Sneak Peek: IDW Transformers Windblade #1 (Dawn of the Autobots) Preview

I NEED a toy of Starscream with that exact expression!

oh yeah i need toys of these fembots.

That artwork.

Man Starscream's such a dick XD Honestly though, that's the way I like him characterized.

But yeah, I'd like to see deluxes of all the female transformers, including flamewar. I know we have a slipstream but Id like to see a unique version.

Going to take a bit of getting used to but I'm willing to give it a shot. I know some folks are kind of disgruntled about this Fan poll Character getting a comic but I'll support the effort especially since I took so much crap from people for defending Drift way back when it was announced he'd get a figure after only a few comic appearances. Besides, anything that supports the efforts of women in the comics industry is way cool with me.

Optimizzy wrote:

This sums up my thoughts exactly!

Starscream looks good. I wish the toy pulled off that look, but it doesn't.

I dig the art. It's...almost, maybe, a little, kinda on the cutesy side, but It's just so vibrant, like really nice water color.

This art style suits Windblade really well. And Starscream's smirk certainly looks very solid.

I'd be impressed if I weren't so determined to be indifferent.

Nemesis Maximo wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:

This sums up my thoughts exactly!

Starscream looks good. I wish the toy pulled off that look, but it doesn't.

I dig the art. It's...almost, maybe, a little, kinda on the cutesy side, but It's just so vibrant, like really nice water color.

I have to agree about the art. Well...more specifically about Chromia and Windblade. Stone's art is gorgeous, especially the opening sunrise and inside Metroplex. But the two 'bots are drawn to look so YOUNG....almost like anime characters- Minerva comes to mind. Yet, Starscream is drawn with a very formidable look- moreso than in the current ongoings. I much preferred the more mature looks of Windblade, Chromia and Nautica in their first appearances in the IDW-verse a few issues back (RiD #25, and MTME #26).

Bounti76 wrote:

Nemesis Maximo wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:

This sums up my thoughts exactly!

Starscream looks good. I wish the toy pulled off that look, but it doesn't.

I dig the art. It's...almost, maybe, a little, kinda on the cutesy side, but It's just so vibrant, like really nice water color.

I have to agree about the art. Well...more specifically about Chromia and Windblade. Stone's art is gorgeous, especially the opening sunrise and inside Metroplex. But the two 'bots are drawn to look so YOUNG....almost like anime characters- Minerva comes to mind. Yet, Starscream is drawn with a very formidable look- moreso than in the current ongoings. I much preferred the more mature looks of Windblade, Chromia and Nautica in their first appearances in the IDW-verse a few issues back (RiD #25, and MTME #26).

Yes, YOUNG is exactly how I feel. But I think it works in terms of conveying the sense that this is all so new to Windblade and Chromia; although they may have been around for who knows how long, it's the youth of a new experience.

But I just can't get over how much I like Screamer's look. I keep thinking Tom Hiddleston's Loki.

Thanks to IDW Publishing and artist Sarah Stone, we get a look at both the official cover and clean artwork for the third issue in the Windblade mini-series! Check both of them out below.

Best. Transformers artist. Ever.

Damn. This looks like futurist concept art. It doesn't look like Transformers, it looks better.

BEAUTIFUL!!!

The cover is awesome. The interior art is very good, but there are a few things I'm not too hot about. Like the overly cutsy expressions and Starscream.
the colours are fantastic though.

This is a bit sad and scary at the same time. It looks like this colorful comic may have a dark and evil plot, since I see Starscream in Windblade's eyes.

I really like the art.
My guess is she will have some kind of love/hate relationship and maybe show some understanding towards Starscream's point of view.
Ha, she could be the comic version of a Transformers fangirl, although i believe the writers have something else planned for her.
Can't wait to pick up this comic and see.

Guess I'm one of the minority who isn't impressed so far with the art.

I'm not sure why they decided to flip the picture in the final version. A little surprised Stone was responsible for the cover. Only a little surprised! That woman can draw.

I'm in love? So kawaiiii

Btw, izzat Starscream on her optics?

Burn wrote:Guess I'm one of the minority who isn't impressed so far with the art.

Shun the non-believer! Sssshhhhhuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn...

Nemesis Maximo wrote:

Burn wrote:Guess I'm one of the minority who isn't impressed so far with the art.

Shun the non-believer! Sssshhhhhuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn...

But our current science is incapable of shunning Burn.

Burn wrote:Guess I'm one of the minority who isn't impressed so far with the art.

(high five) I need to bleach my brain and block the images with my ad blocker after looking images of Wing-B***h (I mean, the bot) accidentally every time.

MagnusLabel wrote:

Burn wrote:Guess I'm one of the minority who isn't impressed so far with the art.

(high five) I need to breach my brain and block the images with my ad blocker after looking images of Wing-B***h (I mean, the bot) accidentally every time.

I agree, if only to invite further argument! I object to the TF-Prime-ification of GEEWUN-continuity faces, as depicted here. RUINED FOREVER!

Alright fellas, let's not devolve this thread into yet another hate-fest over Windblade (and new things in Transformers in general)...

MegaDump wrote:I agree, if only to invite further argument! I object to the TF-Prime-ification of GEEWUN-continuity faces, as depicted here. RUINED FOREVER!

Windblade has a nose. Your arguement in invalid.

Beautiful cover, has a very 90,s anime look.

I think I'm just going to stop posting MY opinions on this site.

Sabrblade wrote:

MegaDump wrote:I agree, if only to invite further argument! I object to the TF-Prime-ification of GEEWUN-continuity faces, as depicted here. RUINED FOREVER!

Windblade has a nose. Your arguement in invalid.

YES! OUTMANEUVERED USING MY OWN LOGIC! BRAVO, SIR!

Sabrblade wrote:

Hah, I had forgotten that sh** comic existed. Is that guy still alive?

Also: I agree on the point of Chromia not having a nose, I really don't like that. Not that she needs a nose, she's a robot, but still it just kinda looks off to me. I don't really see how it looks like anime, but I'm not really digging the art-style (yeah, I said I liked it before when the first page was posted, but we didn't really see any detail in that). I guess I just like my robots to look like robots, and not people wearing costumes.

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Also: I agree on the point of Chromia not having a nose, I really don't like that. Not that she needs a nose, she's a robot, but still it just kinda looks off to me. I don't really see how it looks like anime, but I'm not really digging the art-style (yeah, I said I liked it before when the first page was posted, but we didn't really see any detail in that). I guess I just like my robots to look like robots, and not people wearing costumes.

Then again, we don't quite have that good a look at her face in these pics, so maybe later pages could have her face looking more expressively normal, nose and all.

After all, didn't she have a nose visible in Dark Cybertron?

Sabrblade wrote:

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Also: I agree on the point of Chromia not having a nose, I really don't like that. Not that she needs a nose, she's a robot, but still it just kinda looks off to me. I don't really see how it looks like anime, but I'm not really digging the art-style (yeah, I said I liked it before when the first page was posted, but we didn't really see any detail in that). I guess I just like my robots to look like robots, and not people wearing costumes.

Then again, we don't quite have that good a look at her face in these pics, so maybe later pages could have her face looking more expressively normal, nose and all.

After all, didn't she have a nose visible in Dark Cybertron?

True enough. I hope they go with that. Though there are a couple of good looks at her profile view, and that shot with her and Rattrap. If the nose is not being drawn "just because" then, well it's hard to say that the artist is being lazy given the amount of care and detail with everything else, but that's really all that springs to mind is lazyness. I dunno, maybe I'm just *trying* to find things I don't like about it with the nose thing, but something just feels off with it I guess.

It's quite the striking cover. I like it.

MagnusLabel wrote:

Burn wrote:Guess I'm one of the minority who isn't impressed so far with the art.

(high five) I need to bleach my brain and block the images with my ad blocker after looking images of Wing-B***h (I mean, the bot) accidentally every time.

What a sad person you are.



having to bend over and shit on something you don't like.

keep it in your head no one likes a negative opinion dumbass.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

MagnusLabel wrote:

Burn wrote:Guess I'm one of the minority who isn't impressed so far with the art.

(high five) I need to bleach my brain and block the images with my ad blocker after looking images of Wing-B***h (I mean, the bot) accidentally every time.

What a sad person you are.



having to bend over and shit on something you don't like.

keep it in your head no one likes a negative opinion dumbass.

You should heed your own advice.

I really like the artwork of the actual comic as well. It's very unlike previous Transformers, but it's kind of soothing on the eyes.

Burn wrote:I think I'm just going to stop posting MY opinions on this site.

Come on, man. You know I wouldn't say that kind of stuff directly to you if I meant it!

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

MagnusLabel wrote:

Burn wrote:Guess I'm one of the minority who isn't impressed so far with the art.

(high five) I need to bleach my brain and block the images with my ad blocker after looking images of Wing-B***h (I mean, the bot) accidentally every time.

What a sad person you are.



having to bend over and shit on something you don't like.

keep it in your head no one likes a negative opinion dumbass.

You should heed your own advice.

go negative to point out negativity as i always say.

Seeing more of the art from this book so far is making me more excited. I think the Windblade art is fastly becoming one of my favourites for IDW along with Alex Milane's MTMTE art.

Also is it wrong to say that Windblade looks awfully pretty in it.?

kaijuguy19 wrote:Also is it wrong to say that Windblade looks awfully pretty in it.?

Nadda. She looks very nice in this art style.

kaijuguy19 wrote:Also is it wrong to say that Windblade looks awfully pretty in it.?

I think that's why I don't like it. Giant alien robots that have been at war for millions of years shouldn't look "pretty". Add to that, it's bordering on sexism, which is ironic given that they're trying to introduce the female gender into Transformers and do so by making her a typical girly girl instead of the bad she was originally being talked up as.

Burn wrote:

kaijuguy19 wrote:Also is it wrong to say that Windblade looks awfully pretty in it.?

I think that's why I don't like it. Giant alien robots that have been at war for millions of years shouldn't look "pretty".

Hold it right there. She HASN'T been at war for "millions of years". She's a recent arrival to Cybertron, having not taken part in any war before now, and is only just now learning about Cybertron and all that's gone down. She's a complete noob here, a clean slate with no warfare history.

Okay, so she hasn't been at war.

She's still a alien robot in a franchise that has known nothing but war. Introducing her as a female and making her "pretty" is sexist.

That's just my opinion, don't like it? Don't care.

Burn wrote:Okay, so she hasn't been at war.

She's still a alien robot in a franchise that has known nothing but war.

That's a pretty big generalization there since the war has been over since December 2011. They've been at peace ever since, however shaky it's been.

Burn wrote:Introducing her as a female and making her "pretty" is sexist.

What do you mean by "pretty"? Sure the artwork looks good, but the character herself isn't some sort of female version of Tracks, all obsessed with glamour and how stylish she looks. We barely know anything about what kind of person she is at this point.

If you think she looks "pretty", that's just you because beauty comes from a subjective viewpoint. Which, like you said, is okay because it's your opinion. But please don't think that she is defined by her looks.

After all, the following pic is the same character, but would you still call her "pretty" in this pic too?

Sabrblade wrote:If you think she looks "pretty",

Actually kaijuguy19 thinks she's pretty, and that's who I was initially responding to before you decided to interject yourself.

But now that you have I have been resoundly corrected. All Hail Windblade! She is awesome! I totes cannot wait for this comic! Thank you for opening my eyes Sabrblade!

Burn wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:If you think she looks "pretty",

Actually kaijuguy19 thinks she's pretty, and that's who I was initially responding to before you decided to interject yourself.

But now that you have I have been resoundly corrected. All Hail Windblade! She is awesome! I totes cannot wait for this comic! Thank you for opening my eyes Sabrblade!

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I don't know if anyone has noticed, but doesn't windblade look a little like the robot from the episode "The Face of the Nijika"

Sabrblade wrote:After all, the following pic is the same character, but would you still call her "pretty" in this pic too?

Hmmm I don't know maybe a solid 6 outa 10, you know mildly attractive XD