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At 1:20 in this excerpt of TF S1, Roll For It, Prowl goes online to get help from Chip Chase. The Internet saves the Autobots, way back in 1984!

I get goosebumps every time I hear Prowl tell Chip he’d make “one heck of an Autobot,” and I’m not apologizing for it.

Today’s guest on Comics Are Great! is Neil Kaplan, voice behind characters on Digimon, Naruto, and most importantly to me, Transformers: Robots in Disguise’s Optimus Prime. He makes the comics, too!

Talking about writing characters and giving them unique voices, and you can join the conversation live today at 12:30 ET!

Today’s guest on Comics Are Great! is Neil Kaplan, voice behind characters on Digimon, Naruto, and most importantly to me, Transformers: Robots in Disguise’s Optimus Prime. He makes the comics, too!

Talking about writing characters and giving them unique voices, and you can join the conversation live today at 12:30 ET!

Today’s warm up sketch! Learning more about inking in Manga Studio with every new sketch.

Original pencils on my blog.

Today’s warm up sketch! Learning more about inking in Manga Studio with every new sketch.

Original pencils on my blog.

Today’s warm up sketch is the first really creepy mad scientist in the Transformers franchise. He had the most awesome laugh.

Tarantulas, terrorize!

Selling the original sketch this weekend only!

Today’s warm up sketch is the first really creepy mad scientist in the Transformers franchise. He had the most awesome laugh.

Tarantulas, terrorize!

Selling the original sketch this weekend only!

I was always a sucker for Michigan references in Transformers: Animated. But when one of the comics takes place in Ann Arbor? I MELT.

I was always a sucker for Michigan references in Transformers: Animated. But when one of the comics takes place in Ann Arbor? I MELT.

Today’s warm-up sketch subject is the most courageous Guardian of Gobotron!

Streamed video of the sketch coming together. I’d like to do more of that.

Today’s warm-up sketch subject is the most courageous Guardian of Gobotron!

Streamed video of the sketch coming together. I’d like to do more of that.

Today’s warm-up sketch is another of my favorite Beast Wars characters (but really, is there a character in BW who isn’t likeable?).

Inferno, Terrorize!

Pencil and brush pen on 5.5x8.25” bristol

Today’s warm-up sketch is another of my favorite Beast Wars characters (but really, is there a character in BW who isn’t likeable?).

Inferno, Terrorize!

Pencil and brush pen on 5.5x8.25” bristol

Back to doing warm-up sketches! Today’s subject is my favorite Beast Wars character.

Pencil, brush pen, and crayon.

Back to doing warm-up sketches! Today’s subject is my favorite Beast Wars character.

Pencil, brush pen, and crayon.

Made myself laugh while making a grocery list. 


(if you were a Transformers nerd, you’d think this was hilarious)

Made myself laugh while making a grocery list.


(if you were a Transformers nerd, you’d think this was hilarious)

Took a few seconds to goof around with making some GIFs from cartoons. Sky-Byte would be my subject of choice to represent the emotional ups and downs of being a cartoonist.