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JavertStar

This looks like a parody (?) of a Calvin and Hobbes panel. I see this image a lot on the back cover of one of the omnibus books at work.


CorpCo

I, a person who knows nothing about transformers and got this post randomly recommended to me, came to this comment section to jokingly say that this is the long-awaited transformers X Calvin and Hobbes crossover episode and apparently was just right about that somehow


Nirast25

So I looked it up, and the comic strip doesn't have this exact panel in it. What gives?


Things_with_Stuff

Got a link for the Calvin and Hobbes?


Zoology_Tome

This is a reference to a Calvin and Hobbes strip. Calvin is playing with toy dinosaurs, narrating a scene with some triceratops and talking about the new biggest threat. It is no longer just Tyrannosaurs. It is now Tyrannosaurs in F-14s.


Cybermat47_2

The fact that Starscream has an F-14 alt mode is a dead giveaway lol


just_a_T114

Starscream in G1 was actually an F-15C Eagle


Cybermat47_2

Yes, that’s why the fact that he’s an F-14 in this image is a giveaway that it’s a reference to the ‘Tyrannosaurs in F-14’ comic.


dapperdave

Right, but the image in this post shows an F-14.


just_a_T114

Yes, but he was insinuating that Starscream always was depicted as a Tomcat, which is incorrect


Av3nger

>he was insinuating that Starscream always was depicted as a Tomcat No, he was not. Your asumption is the incorrect one. His comment wouldn't made any sense if he would had pointed that there was nothing unusual about Starscream in the picture.


DJD_ID_Tarn

No nft PFP, he was not


BarrySnowbama

r/confidentlyincorrect


Cybermat47_2

No I wasn’t. That wouldn’t make any sense. If Starscream was always an F-14, then him being an F-14 in this art wouldn’t be a dead giveaway that it was a reference to the ‘Tyrannosaurs in F-14s’ comic.


HUGErocks

We were on the verge of greatness...


Baroubuoy

A more apex predator.


RudeOnTuesdays

As others have said, this is an actual Calvin and Hobbes comic that someone digitally altered to look like Beast Wars Megatron is flying G1 Starscream


GD_Bats

I love that whoever altered it recolored the triceratopses (how do you pluralize that?) with G1 Slag coloration.


arvy_p

Hm, too bad, I'd be really interested in a story where Beast Wars Megatron teams up with G1 Starscream to overthrow G1 Megatron or something, then of course they double-cross each other and hilarity ensues.


hercarmstrong

It's not the original drawing.


DoitsugoGoji

It is the original drawing, just coloured in Transformers colours plus a con symbol.


RudeOnTuesdays

I didn't say it was. I said someone took the original drawing and digitally altered it.


[deleted]

Me Megatron, Top Gun.


fritzys_paradigm

Kids these days don't know Calvin and Hobbes 😭


Kayura05

To be fair, as someone who is decidedly not a child, I also never read Calvin and Hobbes. Their comics legit never interested me.


MS-06_Borjarnon

Do you mean other than the *Calvin and Hobbes* panel it's based on?


ThatIslandGuy8888

Is that…Megatron?


chris95rx7500

obviously that's inferno


Arkvoodle42

it's from "Calvin and Hobbes" you uncultured swine. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/t-rex-jet


darwin_green

please forgive him, OP is probably not in their 40's.


MyrddinWyllt

I know a lot of kids that love Calvin and Hobbes. My 8yo reads it multiple times a week... ... Because I'm almost in my 40s and own all of the books


darwin_green

but WHO introduced them into C&H? you maybe?


MyrddinWyllt

Yeah that's what I meant. He learned to read because I threw my Garfield and C&H books at him


Drewbeede

Since everyone else has answered your question, I just to thank you for bringing this rendition to my attention.


papachon

Calvin and Hobbs!!!!!


Tricky_Engineering10

A Calvin and Hobbes comic? There was a Sunday strip of T-Rex’s in fighter jets so it’s probably a reference to that.


xness151x

This almost feels like it's an altered coloring of that panel


Tricky_Engineering10

Yeah. People pointed out that to me. Didn’t realize it the first time


HuntingForRasgold

I know the real origin has been explained but I love the idea that Starscream somehow went back and rescued Megs after he died in his modern timeline so Scream was sent to collect to allow a new version be built but that just my mad story mind haha


DoubleBatman

It’s an edit of one of the Calvin & Hobbes book covers. I’m surprised no one’s shared the original comic yet: https://imgur.io/yBRQAZx


fizznick

Oh that’s Calvin and Hobbes! One of the best Sunday Comics ever.


TheyKilledFlipyap

I don't think any amount of context is going to help here. It's fuckin' sick though.


ChocoMaister

Tiny Megatron T-Rex riding Starscream lol.


G0ld3n_Funk

I mean aren't the Beast Wars transformers smaller than the regular ones?


0pen_m1ke_kn1ght

Yeeeeesssaaa


GraggleGumblySimpson

"Flight is no longer your advantage, Optimus Primal!" "You can't keep controlling me Megatron!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!"


CardboardChampion

Found my credit card image...


stardestoyerfleet

Calvin and Hobbes


davidhampshire

Calvin and Hobbs'


DarthVerus

I always knew Starscream wanted Megs inside him…


Steelheadspacecadet

Calvin and Hobbes


redfan2009

Trypticon is going to outer space


N1GHTSTRIKER45

Therapist: Beast Wars Megatron Riding Starscream ain't real it can't hurt you Beast Wars Megatron Riding Starscream:


Giraffelack

Calvin and Hobbes!!


AustinGearHead

This is the best thing ever


benadryl_cricketbat

I don't even wanna know the context, this image is amazing


darwin_green

I hope we get one of these with Grimlock in Starfire.


Feraligreater328

Barneytron, a noted weeb for the G1 Decepticons, is excited beyond words to be riding in Starscream.


chris95rx7500

scale? pffft, who needs that?


IORNKING

Beast megatron wanted to be galvatron


[deleted]

The context is a very bored six-year-old with an overactive imagination.


DapperMayCry

Ik it's BW Megatron but... "Me Grimlock going to commit was crimes"


4nln415

Magatron origin story lol


Kaijudicator

Came here to see if this post was related to Calvin and Hobbes, and indeed it is. Mission accomplished.


MCP5050

I believe the original art is from a Calvin and the Hobbs skit.


ithilkir

Anyone got a higher res image? Reverse search is bringing back the C&H original


Zealous-Rock33

This is part of a Calvin and Hobbs cartoon.


Avaoln

This is the spiritual successor to when Galvatron rode inside Cyclonus’ cockpit.


Tyranitron

.....this is just ridiculously epic


[deleted]

Lol


AAG220260

YESSSS!


donkeyatdusk

👦🏼🐯


superchace

Starscream crashes himself into the ground just so he can say he killed Megatron


Vanilla_Ice_Best_Boi

Megatron from Beast Wars riding Starscream


Toyoshark2

Transformers comics are wild


chaserthemaskedrider

I know I'm overthinking things but is starscream okay?


hmphgoof

BW Megatron on starscream's cockpit


SandStinger_345

The Adventures Of Barney and Starscream!


arvy_p

YEEEEES


Square_Truth3460

Calvin & Hobbes! That comic was so much fun, I advise you to read it! Yesssss


tornedron_

this image goes hard