Shortpacked! by David Willis
Toys are serious business.
Convention appearances:
Calgary Expo Calgary, AB: April 26-28
Phoenix Comicon Phoenix, AZ: May 23-26, 2013
BotCon San Diego, CA: June 28-30
San Diego Comic-Con San Diego, CA: July 18-21
SPX Bethesda, MD: September 14-15
Phoenix Comicon Phoenix, AZ: May 23-26, 2013
BotCon San Diego, CA: June 28-30
San Diego Comic-Con San Diego, CA: July 18-21
SPX Bethesda, MD: September 14-15
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Templar, AZ
The Transformers Wiki
Hail to the Slash
80 page GIANT
Axe Cop
The Book of Biff
Butt-Taco
Comics Curmudgeon
College Roomies from Hell!!!
Diesel Sweeties
Dinosaur Comics
Dr. McNinja
Dresden Codak
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Could have been Olgilvie Maurice Takeshi Hedgehog…
hmm
Good thing for Sonic those comics aren’t canon except unto themselves.
Aw Naw Don’t you go insulting Archie Sonic! Besides “Oglive” was only brought up outside the comics by Ken “Gonna sue for recolors cause I’m as petty jackass” Penders and never said in story.
That being said niether has current writer Ian “First competent writer in years” Flynn’s statemeant that Sonic legally changed his name to “Sonic” but still none of this doesn’t make his middle name not Maurice.
But that can be blamed on Mike “…um…puns” Gallagher.
Who is insulting them? I just said the comics aren’t Sega canon outside of the comics (and maybe Spinball), which is true. It has nothing to do with the quality of the comics at all.
I just see loads of Archie Sonic hate and I guess I saw it here too my bad.
Like a little bitch.
Tears of sweet sweet Cybertronium…
Darth is the most predictable person I know.
And that will be my undoing.
I know where you sleep.
Does the fallen even have a mom to fuck? Is there a vending machine type slot for the nickel?
What can we do when left without a mom to fuck?
Who you gonna call? MIKE WARNER!
That’s what happens when Simon Furmman writes a Dreamwave version of Guiltor. Grander and yet more stupid.
A better question is… Who wins, Mike or Xanatos?
Xanatos was also defeated by pregancy. Toss-up!
Pregnancy brings down even the best of us.
If there’d been a toss-up, we could have avoided this whole situation.
Mike would kick Xanatos in the balls. Xanatos would just arrange it so that somehow being kicked in the balls is a victory condition. He’d calmly explain that he’d hoped for this all along, his voice several octaves higher than usual. And then Mike would kick him again.
getting kicked in the balls makes xanatos win because mike’s kick would forever damage his gonads and he would never be able to produce another child.
Sterling.
Sterling. Always. Wins. Canon.
Ideally, Watson’s statement would be in every nerd thing ever made. Especially things I like.
Seriously? Megatronus Prime?! *rotflmao*
That’s a piece of info from the new Transformers: Prime universe, so it probably doesn’t technically apply to the multiversal Fallen shown, but…
…yes.
Oh God… Transformers getting lamer by the second… and this is as compared to our beloved 30 minute 1980s toy commercial.
The shaaaame.
Apart from revealing The Fallen’s unfortunate name (which I suspect was decided long before), Prime has easily been the best Transformers show there’s ever been, with Beast Wars being the only *possible* exception. You should check it out. Far from getting “lamer by the second,” the toys and the fiction of Transformers have both long since eclipsed the originals–which I still love–by far.
It’s a crying shame that for all of Beast Wars’ quality writing it wasn’t a Transformers-proper franchise. Some people hate it based on that alone… That and the Beasties re-branding =/
By the way, Mainframe Entertainment also did Reboot (…and a bunch of other rubbish, but Reboot was cool!), and is from my neck of a woods. Bit of pride there =D
How do you figure it wasn’t Transformers “proper”?
Didn’t Mainframe also do that CGI Spider-Man show for MTV?
You know, I think you’re right about that Spider-Man thing.
Well, a common complaint I hear from people regarding Beast Wars is: “Optimus is a truck, not a fuckin’ gorilla!” In fact, it’s one of the most common sentiments I hear regarding the show =/
I pretty much felt that way about the series and avoided it for awhile because I hated the whole “beast” angle. I eventually watched the show and found it was surprisingly good (though I still don’t like the whole “beast” angle).
The plot was so philosophical for a kid’s show.
Wait, people still care about that trukk/munky thing? Seriously?
He’s a different person, people. Not the same guy. At all. (Putting aside that bit at the start of season 3.) Complaining about trukk/munky is like complaining that Mike Warner and Reboot’s Mike the TV don’t look alike.
Just because it pissed off a lot of fans doesn’t mean it isn’t proper. One could make the same case against post-movie G1 episodes, Simon Furman’s tenure on the Marvel comics, or either the G1 comic or cartoon versus the other. If there’s transforming, and it’s from official sources, and it isn’t Animorphs, that’s about as “proper” as it ever gets.
I more meant Transformers-proper as in Vehicles as the majority of Transformers canon. I wasn’t suggesting it wasn’t canon.
Furthermore: Beast Wars was an awesome part of my childhood during first-run.
@Begbert2: Well, yes and no. The initial Beast Wars toy packaging seemed to imply they were the same entity (also that he was on modern/future Earth) so a lot of people refused to watch the show on that basis. I was one of those people for a long time before I got over it.
Then you’ve got people who (perhaps correctly) see Prime as a mythological archetype rather than a single specific character. In that case, they’re all the same guy generally, even when they’re not the same guy specifically. In that case, if someone simply prefers not to see the archetype portrayed as an ape, what can you do about it?
@Tucker: I didn’t think you were claiming it was non-canon, just that it wasn’t what a lot of people think of as the true/core essence of the Transformers experience–which I think is what you were getting at. What I was trying to point out is that there’s no generally agreed upon line between “this is what Transformers should be” and “this is where Transformers jumps the shark.” For some people, it’s no longer Transformers proper once most of the year one cast is phased out. For others, it’s when the covert action adventure morphs into a space opera. For others, it’s all proper as long as it’s within a preferred continuity. For me, it’s proper as long as the toys transform (sorry Action Masters).
And not to forget that the “Original” prime as well as the rest of the “Energon Guzzlers” were in the series latter on as well, even if they were still in stasis.
Lookit all these people talkin’ about “Best Transformers Show” like any of them even need to bother showing up once Animated rolls in.
Some of us like shows where the story progresses noticeably after the introductory episodes, and before the third season.
Take your word for it. I haven’t gotten around to watching Prime. Beast Machines, Armada and then the 2nd and 3rd Bay flicks have kinda worn me down. I’ve been re-watching the original series and Beast Wars of late, and haven’t worked up the impetus to actually watch anything new.
Suit yourself. It’s the closest thing there is to Beast Wars, though.
This is the best answer to a fan question I’ve ever read! Honestly, i would just quit now because you can’t top this one…or can you?
In this fight, I think Joel won.
Mike did Fallen’s mom..
..For a nickel.
Even sadder is someone else already made the joke, and made it funnier.
Fallen’s mom is MADE of nickel.
The Fallen’s mom is also portrayed as a dude. Good thing Mike is bi, I guess.
But only 40%.
David’s a fan of a stupid thing, Joel? I think maybe, just maybe, if we look deep in our heart of hearts, we are all a fan of a stupid thing.
I, for instance, am a huge fan of a webcomic called Hijinks Ensue.
Really, I kid you not.
Yeah, and I’m a fan of Shortpacked!
Wait… that’s not gone well…
But my heart is not an “Angry Pineapple” …. well last time I had it checked anyways … you never know, what with transmorgrifications an all that going on these days ….
Kinda feel like that was a well-placed balloon in tye second panel there.
“You are a fan of a stupid thing.” Haha. I think that’s something we geeky fans need to hear once in a while, no matter what comic, TV show, etc we’re talking about.
Are you kidding? Megatronus Prime is an awesome name.
Wait, so Mike’s power is to win?
…1) The aliens thought this was a GOOD idea?
2) And we finaply have confirmation that his power either is to be or assists him greatly in being an asshole
Or you can shorten the whole idea down to MIKE IS WIN.
The aliens expected Mike to work for them, so it was a great idea until that didn’t happen.
I have to concur Megatronus Prime is the most badass name EVER!
There’s Mike….
Fap, fap, fap, fap, fap, fap…..
Love the Gargoyles reference.
That was refreshingly funny.
And yes, “Megatronus Prime” is probably the cybertronian equivalent of the name “Guy Butkiss”.
For some reason, I just really like this drawing of Mike
I figure that the Fallen loses his ‘multiversal’ advantage, as Mike seems to be a constant in multiple universes. Therefore, there are an infinite number of Mikes, all doing the Fallen’s mom. Infinite nickels happens to be exactly enough for a multiversal college fund.
To be fair, apparently Amber also cannot distinguish the two.