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Transformers: Mosaic #527 - "Remembrances"

Originally posted on August 9th, 2010

Story - Franco Villa Art - Tomoko Edits - Zac DeBoard Thanks to - Gianluca Gamba, Davide, Peter Istyle

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Later revised and annotated for Transformers: Seeds of Deception

wada sez: As always, see above for full annotations for this strip. Peter Istyle was credited solely in deviantART description, not on the strip itself. Preview, clean colors and Italian translation below.

#Transformers #Transformers Mosaic #Maccadam #Dreamwave Transformers #Transformers: Seeds of Deception #Franco Villa #Tomoko #Zac DeBoard #Gianluca Gamba #Davide #Peter Istyle #Kup #Grimlock #Sentinel Prime #Inferno #Mecannibals #Nova Prime #Cyclonus #Ironhide #Wheeljack #Sludge

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Transformers: Mosaic #577 - "Trusted Assistant"

Originally posted on February 1st, 2011

Story - Ibai Canales Script - Franco Villa Art - Jeremy Tiongson Colours - Tomoko Edits & Ideas - Ezekiel Huerta Thanks to - Peter Istyle

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Later revised and annotated for Transformers: Seeds of Deception

wada sez: For whatever reason, after appearing in the earlier Mosaic strip “Replacement”, Shockwave’s Action Master partner Fistfight became something of a running joke for the Seeds of Deception team. Huerta is credited specifically with the WALL-E joke. See below for clean art, Villa’s usual Italian translation, and a preview of tomorrow’s comic.

#Transformers #Transformers Mosaic #Maccadam #Dreamwave Transformers #Transformers: Seeds of Deception #Ibai Canales #Franco Villa #Jeremy Tiongson #Tomoko #Ezekiel Huerta #Peter Istyle #official creator #Fistfight #Shockwave #Thunderwing #Grimlock

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Transformers: Mosaic #648 - "Rich And Spoiled"

Originally posted on June 11th, 2012

Story, Letters - Franco Villa Art - Felipe Suanes Colours - Sara Guyon-Gellin, Brenden Oshima Edits - Greg Donaldson Thanks to - Peter Istyle

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Later revised and annotated for Transformers: Seeds of Deception

wada sez: The Circle is a nightclub established in Spotlight: Blurr; a comment on the Seeds of Deception account implies Villa independently came up with the name and this is actually an unrelated location. On the wall, there’s a bas-relief of an “ancient Prime”; see below for a full-size version of that, along with Villa’s usual Italian translation.

#Transformers #Transformers Mosaic #Maccadam #Dreamwave Transformers #Transformers: Seeds of Deception #Franco Villa #Felipe Suanes #Sara Guyon-Gellin #Brenden Oshima #Greg Donaldson #Peter Istyle #Mirage #Ratbat #Blast Off #Red Alert #Blaster #Bluestreak #Trailbreaker #Skids

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Transformers: Mosaic #490 - "Replacement"

Originally posted on June 3rd, 2010

Story, Letters - Franco Villa Script, Art - Simon Reeves Colours - Timothy Pugh Edits - Zac DeBoard Thanks to - Peter Istyle

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Later revised and annotated for Transformers: Seeds of Deception

wada sez: Italian version below.

#Transformers #Transformers Mosaic #Maccadam #Dreamwave Transformers #Transformers: Seeds of Deception #Franco Villa #Simon Reeves #Timothy Pugh #Zac DeBoard #Peter Istyle #Blitzwing #Shockwave #Fistfight #Sixshot

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Transformers: Mosaic #521 - "Secret Shame"

Originally posted on July 26th, 2010

Story, Letters - Franco Villa Art - Waseem Bashar Colours - Lau Edits - Greg Donaldson Insecticon color schemes - Peter Istyle

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Later revised and annotated for Transformers: Seeds of Deception

wada sez: The Deluxe Insecticons never appeared in classic media, as their toys were licensed from a non-Takara toy manufacturer, causing rights issues. Clean inks below, together with a preview of tomorrow’s strip...

#Transformers #Transformers Mosaic #Maccadam #Dreamwave Transformers #Transformers: Seeds of Deception #Franco Villa #Waseem Bashar #Lau #Greg Donaldson #Peter Istyle #Ransack #Chop Shop #Venom #Barrage #Bombshell #Kickback #Shrapnel #Soundwave #Ratbat

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Transformers: Mosaic - "The Genie Has Left The Bottle"

Originally posted on April 28th, 2011

Story - Franco Villa Art - Marco Maccagni Colours - Sean Tourangeau Edits - Zac DeBoard Thanks to - Ezekiel Huerta, Peter Istyle

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Later revised and annotated for Transformers: Seeds of Deception

wada sez: The concluding entry in the trilogy told across “Dark Auspices” and “Evening The Odds”. With Blaster’s appearance here, we note that Maccagni has been drawing these characters with a more feminine appearance than normal. On deviantART, one of the project leads (presumably Villa) commented, “It's Marco's style...he likes to make the Transformers look less genderless, even if in this continuity they are genderless.” See below for clean colors and the Italian translation.

#Transformers #Transformers Mosaic #Maccadam #Dreamwave Transformers #Transformers: Seeds of Deception #Franco Villa #Marco Maccagni #Sean Tourangeau #Zac DeBoard #Ezekiel Huerta #Peter Istyle #Slamdance #Squawkbox #Blaster #Jhiaxus #Devastator #Shockwave #Scrapper

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Transformers: Mosaic #582 - "Micromanagement"

Originally posted on February 21st, 2011

Story - Christian Ludwig Script - Franco Villa Art - Rem Aileen Roca Colours - 110 Edits - Greg Donaldson Thanks to - Peter Istyle

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Later revised and annotated for Transformers: Seeds of Deception

wada sez: Man, if I had a nickel for every Mosaic strip that’s like “what if this character’s wacky personality was actually the result of evil surgery?”... See the Seeds of Deception annotations above, no point me repeating stuff!

#Transformers #Transformers Mosaic #Maccadam #Dreamwave Transformers #Transformers: Seeds of Deception #Christian Ludwig #Franco Villa #Rem Aileen Roca #110 #Greg Donaldson #Peter Istyle #Doublecross #Sentinel Prime #Soundwave #Shockwave #Fistfight #Jhiaxus #Motormaster #Searchlight #Rumble #Beastbox #Ravage #Buzzsaw

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Transformers: Mosaic #546 - "Supreme Recall"

Originally posted on September 24th, 2010

Story, Letters - Franco Villa Art - Jeremy Tiongson Colours - Eman B. Zubia Edits - Zac DeBoard Thanks to - Peter Istyle

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Later revised and annotated for Transformers: Seeds of Deception

wada sez: Basically, this strip is one of many Seeds of Deception stories that exists entirely to reconcile inconsistencies between The War Within and Furman’s later IDW work; in this case, the prevalence of combiner teams in The War Within versus the near-total absence of combiners in IDW. Turns out, everyone forgot! See the original annotations at the link above for more specific details beyond that.

#Transformers #Transformers Mosaic #Maccadam #Dreamwave Transformers #Transformers: Seeds of Deception #Franco Villa #Jeremy Tiongson #Eman B. Zubia #Zac DeBoard #Peter Istyle #official creator #Omega Supreme #Boltax #Monstructor #Jhiaxus #Devastator #Defensor #Bristleback #Scowl

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Transformers: Mosaic #575 - "Evening The Odds"

Originally posted on January 24th, 2011

Story - Franco Villa Art - Marco Maccagni Colours - 110 Letters - Zac DeBoard Thanks to - Peter Istyle

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Later revised and annotated for Transformers: Seeds of Deception

wada sez: The sequel to yesterday’s strip, “Dark Auspices”, albeit with a new colorist this time. Come back tomorrow for the conclusion in “The Genie Has Left The Bottle”. Italian translation below.

#Transformers #Transformers Mosaic #Maccadam #Dreamwave Transformers #Transformers: Seeds of Deception #Franco Villa #Marco Maccagni #110 #Zac DeBoard #Peter Istyle #Raindance #Grand Slam #Slamdance #Squawkbox #Squawktalk #Beastbox #Omega Supreme #Jhiaxus

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Transformers: Mosaic #504 - "Badass"

Originally posted on June 17th, 2010

Story, Letters - Franco Villa Art - Megumi M. Edits - Zac DeBoard Thanks to - Peter Istyle

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Later revised and annotated for Transformers: Seeds of Deception

wada sez: Franco Villa wrote a "Side B" to this one, which I've bumped up for you to read tomorrow. Italian version below.

#Transformers #Transformers Mosaic #Maccadam #Dreamwave Transformers #Transformers: Seeds of Deception #Franco Villa #Megumi M. #Zac DeBoard #Peter Istyle #Grimlock #Megatron #Kup #Swoop

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Transformers: Mosaic #306 - "Screening"

Originally posted on November 28th, 2008

Story - Martin Fisher Art - Peter Istyle Letters - Dave Reynolds

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wada sez: Another Smokescreen/Vortex strip, following on from the events of "Tormented Joy".

#Transformers #Transformers Mosaic #Maccadam #IDW Transformers #The Transformers: Mosaic Thanksgiving Feast #Martin Fisher #Peter Istyle #Dave Reynolds #Smokescreen #Ultra Magnus #Vortex #Optimus Prime #Sideswipe

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Transformers: Mosaic #445 - "Quid Pro Quo"

Originally posted on January 4th, 2010

Story - Franco Villa, Peter Istyle Art - Jeremy Tiongson Colours - Shawn Reynolds Edits - Zac DeBoard Thanks to - Marianne Soengaard, Eman B. Zubia

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Later revised and annotated for Transformers: Seeds of Deception

wada sez: This strip is set towards the end of Maximum Dinobots. Buzzsaw repurposes his mold-mate Laserbeak’s design from The War Within, itself based on the character’s Cybertronian look from the original cartoon. Among other small lettering changes, the revised version corrected a minor error where Mount St. Helens was stated to be in Oregon, when in fact it’s situated in Washington. Preview and Italian version below.

#Transformers #Transformers Mosaic #Maccadam #Dreamwave Transformers #Transformers: Seeds of Deception #Franco Villa #Peter Istyle #Jeremy Tiongson #Shawn Reynolds #Zac DeBoard #Marianne Soengaard #Eman B. Zubia #official creator #Shockwave #Soundwave #Ravage #Laserbeak #Ultra Magnus #Buzzsaw

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Transformers: Mosaic #605 - "A New Beginning"

Originally posted on June 6th, 2011

Story, Art - Koen Luyten Script, Letters - Franco Villa Edits - Ezekiel Huerta Project - Peter Istyle Battletrap/Flywheels designs - Ibai Canales

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Later revised and annotated for Transformers: Seeds of Deception

wada sez: I think this could be the worst Mosaic ever made. Where Simon Reeves’ prior strip “The Shape Of Things To Come” was a tasteless extrapolation from the already-problematic Spotlight: Arcee, Koen Luyten goes even further into outright fetishization. At the time, Luyten had a weekly series called Arcee In Wonderland, which inhabited similar territory; it can now only be found on the Seeds of Deception gallery itself, having been deleted from Luyten’s own page. This strip casts the GoBots character Crasher as a trans woman whose state of being is karmic punishment for a sinful life. The closing note in particular drives me crazy—Luyten and Villa seem to want to imply that she’ll be an object of adoration simply for the very fact of her womanhood. Man, what a mean-spirited, bitterly shameful, misogynistic piece of work this is. The notes for the Seeds of Deception publication of the comic talk at length about its use of the word “orgies”, which was apparently censored for the Mosaic release—but so far as I can tell, the word doesn’t appear in the comic at all; it’s possible the Seeds of Deception version was later quietly updated to match the Mosaic one. See below for an Italian translation of this strip, I guess, and a little preview of tomorrow’s. God, imagine being an Italian Transformers fan learning that a bunch of Mosaics got translated into your language, but only the ones Villa worked on—what an absolute monkey’s paw situation.

#Transformers Mosaic #Dreamwave Transformers #Transformers: Seeds of Deception #Koen Luyten #Franco Villa #Ezekiel Huerta #Ibai Canales #Peter Istyle #cw transphobia #Crasher #Jhiaxus #Battletrap #Flywheels

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Transformers: Mosaic #407 - "Passing Of An Age"

Originally posted on August 10th, 2009

Story, Art - Peter Istyle Script - Franco Villa Colours - Eveline Albers

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Later revised and annotated for Transformers: Seeds of Deception

wada sez: The republished version of this strip cuts Shockwave’s inner monologue. Clean colors and Italian translation below.

#Transformers #Transformers Mosaic #Maccadam #Dreamwave Transformers #Transformers: Seeds of Deception #Peter Istyle #Franco Villa #Eveline Albers #Shockwave #Sentinel Prime #Nova Prime #Jhiaxus #Omega Supreme #Kup #Impactor

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Transformers: Mosaic #592 - "This Day In History"

Originally posted on April 11th, 2011

Story - Curt Lunsford Art - Ibai Canales Letters - Franco Villa Thanks to - Peter Istyle

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Later revised and annotated for Transformers: Seeds of Deception

wada sez: Just a short character spotlight for Stalker, a Europe-exclusive Decepticon Predator. See the link above for a few more annotations. Clean colors below, along with a preview for tomorrow’s strip.

#Transformers #Transformers Mosaic #Maccadam #Dreamwave Transformers #Transformers: Seeds of Deception #Curt Lunsford #Ibai Canales #Franco Villa #Peter Istyle #Stalker #Calcar

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Transformers: Mosaic #273 - "Tormented Joy"

Originally posted on October 21st, 2008

Story - Martin Fisher Art - Peter Istyle Colours, Letters - Javier Reyes

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wada sez: Vortex as a sadistic torturer was established in his Budiansky bio. I'm reasonably sure that's Smokescreen's IDW design from Spotlight: Blaster, and I think Vortex might've been drawn with specific reference to one panel of Spotlight: Arcee, but neglecting to take into account other views from different panels. Martin would later revisit the events of this strip in “Screening”, so stay tuned for that one. Clean art below.

#Transformers #Transformers Mosaic #Maccadam #IDW Transformers #Martin Fisher #Peter Istyle #Javier Reyes #Vortex #Smokescreen