See this crudely-drawn diagram:



The fluid should be draining down, towards the observers' feet, as in this sketch, but instead, it's draining up, towards their heads.

 

I didn't notice it when I first read it, but now its been pointed out it really bothers me. That's a pretty annoying mistake.

 

I had a llittle surprise geek moment this weekend. I went to the Nan Desu Kan anime and video game convention in Denver and bumped into Sarah Stone in her art booth. I had NO idea that she was going to be there. Also cool because it happened to be my birthday. Got a signed print of Windblade issue # ' cover. SWEET!

 

Oooh, now I see it. Goddamnit this comic is now ruined forever.

 

Ms. Stone just keeps getting better.

 

Oh Wheeljack, how I've missed you!

 

The shot of everyone standing there looks really, really bad.

I feel like Stone's art is getting lost in it's own style. It's just... unappealing, and inconsistent. Starscream's proportions continue to be off-putting and ill-fittign, Ironhide's way too big, and Windblade still has that "deer-caught-in-headlights" expression. Whever she's looking at something she always looks like it's the most shocking thing ever. Also, she's sporting two decidedly differnet proportions in the recap, and never looks quite the same twice. The proportions overall are just off and inconsistent. It's like its going for all flare rather than actual coherant imagery.

Yeah, the art's really not good. Also, do-ho-ho, Wheeljack fell out upside down, but, um, why? Why is he upside down, why does he just fall out? Isn't that a repair chamber? Why would it just dup him out like that? Was it designed with comedic effect in mind?

 

Maybe it went up, and what was left fell out.

 

That's actually impossible with the way the fluid is drawn.

 

Sucked up, perhaps?

 

Ummmm... maybe there's image distortion from the convex curve of the glass.... ?  

I got nothin'.

I think I'm maybe more forgiving of her stylization than you are, but I think you're correct on each count.

Even if it was just for the sake of a visual gag, it would still be worth it. Lighten up.  

I suppose you could argue that it's a visual analogy to the birth process? Or rebirth, in this instance.

But yeah, I think this is the first time we've seen anyone upside-down in a CR tank. Also, is it standard procedure for them to break open when the person inside wakes up, dumping them on their head/ass? Seems like kind of a design flaw.  

zmog

 

Sorry, I think I might have had my RID-goggles on.

Like I said, that's impossible. If you've seen water sucked up, it doesn't flow up in a straight line. The way it's drawn, it's sitting water with gravity causing it to sit evenly across the tube.

 

I give up then. I'll just go with it.

 

I'll buy Wheeljack being naturally clumsy enough to stumble out in any way he wants. I'm sure I've managed less-possible feats of mis-coordination.

It somehow seems right for Mr. Shockblast Cannon.

 

Wheeljack's got his Prime bod! First TFP Bulkhead appears in Monstrosity, then Knock Out makes a cameo in Windblade, now... Wheeljack's got his Prime body! I'm loving how TFP is influencing the G1 series. Awesome!

 

It's the same body he's had throughout RID, which is sort of an amalgamation of his Generations toy and WFC/FOC designs, it's just Stone's style making it seem "Prime-y".
As posted by Jalaguy earlier in the thread: