Serious Comic Serials
If you’re looking for drama, action, intrigue and plot, this is the place to go. Here you’ll find stories that pick up where official cannon left off, re-imagine various Transformer universes, or even explore what happens when Transformer toys engage in grim and gritty warfare for control of their owner’s house. There might be some laughs along the way, but the focus here is on serious drama.
Below is a list of links to each of the different comic strips, along with tone-tags and a brief synopsis to give you an idea of what the comic is all about. Also included is a link to information about the author and perhaps even some additional information about their work.
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Alliances and Allegiences Alliances and Allegiences Tone: Serious drama, adventure
Synopsis: The war in the room is over. The Autobots are now the protectors of peace. That peace is unsettled when a new Megatron appears, forging a new Decepticon faction, and building alliances with other dangerous powers...
About the Author: Battlefudge. BW: Rebooted BW: Rebooted Tone: Serious, Adventure.
Synopsis: BW: Rebooted is a redo, an “alternate universe” of Beast Wars. Both a team of Maximals and Predacons are stranded on an alien world, with very few resources and little-to-no hope of rescue. Focuses on a small cast of Maximal and Predacon show-characters and toy-only characters as they fight each other and the planet’s harsh conditions.
About the Author: Coming soon.
Dremare's Comic: Chojin Dreams Dremare's Comic: Chojin Dreams Tone: Serious, some humor, Non-
TF characters Involved
Synopsis: It's the story of a Rescue Academy washout, who helps his former teammates fight the evils of Dramage and the Devolos. Features many custom Bionicles, Energon-verse Transformers, Cybertron-verse Transformers, Movie-verse Transformers, Universe-verse Transformers, Animated-verse Transformers, Gundams, and Busou Shinkis.
About the Author: Dremare Jetfire's Journals Jetfire's Journals Tone: Mostly serious, a little humour.
Synopsis: Jetfire and his companions are apparently in an alien world, with no recollection of how they got there. Things are not as they first appear, however, and his adventures take some strange and surprising turns.
About the Author: JetnotSkyfire Obsidian's Lament and other post-Beast Machines stories Obsidian's Lament. The Recruit. Feral Impulses. Vehitopia. Tone: Drama and adventure.
Synopsis: A continuation of the Beast Machines series, depicting events after the reformatting of Cybertron. The main characters are Obsidian and Cheetor.
About the author: Shane Anderson Out Of The Dead Land Out Of The Dead Land Tone: Action Adventure Photo-Novel
Synopsis:The war is over. The Autobots won. But for those who fought, the scars of their million year war still linger, and peace is an unfamiliar, unsettling place to be. Putting down their weapons and rebuilding their world proves to be almost as challenging as fighting the war. And yet, all this struggle might be for nothing. For in the shadows, a dark presence watches the Autobot city and whispers:
“Decepticons forever….”
About the Author: Coolhand Prime Time! Prime Time! Tone: Series of humorous moments held together by a serious plot. Non-
TF characters involved.
Synopsis: What happens when two Primes meet? Only one can be boss! A battle of egos turns ugly when a third party becomes involved! Add in various other mecha and a few beautiful women and you have an adventure in the makings!
About the Author: Chaos Incarnate Roll Call Roll Call Tone:Mostly serious, with a good amount of humor.
Synopsis: Various stories following multiple factions as they attempt to coexist in the same house. Just learning the rules can be maddening. But, ignorance can be lethal, depending on who's side you're on. Plenty of humorous moments mixed with thick storytelling and quite a lot of action!
About the Author: Pun-3X Sharkticomics Sharkticomics Tone: Mix of Humor and Serious.
Synopsis: Energon Sharkticon is the main character, and you just never know what's going to happen next. Especially when the comic maker isn't sure about that himself. The fourth wall is broken on many levels (there are other readers who have become regular characters).
About the Author: Sharktibolt Sidelines: Ultra Magnus Sidelines: Ultra Magnus Tone: Serious-toned comic.
Synopsis: Ultra Magnus is introduced in this story as a character from a different world. Along with his comrades, new and old, they find themselves caught in battle with the Decepticons and their new leader, The Fallen. Now Magnus has to deal with these issues and find his answers to his sudden existence in an obscure dimension.
About the Author: bryan_too The Kingdom of Evan The Kingdom of Evan Tone: Serious, Toy-inhabitants, Non-
TF characters Involved
Synopsis: In the Kingdom of Evan, Autobots are in charge (led by the New Prime, an individual struggling to escape the legacy of the Original Optimus Prime) and the world seems to be at peace. But the evils of the past will not slumber for long, and the constant dissension amongst factions as well as the reawakening of the Ancients and their bodyguards threaten everything the Kingdom stand for.
About the Author: Radioactive Ravage The Life of Camshaft The Life Of Camshaft Tone: Serious, Some Humour, Toy-inhabitants, Non-
TF characters Involved
Synopsis:Think your life's bad? You might wanna meet CamShaft. See how he eludes an annoying fanboy and deals with unusual characters like a cute-loving macho, a pompous clown with an exploding gun, and a very merry coin box! As if this isn't bad enough, sinister villains await to end the lives of his "friends" as well as his own!
About the Author: Z.U.D.O.N Transformers: Classic War Transformers: Classic War Tone: Action Adventure Photos-with-graphic-backgrounds-Novel
Synopsis: After the two factions of Transformers were established on Earth, the war escalated. The Decepticons have turned their cheap grabs for power and energon into distractions for the ultimate control of the planet Cybertron. Will the Autobots see the bigger picture before it's too late? What sort of cruel puppetmasters are pulling the strings?
About the author: Zherbus Transformers: Matrix Transformers: Matrix Tone: Serious, Adventure, Tiny amount of humor
Synopsis: Transformers : Matrix is the story of Optimus Prime, who had to rebuild his society after an unknown apocalyptic event using the Creation Matrix, hence, the title. However, some of his recreations turned on him, and now he and a small group fight the minions of the Decepticon Council, and try to restore order.
About the author:Sage o' G-fruit Transformers: Retribution Transformers: Retribution Tone: Action-Adventure/Drama
Synopsis: The Decepticons are undermanned and outgunned, so Megatron enlists a new recruit of a highly questionable nature and assigns Thundercracker to train it! Based on, but definitely not restricted to,
G1 continuity, this photocomic features several custom Alternators and Masterpieces and some unique environments, with a few laughs to lighten it up.
About the author:StarFire MK2 Transformers: Wreckers Transformers: Wreckers Tone: Serious, dark at times.
Synopsis: In a future Cybertron where the Decepticons have been disassembled and become mere space pirates, the Autobots are thriving as the United Cybertronian Federation. However, in an organized attack on all Autobot ships in an effort to weaken the Federation, the ship of the Autobot team The Wreckers, was shot down over an uncharted planet. Now, alone on the planet with a team of powerful Decepticons hunting them down, the Wreckers must survive on this hostile planet. But deep within the core of the world holds a dark secret that could threaten the very existence of Cybertronian life.
About the author:Sage o' G-fruit TCracker's Mind Numb: The Shiyakusho Saga TCracker's Mind Numb: The Shiyakusho Saga Tone: Serious photo-comic.
Synopsis: A century has passed since the last civil war with the Decepticons. New founded technology had enabled the Cybertronians to access multiple planes of existence aka "Alternities". The saga details the internal struggle of the Cybertronians and the quest of preservation of balance for all alternities. Danger looms in form of a sole rogue alternity traveller - Dark Convoy who threatens the existence of ALL alternities. The fate of their very existence hangs in the balance and whatever is causing the decay and crumbling of many alternities must be stopped. No matter the cost.
About the Author: TCracker Warring At Play Warring At Play Tone: Drama, adventure and humor, some romance.
Synopsis: What happens when an insane, megalomaniacal toy engineers a toy holocaust? Being a toy doesn't stop Megatron from waging an all out genocidal war!
About the Author: Polenicus 
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