TRANSFORMERS MOSAIC: "Reason"

Aww! Beachcomber's one of my fave Autobots, and this is both sweet, touching, and thought-provoking. I think it perfectly sums up his attitudes towards the war in general.

And I like the art as well, the way it illustrates all of his points. I have to admit that while realistic art is very cool, I'm more a fan of less-realistic/"cartoony" art, as it has more character to me. (So it always makes me kinda sad when people gripe about the less-realistic art styles. )

As much as I like the concept of Transformers: Mosaic, can the stories be less "Emo-formers"? There's definitely a way to expand upon a character's backstory without having to make it sentimental, etc.

nice

I like it!:)

ephbot wrote:As much as I like the concept of Transformers: Mosaic, can the stories be less "Emo-formers"? There's definitely a way to expand upon a character's backstory without having to make it sentimental, etc.

These characters are fighting an endless war. Whatever their reasons for doing so, a LOT of them are going to develop a lot of sad memories and anguish, and that makes up a great deal of their character. It's called being alive.

That being said, there are some pieces in the mix that have some action, comedy and intrigue. The rest of the "being alive" deal.

WhiteRabbit wrote:

ephbot wrote:As much as I like the concept of Transformers: Mosaic, can the stories be less "Emo-formers"? There's definitely a way to expand upon a character's backstory without having to make it sentimental, etc.

These characters are fighting an endless war. Whatever their reasons for doing so, a LOT of them are going to develop a lot of sad memories and anguish, and that makes up a great deal of their character. It's called being alive.

That being said, there are some pieces in the mix that have some action, comedy and intrigue. The rest of the "being alive" deal.

Ahwaywardhem

I don't like the idea:

"
I fight because it's the only thing that will end the war"
"

War as the only solution to war itself leads to eternal fighting. I won't say that it's a very American idea, because the world is full of people that see things like that, but for me one thing is to say that giant robots are fighting giant robots, another one is to give their fighting some realistic, moral side. It's war between toys. Let's leave moral out of Megatron and Optimus' struggle.
My 2 cents.

There should be one more panel that has Warpath saying "Well, I ZOW fight because I have a BLAM gun in my chest!"

This is a great mosaic (but aren't they all?)
Great to see Beachcomber getting some love. He's definitely one of my favourite characters. And you guys definitely pulled off the whole reluctant but noble soldier character extremely well.

Very thought provoking. I love it! Kinda makes you wonder what we would do with ourselves if we had nothing left to fight for. Perhaps the irony is the fight itself might actually give us reason or purpose, but how good is that? Hmmm...