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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 3, 2010 15:07:57 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2010 15:53:45 GMT
I like the Transformers cover, but doesn't First Aid look a bit dainty lol
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Post by Kingoji on Sept 3, 2010 16:43:52 GMT
Ladies and gentlemen, the NYCC exclusive comic covers mark the professional arrival of your friend and mine; John-Paul Bove!
Here's wishing him all the luck in the world!
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 3, 2010 20:32:08 GMT
Tis a nice cover.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 3, 2010 20:35:30 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 3, 2010 22:57:02 GMT
Splendid cover!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 4, 2010 12:05:55 GMT
Ladies and gentlemen, the NYCC exclusive comic covers mark the professional arrival of your friend and mine; John-Paul Bove! Here's wishing him all the luck in the world! My GodMod powers tell me he may have registered for the board. Hullo! -Ralph |
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Post by wordmongerer on Sept 5, 2010 12:05:39 GMT
Ladies and gentlemen, the NYCC exclusive comic covers mark the professional arrival of your friend and mine; John-Paul Bove! Here's wishing him all the luck in the world! My GodMod powers tell me he may have registered for the board. Hullo! -Ralph Hello indeed! Ed had said that these were awesome boards and he was right! Pleased people were amused by First Aid. When Casey told me I thought is was funny, but then when I saw it I couldn't stop laughing and at every point during the colouring it got more and more real, and therefore funnier! |
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Post by Kingoji on Sept 5, 2010 12:09:12 GMT
Hey hey, JP! Welcome aboard!
I exalt thee in greeting!
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Post by blueshift on Sept 5, 2010 13:19:21 GMT
About time you signed up, and definately about bloody time you got some professional colouring work, you're easily the best fan colourist out there!
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Post by kayevcee on Sept 5, 2010 13:28:19 GMT
Welcome to the Hub, JP! Spiffy cover and an excellent start to your pro comics career!
-Nick
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 5, 2010 15:02:43 GMT
HOWDOO!
Good work on the colouring.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Sept 5, 2010 19:56:28 GMT
Welcome to The Hub! And I will add my 'well done' on the colouring, you have done a really nice stab at carrying through the retro-feel that the cover is going for. A very nice job indeed.
Karl
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 6, 2010 23:40:37 GMT
Welcome to the madness!
Andy
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Post by grahamthomson on Sept 7, 2010 8:02:01 GMT
Oh, never mind all that, J-P has also just done his first Hubris cover!  Welcome to the Hub! |
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Post by Kingoji on Sept 7, 2010 9:08:14 GMT
Yaaaay!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 7, 2010 11:11:09 GMT
Now he truly has arrived!!!!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 15, 2010 10:09:52 GMT
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Post by blueshift on Oct 15, 2010 10:40:06 GMT
Evil space robots love the concept of communism! |
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Post by charlesrocketboy on Oct 15, 2010 16:19:14 GMT
I like that Optimus is saying "Come join our alliance with AMERICA! That'll bring ALL nations together!" and Rampage is having none of it, which kinda makes Rampage look more knowledgable about geopolitics (which is probably not the case). Oh, look, the goodie robots are with DEMOCRACY.  (Gawd bless poster Dave) |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 16, 2010 16:02:52 GMT
Dear lord that's so absolutely bloody stupid.
The art is pretty but that's it.
Andy
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Post by blueshift on Oct 16, 2010 16:24:49 GMT
Dear lord that's so absolutely bloody stupid. The art is pretty but that's it. Andy The "American is the land of the free and is wonderful derp derp" stuff that the Autobots are spouting is both hilariously out of touch with the real world, but also events in the comic. It would be more accurate for them to say "We have made an alliance with a paranoid, violent, treacherous militaristic country. Want to join us?". But it seems to be resonating well with American fans, maybe that's the idea. |
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Post by charlesrocketboy on Oct 16, 2010 20:05:18 GMT
I'm bemused that Optimus and everyone are all shocked and asking the Predacons not to ally with China, and not, say, going "NO, China! Don't ally with the PREDACONS!".
So the People's Republic of China is worse than the Decepticons? The PRC is responsible for a lot of nasty stuff, but I don't think they've wiped out whole planets.
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 16, 2010 21:54:44 GMT
It always seemed to me that Prime and others though not all Autobots on the whole would actually view Socialism/unionism/marxism/communism quite positively if not the behaviour of the countries and groups following those practices.
And yeah after the US behaviour in the comic so far the dialogue feels completely wrong.
Andy
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Post by Dave on Oct 17, 2010 17:14:49 GMT
Thanks Charles (I used to have my uses around here  ). I think this is the first time a preview for the ongoing has managed to interest me. With the possibility of (unintentional) hilarity I might grab this when it hits the App. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2010 9:37:28 GMT
The idea that Transformers would need to pimp themselves out to nations in return for a fuel supply is ever so slightly daft. As a race which is dependent on Energon you would think that some of them at least know how to fashion the stuff without help from humanity. And if it is a resource thing then surely the Decepticons and big and powerful enough to take what they need, so why accept a human master?
Then again I suppose the original Marvel miniseries saw the bots and cons seeking help from an auto-mechanic to create fuel so may be there is a precedent!?
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Post by legios on Oct 18, 2010 11:56:38 GMT
The idea that Transformers would need to pimp themselves out to nations in return for a fuel supply is ever so slightly daft. As a race which is dependent on Energon you would think that some of them at least know how to fashion the stuff without help from humanity. And if it is a resource thing then surely the Decepticons and big and powerful enough to take what they need, so why accept a human master? If we accept the premise that there are only a handful of Transformers on Earth (those that were seen in Sunbow episodes perhaps..... and ignore the fact that additional Transformers can pop into existence from the quantum foam in any corner of the world so long as their is no concious observer to determine the variables) then it makes a certain sense that they might start to make alliances in exchange for raw materials - going to war against an entire nation might end up costing them more than the resources that they would get back by winning. My problem with this isn't the story idea, it is the lasy execution. We have the Autobots automatically teaming up with America because America is Freedomland and the leader of all free peoples in the universe - despite the fact that their interaction with America basically boiled down to hiding from the US Military's attempts to wipe them out to a 'bot. (But all is forgiven because America is Good and so are the Autobots). Meanwhile the Evil Decepticons team-up with the bad-guy countries (defined as those who are opposed to America) because as Evil Enemies of Freedom they make natural allies. Lasy and dull. A more interesting version of this story would have had some of the Decepticons making an agreement with Saudi Arabia, Britain or a neutral country like Switzerland or something to defend them in return for logistical support. (Or play up the idea of the Autobots siding with America because they support freedom and steadily becoming used more and more as tools of US foreign policy). But that would be much more complicated and thought-provoking than IDW seem to be intending for these comics. Much better to have the Decepticons team up with the bad foreign people whilst the Autobots work for America because it is Freedomland. Karl |
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Post by Kingoji on Oct 18, 2010 16:03:43 GMT
(Or play up the idea of the Autobots siding with America because they support freedom and steadily becoming used more and more as tools of US foreign policy) A few weeks back on the IDW boards someone made a similar point. And Mike Costa was soon in the thread talking to this person because they were the first to pick up on it. He hinted that this was indeed his plan, and he seemed mystified that nobody else was getting it. |
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 18, 2010 16:34:57 GMT
Probably because it suggests a level of intelligence in the writing and an interesting direction IDW has not really been achieving for some time.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 18, 2010 16:43:56 GMT
I can't speak for the quality of this issue of Ongoing because I stopped buying the series a few issues ago out of sheer boredom but as the previews indicate only a very stupid and decompressed read there's nothing there to make me want to buy it.
-Ralph
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