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Spotlight: Stunticons - Breakdown (Pages 3, 8-9 & 16-17)

Originally posted on January 28th, 2012

Story - Josh van Reyk Art - Jamie Roberts Colours - Roy Stiffey Letters - HdE

wada sez: Breakdown’s Budiansky profile reads: “When Breakdown is in his car mode, he thinks everyone else is staring at him. [...] The root of his concerns is that someone will see him for what he really is - an alien on a strange world. [...] Often Breakdown's extreme self-consciousness negatively affects his performance, particularly in his role as a scout in which he must venture into numerous tension-producing situations.”

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Mid-air Ramjet by PiusInk on DeviantArt (Lines) got a problem? -Ramjet by emanz on DeviantArt (Colours ver. 1) Ramjet Josh van Reyk colours by Josh-van-Reyk on DeviantArt (Colours ver. 2)

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Preview: Transformers 100 Page Giant: Power of the Predacons

Transformers 100 Page Giant: Power of the Predacons preview. Prepare to be terrorized by this collection of the Predacons' finest moments! #comics #comicbooks #transformers

Transformers 100 Page Giant: Power of the Predacons

John Paul Bove, Simon Furman, Josh Van Reyk, Shawn Knowler (A) Corin Howell, E. J. Su, Various (A/CA) Don Figueroa In Shops: Feb 12, 2020 SRP: $5.99

Prepare to be terrorized by this collection of the Predacons’ finest moments! Collecting stories from Transformers UK #135-136, Transformers UK Annual 1987, Beast Wars: The Gathering #1,…

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Transformers 100-Page Giant: Power of the Predacons Written by John-Paul Bove, Simon Furman, Shaun Knowler, Josh van Reyk. Art by Don Figueroa, Corin Howell and E.J. Su.

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Last Stand of the Wreckers’ Transformers: Mosiac, Dead Men’s Boots: Recruitment’s a Rip

Let’s not get too far away from the main material just yet and take a look at the Last Stand of the Wreckers Mosaic page.

But first, a little history on Transformers: Mosaic-  an unofficial anthology project run by Shaun Knowler and Josh van Reyk,  it ran from 2007 to 2012. The anthology was made up of single-page comics, written and drawn by fans, and the occasional professional. A few were even included in the backs of IDW comics as extras, until copyright issues muddied things up and the practice had to be dropped.

One such published Mosaic was Dead Men’s Boots, written by James Roberts, drawn by Nick Roche, and colored by Josh Burcham. If any of those names sound familiar- good. They ought to. This is a big part of why this Mosaic didn’t have issue being mixed in with the professional stuff- it was the same team on both. Lo Baker is credited with lettering this page, which is cool, because he’s done art for Atomic Robo, another series about sci-fi robots getting up to shenanigans and punching things. If you haven’t already, go check it out. I highly recommend it.

Now, because this is a single-page comic, there’s not a ton for me to show off. The full page, along with the other Mosaics, can be found here: https://www.deviantart.com/transformers-mosaic

The story starts with Springer reminiscing on when he was recruited to the Wreckers; Impactor came to him in person- no hologram, no videocall, but a face-to-face invitation- which certainly made an impression at the time.

Nowadays, recruitment is Springer’s job, and he follows the script with only a single deviation from the one he was given all those years ago: the chance to back out. The script goes like this:

“You must be ___________. You know why I’m here. It’s time. Your name was at the top of the list. I’m obliged to tell you that as of 11th cycle, 987, the Wreckers’ survival rate is 42%. You can turn down this opportunity. No questions asked.”

Yes, he tells everyone that they’re at the top of the list.

If it seems a little disjointed, it’s because there are pauses, meant to allow the recruit to ask questions and process what’s happening. Some react with fear. Some lay on the charisma real thick. Some get technical.

The giant honking diagram of Ironfist’s head might be why Springer was suspicious when the dude blacked out on the ship. Look at that bullet, it’s huge! Be like getting shot with a baseball, that would.

Others still take the chance to back out, only to return later when they realize that their personal agendas can be fulfilled if they join the team.

This page is a neat snapshot of what the lengths the Wreckers have to go to keep a team going. Through a combination of flattery, deception and lawfully-obligated honesty- which is probably Ultra Magnus’ doing, let’s be realistic- they ensnare those who have the needed combination of skill and hero-idolization to be brought in and put through the grinder. Only those who survive will be remembered by anyone outside the team, becoming a part of the legend they know of.

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TRANSFORMERS 100-PAGE GIANT: POWER OF THE PREDACONS Review - "...wait, WHO are the Predacons??"

In his latest review of books from @IDWPublishing's #Transformers line of titles, @DarrenShulman talks about TRANSFORMERS 100-PAGE GIANT: POWER OF THE PREDACONS - featuring five different stories from different creators! #ComicBookReviews #Predacons

“SPOTLIGHT JAZZ” Written by Josh van Reyk & Shaun Knowler / Art by E.J. Su / Colors by Priscilla Tramontano / Letters by Chris Mowry / Edited by Denton J. Tipton & Andy Schmidt

“DAWN OF THE PREDACUS” Written by John-Paul Bove / Art by Corin Howell / Colors by John-Paul Bove & Ed Pirrie / Letters by Chris Mowry / Edited by John Barber

“BEAST WARS: THE GATHERING #1” Written by Simon Furman/…

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IDW Publishing have released their solicitations for January 2020, which include a new arc for Galaxies and an unexpected 100-page reprint special focused on the Generation 1 and Beast Wars Predacons! Read on for details.

After checking out the solicits below, head over to the Allspark Forums to discuss them with other fans!

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Cover – Don Figueroa

Transformers 100-Page Giant: Power of the Predacons John-Paul Bove, Simon Furman, Josh Van Reyk, and Shaun Knowler • Corin Howell, Don Figueroa, E.J. Su, and Various (a) • Don Figueroa (c) Prepare to be terrorized by this collection of the Predacons’ finest moments! Collecting stories from Transformers UK #135-136, Transformers UK Annual 1987, Beast Wars: The Gathering #1, Transformers Spotlight Jazz, and the never before republished Transformers: Dawn of the Predacus 2016 BotCon exclusive comic! FC • 100 pages • $5.99

Bullet points: • Tons of great stories for a great value—and exclusively for the direct market! • A new evergreen Transformers collection, perfect for any occasion! • Featuring exclusive material never before collected!

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Cover A – Livio Ramondelli

Transformers #17—Cover A: Livio Ramondelli Brian Ruckley • Anna Malkova, Beth McGuire-Smith (a) • Livio Ramondelli (c) Megatron is faced with the ultimate decision. He can forge ahead on the path he’s started down, or he can take the last chance at doing things by the book. Either way, Cybertron is on the verge of change, and after this, nothing will ever be the same. FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers #17—Cover B: Brendan Cahill Brian Ruckley • Anna Malkova, Beth McGuire-Smith (a) • Brendan Cahill (c) FC • 32 pages • $3.99

*Retailer incentives: Order 10 copies and get one free variant cover by Marcelo Matere!

Bullet points: • The conclusion of the third exciting arc! • Be sure not to miss this one as it only gets bigger from here!

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Cover RI-A – Anna Malkova

Transformers Galaxies #5—Cover A: Alex Milne—SPOTLIGHT Kate Leth & Cohen Edenfield • Alex Milne (a & c) “Wannabee,” Part One! Years ago, a Probat scientist visiting Cybertron had his life saved by the one and only Bumblebee! Now the Probats are huge fans, and when Deathsaurus goes to negotiate a new energy deal, he wants their number one bot on his side. Unfortunately, Bee’s a little busy, so Deathsaurus turns to the next best option—the guy who looks like red Bumblebee, Cliffjumper! FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers Galaxies #5—Cover B: Sara Pitre-Durocher—SPOTLIGHT Kate Leth & Cohen Edenfield • Alex Milne (a) • Sara Pitre-Durocher (c) FC • 32 pages • $3.99

*Retailer incentives: Order 10 copies and get one free variant cover by Anna Malkova! Order 25 copies and get one free variant cover by Kei Zama! Order any number of copies and receive your order fully returnable!

Bullet points: • Co-written by Kate Leth (Transformers: Cyberverse, Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat) and Cohen Edenfield (Hiveswap)! • Art by beloved and renowned Transformers artist, Alex Milne! • A tale of mistaken identities, wrong names, wacky mix-ups, and a guy named Deathsaurus who really can’t be good news. • New story arc! • Great jumping-on point!

  IDW Publishing Solicitations for January 2020 IDW Publishing have released their solicitations for January 2020, which include a new arc for Galaxies…

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JETFIRE AND JETSTORM by Josh-van-Reyk

Before they were upgraded

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Spotlight: Stunticons - Menasor (Pages 21 & 22)

Originally posted on January 28th, 2012

Story - Josh van Reyk Art - Sterling Gee Letters - HdE

wada sez: At last, the big reveal! The Stunticons are trapped in their own minds, thanks to the inhibitor programs installed by the Contructicons. With the force of will needed to dominate, Motormaster has ended up commanding the gestalt, overcoming the usual self-doubt that cripples combiners. The Autobots fighting Drag Strip are revealed to be some aspect of the minds of his teammates, with the specific identities matching up with the cartoon episode “Masquerade”, where the Autobots posed as the Stunticons. The voice heard by Breakdown is revealed to be that of the Constructicons, discussing the experiment from the outside. Evidently, Sterling Gee did not get the memo that Marshall was using the Generation 2 color scheme for Sideswipe. Note that in the second part HdE has rendered Menasor’s dialogue boxes using little squares with the team members’ colors, in contrast to Motormaster’s normal speech boxes; I wonder if this is meant to imply that the other team members have influenced the combiner after all? I also wonder if the idea is that the name “Menasor” is a portmanteau of the insults “Menace” and “Monster” heard by Motormaster in his pages.

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Transformers: Mosaic #574 - "The Thing About Rumors"

Originally posted on January 20th, 2011

Story - Josh van Reyk, Chris Vera Art - Ibai Canales Colours - Franco Villa

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wada sez: This piece is loosely inspired by Nick Roche’s comics for IDW; here, we directly see Kup acting as a mentor to the other Autobots. Ibai Canales has drawn some pretty-distinctive looking generics in the background of the first panel, but I’m pretty sure they’re original designs?

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Transformers: Mosaic #276 - "Seriously"

Originally posted on October 24th, 2008

Story - Josh van Reyk Art, Colours - Joana Lafuente

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wada sez: Nothing much to say about this one, it’s a continuity-light Animated strip, though I’ve got to give credit to Lafuente—her expressive style is a perfect fit here.

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Spotlight: Stunticons - Covers & Page 1

Originally posted on January 28th, 2012

Story - Josh van Reyk Art - Jeremy Tiongson Colours - Josh Perez Letters - HdE Cover A Art - Andrew Griffith Cover A Colors - Joana Lafuente Cover B - Kris Smith Pin-Up Art - The Boo

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wada sez: This week, I’m going to be re-serialising Josh van Reyk’s full-length fancomic, Spotlight: Stunticons! Conceived in the same vein as Transformers: War Journal, the comic is a big collaboration between a bunch of different Mosaic contributors. This time, there’s a much smaller set of creatives, with Josh van Reyk handling the entire script, and each artist team contributing the pages devoted to a specific Stunticon. The Stunticons are a favorite of van Reyk’s, and he’d written several Mosaic strips focused on them in the run-up to this project’s release: in order, these were “Hail To The King”, “Forgive And Forget”, and “The Bigger Picture”. This first page serves to re-establish the team, communicating their simple character traits: Wildrider is reckless, Breakdown is paranoid, Dead End is depressed, Drag Strip is a try-hard, and Motormaster hates all of them. We briefly see Hound, Ironhide, and Starscream in the background, all using their Cybertronian designs from The War Within. Now, for the rest of this series, I’m actually going to be shuffling the pages around a bit, which I realise is bad archival work but which is logistically necessary (and shouldn’t affect the story too much due to its already-unconventional structure); if you want to read the story exactly as it was originally published, visit the deviantART gallery above. In case you were wondering, “CWP” is van Reyk’s own brand, Choose Wisely Productions, which I’m not sure is a real company. Artist Boo had to drop out of the project at an early stage due to his IDW workload, but contributed two pin-ups for fans to color; you can find those below along with clean art for Griffith’s cover and some preview panels.

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Spotlight: Stunticons - Drag Strip (Pages 12-14)

Originally posted on January 28th, 2012

Story - Josh van Reyk Art - Ger Hankey Colours - Matt Marshall Letters - HdE

wada sez: Drag Strip’s plotline is kind of the odd one out, in that it doesn’t directly play into his weaknesses from his original Budiansky bio. Note Drag Strip’s line about a “Masquerade”...

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Transformers: Mosaic - "F.I.G.J.A.M."

Originally posted on August 31st, 2009

Story - Josh van Reyk Art, Colours, Letters - Joana Lafuente

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wada sez: FIGJAM is an acronym meaning “Fuck I’m Good, Just Ask Me”. Tracks’ appearance here predates the later introduction of an official Animated incarnation of the character. Lafuente describes the female autobots in the fourth panel as "a sort of hidden joke", anyone recognise them? See below for a full look at Tracks’ caped design.

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Transformers: Mosaic #570 - "Value"

Originally posted on January 6th, 2011

Story - Josh van Reyk Art, Letters - Xavier Basa Colours - Caroline Richard

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wada sez: This strip bridges the events of Spotlight: Kup with Last Stand of the Wreckers, covering a plot thread that wound up being mostly dropped from the final miniseries: namely, Guzzle’s vendetta against Kup. Clean colors below.

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Spotlight: Stunticons - Drag Strip (Pages 2 & 5-6)

Originally posted on January 28th, 2012

Story - Josh van Reyk Art - Ger Hankey Colours - Matt Marshall Letters - HdE

wada sez: We jump forward to the present day, where Drag Strip is trapped in a cell, being interrogated by Jazz, Sideswipe, and Windcharger. But what connects these characters...? Matt Marshall has given Sideswipe his inverted Generation 2 color scheme, for some reason; it’s technically possible that he was inspired by The Death of Optimus Prime, released just over a month prior and featuring that same color scheme, but that would depend on lead times for the project. Drag Strip’s plotline is the main thread of the comic, which originally intercut between this and the other team members—so don’t worry, we’ll be revisiting him shortly. Unfortunately, Tumblr puts a limit on the number of images that can be in a single gallery, which is why I’m splitting the comic across multiple posts. It made sense to organise these by plotline for tagging purposes, and speaking more subjectively, I personally found the wildly different artstyles between the different threads—which don’t have meaningful transitions on a script level either—to be jarring.