Shortpacked! by David Willis

Discussion (47) ¬

1. 
   lifeless1

   June 23, 2010 at 12:05 am | # | Reply

   I deeply want a plush Shattered Glass Ravage. SG Ravage needs to be hugged.

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     gwalla

     June 23, 2010 at 12:39 pm | # | Reply

     A plush SG Ravage…that can transform.

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       Karishi

       June 24, 2010 at 2:45 pm | # | Reply

       You mean a popple?

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         Jetstream

         December 13, 2011 at 11:13 pm | # | Reply

         They’re in it just for fun.
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       derik

       June 25, 2010 at 9:20 pm | # | Reply

       Like Softimus Prime and Slumblebee?
2. 
   Mary Sue

   June 23, 2010 at 12:05 am | # | Reply

   Ya know, if Transformers comics were actually written like this (with a sense of humor that is) I might actually read the more often.

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     TexasNinjaBuzzard

     June 23, 2010 at 3:21 am | # | Reply

     Last Stand of The Wreckers had a sense of humor.

     …What? You can’t tell me that “Wreckers… combine!” wasn’t funny.

     …Well, I thought it was funny.

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       Mary Sue

       June 23, 2010 at 7:59 am | # | Reply

       I… hope that wasn’t the only joke in the comic. (I have not read The Last Stand of the Wreckers and might give it a try sometime. I stopped reading IDW comics somewhere around AHM #3 or 4.)

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         TexasNinjaBuzzard

         June 24, 2010 at 2:10 am | # | Reply

         …I was expecting someone to threaten to shoot me in the face for that.

         No foolin’, go get this comic. Drop that baby and forget the oven being on, drive straight to a comic shop and kick the door in to get LSoTW. I’m only a casual fan of any Transformers that aren’t Animated, but I immediately loved the hell out of it. It doesn’t even matter if the references fly over your head, it’s brilliant as a standalone.
3. 
   Meiji

   June 23, 2010 at 12:19 am | # | Reply

   I don’t get the last panel.

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     captainswift

     June 23, 2010 at 12:29 am | # | Reply

     They’re secretly wishing SG Ravage doesn’t come back, as well, despite having chastised Cliffjumper.

     My question is why Cliffjumper is just casually hanging around with Galvatron and Starscream anyway.

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       goc

       June 23, 2010 at 12:46 am | # | Reply

       Cliffjumper got trapped in SG in the original SG comic. Since he wasn’t you know… evil… he joined the SG Decepticons.
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       Abrovic

       June 23, 2010 at 12:48 am | # | Reply

       That’s what Cliffjumper does in Shattered Glass!
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       Cope

       June 23, 2010 at 9:09 pm | # | Reply

       ….huh. I didn’t notice them crossing their fingers until I read that.
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     FFN

     June 23, 2010 at 12:30 am | # | Reply

     They’re telling Cliffjumper to not be mean, but they hope (crossing their fingers) that SG Ravage stays in our dimension as well.
4. 
   Meiji

   June 23, 2010 at 12:40 am | # | Reply

   Oh. Uh. Hilarious punchline.
5. 
   Fanboy

   June 23, 2010 at 12:43 am | # | Reply

   Does he say “can haz cheeseburger?”
6. 
   alien_friend

   June 23, 2010 at 12:55 am | # | Reply

   I don’t get it. Is this DYW-appropriate? Not a transformers fan/toy collector sooooo
   Demn you Willis! Git off my lawn!
7. 
   Aesir

   June 23, 2010 at 3:55 am | # | Reply

   Awww that’s mean…true…but still mean
8. 
   minimusminor

   June 23, 2010 at 4:07 am | # | Reply

   where’d you get this font (looks like IDW’s old TF comics font) – would like to use it.

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     David Willis

     June 23, 2010 at 5:51 am | # | Reply

     It’s a Richard Starkings ComiCraft font, one that was used in 2003′s “Universe” comic, and it costs moooolah. (Picked it up on a sale day.)
9. 
   Mugen

   June 23, 2010 at 7:03 am | # | Reply

   Mhh, SG Galvatron for sure knows how to shake his fist like normal Galvatron. Well, atleast he does not always shoot at his own troops…
   And wishing that Ravage just gets stuck there is mean…sure hilarious…but still mean!
10. 
    prime_pm

    June 23, 2010 at 8:27 am | # | Reply

    How does a robot cross its fingers?

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      begbert2

      June 23, 2010 at 10:38 am | # | Reply

      With deftness and alacrity.

      (And little whirry servo sounds.)
11. 
    m121akuma

    June 23, 2010 at 9:05 am | # | Reply

    Yes. Very yes. SG Ravage is amazing.
12. 
    Zudarkness

    June 23, 2010 at 9:22 am | # | Reply

    No not Ravage. How could you say that Cliffjumper; oh yeah he can cause Cliffjumper is normally a prick in the first place expecially in Shatterd glass when he becomes a Depection.
13. 
    BraveMax

    June 23, 2010 at 9:23 am | # | Reply

    Oddly… That might actually be what this year’s Botcon story is.

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      Abrovic

      June 23, 2010 at 11:25 am | # | Reply

      I get the feeling that Willis is in on the story and this is some viral advertising going on.
14. 
    Luke

    June 23, 2010 at 10:24 am | # | Reply

    There’s no real cue to let you know you’re looking at SG Galvatron. For me that caused a double-take effect when I got to the second panel, which detracted a lot from the impact of that panel and pulled me right out. The train of thought was something like:

    “And here’s…SG Ravage? That was Shattered Glass Galvatron? How was I supposed to know that? Nothing to really show that… well, here’s Ravage… dammit, I was supposed to find this cute, wasn’t I?”

    I think a “Meanwhile, in the Shattered Glass universe” or something like that would have helped a lot.

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      Abrovic

      June 23, 2010 at 11:24 am | # | Reply

      Two words: Blue Eyes.
15. 
    CasinogGrande

    June 23, 2010 at 10:27 am | # | Reply

    Shortpacked got mentioned today at Comic Critics:
    http://comiccritics.com/2010/06/22/sb-4/
16. 
    Brandon

    June 23, 2010 at 10:47 am | # | Reply

    Ah Wheeljack, you are such a crackpot…
    And why did they only send SG Ravage to stop him?
17. 
    Wackd

    June 23, 2010 at 11:46 am | # | Reply

    As funny as this was, does anyone else wish we’d gotten some plot development? I mean, filler in the middle of a story arc is a little off-putting, even if it’s good filler.

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      Chris McFeely

      June 23, 2010 at 5:49 pm | # | Reply

      It’s BotCon week. This is how it is.
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      Mary Sue

      June 23, 2010 at 6:32 pm | # | Reply

      I’m part of the sub group that sometimes prefers the filler to the plot (but still happily reads both) so… nope, not me! (I do think it was a reasonable break point story wise though.)
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      1981smitty

      June 23, 2010 at 8:01 pm | # | Reply

      Yeah this how it goes every Bot Con, Comic Con and any other Con Willis goes to.

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        FirstReality

        June 23, 2010 at 8:23 pm | # | Reply

        Which, considering how many Cons Willis goes to these days, it’s a wonder we aren’t getting anything BUT filler.

        Though if all his filler was this potentially awesome, I wouldn’t complain.
18. 
    Distreson

    June 23, 2010 at 1:02 pm | # | Reply

    For some reason, Starscream and Galvatron’s expressions in the last panel just crack me up.
19. 
    Jason Canty

    June 23, 2010 at 6:26 pm | # | Reply

    So since SG Ravage is a total overly happy Nethead I wonder if he also has a long cat mode
20. 
    Ninja Squirrel

    June 23, 2010 at 11:04 pm | # | Reply

    So… anyone else see the Disney world tag?
21. 
    brenda

    June 30, 2010 at 1:55 pm | # | Reply

    i was ravage at bot con X3
22. 
    Cinder

    September 16, 2010 at 6:14 pm | # | Reply

    It’s so cute! I want it! <3 And I totally don't get the joke…
23. 
    The Pletch

    October 24, 2010 at 12:08 am | # | Reply

    I’m sure a good number of you find these comics hilarious, but this comic marked the point where I started hitting “next” as fast as possible, because the way he talks INFURIATES me.
24. 
    Ian

    October 27, 2010 at 9:29 pm | # | Reply

    If you committed a mass genocide against a minority group, you’d still get in to heaven purely because of your creation of SG Ravage.

    Good show, Willis.
25. 
    Qix

    April 13, 2011 at 8:37 pm | # | Reply

    Wasn’t this aluded to in that one page where I think it was Sydney on CNN, and the note at the bottom said something about a guy discerning his ass from a whole in the ground, along with a white panther waving? Sorry, my memory is terrible, even though it can’t have been more than 30 minutes since I read that one.
26. 
    Mikehatesyou

    February 14, 2012 at 11:00 am | # | Reply

    Ravage saying “O Hai” will forever make me imagine he is voiced by Johnny (Tommy Wiseau) from “The Room”

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      Taigan

      February 17, 2013 at 8:11 pm | # | Reply

      Yep, was just thinking the same thing.