And Everyone is Welcome at the Party, Yeah, People, More is More, are we all Onboard?
More Than Meets the Eye issue 10: Shadowplay Part 2: Patternism. 31st October 2012.
But in the end, it wasn’t the iron glass that killed my quarry. It was the ironic billboard.
And I’m back after an extended, and unplanned but very needed, break! See if you can guess how much of this was written six months ago and where the switch to 2025 content happens.
If I’d had a planned break, I wouldn’t have done it so I relaunched with part 2 of a story. But we immediately open with an important moment, an issue later than I remembered, the introduction of Roller.
Who originally was supposed be both a way of showing that Optimus didn’t only have the same ten friends for four million years (and that some of them did die along the way), but also a double joke: This Roller is a big beefy bruiser sipping on a Kremzeek drink. Making an amusing contrast to the more familiar Roller. With the second gag being that Prime presumably delivered an incredibly back handed compliment to his absent friend in naming his drone component after him.
But the fans, in a way that is sometimes mocked but is actually quite logical as both characters were introduced in back to back stories (not to mention the end of this arc will very much plant the seeds of the idea that characters in the past could become other, more familiar characters in the future), would quickly grab onto the idea that Roller is actually a young Tarn.
Which is where this piece having been delayed until after TFNation has come in handy because we now have a difference of opinion between the creators of the book. Roberts has always claimed that Tarn was originally not planned to be anyone but a guy called Tarn, it was only until the second season and the fan speculation that the idea Tarn could be a known character—and that it definitely wouldn’t be Roller—came into being. Something borne out by the Notebooks.
But in the end, it wasn’t the iron glass that killed my quarry. It was the ironic billboard.
And I’m back after an extended, and unplanned but very needed, break! See if you can guess how much of this was written six months ago and where the switch to 2025 content happens.
If I’d had a planned break, I wouldn’t have done it so I relaunched with part 2 of a story. But we immediately open with an important moment, an issue later than I remembered, the introduction of Roller.
Who originally was supposed be both a way of showing that Optimus didn’t only have the same ten friends for four million years (and that some of them did die along the way), but also a double joke: This Roller is a big beefy bruiser sipping on a Kremzeek drink. Making an amusing contrast to the more familiar Roller. With the second gag being that Prime presumably delivered an incredibly back handed compliment to his absent friend in naming his drone component after him.
But the fans, in a way that is sometimes mocked but is actually quite logical as both characters were introduced in back to back stories (not to mention the end of this arc will very much plant the seeds of the idea that characters in the past could become other, more familiar characters in the future), would quickly grab onto the idea that Roller is actually a young Tarn.
Which is where this piece having been delayed until after TFNation has come in handy because we now have a difference of opinion between the creators of the book. Roberts has always claimed that Tarn was originally not planned to be anyone but a guy called Tarn, it was only until the second season and the fan speculation that the idea Tarn could be a known character—and that it definitely wouldn’t be Roller—came into being. Something borne out by the Notebooks.
This and Transformers One did love making a name associated with a guy who says nothing the "Doesn't shut up" character.
At his panel at TFN’24 though, Milne firmly said he knew Tarn was (spoilers for a character who shows up later in the issue) Glitch at the point he was drawing this issue. Something backed up by a prefers to remain anonymous former podcaster who was friendly with him, who told me Milne had revealed that to them not long after this story concluded.
Now, more than a decade, the truth probably lies more between the two statements, but I think it’s definitely fair to say the Tarn idea was in play far earlier that is generally acknowledged, and the slightly snooty “Ha, silly fans jumping on things that weren’t meant to mean anything” attitude you occasionally see is somewhat unfair.
Which is quite a lot to write about a character whose role in this scene is to watch multiple TV channels to provide an infodump; Senator Proteus reaffirming his promise that if 10,000 Decepticons formally register as such, they’ll be recognised as a political party. That Nominus Prime is going to get a state funeral, that a lecturer at J.A.A.T. (an acronym to remember) speaking passionately about the ongoing racism caused by Nova’s population augmentation, and a report on the disappearance of the critical of the senate Pious Maximus and a recording that seems to show him recanting his beliefs.
Now, more than a decade, the truth probably lies more between the two statements, but I think it’s definitely fair to say the Tarn idea was in play far earlier that is generally acknowledged, and the slightly snooty “Ha, silly fans jumping on things that weren’t meant to mean anything” attitude you occasionally see is somewhat unfair.
Which is quite a lot to write about a character whose role in this scene is to watch multiple TV channels to provide an infodump; Senator Proteus reaffirming his promise that if 10,000 Decepticons formally register as such, they’ll be recognised as a political party. That Nominus Prime is going to get a state funeral, that a lecturer at J.A.A.T. (an acronym to remember) speaking passionately about the ongoing racism caused by Nova’s population augmentation, and a report on the disappearance of the critical of the senate Pious Maximus and a recording that seems to show him recanting his beliefs.
That's what you get for bombing Mars.
Which is quite a heady amount of information (and I’m not sure why Proteus is explaining his promise as if it’s a new thing when it’s in the final hours of its time limit), so it’s probably good that there’s a breaking story of an action scene.
This being Chromedome chasing a suspect around Translucentica Heights on his sky bike, with said suspect turning into a Starfury from Babylon 5 (and because Alex Milne is a big nerd, it’s the lesser seen version that can work in atmospheres). Which, kind of surprisingly considering it’s very much the obvious precedent for this sort of carefully planning out everything years in advance story, is, I think, pretty much the only reference to that franchise in this series.
With a cutaway to the present showing Chromedome is doing all the “BANG BANG” noises as he tells the story, it turns out this flyer is a terrible pilot, crashing first through a plane of glass and then dying by irony as he explodes on impact with a billboard proclaiming, “WHY WALK WHEN YOU CAN FLY.”
In the apartment the victim fell from, Chromedome is actually thrown by the fact Prowl apologies for being short about not capturing the suspect and that he’s glad he’s OK.
He really did use to be a much nicer guy in those days, you’d hardly recognise him as the same person over in Robots in Disguise.
More in character is the building’s warden, Red Alert. Who has been keeping close watch on the coming and goings from the victim Momus’ rooms, including Sherma and lots of commoners. Oh, and he “Accidentally” (after hours of searching) found a massive Decepticon logo on his wall, that only shows up under ultraviolet light.
This being Chromedome chasing a suspect around Translucentica Heights on his sky bike, with said suspect turning into a Starfury from Babylon 5 (and because Alex Milne is a big nerd, it’s the lesser seen version that can work in atmospheres). Which, kind of surprisingly considering it’s very much the obvious precedent for this sort of carefully planning out everything years in advance story, is, I think, pretty much the only reference to that franchise in this series.
With a cutaway to the present showing Chromedome is doing all the “BANG BANG” noises as he tells the story, it turns out this flyer is a terrible pilot, crashing first through a plane of glass and then dying by irony as he explodes on impact with a billboard proclaiming, “WHY WALK WHEN YOU CAN FLY.”
In the apartment the victim fell from, Chromedome is actually thrown by the fact Prowl apologies for being short about not capturing the suspect and that he’s glad he’s OK.
He really did use to be a much nicer guy in those days, you’d hardly recognise him as the same person over in Robots in Disguise.
More in character is the building’s warden, Red Alert. Who has been keeping close watch on the coming and goings from the victim Momus’ rooms, including Sherma and lots of commoners. Oh, and he “Accidentally” (after hours of searching) found a massive Decepticon logo on his wall, that only shows up under ultraviolet light.
If you haven't read the follow up on Red's markings, you'll never guess it.
The same light also shows up marks on the back of his neck like those you might get from fingers like Chromedome has in the present, marks we were previously told only showed up in ultraviolet light as well.
Now, boy is there going to be a long payoff on that, and an even longer distance from what was originally planned with this idea.
Prowl has no time for conspiracies as he unleashes his secret weapon: Being a Transformer who knows what their tec specs say. In particular, the ability to calculate angles and trajectories of moving objects, which he’s now doing in reverse to the broken glass to work out how and from what direction it was impacted.
Which tells him there were two killers, just as the second shows himself, blasting the room whilst screaming “DEATH TO THE DECEPTICONS!”
That might be a bit of a clue.
Now, boy is there going to be a long payoff on that, and an even longer distance from what was originally planned with this idea.
Prowl has no time for conspiracies as he unleashes his secret weapon: Being a Transformer who knows what their tec specs say. In particular, the ability to calculate angles and trajectories of moving objects, which he’s now doing in reverse to the broken glass to work out how and from what direction it was impacted.
Which tells him there were two killers, just as the second shows himself, blasting the room whilst screaming “DEATH TO THE DECEPTICONS!”
That might be a bit of a clue.
Drift had that coming.
Back in the present, Ultra Magnus returns to the Lost Light (notice the handy way he’s off the ship when Rewind is putting his walk down memory lane team together, meaning he doesn’t have to go into his past) and, after some gags with Rodimus about the later not reading his memos, he’s surprised to find out that Cyclonus has been arrested for the attempted murder of Red Alert.
Yes, only attempted, it’s another major head injury the character is going to recover from. Which Roberts later regretted as it muddied the water over Rung having survived his injury as a clue to his real nature.
Why Rodimus is so keen to pin this crime on Cyclonus when there’s no evidence for it will become more apparent later in the series (and reflects badly on him), but more interesting is what has to be our last glance of the Drift as the Getaway style villain idea. He takes an almost gleeful joy in his interrogation of Cyclonus, winding him up to the point of waving a sword in his face, all of which feels very out of character now and, inevitably, ends with Cyclonus swatting the sword aside.
Luckily, Magnus isn’t involved in any wider conspiracy that needs no one to look into what Red Alert was worried about too closely, and points out that all Cyclonus is doing here is reacting to extreme provocation. Giving Cyclonus time to point out two things:
1: He only met Red Alert twice, but liked him because he wasn’t as full of insufferable smugness as everyone else aboard.
2: If he’d wanted Red Alert dead, he’d be dead.
None of which convinces Rodimus, so it’s lucky that this is the point a call comes in from First Aid, who’s worked out what really happened…
Yes, only attempted, it’s another major head injury the character is going to recover from. Which Roberts later regretted as it muddied the water over Rung having survived his injury as a clue to his real nature.
Why Rodimus is so keen to pin this crime on Cyclonus when there’s no evidence for it will become more apparent later in the series (and reflects badly on him), but more interesting is what has to be our last glance of the Drift as the Getaway style villain idea. He takes an almost gleeful joy in his interrogation of Cyclonus, winding him up to the point of waving a sword in his face, all of which feels very out of character now and, inevitably, ends with Cyclonus swatting the sword aside.
Luckily, Magnus isn’t involved in any wider conspiracy that needs no one to look into what Red Alert was worried about too closely, and points out that all Cyclonus is doing here is reacting to extreme provocation. Giving Cyclonus time to point out two things:
1: He only met Red Alert twice, but liked him because he wasn’t as full of insufferable smugness as everyone else aboard.
2: If he’d wanted Red Alert dead, he’d be dead.
None of which convinces Rodimus, so it’s lucky that this is the point a call comes in from First Aid, who’s worked out what really happened…
Pax's keep falling on my head...
Back in the past, Prowl turns out to be a guy who goes to pieces so fast in a fight even he couldn’t track the trajectories (meaning letting him have big missiles on his shoulders as a cop is a terrible idea on someone’s part). But luckily, and much to Swerve’s delight and Tailgate’s amazement in the present, Orion Pax (jumping from a nearby roof) lands on top of their flying attacker and takes him down, hard.
This, as we’ve talked about before, is the fundamental conflict at the heart of Coptimus Prime. It’s an idea that’s uncomfortable and has aged badly (especially after Transformers One returned Pax fully to his working class roots). It’s also realised in the most incredibly cool and awesome way by Milne at every turn.
The suspect survives the fall, but in the grand tradition of captured suspects in spy fiction, the suspect dies in a moment drawn like he’s done the classic snapping on a cyanide capsule hidden in a tooth way (though it turns out to be spark rejection from the borrowed body rather than actual suicide).
The way the first IDW continuity will go means the following first meeting between Pax and Prowl is a more significant moment that it would have appeared at the time. It sees Pax being annoyed at getting chastised by Prowl for jumping in, but as he doesn’t know Pax is a copper till he sees the officer’s palm ID actually makes him the more reasonable one here.
This, as we’ve talked about before, is the fundamental conflict at the heart of Coptimus Prime. It’s an idea that’s uncomfortable and has aged badly (especially after Transformers One returned Pax fully to his working class roots). It’s also realised in the most incredibly cool and awesome way by Milne at every turn.
The suspect survives the fall, but in the grand tradition of captured suspects in spy fiction, the suspect dies in a moment drawn like he’s done the classic snapping on a cyanide capsule hidden in a tooth way (though it turns out to be spark rejection from the borrowed body rather than actual suicide).
The way the first IDW continuity will go means the following first meeting between Pax and Prowl is a more significant moment that it would have appeared at the time. It sees Pax being annoyed at getting chastised by Prowl for jumping in, but as he doesn’t know Pax is a copper till he sees the officer’s palm ID actually makes him the more reasonable one here.
Yeah, what a dick for not knowing you're a cop and being annoyed you killed a suspect.
A conflab between the two teams quickly helps them work out that Momus, like his similar closet case Sherma, weren’t killed by Decepticons, but because they were Decepticons.
This has Prowl send in what he’s very keen to call a preliminary report (there won’t be a final one till he’s done a full autopsy), which gets us a slightly try too hard “Ironic” gag of Prowl hoping he never becomes as jaded and cynical as the convinced the report will be buried Pax, who is doubtful of the whole system.
Still, they manage to work out both assassins were using borrowed bodies (hence one being a terrible flyer), which lets Roller give them a map of replenishment clinics nearby. Which Prowl and Chromedome will have to investigate themselves as Pax has had a call from Luna One…
Which, in the present, Whirl is delighted about as he’s been bored of the Chromedome/Prowl love-in (a statement that surprises Chromedome and gets a steely annoyance from Rewind), it’s time for his cameo!
With the context of the events of Chaos Theory given to Tailgate (and readers who only came aboard with the relaunch. With Whirl not being best pleased by Ratchet talking about how there’s an argument he set the war in motion with the beating he gave Megatron), the follow up being that Whirl was sent to Garrus-1, with a communicube given to him with one call on it. Which he finally used to get Pax to come visit.
This has Prowl send in what he’s very keen to call a preliminary report (there won’t be a final one till he’s done a full autopsy), which gets us a slightly try too hard “Ironic” gag of Prowl hoping he never becomes as jaded and cynical as the convinced the report will be buried Pax, who is doubtful of the whole system.
Still, they manage to work out both assassins were using borrowed bodies (hence one being a terrible flyer), which lets Roller give them a map of replenishment clinics nearby. Which Prowl and Chromedome will have to investigate themselves as Pax has had a call from Luna One…
Which, in the present, Whirl is delighted about as he’s been bored of the Chromedome/Prowl love-in (a statement that surprises Chromedome and gets a steely annoyance from Rewind), it’s time for his cameo!
With the context of the events of Chaos Theory given to Tailgate (and readers who only came aboard with the relaunch. With Whirl not being best pleased by Ratchet talking about how there’s an argument he set the war in motion with the beating he gave Megatron), the follow up being that Whirl was sent to Garrus-1, with a communicube given to him with one call on it. Which he finally used to get Pax to come visit.
Whirl: Never knowingly had a good day.
Turn out, thanks to Megatron’s writings (the first confirmation he actually carried on doing so in the leadup to Megatron: Origin), Whirl has been a punching bag for fellow wannabe Decepticon prisoners, helped by apathy from the guards (including the one who tells Pax that his time in there will be extended if there’s screaming).
The reason for the call though, is a prisoner who wasn’t there long enough to beat him, a former handler with friends in high places who only hit Whirl with a smug info-dump: That the Senator helping Pax is in danger, that Proteus will break his promise and Sentinel will make his move.
Oh, and a big bomb is going to go off, so big it’ll “Take the name of the city it destroys”, that’s hidden in plain sight.
If there’s one thing Sentinel needs to improve on, it’s keeping things need to know, if this goon hadn’t been too in the loop, he’d have gotten away with the whole thing.
Whirl isn’t passing this on out of any better nature, the senate mutilated, used and abandoned him. He wants revenge…and his hands back. Which is a simple closing sentence, but Milne again shows his skill by putting so much emotion into a small panel of a faceless character looking at his claws.
His new cellmate then walks in… Impactor! Which, especially as the cell already has “Wreck’N’Rule” graffiti, gets Rewind all excited at this potentially historic moment in the formation of the Wreckers, but all Megatron’s best friend did was beat Whirl nearly to death. Their more friendly meeting would be some time later...
Which let’s Swerve cut in with an expression he’s always wanted to say: “But that’s a whole other story.” That he’s also always wanted to say “Impossible! Our laserfire is only making him stronger!” as well is pushing the meta commentary of the character a bit too far.
The reason for the call though, is a prisoner who wasn’t there long enough to beat him, a former handler with friends in high places who only hit Whirl with a smug info-dump: That the Senator helping Pax is in danger, that Proteus will break his promise and Sentinel will make his move.
Oh, and a big bomb is going to go off, so big it’ll “Take the name of the city it destroys”, that’s hidden in plain sight.
If there’s one thing Sentinel needs to improve on, it’s keeping things need to know, if this goon hadn’t been too in the loop, he’d have gotten away with the whole thing.
Whirl isn’t passing this on out of any better nature, the senate mutilated, used and abandoned him. He wants revenge…and his hands back. Which is a simple closing sentence, but Milne again shows his skill by putting so much emotion into a small panel of a faceless character looking at his claws.
His new cellmate then walks in… Impactor! Which, especially as the cell already has “Wreck’N’Rule” graffiti, gets Rewind all excited at this potentially historic moment in the formation of the Wreckers, but all Megatron’s best friend did was beat Whirl nearly to death. Their more friendly meeting would be some time later...
Which let’s Swerve cut in with an expression he’s always wanted to say: “But that’s a whole other story.” That he’s also always wanted to say “Impossible! Our laserfire is only making him stronger!” as well is pushing the meta commentary of the character a bit too far.
Notice how the top panel dialogue is designed so your focus is entirely on the left, so you barely even notice Glitch in it.
Back in the day, at the “[First and biggest word in the sign carefully out of panel] Academy of Advanced Technology”, Roller is arresting the Senator to bring him into protective custody, giving is a long panel with Roller on one side and the character we’ll come to know as Glitch on the other, with Skids in the middle. Which we now know from that aforementioned TFN panel was a deliberate visual contrast, the red herring for Tarn on one side, the real Tarn on the other, the character who will help add to the mystery with his own Tarn flashback later on in the middle. Effectively a panel you’d only look back on and fully get years later, and only if the series got that far.
As all this goes on, Prowl and Chromedome’s tour of the clinics takes them past a (very Constructicon coloured) Decepticon demonstration, with the speaker angrily proclaiming that the entire Proteus Promise thing is a complete scam.
Whilst Prowl is confident the entire situation can be defused, Chromedome is worried this could lead to a war, and pushes his partner on what he’d do if that happens.
Which, as we know would be the case, is run. And he’s assuming Chromedome would come with him...
As all this goes on, Prowl and Chromedome’s tour of the clinics takes them past a (very Constructicon coloured) Decepticon demonstration, with the speaker angrily proclaiming that the entire Proteus Promise thing is a complete scam.
Whilst Prowl is confident the entire situation can be defused, Chromedome is worried this could lead to a war, and pushes his partner on what he’d do if that happens.
Which, as we know would be the case, is run. And he’s assuming Chromedome would come with him...
If there was a Transformer that turned into a pot, Rewind would be calling them black right about now.
Which Rewind, who is absolutely not a guy who’d get hung up on an ex himself, gets annoyed about and pushes thing on to the next part of the story before we can hear Chromedome’s response to this.
Said next part being the next Replenishment Clinic on their list, where people waiting for a new body can watch the TV news, which reveals that Prowl’s “Preliminary” report has been passed off as 100% the facts, with the news claiming the Decepticons were indeed killed by “Pro-functionist agitants”, much to the horror of the by the book Prowl.
They can’t discuss this further before being greeted by a surgeon called Trepan, whom Chromedome is able to incriminate into acting suspiciously enough for them to handcuff to a desk by lying about being able to read his old Cybertronian tattoo (“Cleanse and control”). Trepan will escape before they come back, but he and his fingers that also impress Chromedome will be back. He ability to read a liar well enough to bluff him is an early sign that he’s not as guileless as he sometimes appears in these early days.
Their tour of the clinic quickly takes them to some hidden levels, that contain a magnitude of horrors, with empty husks hanging in a room, brain modules on trays in the dozens and the missing Pious Maximus in a cell. Which makes Chromedome decide this must be the mysterious “Institute”, using the clinic as a perfect cover for a brainwashing (or "Shadowplay") facility.
This is all too much for Prowl, so he just has Chromedome download some files from the computer on the stolen bodies and a suspicious “Threat level” list of names before getting out.
Said next part being the next Replenishment Clinic on their list, where people waiting for a new body can watch the TV news, which reveals that Prowl’s “Preliminary” report has been passed off as 100% the facts, with the news claiming the Decepticons were indeed killed by “Pro-functionist agitants”, much to the horror of the by the book Prowl.
They can’t discuss this further before being greeted by a surgeon called Trepan, whom Chromedome is able to incriminate into acting suspiciously enough for them to handcuff to a desk by lying about being able to read his old Cybertronian tattoo (“Cleanse and control”). Trepan will escape before they come back, but he and his fingers that also impress Chromedome will be back. He ability to read a liar well enough to bluff him is an early sign that he’s not as guileless as he sometimes appears in these early days.
Their tour of the clinic quickly takes them to some hidden levels, that contain a magnitude of horrors, with empty husks hanging in a room, brain modules on trays in the dozens and the missing Pious Maximus in a cell. Which makes Chromedome decide this must be the mysterious “Institute”, using the clinic as a perfect cover for a brainwashing (or "Shadowplay") facility.
This is all too much for Prowl, so he just has Chromedome download some files from the computer on the stolen bodies and a suspicious “Threat level” list of names before getting out.
Prowl being in absolute denial about mind control will only get funnier.
At Rodion headquarters, everyone (Senator and the two sets of cops) meets and put their different pieces together:
The threat list is the names of all the Decepticons. But the registration hasn’t been fast enough, so staged murders of two ‘Cons were done to show the authorities properly and fairly investigate it. Which will restore Decepticon faith in Proteus’ Promise and get more of them to sign up.
Then, after the looming deadline, a massive explosion will be blamed on the Decepticons, allowing the promise not to be kept, but leaving the authorities with a full list of Decepticon names they can now round up.
Which feels like it’s taking a few leaps to work as a conspiracy (and certainly Prowl is very doubtful, especially of his own bosses being in on it), but aren’t conspiracies always like that?
Either way, Pax realises from a convenient new report the obvious and best place to plant the bomb: In the fake Matrix in Nominus Prime’s chest as he rests in state.
The threat list is the names of all the Decepticons. But the registration hasn’t been fast enough, so staged murders of two ‘Cons were done to show the authorities properly and fairly investigate it. Which will restore Decepticon faith in Proteus’ Promise and get more of them to sign up.
Then, after the looming deadline, a massive explosion will be blamed on the Decepticons, allowing the promise not to be kept, but leaving the authorities with a full list of Decepticon names they can now round up.
Which feels like it’s taking a few leaps to work as a conspiracy (and certainly Prowl is very doubtful, especially of his own bosses being in on it), but aren’t conspiracies always like that?
Either way, Pax realises from a convenient new report the obvious and best place to plant the bomb: In the fake Matrix in Nominus Prime’s chest as he rests in state.
Typical cop, really a crook all along.
Which means only one thing: Pax’s People are going to have to steal the Matrix!
Whilst hoping that it’s not in the coffin. Or the body. Or somewhere else entirely.
The group shot as Pax declares this is an outstanding panel from Milne, though.
Despite not necessarily the best issue to relaunch this project on (I hope any new readers at least looked at Part 1), this is Roberts and Milne really having found their groove and, at this point at least, clearly working in complete sympathy. The art and storytelling are both incredibly strong and confident, throwing out threads that won’t pay-off for years whilst still being a focused strong mystery in its own right. The worst you can say is the Red Alert stuff would probably have been better in its own issue.
Truly, as the kids say, the bomb.
Next week, an old friend returns…
ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ISSUE 10
2012
COMMENT
KO-FI
Whilst hoping that it’s not in the coffin. Or the body. Or somewhere else entirely.
The group shot as Pax declares this is an outstanding panel from Milne, though.
Despite not necessarily the best issue to relaunch this project on (I hope any new readers at least looked at Part 1), this is Roberts and Milne really having found their groove and, at this point at least, clearly working in complete sympathy. The art and storytelling are both incredibly strong and confident, throwing out threads that won’t pay-off for years whilst still being a focused strong mystery in its own right. The worst you can say is the Red Alert stuff would probably have been better in its own issue.
Truly, as the kids say, the bomb.
Next week, an old friend returns…
ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ISSUE 10
2012
COMMENT
KO-FI
