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News Credits: 430 · by **Richter** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:55 am

The Universe of the Transformers is vast, and populated by many characters. Their universe is a large tapestry, made up of the stories and points of view of countless experiences that serve the larger whole.

These are some of those stories. This is:

It should be noted that while this project has been recognized by IDW Publishing and Hasbro, none of the works presented have been commissioned or solicited by either company. The stories are not official canon, except where noted. These stories are the result of Transformers enthusiasts taking the time out of their busy days to contribute to a universe they love. No one has been paid for the production of these stories.

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Story and lettering by;
Franco Villa http://m3gr1ml0ck.deviantart.com

Lineart by;
Jeremy Tiongson http://jt-blueart.deviantart.com

Colors by;
Eman B. Zubia http://emanz.deviantart.com

Edits by;
Zac DeBoard http://justynnbailey.deviantart.com

Project by;
Peter Istyle http://i-sithlord.deviantart.com

by **zenosaurus_x** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:36 am

I love Combiners, so Jhiaxus invented them?
Anyhow, who are those guys in the last panel?

Also, I like how it kinda focuses on the Combiner as a separate being itself.

News Credits: 5 · by **M3Gr1ml0ck** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:48 am

zenosaurus_x wrote:I love Combiners, so Jhiaxus invented them?

Yes, in IDW continuity, Simon Furman rewrote some facts.
For instance, Jhiaxus is now a prominent mech from the Age Of Nova Prime, and he did some crazy things (like Combiners!).

Anyhow, who are those guys in the last panel?

These are the Pretender Monsters (the Monstructor guys, of course).
This piece acts as a prequel to Spotlight: Optimus Prime (by Furman & Figueroa), a story where Omega Supreme has to face Monstructor (the "coming storm" that Boltax mentioned).

Also, I like how it kinda focuses on the Combiner as a separate being itself.

Thank you, it was one of the goals I had in mind while writing this!

by **zenosaurus_x** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:58 am

Awesome, I could tell Monstructor was there in that one panel, but I don't recognize his components too well. On the Combiners being their own being, it's particularly cool because I don't think it's been expanded on much, especially in the cartoon where they usually get blown up in a few minutes.

Plus, them being their own self evens it out with the random large TransFormers(broadSide for example) since they're really just large TransFormers themselves.

News Credits: 5 · by **M3Gr1ml0ck** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 3:04 am

Peter had idwas for an entire Gestalt Saga, called "There Were Giants".

It seems that some Gestalts were indeed single titanic beings in the long forgotten past of Cybertron.

Here is one of them, drawn/written by Peter with contribute of Juan Pablo and mine:

http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2010/114/c/0/Predator_King_by_Tf_SeedsOfDeception.jpg

by **zenosaurus_x** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 3:10 am

Woah, that's some nice art.
So by singular beings, like Nexus Prime how he was divided in this case?
Sorry for all the questions, Combiners are probably my favorite aspect of TransFormers, I could live with just a whole series based on everything about them.

News Credits: 5 · by **M3Gr1ml0ck** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 3:27 am

zenosaurus_x wrote:Woah, that's some nice art.
So by singular beings, like Nexus Prime how he was divided in this case?

May I keep this detail a secret? It should be the main theme of one of our various projects. A Onslaught/Razorclaw comic, with the mirrored-narrative stile we already used for Jetfire/Grimlock and Shockwave/Soundwave.

Sorry for all the questions, Combiners are probably my favorite aspect of TransFormers, I could live with just a whole series based on everything about them.

I'm actually quite pleased to talk about the stuff I write. Thanks

by **esclavo** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 5:44 am

Man, as always an awesome mosaic. You guys keep raising the bar. I love the prequel to spotlight Optimus. You should make this a continuity. Amazing! Keep it up guys! :APPLAUSE:

by **Predaprince** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:44 am

Very excellent! I would love to see this be the start of a mosaic mini-series.

News Credits: 5 · by **M3Gr1ml0ck** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:44 pm

The piece is really part of a larger continuity! See my signature

by **Swiftpaw** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 1:18 pm

I kind of like the idea that some gestalts were actually giants split down into smaller pieces instead of the other way around. It would explain how why some of them (such as Predaking in that linked art picture) were decidedly more -stable- than the others...

by **zenosaurus_x** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 1:50 pm

This has basically motivated me to read the mini comic now...

I kind of like the idea that some gestalts were actually giants split down into smaller pieces instead of the other way around.

I actually like the old way better, with the little guys forming one big one, but what I do really like is the one big one being a separate robot, hence why it has a different name.

News Credits: 1 · by **Bumblevivisector** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 2:25 pm

No one's mentioned the best thing about this piece yet: using the race-wide-memory-wipe (a staple of TF lore since Furman's G2 run, and debatably even back in 5 Faces of Darkness) to nix the biggest problem that prevented The War Within from fitting into IDW continuity right after Megatron: Origin!

Yes, I realize it doesn't give any other Dreamwave titles continuity with IDW G1. I mean that if you accept this Mosaic's central idea, TWW can serve as a prehistory for either of the 2 recent comic continuities, like how Transformers: The Movie occurs in both the G1 cartoon and Marvel comic continuities, despite those being irreconcilable universes.

But there've been too slaggin' many alternate universes in TFdom lately, so any plausible reconciliation of continuities is worthy of becoming official canon. Well done!

by **Abraxsis** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:09 pm

Bumblevivisector wrote:No one's mentioned the best thing about this piece yet: using the race-wide-memory-wipe (a staple of TF lore since Furman's G2 run, and debatably even back in 5 Faces of Darkness) to nix the biggest problem that prevented The War Within from fitting into IDW continuity right after Megatron: Origin!

Yes, I realize it doesn't give any other Dreamwave titles continuity with IDW G1. I mean that if you accept this Mosaic's central idea, TWW can serve as a prehistory for either of the 2 recent comic continuities, like how Transformers: The Movie occurs in both the G1 cartoon and Marvel comic continuities, despite those being irreconcilable universes.

But there've been too slaggin' many alternate universes in TFdom lately, so any plausible reconciliation of continuities is worthy of becoming official canon. Well done!

I'm not a fan of the IDW series, and don't read the IDW books, but loved the Dreamwave series, so did IDW ever try to tie the dreamwave continuity with their own IDW continuity?

News Credits: 5 · by **M3Gr1ml0ck** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 2:27 am

Bumblevivisector wrote:No one's mentioned the best thing about this piece yet: using the race-wide-memory-wipe (a staple of TF lore since Furman's G2 run,

Wow, someone got this!

Yes, I realize it doesn't give any other Dreamwave titles continuity with IDW G1.

Thanks for pointing this out! Yes, it helps to create a Furmanverse, by putting the WW titles in continuity with the stuff Furman did for IDW.
We've done other pieces with this same goal.

News Credits: 5 · by **M3Gr1ml0ck** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 2:32 am

Abraxsis wrote:I'm not a fan of the IDW series, and don't read the IDW books, but loved the Dreamwave series, so did IDW ever try to tie the dreamwave continuity with their own IDW continuity?

No, they did not. But Furman wrote the new books in a way that never openly contradicted his old War Within boos (well, except some details like the Gestalts, but we're fixing them!).
In Spotlight: Shockwave, you can actually see the WW Dynobots.