What would you like to see in a TF comic?

[Lord_Zed]

While I like G1 the last thing I want these days is another g1 reboot, so sick of them. Show us something new in a comic, how bout bridging the gap between G1 and Beast Wars, or resurrecting the G2 comic and continuing that, even the Dreamwave comic seemed to be building slowly toward some new take on the TF universe.

But I digress, I guess the three main things I'd like to see in a TF comic (but wont) are:

Interesting new characters, no not Drift I said Interesting. The redshirt bots in Last Stand Of the Wreckers were a good start, till they died.

Try something new, or at least a bit different

And most important of all, and this really bugs me TF comic writers. Grow a spine and kill of some original G1 first year characters, and IDW are like the worst offender ever of this eg, Prime died then he came back, so did Megatron, and Ironhide, and Sunstreaker, Thundercracker too was presumed dead, but he wasn't all this over the space of a year. I'm sure Bumblebee will be back in a few issues. I really dislike this because as the first year G1 crew are usually the main players in most TF comics, it means there is never any suspense about them being offed unexpectedly. The later year characters yes, but they practicly have redshirt written all over them. With a cast as big as G1 they could afford to kill someones favourite, but it seems more like the writers are paralysed with fear.

Ok that turned into a rant, but you get my idea. One of the things I loved about the G2 comic of old is no one was safe, characters from all years were mixed together and it felt like no one was untouchable.

So I guess what I want from a new TF comic is a comic where Ironhide dies and he stays dead, come one even the cartoon could do that.

[UltraMarginal]

And most important of all, and this really bugs me TF comic writers. Grow a spine and kill of some original G1 first year characters, and IDW are like the worst offender ever of this eg, Prime died then he came back, so did Megatron, and Ironhide, and Sunstreaker, Thundercracker too was presumed dead, but he wasn't all this over the space of a year. I'm sure Bumblebee will be back in a few issues. I really dislike this because as the first year G1 crew are usually the main players in most TF comics, it means there is never any suspense about them being offed unexpectedly. The later year characters yes, but they practicly have redshirt written all over them. With a cast as big as G1 they could afford to kill someones favourite, but it seems more like the writers are paralysed with fear.

A rant yes but a good point, while I hate seeing my favorites killed off I can see where your coming from. your comment made me think of Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtsman they've managed so far to kill of a good character in both seperate instalments of their writing, Jazz and CliffJumper. . At least I have IDW to know that my favorites will be back!

but yea, good point, as long as the characters are killed off doing something worthwhile, or at least having their character fleshed out a bit so you care when they go.

[GoktimusPrime]

Most of what I would say has already been raised by other people, but just in addition to that one thing that bugs me with TF comics these days is a lack of "substance" per issue. Back in the G1 Marvel days, you'd buy an issue for a dollar or so and each story was packed with enough action and stuff happening to entertain you. The stories felt more substantial too (for reasons already cited by others). One thing that bugs me with IDW comics nowadays is when I pay $6-7 for an issue, then when I finish reading it I'm left feeling like, "That was it?" Like the recent issue of Ongoing G1 -- exposition about what happened to Megatron and more about the nature of those mini-Megatron guns on Earth and what led to the assassination of Bumblebee. The end. What? Waitasec... did anything actually happen?? Awww... <sad.face>

TF comics these days just don't give me the same bang for my buck like Marvel.

[UltraMarginal]

TF comics these days just don't give me the same bang for my buck like Marvel.

that's why I also read Phantom comics, awesome stories, great locations and action. Incredible art.
all for just a few bucks.

[Sky Shadow]

So I at the moment am working on my own photo comic series. I am hoping to do something serious with a long running story arc. So I ask you the fans what sort of things (character developments, storylines etc) would you like to see?

You can definitely do something with a long-running story arc, but 'something' needs to happen in every issue. Each individual comic needs to be a story of its own that then fits into a bigger tapestry. Every issue needs a cliffhanger or revelation or resolution on the last 'page'.

[Quickstrike]

What the Hell? Carwash of Doom is great.

[Tallestblue]

Sounds good. You and Tallestblue might be in a race to see who can get their Photocomic done first

It looks like Bartim is putting a lot of work into his photocomic, and I'm very interested to see how it goes for him. As for what I'd like to see...A serious "Crisis on Infinite Earths" Style story with multiple toylines.
My Photocomic is going to be a screwball comedy set in my room, though there will be occasional dramatic elements, Think Toy Story with a Robot Chicken influence,but Check out Insecticomics for my major inspiration.

[liegeprime]

They should get George Perez to write for TFs hehehe His run in Wonder Woman had plots with subplots and diversionary subplots which leads up to a company wide War of the Gods finale! Plus he researches pertinent topics to enrich the background and flesh out characterization of all characters not just the lead ones.... as everyone has mentioned no more loooooong drawn out storylines with nuthin happening, enough of panels with no action and staring blankly with thoughts in their heads kinda storylines, thats just lazy sotry telling!! If the current comics could be translated into a novel the way they do it is like 5 chapters of a single character pouring tea.... boring as.