#tw: energon

[bumblebee-is-best-boi]

I finally made art.

Other version is hidden under cut because of Energon

also:

He looked so cat in the wips

Fun fact: i actually have lore reason for energon depictions in art in my au and that I draw for my au if anyone wants to hear hehe

[th3e-m4ng0]

dark energon crystals Popping out of her helm !! ow !!!

[aircommandr]

sorry ive been dead for like a month, oodled this through an ouija board /j

[eiswolfzero]

"Last Kiss"

that escalated

[xthechaozx]

"I got a taste of blood and it won't go away, are you paying attention? are you listening now?"

→ "Halo" by Pendulum feat. Bullet For My Valentine

WOW this is my first full out render in like a year??? that's crazy

i'm still learning how to draw transformers oughh

[gl1tt3r-gutz-and-r0b0tz-sl]

VIOLENCE WARNING.

ykw? Screw you *dramatically renders your sketch*

[cybertron-after-dark]

Starscream, c'mon, this is the third night in a row they've had to cut you off

[bbonezie]

stinky

[nepetacataria-art]

A star shines the brightest when it dies 🌠✨

Also here is a less dark ver. + The original reference

[backbreak]

Did some art for a Halloween event ✌️🎃

The fellas are doing the masochism tango 💃🕺

[energonverse]

Acually shaking after reading issue 3

Like girl,, what if I throw up

[transform-artion]

((TW⚠️Blood // Spoilers))

The new comic was wild 💀 it's dark and interesting so far.

I LOVE IT!!!

[horror-beeings-artandwriting]

Heheh transformers oc go brrr…..

Tags: @nn-the-doodle @xho-the-scribble @chocxy-prince @kristxt

(This character uses She/Her pronouns plz respect that!)

[dian-mian]

TW: Robot gore, robot horror ish

No matter what, he just won't die.

[raventherogue]

My God, they merked my boy Rattrap

[earthstellar]

Image Comics has dropped their solicits for December 2023, and it looks like Duke #1 is where the Transformers/GI Joe crossover is gonna start really kicking off for the Energon Universe.

I know the general reception to the crossover at the end of ROTB was pretty rough, so it's interesting that they're getting the ball rolling in a GI Joe mini-series.

Personally, my dad was drafted into two wars against his will and suffered greatly for it, so I never had any interest in GI Joe because my dad vehemently hated that shit, as he felt it glorified war to children and that this is morally unacceptable. (He preferred the depiction of Army life of that era in MASH, which he said was at least more honest and aimed at adults.)

I also had classmates who ended up joining the military who had been big fans of GI Joe, two of whom were killed in Afghanistan. I know GI Joe wasn't the only factor involved in their decisions, but it certainly does not make me inclined to like the franchise.

My mother lost her first husband in Vietnam. He had also been drafted against his will. (I strongly dislike the GI Joe Vietnam era material in particular, for perhaps obvious reasons.)

So, I admit my general dislike of the concept of GI Joe as a franchise is at least partly based in my own trauma (and that of my family) relating to the US Army.

I've never been a GI Joe person and never will be (on moral and trauma based grounds), so I fully admit I am not well versed on the lore of that universe, and as such, it's hard for me to make any guesses at what Duke #1 might bring.

But what interests me is that on certain forums and other social media, I've seen very limited audience hype about this crossover in general, especially from the Transformers crowd.

After the extremely progressive writing and fresh visual style and designs of the IDW Transformers storylines which appealed to a lot of people across several age ranges and generations of fans, it feels weird (to me at least) to suddenly have a more old school style crossover with what is essentially a US military propaganda franchise-- At a time when the sociopolitical zeitgeist is that "going traditional" is often associated with "going backwards".

All art is political, and so on.

But I do wonder if what seems to be a lack of audience hype is partially due to the fact that not a lot of Transformers fans (at least, not many under the age of 40 based on what I'm seeing around the internet at the moment) seem to be all that into GI Joe.

A lot of young people are not exactly in love with US military fantasies, and the last Transformers comic series with IDW was a big hit with younger/teen readers-- A lot of that audience might be lost, here.

(And vice-versa from what I can tell, although I'm not in any GI Joe fan spaces so I'm not sure what the mood might be in that community in regards to the Transformers element of this crossover.)

All that having been said, the Energon Universe is only just getting started, and who knows what the comics will actually contain!

I do like G1, so I like the designs for the Transformers as drawn in this run this far.

And who knows, maybe they'll do something new with GI Joe for this. I'm aware that in at least one of the cartoons, they were essentially on the run from the military instead of working for it, which is an interesting twist. Perhaps something similar might happen here, with some Joes siding with the Autobots instead?

It's not fair to judge before a comic is even released, so I'm just thinking out loud here in regards to the crossover concept in general.

I'd be interested to hear what anyone else thinks:

Will you be checking out Duke #1 as a Transformers fan interested in the crossover?

Have any of you been interested in GI Joe previously?

If you're an IDW Transformers fan, are you interested in the Energon Universe?

Any other thoughts on the crossover, any conjecture or hopes for the direction of this run?

I want to give the Energon Universe a chance, but as I mentioned, I do have some difficulty attempting to get into GI Joe in general.

That having been said, I guess we'll have to wait and see what they do with this crossover.