From Tiny Titans co-creator Art Baltazar comes a more humourous look at IDW Publishing’s Revolution crossover event, as Microspace tyrant and avid Snake Eyes fan Baron Karza plots to conquer the universe! This four-issue mini is more so for all ages than most of the current IDW Transformers comic, and you can have a look at the premiere issue’s first three pages for yourself after the break. Issue #1’s due for release on April 5!
Hooper_X
how dare this comic not take children\'s toys seriously
primalxconvoy
This seems more like the free stuff you get packed with toys (like the Takara Legends comics), or bundled into the back of a regular comic (like Marvel UK\'s \"Robo Capers\" or \"Combat Colin\"), than an actual comic to buy.
SouthtownKid
Finally, a Revolutionaries book I can get behind. Baltazar's comics are always fun. And I'll take dumb fun over dumb and boring (regular Revolutionaries) any day.
Jus09
At least it knows how silly the whole thing is. Plus, this guy\'s done some good stuff.
Toolala
what does Kiss Players have to do with literally any of this?
MrNiceGuy
I'd rather see this silly style in an exclusively-transformers based story than some crossover
like the civil war on cybertron ends up being a food fight in the cyber cafeteria at school, and dodgeball at recess. silly stuff like that.
Applejacktimus
Optimax Prime
we need more Grimlock
Large
Art Balthazar drawing a toys melee.
Last year's cross-event finest legacy (hope so anyway).
I now gently wait for Yale Stewart to do a kids Scavengers mini series.
Susha
Revolution is very nice, but I'm not intersted in other franchizes nor this massive crossover.
What I'm refering to is the 4rth wall.
The spungebob approach and the related humor seen above is alluding to the fact that these are actually toys/fictional characters. While it is not directly saying it,
the puns are based on the fact that 'its not real'. Its breaking the 4th wall, which was also an indirect consequence of kiss players narrative.
Not everyone can pull gijoe vs tf, taking tfs out of context just for a crossover, is lame narrative and risks detaching the audience from the story.
Why should i care about the character if even the author is taking the piss of them and the crossover is primarily intended to sell more
SpectrumBelle
Welp, I'm getting this. Looks adorable, and more Art Balthazar art (heh) is always welcome in my books!
Sockie
I'm… not entirely sure that I understand what you're saying…? Andromeda is a character from Micronauts. He's Karza's steed that he can fuse with, and is just being used as his sidekick here. Not sure if you think that he's from MLP or something…?
Nemesis Scar
What did he mean by this?
Susha
i edited/del the comment,
but, i just relate the whole setting, talking to your toy pony, as children playing with toys, which was ultimately the same sort of denigration kiss player went for, as in toy before character. basically using the characters out of their context just for the sake of the story.
yes yes, trukk not munky,… I just don't like to see idw portraying tf as toys for boys (or girls…) and not robots.
gijoe+tf was witty and the art great, this just seems… lazy?
mhhh since there already is a IDW RID series for that audience, and since all other IDW more mature series are shifting towards younger audiences?
And does IDW have/had any relevance towards younger comic readers? I always saw them as different.
I wouldn't know I only jumped on the bus for LSotW, which seemed very far from this kinda product…
yes yes we're a bunch o gewunners which however begs the question, who is this product catered for? Are there a lot of little pony readers who might be tf fans if given a chance? cos if they won't buy it… then who will? Gewunners? mhhh, sure about that?
Megastar
Even when the comic is for young kids people complain.
Dramatic Spoon
Huh.
And people thought GI Joe vs Transformers was weird.
jackgaughan
What? How is this in anyway like Kiss players?
Susha
Ok so you're all being mature about this i see… …
you're all assuming that the uber-granted pre-telegraphed humor is for young audiences?
I'll put this differently;
1 Has IDW started doing comic/advertisements by commission? Oh, yeah…
2 We as geeks, would like you to help us keep our fetishes tidy. We like to keep our mini-ponies separate from our transformers. PREFEREIBLY IN ANOTHER ROOM, and most certainly in another comic!
Optimax Prime
this is gonna be good
fishpop
How long until Sass-Horse starts appearing in \"Tiny Horse\" fanart?