Back in 2012 I started reading IDW's new Transformers comics. 3½ years later, both series are still going and I think that Transformers: More than Meets the Eye is actually my favourite comic each month. Not just my favourite Transformers comic, my favourite comic period ( Read more... )

I recently (re)watched Wreck-It Ralph. It's a very good film, and one of the themes is balance: the protaganist needs an antagonist, otherwise they're out of a job. That makes sense on a meta level for story structure, but I think it can also work within a story.

Looking at Star Wars (particularly the prequels), Obi-Wan Kenobi claimed that Anakin ( Read more... )

I was never really into Transformers when I was a kid: I never saw the cartoon series, read the comic, or had any of the toys. I did have a Robo Machines toy (same concept from a different company), and I read the last few installments of their strip in the Eagle.

I watched the Transformers animated film about 10 years ago, then bought a few of ( Read more... )