Lil Formers
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Lil Formersis a series of single-panel comic strips by the flesh creatureMatt Moylanusingsuper deformedartwork. Likeother comicsof similar Transfan ilk, its content often reflects the biases of its creator.
As a fan-comic,Lil Formerswas primarily published online, with the first strip being released in 2006. By the end of that year, strips were being commissioned for theHasbro Transformers Collectors' Clubmagazine, produced byFun Publications,starting in the same format but quickly expanding out into full-page affairs. Those strips which were officially published in the magazine are considered to besome sortofcanon,at least for the purposes of this wiki. Two of the webcomics were also printed as backmatter toSpotlight: WheeliebyIDW Publishing.
Beginning with strip #100, the webcomic expanded to cover a larger variety of pop culture properties, though Transformers strips still appeared occasionally. When covering Transformers topics, the comic decorates captions with either theAutobotorDecepticonlogos depending on context. For non-Transformers comics, the captions are left plain. After the release of strip #200 in 2010, Moylan ceased publishing regular strips to focus on other comic projects, but has posted a small handful of additionalLil Formersstrips in the time since.
Publication history
Lil Formersstrips were published in:
- Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 11(two strips)
- #17b "Beast Machines":Battle Unicorntries to join the cast ofBeast Machines,only for his audition to go awry when he readsUnicron's line fromThe Transformers: The Movie,allowingNightscreamto take his spot on the show instead.
- #17a "Snakes on a Seeker":Thundercracker,Thrust,andSkywarpare freaked out by a showing of "Snakes on a Plane."Cobra Commanderpops up to ask if the Decepticons want to do a cross-over, startling Skywarp out of his seat.
- Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 12(one strip)
- The secret of the giant robot hand prop fromBotCon 2006is revealed! It's actuallyAstrotrain's servo. The Decepticon asks the convention organizer to give it back to him right after the convention, only to be informed he might not get it back for a few years...
- Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 13(one strip)
- ToCliffjumper's frustration,Prowlis unable to determine the culprits behind a crime scene... despite the graffiti in the room making it clear that the Decepticons are responsible.
- Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 14(one strip)
- Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 15(full page)
- Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 17(full page)
- Foryourbenefit,Ultra Magnusgoes over the Decepticon seekers;Starscream,Thundercracker,Skywarp,Sunstorm,Thrust,Dirge,andRamjet.The lot of them come off as fairly ineffective.
- Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 18(full page)
- Megatron introduceshisalternateincarnations,all of whom have their own weird quirks about them.
- Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 20(full page)
- Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 21(full page)
- Negative-polarityStarscreamandGrimlockcompare themselves to their positive-polarity counterparts, while negative-polarityOptimus Primeruns afoul ofNemesis Prime.
- Spotlight: Wheelie(two strips)
- #22 "Wheelie":Alpha Triontells Wheelie that he's #7,659 on the list of candidates to become the nextPrime—afterRollerandTwin Twist.
- #85 "IDW":When the staff atIDW Publishingstart running out ofSpotlightideas,Simon Furmanfalls back onan old favourite.
