up whenever the matrix was near... that Bluestreak is probably(?) going to be all right... Thundercracker seems to be existing within the matrix somehow... more on Thursday! Then next week - guest week! I already have some great comics lined up I can't wait to post them!
July 8th
Ok please... before the influx of hate mail... this is the set up... We will begin to see some resolution so please just hang in there with me. If anyone has any personal questions that can't wait until Monday feel free to email me or send me a private message on the forum. (You will have to sign up if you're not already a member)
Also.. guest week is a week away! I might start it on the Monday (Monday after next) just to have an even week going so if you're worried you're too late for a comic there's still some extra time ^_~ see you all Monday!
July 5th
Well last week's days of almost long weekends, mid-week day off, almost having to go to the hospital on Thursday for food-stuff. (Reminder of last year anyone?) All in all it was a pretty good weekend. Got lots of drawing done! (As we can see in the comic) And progressing along with the plot nicely. Poor Omega...
June 28th
Last week for guest comic submissions! As the 4th CiD anniversary draws ever closer. (A lot of people predicted I wouldn't last 2 years because I would lose interest) But thankfully my interests have been constantly renewed throughout the comic. This week I really tried hard to get in some more dynamic poses/angles to help the action along. I definitely couldn't have gotten the comic ready without Zatnik and Solara's help. Thanks a lot guys! This comic was a real group effort.
June 23rd
I love War for Cybertron, it's exactly what us hardcore G1 fans have been waiting for. Seriously, I am Ratchet in panel 1 during the entire time I'm playing. "Prime just told me to roll out!" "Prime is talking to me!" "LOOK IT'S OMEGA SUPREME" "LOOK IT'S JETFIRE" etc. etc.
Also, my arm has still been severely "damaged" this entire week but hopefully tomorrow it'll be more on the mend or I see a human doc about it. Can't draw yet but I shall try over the weekend. If not, I still have more one-shots up my sleeve for a bit. Also - keep sending those guest comics!
June 21st
I forget if today or tomorrow is officially the first day of summer, but I hope your summer/spring, etc. Is going decently. We had some nice weather today and ironically, I was in a hockey arena this evening playing. My body/arm is still very sore... It's kind of worse after the weekend I think I've just been working it way too hard, but colouring seems to be going pretty well. I always thought Reflector would harbour anger for the Constructicons/Combaticons/Stunticons, etc. Because I consider him the original combiner... He was the first robot (three robots I guess) that transformed into a single item. I also loved the way they had him in the cartoons that he was more a single entity split into three parts. It's interesting because no other robot that I can think of acts this way.
June 17th
OK so the good news is I think my arm/body is on the mend, the bad news is I wasn't able to ink/colour the comic because it's not in perfect shape yet, and inking/colour is still a bit strenuous. However, I'm hoping to get it all done over the weekend for a kickbutt comic this upcoming Monday. (Preview: It is focused around our bots heading towards Cybertron)
June 14th
So I really did play the demo this weekend for a little bit, and yes I really did suck terribly at it. But I'm not really a console FPSer, I prefer to play my first person shooters on the computer, it's much easier for me to manipulate a keyboard a mouse. The game is pretty fun, I got the biggest kick out of going full speed and transforming into a robot as I zoomed past. ...then promptly died. For some reason too I kept being put on the Decepticon team, so maybe my lack of wins was freudian...
June 10th
We're lucky that the hockey game tonight was over halfway through the first overtime... If it had gone any longer I might not have made it tonight heh heh. But despite that, I came home and decided I'd post! ...Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to ink at lunch today like I was hoping but hopefully the comic is still enjoyable.
June 7th
Wow, we're already a full week into June - craziness. I hope you enjoy the update tonight, a few of the plots are starting to come together - mostly revolving around Megatron and the Decepticons. Next we shall find out how our wayward travellers are doing on their way to Cybertron.
June 3rd
All right, sorry for the missed updated folks, but there was no way I could get a comic done in time for Monday, then as drawing got a bit slow and I tried to figure out how I would post something new for Thursday, I decided to post this comic, which is an idea I've had running around my head for a while. Sparked mainly by parents who have said the original Sesame street is 'not suited for children', they would have an absolute field day with the original Transformers series. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad because they're robots, but I don't understand why parents try to sensor their kids so much, especially with TV shows and cartoons aimed at kids. We watched it, we grew up fine.... right....?
May 27th
The "you are such a jerk" is a call back all the way to the first 'season' of comics where Starscream and Skywarp are gathering Sunstreaker. You can view that comic here: http://www.comicsindisguise.com/comics/2006/comic12.html.
I like the dynamic of Skywarp and Starscream together, it's probably why I went with it initially with the addition of Thundercracker later to help keep the peace for a while. And omg.. an update before 1:30 in the morning? wtf... lol
May 24th
A bit of a smaller update today, this weekend was what we in Canada call 'Victoria Day' (yes, after the Queen, it's around her birthday I believe) or just 'The May Long Weekend'. So being busy-ish *cough*sleeping and playing WoW*cough* I decided a smaller sequeway update will lead to more streamlined story. Also it took me twice as long to draw this one page since I am still practicing at drawing Skyfire. Skyfire is pretty popular with a lot of G1 fans, I know I like him a lot as a character he was one of my favourites, I was always miffed they didn't even bring him into season 3 much, his voice actor was the same person that did Grimlock and Grimlock was in season 3 aplenty.
May 20th
Aaaaand sleep....
May 17th
So tonight's update is a bit of a preview for the full update I'm going to do Thursday. I had a bit of a choice tonight on whether to be a good sibling and an ear for my brother or to just ignore him and colour the full comic. Luckily there wasn't much debate, however I still managed to get at least a page coloured so maybe I'm only half-terrible...
May 13th
Mpprrhhmm... sleepy... did a double update tonight to make up for the lack of an update Monday. It's been very busy and my life has been pretty hectic lately, I apologize.
May 6th
Just quickly... yes I did plan that Susan would be Carly's sister from the very beginning. (It's why she has blonde hair) And yes, that's Carly from the G1 cartoon. (And another familiar face sitting beside her to offer plenty of 'courage')
May 3rd
Sorry, it's pretty late so I can't really write much of a news post tonight... But basically this whole scene has been in my head from the very start of the concept of the story arc. And yes, that is John ranting at the podium (he did say he hated Transformers to Thundercracker as TC flew off to the Ark).
April 29th
I wanted to do something as maybe an artistic interlude between the first and second part of the story. I tried something different - inked it all on the computer this time to see how it would turn out. I would write more but I am quite tired... See you all on Monday!
April 26th
Inked and coloured! How about that? It's easier to do it on my own again when it doesn't take me 4 hours per page with all the action scenes and tons of robots. That being said.. Thursday's comic will be sort of in that vein, there will just be a lot happening in it as it segueways into the second part of the storyline. Because of that I might hold it over until next Monday, giving me the entire week to work on it so I might post an out of continuity comic on Wednesday, we'll see how successful I am. Trying to move the comic along at a decent pace but I realize we're already 18 pages into the storyline!
April 22nd
Zzzzzzzzzz.... I better get to bed.... I inked the comic myself tonight then coloured/worked on it... now that's old school CiD for myself, although I do wish I got more sleep during the week.
April 19th
Whooaaa an update that's not at like... 1am what happened? Ha ha... Again a bit cut and paste for today's update because my arms are very sore from air softing on Friday. Don't worry I didn't hurt myself, just the guns are much heavier than I thought and I'm very, very stiff... I can hardly walk today ha ha. Was fun though.
Back to the comic, I've been saving this line from Tracks for months now while they loaded into Omega for the long trip back to Cybertron. Devcon might actually go nuts, it's probably him they should be worrying about, not Hook.
April 15th
Must head to sleep... I didn't have a ton of time to draw this week so I was able to continue with the story because at least the script was all done and I know people would probably appreciate it if the story kept progressing. I know I want to keep going with it as well. And thank you again Silverbolt retroactively for the amazing inks of Omega that you did for me a while back.
April 12th
So moving ahead some more we have the follow-up to Omega's entrance. And from what it looks like, he didn't squash Hook... although I'm sure Devcon offended him somehow.
April 8th
Sorry, not a lot of time for news tonight, pretty tired and I need to get to bed. I must say though, I definitely have renewed enthusiasm for this storyline and for the comic in general. I have been thinking about revamping it (finally) last year the plan was for the 3rd comic anniversary... perhaps that shall have to become the 4th... Wow 4 years almost...
April 5th
So today's update is almost like a two-in-one, I wanted to draw a little more to bring Starscream back into the story. As you might (or might not) remember, Starscream has been mysteriously interested in a Northern Expedition. There are more comics, he brings it up every now and then, but I couldn't find all of them they're buried here and there for the past two years. Also... I don't think anyone is surprised that Starscream survived. I had a big reveal all planned out where Megatron and Skywarp first discover Starscream awakening then I thought... come on, this is Starscream we're talking about, the most invincible 'con of all time.
April 1st
So I had been debating all week on whether or not to put up a spoof comic for tomorrow that said something like, "Sorry guys, I'm stopping the comic." And just wait for the anarchy. Then I decided that since this is like, the first on time update in like a month maybe it will be shock enough :P
I love writing for Raoul and Tracks they are a good duo. To everyone that gets this Friday off, happy holidays! I will be resting up I can almost move freely again.
March 29th
For me right now, the pain is physical. I played a lot... LOT of hockey this weekend and we managed to win the gold medal which is quite a feat. Really, I am so stiff it even hurts to laugh. But I shall mend! In the meantime, I have a comic. I've actually been wanting to do the joke with First Aid and Ratchet for ages... especially with the Paradron medics. I like going back to the assumed rivalry I always think they have. (Both being medical robots AND ambulance alt-modes) And I'm still bitter that they brought in the protectobots and got rid of Ratchet, that automatically gave them a strike in my books.
I'd also like to thank my Moonracer for putting up with me when I get stressed out (you can read my forum post for this update for better clarification). I know you don't read the comic or these news updates, but you deserve mentions :)
March 25th
No I'm not dead... I've just had an awesomely rockin' cold. And as such in trying to take care of myself I have been trying to get to bed really early in the evening. (Not like I could stay up late anyway I've been falling asleep everywhere) Technically I'm still posting this Thursday, so enjoy :) I'm trying out some new layouts for pages, the large image and smaller images included seems popular in manga comics (and some american ones too) and I wanted to try it out.
There is no possible way I can have a story update done for Monday, I have a gigantic tournament this weekend. (Which will be great if I can heal myself sufficiently by tomorrow) I will try and post an out-of-continuity, I just need to think of a good idea hmmm...
March 22nd
All right, it's late, but not as ridiculously late as I had anticipated, this is because once the pages are inked they're much, much easier to colour in. Just like old times... Also just like old times it's ridiculously long, granted it's really a two comic update in one, I thought you guys deserved it for your patience these past couple of weeks. And we're moving the story along. One of my intentions is to move this story along as quickly as possible.
March 18th
Very, very tired again... the time change has really messed a lot of people up I think, also causing people to be both tired and grumpy. But the week will be over soon, I will be able to bunker down and finish colouring the comic tomorrow, I promise. I'm really trying to take better care of myself and staying up until 1:30am when I have to wake up at 6am Sunday night was maybe a bit too much for me so I'm going to try and get more sleep tonight.
My co-workers suggested that when I have to update late that I should post some of the work I'm working on for the regular update so there it is, part of the comic :) I wanted to think up something clever for them to be saying as a spoof but I couldn't think up anything amusing enough, maybe you can do a better job than me.
See you tomorrow evening! And happy St.Patrick's Day!
March 15th
Very sleepy or I would write a longer post. I wanted to thank people with putting up with my one week of video game craziness and general sloth so I worked hard on this comic tonight to try and move the story along again. Enjoy!
March 11th
Ok last out of continuity one while the story resumes on Monday. Our playoffs are done for the time being and my limbs are healing and I'll have time to draw again. And I think I've got my megaman mania out of my system and it's back to transformers. I think both of the fan communities are a little inter-knit anyway through our mutual love of robots. My co-workers pitched a good comic for tonight but I didn't have the time to draw it in one night so I might save it for another time...
March 8th
My weekend (though filled with much video game playing) was actually kind of exciting, which also lead to non-drawing. Well Friday and Thursday I didn't feel that great so I remember going to sleep pretty early. Saturday I had a hockey playoff game and we won it in overtime so that was pretty intense. Actually I have another game tomorrow and a possible other game on Wednesday if we keep winning so I might have to do another out of continuity comic. My right arm has been quite sore so when it gets like that I'm trying to take better care of it. Getting tendonitis from overuse last year gave me a bit of a scare if I would get bad enough I couldn't draw anymore so I try not to push myself as much anymore. However I hope the comic at least bring some smiles on a Monday, whether you're fans of the megaman franchises or not. I am (obviously) a giant fan and I encourage those that are to purchase Megaman 10 because it is very fun. Ratchet out.
March 4th
Would love to write more but I'm actually quite tired. It's a bit of a shorter update today (I was behind a day so I had one less day to work on it) but it starts out what many people have been asking which is... So what DID happen to the Decepticons?
March 1st
So it's pretty late so I'll keep this brief. Anyhow, I hope everyone had at least some chance to view one or two Olympic events, because it's been quite something. Canada won a record amount of gold medals, not to mention probably the most important hockey tournament in the past 4 years. (Especially cause we did so poorly in Turin) So it's been quite a ride.
And back to the comic, I didn't get a chance to ink it at lunch today so instead I tried to do some extra black shading. It's kind of neat, just a bit time consuming. Also I love making Devcon look as sinister as possible. And hey... who's that in the last panel o_0?
February 25th , 2010
A short news post for tonight as I am off to sleep quickly, but we're back to the storyline! I tried a kind of sketch/ink hybrid as I didn't have enough time to ink the comic this week by scanning it in and applying the ink through a light table and a fresh piece of paper, I just inked over my drawings while I was on my lunch break at work.
February 22nd , 2010
Aaaand I'm back everyone! And wow what a trip, it's almost indescribable about how awesome it was. Being at the events was unreal, the crowds of people were unreal and for someone from a much colder part of the country, the weather (though bad for some of the events I hear) was great. The transit system in Vancouver is awesome, we could take one bus all the way to the train station, and take the train anywhere in the city. Also got to see a live concert on Saturday. Just great. It's nice to be home though although where I live it's still a bit cold =/
February 11th , 2010
So as mentioned today I am off to go watch the Olympics in Vancouver. This is definitely a once in a lifetime opportunity and I was massively fortunate to come into contact with venue tickets. But just being there by itself will be amazing. I'm not sure if I'll be able to update the comic at all while I'll be gone but I promised people I would update my twitter while I was there.
The winter Olympics are especially exciting for Canadians I think because they contain events that Canadians actually have a good chance of winning...
See you when I get back - Go Canada!
February 8th , 2010
So today starts the Valentine's Day comics - I wanted to do 2 this year, maybe one for the Autobots and one for the Decepticons. (Maybe)
I also wanted to let everyone know I am going to be gone starting next Thursday to the following Thursday - I will be attending a couple events at the Olympics in Vancouver! (..not participating... just watching... lol)
February 4th , 2010
It's almost inevitable if you have a combination like Tracks and Bluestreak that things are going to degrade pretty quickly... Some story and (hopefully) some humour.
February 1st , 2010
First update of February with the new comic. Thanks again to Silverbolt for the great colours! And I hope everyone now knows what I mean when I said to trust me earlier... it's aaaalll part of the plan.
January 28th , 2010
Very sleepy tonight so I will just keep this a bit brief. Lots of fun drawing the storyline comic again, my plans are to warm up a bit then dive head first into the story. We'll see if I can stick to those plans.
January 24th , 2010
So the name A Long Shot was actually the most difficult part in starting up with continuity again. I needed something that captured the gravity of the situation but also gave some hope. I'm curious to how this storyline is going to be received - for me it's a really good chance to get back to a few characters and to concentrate on them rather than organize several characters at the same time while trying to have the storyline interconnect. I can't say much more at this time without giving too much away but I have been looking forward to drawing the story arc again. Thank you to Silverbolt for making my drawings look half decent with the excellent colouring job. I had to do a bit of work this weekend so that and the comic would've made it a bit difficult. Also - I now have Twitter. People have suggested that I should get it just to post little things, I'm looking forward to posting small things between updates and some thoughts in general as I go through the (often painful) creative process. Here's the link: http://twitter.com/CiDisguise
January 18th , 2010
Another out of continuity comic before the storyline mayhem starts again. Whenever I'm feeling blue, I think about how awesome the Transformers movie could've been (more awesome I suppose) if they had actually stuck with the original characters. I remember watching it with Megatron and halfway through he turns to me and goes, "Man, they REALLY need Ratchet." But really, the omission (or off-screen killing) of our beloved robots was somewhat harsh, however it is one of the things that inspired me to start writing comics of my own, where I could give more screen-time to robots that never quite got into the limelight. (Or for very long)
The storyline will possibly begin Thursday, it depends how it goes and how my work goes if I will have sufficient time. Otherwise Monday for sure.
January 14th , 2010
So this was an idea that Megatron and I had come up with maybe about a year ago or so and I forgot about it for a while until today when I saw the trailer for the new Transformers game coming out. (And when I saw Skywarp as a pre-Earth seeker and Bumblebee and Omega Supreme I vowed I would buy that game, no matter how badly it sucked (let's face it, the Transformer game track records aren't pretty ))
Back to the comic though, we based our assessment of the two sides off World of Warcraft, where I was appalled when trying the alliance for the first time, I was asked to kill seemingly innocent animals to 'thin their numbers' while the horde had me killing animals for food and clothing and to prove myself. For the horde!
January 11th , 2010
It was so incredibly hard to write the small eulogy for Susan, to also try and tie it in with the recent events at the Ark and to conclude the Last Resort storyline. It's been quite a ride, and my longest storyline to date. (Although arguably I often consider Dedication and Retribution the same storyline, just part 1 and part 2) It was very hard killing Susan, it was even harder killing Thundercracker, and then with the final events of this storyline... I think I still have to work at the first few pages of the new story, beginnings are always extremely hard so I might have an OOC comic up for Thursday.
This ending I had in my head for a long, long time and the funeral scene with John is based off the funeral scene in the Watchmen comic.
January 7th , 2010
Tired... so this will be a bit short. Part 1 of a small epilogue for the story, more to come!
January 4th , 2010
The first comic of 2010! If anyone is curious, the game I'm talking about is Dragon Age. based on somewhat of a true story, when I told one of my friends I was playing Dragon Age, that's the first thing they brought up... and promptly showed me a youtube video to prove it. Needless to say, I am still playing the game, just slightly wary.
Regular updates will continue Thursday, I promise. I just needed a little extra time, the holidays are now over and I will be drawing again.
December 31st , 2009
The last comic of 2009... it's crazy to think how fast this year has gone. As usual, it's been a blast. I wish everyone a happy New Year! I would write more right now but it's very late and I have one more day of work tomorrow before the long weekend.
December 24th , 2009
Merry Christmas to all those out there that celebrate the holiday, happy holidays to those that have their own celebrations this time of the year, and happy Thursday to those that don't.
Well it's almost 2010... this comic has been running for almost 4 years now, which is quite something when I thought about it. For almost 3 straight years it's been Monday and Thursday updates and a lot of people thought when I started that I wouldn't last very long or be able to keep it up. I don't think it was because they were discouraging, but because it is a lot of work. Thank you to everyone that has helped, supported and loved this comic from its shaky sketched out comics in 2006 to its shaky sketched out comics in 2009. I couldn't have done it without you. The whole reason I love drawing/writing this comic is I want to put a smile on people's faces, or give them an emotional jolt or maybe make them sad... But I wanted people to have something to look forward two times a week and to entertain, and I hope that I have achieved that. I've met a lot of really cool people over the forums, some of you we've been talking for over 3 years now. My life has changed a lot from 2006 and through the good and the bad this comic has helped me pushed through. But I coudn't do it without you guys, you're all Comics in Disguise, not me. I'm just some bot that likes to draw transformer comics. Have a great holiday season. We'll see you December 31st.
December 21th , 2009
All right... so this week I am officially on vacation until the 29th... please pray that nothing explodes at the office while I am gone and they have to call me. I'm counting on almost none of my clients being around. *crosses fingers* Also 95% should know that I am gone. *crosses fingers tighter*
Back to the story... yes the button has been pressed... and we see the horrible consequences that have been unleashed! Thank you so much to Silverbolt and Solara for their great work. The 'dummy text' they sent back to me is so funny, I can't post it for a while because it will ruin the mood but I might post it at New Year's... Have a great Christmas everyone! I plan on posting a bit of an out of continuity comic as Christmas Eve falls on a Thursday...
December 17th , 2009
I always like trying to bring things back to the start when I'm going through my storyline. The first panel comes from the very first page of the Last Resort storyline. It's hard to believe it's already been 70 pages since the beginning.
And now the button has been pressed!
December 14th , 2009
OK so this afternoon I wasn't sure I'd have any kind of comic up or how I would put together a story comic if I had to do it from old drawings... I worked a bit this weekend so I didn't have a lot of time to draw. But I found some time this evening so this entire comic was put together tonight. Which is probably why it's extremely sketchy and unshaded, which is actually kind of old-school style again.
I wouldn't not let myself put it up though because we're right in the climax of the entire storyline and I feel it would be cruel to delay it any longer if I could help it.
I did warn people that once we got to the heart of it things would go very, very fast...
December 10th , 2009
Holy crap, this is actually a story arc comic updating on time? Wtf happened...
Thanks Silverbolt for colouring in the sketches! This is old school part 2: coloured sketches, although I must say he does a much better job at it than I. His reasoning was he liked the sketches and thought they added a lot to the mood of the comic. I agree... the lines aren't too shabby and I paid extra attention to Bluestreak's expressions. What's going to happen next? Oohhhhh....
December 7th , 2009
Thank you everyone for the kind birthday wishes. This birthday has been a little bit challenging, due to some real life stuff that will hopefully resolve itself soon. All that aside though, I rebuilt the comic from scratch this evening, losing all my work last night was quite annoying.
You know ever since I first watched this episode again I realized how disturbing the ending was where the girl invites Bumblebee to meet her brother's car. Megatron and I always thought it would be like the Transformers asking you to meet their brother's mannequin. I wondered briefly if Bumblebee just had no idea that the car wasn't actually going to transform.
December 3rd , 2009
I wish I could write more right now but I am extremely tired and have to get to sleep. On a quick note - this is the first comic I've inked in its entirety in a long time. I do enjoy it, but it takes me forever, which reminds me why I don't ink a lot anymore and I appreciate Solara and Silverbolt's work all that much more. Thanks again guys!
November 27th , 2009
So ok... no comic tonight. But Silverbolt and Solara have been extremely busy this week as I have and we decided we could get the comic done if we aimed for Friday as the day I put it up. (Tomorrow night most likely) I also inked one of my pages to help them along, something I haven't done in ages, which is also why there isn't a placeholder comic up tonight. You know, inking is actually kind of fun, I have to admit I sort of missed it. Inking that page made me wonder briefly if I should go back and ink some of the other comics. That would take ages though so maybe I'd do a few here and there if I wanted to.
This comic is something I'd to ink sometime... when I get the chance. See you guys tomorrow/Friday! And for all americans, happy Thanksgiving! For me in Canada, tomorrow is just Thursday :)
November 23rd , 2009
"Your luv 2 me is like luv." Apparently the new Twilight movie has outdone the Dark Knight for largest opening weekend. And so goes my faith in humanity. Although I believe I remain correct in my statement that teenage girls will buy anything. Now if I could only think of something to market to them I would be set.
On another note back to our storyline the comic is basically a dream sequence... although not really a dream because it's just Soundwave probing into Prime's mind. I had a lot of choices to add flashback text or flashback to the actual past comics but I thought if it remained quiet and mysterious it would impact better and silence is more Soundwave's nature. Also I think it makes Thundercracker showing up all the more mysterious as well...
November 19th , 2009
So I dunno how well I did on my exam... in fact I know of several mistakes I made. (Damn key commands I wish I didn't get them mixed up so much) However I still wanted to post a comic and this is actually an idea I've had for a long, long time. Basically it was always me and Megatron's fantasy to go into a roleplay chatroom and just start tearing it up as Transformers and see if we'd get kicked out. We've never had the nerve (yet) to give it a try.
November 16th , 2009
So long I have waited to draw the glowy mace/axe battle between Megatron and Prime. I will give the Bayformers movie that credit that in the final battle scene of Prime vs. Megatron, Megatron had his flying mace. I'll forgive Prime's sword too because the axe is a little odd, but hey - it's G1 cartoon. I was also looking through the comics at past Prime/Megatron battles so you might find some influences coming from there.
On an unrelated comic note I have a final exam next Wednesday so studying aside we'll see if I can make the update. If I can't I'll make sure to at least post something. But I'll probably know tomorrow night if I'm going to make it.
November 12th , 2009
Thank you Silverbolt and Solara for another great colouring job. The last panel is me though, so don't blame them for the colouring... lol. There was originally going to be a whole other page for this comic, but I hurt my arms over the weekend and today decided it would probably be best to just rest them up completely and draw something really cool for Monday's update. This update got the idea across anyway of what I wanted and like Smokescreen, I don't want to stall any further.
I have been wanting to draw this ultimate showdown between Prime and Megatron for a loooong time and I wanted to reference that old G1 scene from episode 2.
November 9th , 2009
Megatron and I always wondered why the fastest cars (like Mirage) were always stuck at the back of the line. I mean really, it makes sense that Prime is first, he IS the leader, but I always wondered how frustrating that must've been to some of the faster cars pushing the rear. Also in the cartoon whenever it showed them 'rolling out' they were always kind of slow...
Story updates to resume Thursday when hopefully I have more time to draw this week. (Granted the out of continuity comics are very hard to think of something funny)
November 5th , 2009
Thanks Solara and Silverbolt for another great looking comic. I think we all know what comes next... and I would write more but I'm very tired and going to head to sleep so I big everyone good night!
November 2nd , 2009
I hope everyone had a good halloween weekend. The party and the comic con that were in the city were really cool so I hope it's understandable that I had no time to properly draw a comic this weekend. The Human X concept is something I've always wanted to do though.. when I first saw the "Autobot Spike" episode and Sparkplug said he built an Autobot out of 'spare parts' my first reaction was to vomit in horror. Actually it wasn't much unlike Ratchet's actual reaction in the episode except I don't think I would say "Another Autobot, who needs it?" Or his famous closing line, "You know I could repair that mess, but I think it's best if I don't."
October 30th, 2009
Happy pre-halloween to everyone out there that will be doing some kind of halloween related activity out there! Myself, there will be parties. (Parties, my favourite thing back on Cybertron)
And then to boot this weekend is the huge ComicCon in our city. Unfortunately I won't be heading there this year with Megatron (which also gives me an opportunity to search for potential Christmas gifts (shhhhh) ) but it will be a lot of fun nonetheless. I will probably spend way too much money. Because of my action packed weekend there will be an out of continuity comic on Monday but I've decided to try and create something a little post-halloween perhaps following the halloween spirit. We shall see. Have a great weekend everyone!
October 26th, 2009
Did anyone forget about the rampaging Autobot waving around his stick of death? It has been a while since we've seen him. It's been very challenging coordinating everyone's movements inside the Ark. Also these smaller page comics let me get a lot more action in because I can take the time to draw the correct poses and angles that I want. (Or I can attempt to at least) Thanks again to Silverbolt and Solara for making the drawings look decent.
October 22nd , 2009
You can all thank Solara for the comic tonight. I wasn't going to post anything originally then she gave me the idea of a reaction to the comic from Skywarp.
My initial thought was that Skywarp probably wouldn't read the comics, just the posts on the forums about it and be confused about the whole thing. Also I thought it might cheer people up a little, I'll still be using TC probably a lot in out of continuity comics, especially with Skywarp. Storyline-wise though, we shall miss him.
I really didn't know how people were going to react to the comic when I posted it originally. I thought I'd just get lynched. But it made perfect sense storywise, I would never kill someone off just for the sake of killing someone. (*cough*1986 movie *cough*) And I felt it was a perfect conclusion for him.
October 19th , 2009
So this is part 2. This was probably one of the hardest updates for me to draw and plan out because it is the culmination of a year and a half's worth of previous comics and story planning. To see how T.C. comes full circle, you can start with this comic from the Dedication Storyline.
Originally I had planned to put those comics into flashbacks, making this comic much larger. I ultimately left it all out though because I think it would've slowed down the action. Also I like leaving the ambiguity in there, even up until the very end. Was T.C an Autobot at the very end, or was he still a Decepticon at heart? Was he ever really a Decepticon to begin with? I will miss him.
October 15th , 2009
Ok once again I had to split up the comic into Thursday and a Monday update (which isn't a bad thing) because when I sketched it all out initially it was 5 pages long. So today is part 1... Monday will be the part 2. And now I am off to bed.. wheeee.
October 12th , 2009
Happy Thanksgiving Canadians! I hope you are enjoying your day off (hopefully you have the day off) relaxing. ...It snowed here Friday, and snowed hard. The snow's been melting over the weekend but I mean still... it snowed. There is however, something kind of comforting in snow. It's like being smothered in a white blanket. People often wonder why we live up here in a place that has 6-8ish months of winter. Well for starters we don't run around in -30 degree weather, we spend most of our time indoors nice and comfy. It only really sucks Oct to Nov and March-April when the rest of the country is warming up/still warm and we have snow. Anyhow though... enjoy the comic. Thursday is going to be an update to remember - trust me on that one.
October 9th , 2009
Must sleep... enjoy update... I write more news later... Zzsdm,dsffsdfzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
October 5th , 2009
Oh yeah I forgot I had promised a news post on October 2nd.. I guess that proves how tired I was. I'll be honest, I don't even remember posting my comic last Wed, but I know I did. I take a new night class every Wednesday and sometimes it's pretty tiring. I really like it though, so I have no complaints really. Thanks Silverbolt (And Solara said she helped with some of the effects). I didn't know if they'd have enough time this weekend to work on it, but they did - and coloured it in beautifully too.
The mayhem continues!
October 1st , 2009
So... tired.. will post news tomorrow... Il;ks;amdsfdv......Zzzzzzzzzzz
September 28th , 2009
I can't believe how fast the month of September has gone... But this weekend I got a good amount of work done, plus I think I finally got over my cold. Also I played in my soccer finals this afternoon. We lost, but the game was really close so it was still a lot of fun. As always, I managed to get a good amount of sleep which I am squandering away tonight by staying up ridiculously late. However I wanted to make sure you had the comic I was promising. I hope you guys enjoy it, I had always been toying with this idea for an out of continuity comic, because I always found the cartoon premise of anything happening and the Decepticons are immediately blamed hilarious.
September 24th , 2009
Whew... tired. Thank you so much Silverbolt (and Solara) for another great inked/coloured comic panel. I've been so busy this week I had to limit myself to one page. I have a lot of work to catch up on this weekend so I fear Monday's comic will be out of continuity (but don't worry there will be a comic there). Then hopefully I can get back into the story for next Thursday and feel better about being more caught up at work.
In the meantime, enjoy Elita kicking Megatron in the face.
September 21st , 2009
I actually had a nice relaxing weekend these past couple of days. I needed one to recharge and prepare myself for the week ahead... augh. I know that people around me have had to deal with a lot of stuff themselves and I wish I could offer more support than just to say 'hang in there'. I should've had these drawings to Sol and Silverbolt but again I didn't get around to drawing them until yesterday, so I figured there wasn't enough time to scan and send them over. I'm going to try my best to get something to you guys tomorrow night.
Upon completing this panel I realize that it's not completely necessary to the story, but it was necessary for me to go back to the 'other guys' who would otherwise be standing around and to affirm that yes, Prowl is OK. I consider it my mission to make sure no matter how battered around he gets, there will be someone there to fix him.
September 17th , 2009
Well.. you couldn't expect Prime to get tossed around like a giant robot rag doll and bullied by Megatron without his missus having something to say about it...
In these next 'fight' scene comics I wanted to pay hommage to all the great Prime/Megatron fights of the past and today's last panel was inspired by E.J Su's artwork in Escalation. More to come!
September 14th , 2009
So another huge plot point is revealed... Although I'm not sure if people suspected what Bluestreak was guarding... or if he was guarding anything. Ironhide kind of eludes to something here, but it's vague and really didn't give a lot of info. But hopefully now the whole Bluestreak locked away in room makes a little more sense... or is at least beginning to.
September 10th , 2009
I would do a decent newspost but I'm very very tired. Lots of overtime this week after the holiday and late hockey games makes me a tired medbot. Today's comic is a parody of those Dos Equis commercials I used to see all the time during the hockey playoffs last year. The man in those commercials is a legend around my office. Here is a link to one of the youtube commercials. And as I was watching these I was thinking, "Yeah he's cool but he's no Optimus Prime. ...Hmmm...."
September 8th , 2009
Yes I know there's really not a lot artwise going on, but the story was really important for this panel so that was my main focus. The Devcon storyline has been on-going for at least a year now, with bits and pieces of the story slowly developing. This comic just sort of ties it all in together. The interior panels are from the Retribution storyline, page 32 and on I believe. Also it wouldn't quite be a CiD comic with TC in it if I didn't have at least one profile pic of the seeker.
September 3rd , 2009
Sorry short news update as I really need to go to bed... but I tried to draw an extra long comic for today (as opposed to the last couple of weeks) and Silverbolt did a great job at inking and colouring. For those of you that are newer to the website you might not remember when Ratchet dropkicked TC (as a hommage to the cartoon). And Starscream's deal with Shockwave and Soundwave and Thundercracker been taking in by Devcon to the Combaticons.
August 31st , 2009
And with the end of August I believe that wraps up all the guest comics for this prolonged 3rd year anniversary. I staggered them a little at the end as you all have noticed to help me with my busy schedule. (Mostly work related)
That being said if you send in a guest comic I will post it, although now I will probably hold them back until the next guest week but they are always appreciated. Especially with this storyline it's very hard for me to just cut and paste comics like I used to, or at least when I'm working a lot it's hard to come up with something funny on my own. Also after reading Hired Goon's comic I realize I've never even had Gears in the comic at all before. Also I found it pretty amusing since it would be Don Messick talking to himself. (As Gears and as Ratchet)
August 27th , 2009
Really special thanks to Solara and Silverbolt for the amazing quality of this comic. Tuesday night my brother was in the hospital (don't worry he's fine now) but I was up most of the night worrying about it and the drawings I sent to them I put a big note beside that said "Please fix." Especially the one of Megatron chucking Prime, my original drawing is hilarious.
And now to sleep, for I am quite tired.
August 24th , 2009
It's probably been about a year and a half by now... I remember people going, "I hope Megatron won't be gone for an entire year" and I scoffed at this. Well... he's back now. I would write more about it but I need to get to sleep. Safe to say I think this is one of the most important storyline panels I've drawn in a long, long time. I apologize for the sketchy drawings and lack of shading, I ran out of time.
August 20th , 2009
Thank you Coryonyx! Your comic came both at a time when I really needed one to post and I think it's a really nice tribute to the website. Thank you very much!
This week has been extremely busy for me, especially since I spent Monday night updating the comic already. These panels are very important and I don't want to rush them with a second rate job when they should really be the best shot possible. Also I love guest comics, they're amazing. Thank you to everyone that submits them, they brighten my day.
August 17th , 2009
So when I told Solara that since the comic was going to be posting late, she better make it 'amazing'. Then I might have said a few threat - inspiring words. And wow, is it ever amazing, you and Silverbolt did a fantastic job! I was very excited to see how they'd touch up the pictures and I think they might've outdone themselves on the quality. Thanks again guys! These comic panels are absolutely crucial.
Oh and on a non-TF sidenote, go and see District 9. Fantastic movie, can't recommend it enough.
August 13th , 2009
Thank you Tracker for a slightly delayed but nevertheless sweet comic. I had to work late a lot this week so it was nice to have something awesome to post for tomorrow's update. In other news since Perceptor did NOT say who the present was from, she probably assumes it was from Ratchet. An honest mistake and quite frankly once she returns the favour I will be sure to apologize to Perceptor in person.
August 10th , 2009
I had a lot of intentions for stuff I was going to do this weekend, but I was working, drawing, *cough* rock banding *cough* and the GI Joe movie so the comic is going up a little late tonight, but I took a lot of care in drawing it, even though it's not inked. See what you guys think. There will be a guest comic going up Thursday most likely as a couple more guest comics have come in and I want to post everything I get :) This will let me take some more time for next Monday's update too. Things are getting really close and dangerous!
August 2nd , 2009
Yes the birth of Bluestreak had me in hysterics, although the creation of Ironhide was really funny too. For anyone that's seen the real paintings or took art history class, it was the most amazing thing I had ever seen.
August 1st , 2009
Thank you Melody for ths wonderful comic. ..hey wait a second, is that me as a mermaid? ...and with long hair!?
July 31st , 2009
Thank you Ikaika for showcasing Grimlock! (and Wheelie)
This is honestly what I wish really would've happened when those two met.
July 30th , 2009
Hmmm.... nudity or no nudity. Jazz IS a very persuasive autobot after all...
Thank you Prowl for this hilarious comic! Smokescreen watching TV while smoking energon with prawns was all too funny.
July 29th , 2009
"THIS. IS. IPOD." had me in absolute stitches. Well not literally. But it is super funny. Thank you so much Silverbolt! Please check out the forums if you'd like to comment on any of these amazing comics.
http://www.comicsindisguise.com/comicsforum/
July 28th , 2009
Guest Comic day 2 - Taurucis. A first time submitter, I wonder if this is a subtle yet good point about the movie transformers vs. Generation 1. *cough*
...Look how tiny Prime is... it's like robot heroes vs. the other toys...
......
*runs*
July 27th , 2009
Guest Comic day 1 - Sunstorm. Thank you so much for this submission, I can't get enough of Sunstorm's artstyle, I think it really adds to the flavours of her comics.
And so Comics in Disguise becomes another year old. I can't believe it's already been 3 years, 2 years with steady updates. That's kind of... insane really, I can't believe how much I love drawing them.
July 23rd , 2009
So the guest comics are starting to come in - ideally I want to start them running Monday. I decided probably a weekend extension before the CiD 3rd anniversary was a good idea because I didn't give you guys enough warning in advance before I decided to do a guest week and I want as many comics as possible! Thank you to those that have already submitted. It is never too late - keep them coming please!
Is this possibly the cruelest cliffhanger I've ever done before a guest comic week? Quite possibly... think of it as part 1 of a season finale......
July 20th , 2009
Very tried.. it's extremely late right now but I just couldn't not post a storyline update tonight, so I drew, inked and coloured the whole thing starting at about 10:30pm tonight. The storyline just would not go away on the weekend when I was trying to think up a one-shot comic to post instead. Especially since it was this conversation between Thundercracker and Springer that started all the way back at the very end of the Dedication storyline.
July 16th , 2009
Calling all comicers! I will be accepting guest comics for our 3rd year anniversary starting July 24th. Please send all comics to info@comicsindisguise.com I will try to feature everyone that sends something in. Thank you!
Oh yes and as Astrotrain is cringing, please try to keep all the comics at least to a PG level for the website.
In the meantime Starscream either has something up his sleeve or is resigned to his fate. I think Soundwave might have used Starscream's own pride against him...
July 13th , 2009
'Happy(?)' Monday everyone... Well it will officially be Monday in a few minutes here. An out of continuity comic today - another idea I've always had swimming around that I've never had a chance to do before. I got the idea when my car was installed with an auto-starter a few years ago. For a climate where the winter lasts up to 6+ months, it's the best invention in the world. And thank you to a certain someone that suggested I also add in the immobilizer :)
In our city cars are now getting put in with them for free - when someone tries to start the car without the proper key the car will just shut down. I can't believe CiD's bday is just around the corner - July 24th.
July 9th , 2009
I missed Rumble and Frenzy, they're so small yet so sassy. In the original cartoon Rumble was probably the only Decepticon that could ever give Megatron sass and get away with it.
Thank you Silverbolt for the wonderful inking and colouring. See you all Monday!
July 6th , 2009
Sorry it is once again very late, but I'd like to thank everyone that contributed to the posting of this comic, without you guys I never would've been able to post a storyline comic. Thank you Zatnik/Starscream for inking and drawing from my crappily done sketches, thank you Miss Mandy/Rumble and Solara who stayed up very late colouring. I appreciate all of it. It's because of all our fans and supporters that makes this comic so rewarding to work on.
July 2nd , 2009
Happy Canada day everyone! (well it was yesterday, but tonight is my update night) I would write more right now but it's 1:30am and I better get to bed. Had a fantastic day, spent all of Tuesday night drawing/colouring as well. I had debated holding back the comic to tomorrow evening and going to sleep earlier tonight but I couldn't wait - I hope you enjoy it!
June 29th , 2009
Well Sunday I finally got the chance to see Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. And .... just wow. Super entertaining, tons of robots... It had a lot of the same feel of the original G1 cartoon.. it was freaking awesome guys. For some reason the reviews are slamming it when quite frankly, I thought it was above and beyond the original movie. Sure Michael Bay has the subtlety of a rampaging dinobot and there were a lot of human scenes/dialogue that were unecessary and/or that I thought were in pretty poor taste. But all that aside the robots were awesome. The fights were awesome. The robots actually had personalities - and Megatron and Starscream talked... and had the same G1 relationship. I won't ruin it for anyone by giving away spoilers but there were moments when my inner fan was ridiculously happy. If you are a fan of Transformers - please go see it. It gave me hope for the movie franchise.
June 25th , 2009
Sorry this is going to be a bit short as I need to get to drawing Monday's comic! I'm all psyched about it I've shut myself off from the world for the evening. Whenever I don't get a chance to draw for a couple of days I get very twitchy.
Oh yes and the vampires and robots was an actual suggestion I received... though I doubt it's sincerity.
I am feeling much... much better today though. I actually went to the doctor's (First Aid) and got some medicine.
June 22nd , 2009
Well I felt like I had to do it, what with the movie coming out in just a few days now I felt a bit of a pre-movie comic was in order. The inspiration for this comic came from a good discussion I had where the other party was trying to reason that maybe Michael Bay wasn't the huge jerk everyone thought he was, just what he was building himself as in the media. The reason for this statement was because he sent a couple letters to Paramont complaining that they weren't promoting Transformers 2 enough, and sent a previous letter complaining that the new Terminator movie also featured giant robots...
Now apparently he has recinded his earlier letter to paramount and sent them a new one rethanking them for their work. While it would've been extremely easy to point fingers and laugh at Michael Bay along with everyone else, I decided to give him some slight credit... after all, he is making a movie for us and he never promised it would be inspiring or a documentary, or even good. It's just entertainment. ...And it has Peter Cullen. (And Frank Welker I believe)
On an unrelated note I have quite the cold so I am signing off early. (Well early for me... which is quite late... I sound like Christian Bale in Batman: The Dark Knight)
June 18th , 2009
Thank you Silverbolt! It's very late so I'm going to make this brief, update and head to bed. Went to an Offspring concert tonight - was awesome. I think my ears are going to be ringing for a while.
The comic tonight was originally going to be split up with the last one, where Sunstreaker and Bee have a conversation beforehand, how Sunstreaker caught TC's reflection in Blitzwing's eyes, thus dodged out of the way. But it seemed sort of unecessary and slowing things down, taking the focus of TC and his internal monologue. Feel free to say differently, I always enjoy constructive criticism.
June 15th , 2009
Very tired... slightly concussed from hockey (so I hope today's comic makes sense). Accidently getting hit in the head with a skate is not a particularly pleasant experience, but I think I'm all right. But the comic is completed, I apologize for not having it inked, I wanted to keep it to myself for this update because of the complicated flash backs. Bee's speech at the very end is sort of resonating how I feel about the whole 'till all are one' slogan that I think was first used in the 1986 movie? Otherwise it's just sort of depressing thinking of it as 'until all are one with the matrix' (and presumably dead).
June 11th , 2009
Ok, so after reading the forums these past couple of days, I had some renewed inspiration to draw today's update and thanks to Silverbolt inking and colouring I think it looks pretty good. I had some really good suggestions like a plot synopsis (I've been thinking about using it in the archives, dividing up the archives into the storylines.)
Thanks everyone for reading the comic and making it so much fun to work on. Even if my co-worker who continually makes fun of me for it mentioned today at the office that he thinks I don't update it enough... lol
June 8th , 2009
This comic is sort of dedicated to one of my co-workers. He is usually making fun of me and often brings up the comic to further make fun of me at the office when he is bored. Except something he told me on Friday: "Whenever I look at your comic, it's deep into some story line where I have no reference for it and I have no idea what's going on." Although I generally don't pay attention to this co-worker, this actually made me think a little. It's true that if a new reader looks at the current storyline during the story updates it could be pretty intimidating to go back and read all the way through. There was always a good line that someone at Marvel said where every issue of Spiderman would be easily integrated enough if someone was reading it for the first time. Now naturally because the comic goes page by page instead of issue by issue this is very challenging and if I explained everything each page it would also get very monotonous. So I decided to kind of meet it half way and put in more one-shot comics while boosting the storyline to pull it along quicker so that new readers would have enough mini comics to read while they caught up with things. I am always trying to make sure the readers get the best experience possible.
I originally told myself I would stick to story arcs because otherwise I would be putting up unfunny comics (when I would run out of ideas) and I didn't want to bring down the quality just because "I needed the joke" or I felt like updating was too much of a chore. And I enjoy writing so the storylines are perfect for me and I like doing the more serious stuff with them. But I also like doing the joke comics instead. I mean come on, just watch the original cartoon for one episode and you'll see how 'serious' the show was. That being said, it's up to you if my stuff is actually funny or maybe it's a hopeless case, but either way it's always a good learning experience and we'll see how it goes. I love getting feedback and I know I am behind at answering some fanmail >_< but I do read everything and I do intend to answer as soon as I am able. Feel free to send me anything :) I love hearing from people. Ratchet out.
June 4th , 2009
I really need to do another week soon, I have a ton of new screenshots. Those were always a lot of fun I'd just need to plan in advance. I think personally kool-aid week was my favourite, although Autobot falling week sort of kick started the whole thing. Thanks a ton to Silverbolt for deciphering my scribbles and notes to ink/colour the comic. I would not have had time for it otherwise so thank you!
All these action scenes are pretty labour intensive to draw but I like it, I'm finally able to draw the comic more to how I've always wanted. (And get hopefully a little more sleep in the process)
Have a great weekend everyone!
June 1st , 2009
Well June 1st... How time flies. Sorry for the out of continuity comic this week guys, but this is something I've been wanting to do since I saw Terminator last weekend and I was busy this weekend so I didn't get a chance to do any drawing. (Well not to the level I'd need them at) So I shall aim for a continuity update this Thursday. In the meantime, enjoy!
May 28th , 2009
Can you believe it's almost June? ...The weather hasn't really been nice enough here for me to believe it so it sort of snuck up on me. I tried to at least shade this comic a little since none of it is inked. I think in a way that gives it its own 'style' so to speak... It's not inked because I find Thursday are a little tight to give Silverbolt enough time to ink/colour the whole thing during the week.
Anyhow, I better upload and head to bed, it is pretty late. Ahhh the summer.
May 25th , 2009
I really don't know how I could ever keep up with Twitter - a lot of people seem to love it but I have a hard enough time just keeping up with my own website to want to dictate my life to my computer. Anyhow, technology rant off... I'm going to get myself a decent cellphone this weekend, people have told me my current one is a bit of an antique.
It's been a bit of a crazy week actually, but writing/drawing/colouring this comic has actually been really relaxing. It keeps reminding me why I do it. Well that and it's a good outlet for me. Thank you again to Silverbolt for inking/colouring the Smokescreen/Ratchet scenes. I thought it would be a good constrast to have the Bee/Sunstreaker parts in a different style to differentiate to go back to the previous panel with both scenes going on at the same time.
Oh yes and welcome back to the storyline T.C.
May 18th , 2009
So it's Monday (well it will be when most of you read this probably) and I'm most likely sleeping. I had a fantastic small trip, it was really great to get out of the city for a couple of days and just sit around and talk to people and relax. I've always wanted to post Silverbolt/Zatnik's comics with the flavour text they send me before I wipe it out and put in the real text and now that there's enough of it and everyone's seen what the real comics are, I thought it would be funny to put up since I just got back and haven't had any time to draw. I hope you guys find them as funny as I do. It almost seemed a shame that until now I was the only person to enjoy them.
May 14th , 2009
Whew it's been a bit of a long, tiring week. And because I don't want to disappoint my co-worker, I gotta do some more work too before I head to bed!
...whew....
Thanks Silverbolt for inking and colouring the comic on such short notice!
I was originally going to have a lot more to this scene, but didn't want to clutter it with peripherals, because it really is about Smokescreen and his breakdown. I probably could've followed up with more Sunstreaker in the background but didn't have the time for this update >_<. I'll be out of town for the long weekend, so expect an out of continuity comic for Monday :)
May 11th , 2009
Two months later... I finally get the news section fully up to date. (Separating the months as they should be) Thank you again to Silverbolt for inking and colouring the Sunstreaker panels... I wonder if you had any idea what was going to be going on in the rest of the comic? Usually of late because of time constraints comics are approx. two pages each. This one was four. I wrote out the entire scene in advance because I really wanted to give you guys something good to read after a few in-between comics that were necessary to move the plot along. I hope you like it, I really enjoyed writing/drawing this one.
I try to sometimes give the comics a little more than just surface deep meaning, so I was going for a parallel between Ratchet and Smokescreen's conversation and Sunstreaker's actions.
May 7th , 2009
Very late again and I'm also very tired... Thank you Silverbolt for inking the comic, I'm sorry again I got it to you late yesterday, it's been a bit of a busy week.
This comic is dedicated to everyone who at one point or other, has been called out. (And in front of people)
May 4th , 2009
Must.. separate... news....
Very tired right now though as it is quite late. Hopefully I will have a more insightful news post up tomorrow. It reminds me of the 'good ol' days though' of when I used to do everything by myself how late it would make me stay up. (Have I mentioned how much I appreciate the help I get?)
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