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Original story by Linda Cormack. Synopsis: On Earth, Hound is amazed at how rain on the planet differs from the acid rain found on Cybertron. He takes a few moments just to stand in it and enjoy the experience of water falling on him. Characters Featured [in rough order of appearance]: This mosaic was printed in The Transformers: Devastation #2 [IDW]. |
Notes: Transformer Mosaic was originally a fan fiction project put up on the IDW website forums. The idea was to tell stories in one page that could be in any continuity. They were rapidly well received, and starting with this issue, selected ones will be reprinted across IDW titles. Appropriately, Rain was the first.
Though republished by IDW, the copyright blurb is keen to point out this is still a unlicensed comic not affiliated with either the publisher or Hasbro.
This is set in a generic G1 continuity - Hound is either leaving the Ark or a parked spaceship, seemingly in the desert.
Linda Cormack has the distinction of being the first woman to write a published Transformers comic.
Review: Slight, but very lovely. Hound gets more character in this page than he has in twenty three years of stories, and it's rather sweet to see a Autobot relaxing rather than fighting. IDW reprinting these is a fantastic step, and the forthcoming ones will not only provide great entertainment, but give a wider range of writers the chance to show what they could do if given a full issue to play with. Good stuff.
Notes: As with Rain, this is set in a non-specific G1 continuity. Though Warpath does use his TV speech patterns. The story takes place on an unspecified moon orbiting a Saturn-like gas giant.
Beachcomber's memories of war include Iacon's dome burning, Shockwave killing a defenseless Autobot, and having to protect a human from an explosion. The final panel of him relaxing by a lake where the sunset makes it appear golden is a reference to the cartoon episode The Golden Lagoon.
Review: A nice quick bit of character work for an often overlooked Minibot. Whilst it loses some points for giving Warpath his deeply irritating TV WHAM! speech BAM! style, it's brief enough not to irritate hugely and is a good fast read.
Josh Van Reyk officially has the greatest name of anyone to work on Transformers.
Notes: Again, this is based in a generic G1 continuity, though the origin of the Punch/Counterpunch divide is different from the character's portrayal in other fiction. There Counterpunch was the disguise of Punch the deep cover spy.
Review: Another little fun Mosaic that gives a underused character focus in a different way. The art is too bright and cheerful for such a dark story, but otherwise another fine addition to the line.
Review: A very nice and rare serious look at a normally comic supporting character, this shows exactly what's so great about the Mosaic format. An entire issue of Emo Blur would get dull very fast, but here it doesn't outstay its welcome. Very well done.
Released February 15th 2008. |
Characters Featured [in rough order of appearance]:
Jimmy, Hunter, Verity, Sunstreaker, Ironhide, Mr. Drake, Deer Parts [Deceased].
This mosaic was printed in The Transformers: Devastation #6 [IDW].
Notes: This is the first published Mosaic to be firmly set in a specific continuity. This occurs prior to the events of Escalation issue #1. It reveals exactly when the Machination had the chance to get a good look at Sunstreaker in order to duplicate him, and also that the Autobots have their own rooms on the ship.
Whilst this fits into IDW's canon fine it's still not officially regarded as such by the company. However, until something happens to contradict the events seen here the strip's canonicity is entirely up to the reader.
Robby Musso has drawn several full length comics for IDW, starting with Spotlight: Ultra Magnus.
Notes: Again, another charming little character study that sums up Sunstreaker: Deer Killer perfectly. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, from a professional artist we also have the most accomplished artwork for a Mosaic to date as well.
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