How did you discover TF comics in the 80s?

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Yup.
That's a rather... um... bold and controversial statement. Geoff Senior is widely considered to be the best G1 artist alongside Andrew Wildman according to fan votes in the now defunct annual Trannies awards.

Not really. Andrew Wildman nor Geoff Senior rate much in my book. The TF fandom has expanded since and while the stories from that era are celebrated by fans, I think that there are modern sensibilities at play now and many of the returned fans of the last few years are more inclined to Don Figueroa style than a Senior one. There's been an evolution in Transformers art and I think it would be naive to ignore that. Senior was a product of his times but if he drew modern stuff, that would severely put many like myself off. Maybe its the older fans who will like him but I certainly feel they are creatures of the past.

IMO Senior has a really good sense of 'animation' in his artwork - evoking vivid movement and bringing a sense of motion to what is really a series of still images. He also pencils and inks all of his own stuff. The artwork in the US comics was consistently let down by shoddy colouring by Nelson Yomtov, who was just terrible... but you can see Senior's (and Wildman's) art a lot better in the UK comics. Senior's art looks better in black and white than in Yomtov-colour IMO.

Can't stand black and white. I like b&w to look at the artists raw details but generally I do not like buying a B&W unless it fits the book. Transformers needs to explode off the page. They're machines and futuristic. That's part of the appeal. Drab ol' B&W steal the life out of them.

[jacksplatt11]

To be honest, I didn't even know there were Transformers comics until the mid 90s when I got the first issue of Generation 2 from somewhere.. but then again, I was only born in 87

[STL]

To be honest, I didn't even know there were Transformers comics until the mid 90s when I got the first issue of Generation 2 from somewhere.. but then again, I was only born in 87

Maybe you're parents used TF comics for your diaper? If I recall correctly, we were having another recession around that time so you know they had to make ends meet.

[jacksplatt11]

Maybe you're parents used TF comics for your diaper? If I recall correctly, we were having another recession around that time so you know they had to make ends meet.

Haha I don't think my parentals even know what comics are, let alone use them as nappies