Old Unpopular G1 Bots

As you might already know, I love Transformers, but I find them extremely hard to draw. I tackled a couple of my favorite characters last year, and a whole year had to go by before I attempted it again. This time, I drew Jazz, an Autobot I wanted to have in that picture from last year, but who sadly ended up not being featured for reasons of time, space, and energy. As a way to celebrate the release of Transformers: War for Cybertron, I decided to rectify this glaring omission, and you can see the result accompanying these lines.

As an amusing side note, today I discovered that I apparently like the "old, unpopular G1 Transformers nobody likes," such as Wheeljack, Prowl, Blaster, and the aforementioned Jazz. I mean, really? People don't like Grimlock and Jetfire? I am a big fan of the G1 Transformers, because Transformers #1 (the Marvel series) was the first comic book I ever bought back when I was little. I'll be the first one to admit the artwork wasn't all that great, but the new Dreamwave and IDW renditions of those characters are unbelievable, and I find them infinitely more appealing than the Michal Bay movie versions or the more recent cartoons, which is precisely why I think War for Cybertron looks so amazing.

Anyway, long story short (too late for that, I know), I hope you enjoy my depiction of Jazz. It took me abou three hours from start to finish, but it was a lot of fun!