IDW Previews: Spotlight Ramjet

Wow, that's a very G1 cartoon Megatron. I like it.

Looking good. Didn't realise it comes out this week. I now have a reason to look forward to the weekend rather than wishing I could reverse time **curse university deadlines**

I've missed a lot of comics, but what the heck are those things at the bottom of the page?

They look like some kind of practice robot or drone, with target's for faces?

WTF???

Yeah, they look like the drone Hot Rod practices his fighting skills in the '86 movie.

So, Ramjet's eloquent and may be a strategic genius? Seems kind of antithetical to his headfirst approach to combat...

--B-- wrote:I've missed a lot of comics, but what the heck are those things at the bottom of the page?

They look like some kind of practice robot or drone, with target's for faces?

WTF???

I'm thinking they might just be part of "the big picture" he was ranting to Skywarp about.

As the page slowly loaded, I first thought we may have been seeing Octopunch's first appearance!

And isn't Skywarp a dim-witted soldier who needs constant supervision? Why is Ramjet trusting him?

How come Skywarp is in traditional G1 style instead of the IDW style? Is it just the variant cover?

Its a variant - the characters inside don't look like they do on that cover.

B covers pretty week, still it looks like they lifted that Megatron right out of the toon, so thats good.

The dynamics are there, it just needs some detail!

its hardly weak and it doesn't need anymore detail. its perfect as it is.

nice cover very cartoon like i like covers that have kind of style of art work

He looks very cool like that and like the cartoon verson also

Both of Ramjet's knees are different and he's missing his cockpit's canopy. This really IS a G1 cartoon cover, animation errors and everything! (just kidding and being a jerk. I really like this one. I'm curious about those dudes at the bottom...)

As others have stated, that's an awesome alt cover. Megs looks incredible.

And...dust' mine eyes deceive me? Skywarp having some manner of plot importance? It's gotta be my birthday! I'm loving this!

Is that a reference to the Toilet Paper Adventures I see on page 2? I was under the assumption that we wouldn't be seeing anything of the sort.

Then again, I was told that by someone who works at IDW. And why should I believe anything they say?

OoOoOoOoOoOOOO! G1-esque Megs! Purdy!

Interesting. Not a lot happening given that this is almost a quarter of a book but hopefully the plot will shift a gear during this spotlight.

I'm kind of glad that Moore used the word 'crap' instead of 'slag' or some equivalent.

I'm not sure why Skywarp says, "You weren't on Earth then," when Ramjet would probably already know that. Even if Ramjet didn't know when Starscream had been put out of commission, why does he need to know when?

I like the art a lot.

I'm loving that Skywarp on the variant cover, I think I'll make an icon out of it. More Skywarp please, let's make him an exceptional character.

I would like to see a preview of Ramjet smashing through a building.

Like a lot of you, I like the cover a lot. It's too bad that they couldn't make a variant of one of the spotlight issues where the entire art is based from the original cartoon. That'd be pretty cool.

1337W422102 wrote:Both of Ramjet's knees are different and he's missing his cockpit's canopy. This really IS a G1 cartoon cover, animation errors and everything! (just kidding and being a jerk. I really like this one. I'm curious about those dudes at the bottom...)

his canopy is there and the knee error is actually a perspective thing(one knee is directly facing us while the other is uptilted so you can't see the gold detail)

no. he's talking about the trapezium detailing on his left knee that isn't shown on his right.

compare what is shown of his left knee to his right.

Bass X0 wrote:no. he's talking about the trapezium detailing on his left knee that isn't shown on his right.

compare what is shown of his left knee to his right.

Grimlockprime is right, the gold detailing on the left knee can't be seen due to the angle. Check the image again, more specifically the inside of the left knee. There are no errors in the image.

So who did this cover? Considering the cartoon-like artwork, I'd say... Guido Guidi??

i was talking about the lower half of the front of his knees.

his right knee has two vertical lines meeting at a horizontal line. its different on his left knee.

Yes, there is a difference. Not the panel with the gold detailing but the one below it, the vertical lines meet the horizontal line on the right knee, whereas on the left knee the vertical lines don't meet the horizontal line.

Ah, gotcha

Still, this is the cover I'll want... Floro Dery's cartoon models FTW

So I just got done reading the Ramjet issue, and while I won't be doing spoilers (unless someone really wants me to), I've got a few thoughts.

First--the art is done by Robby Musso, who did Ultra Magnus' issue, and he delivers again. Good, paced storytelling to fit the direction of Furman's script. Musso's art, while maintaining the meched-out look that's popular nowadays, is unique enough that it stands out, especially in a field where we've got heavyweights like Joe Ng and Don Fig. Josh Burcham's colors, as always, remain excellent.

Second--the story feels either rushed or compacted somehow. I will say that the events of the issue run concurrently with the Escalation arc. It felt like Ramjet's schemes were too grandiose, and compacting all of it into a spotlight issue made it feel almost anticlimactic. It's not a bad read--just not as fully satisfying as other spotlights, which have more of an edge-of-your-seat feel in terms of character dynamics and overall plot. Most of the spotlights don't have a clear-cut resolution in terms of lingering storylines (Nightbeat, Magnus, Soundwave, Sixshot, etc.), but this one does--and ultimately left me feeling kind of unsatisfied.

Hey Doc, who did the alt cover?

And are you sure Simon Furman is the writer? I thought I read it was someone else some time ago...

D'oh...you're totally right about the writer not being Furman. Stuart Moore handled writing duties on this issue--which might explain why it felt significantly different to me. Thanks for the heads-up, Hans.

Guido Guidi did the alt cover, with the G1 cartoon-inspired look to it.

Ah, I knew it!

Thanks!

im getin this with my marvel zombies 2#1

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The art in every issue of the IDW books should look this, inside and out.