“So, what do you think? Is it alright? What does it look like?”
Bumblebee and Sari traded a look, both evaluating each other before they turned back toward Bulkhead, who was shuffling nervously in place, waiting for their final judgement. Tilting her head to the side, eyes critical, Sari hummed.
It had been a while since she had been able to indulge in the whole Halloween spirit with her robot friends, and she was forced to admit finding disguise was far harder for robots than it was for humans – and as a half-robot girl, she knew what she was talking about. But for once, both Bulkhead and Bumblebee were free for Halloween, so it called out for a celebration – and teenage appearance or not, she was still legally twelve by now, so it wasn’t as if she was too old for tricks-or-treats, right?
Costumes, though, costumes were always a problem.
After her ‘upgrade’, pretty much all of her old Halloween costumes had been scrapped, alongside her Optimus’ disguise, and her Dad had strictly forbidden her to even think about trying out some of the ‘sexy witches’ outfits she had seen in a couple of stores. Given how livid he had been, she had decided to listen and had managed to figgle a homemade costume together – a character from Ninja Gladiator.
Bumblebee, in a fit of genius, had managed to get his servos on old tarpaulins he had somewhat, awkwardly managed to sew together in something resembling a shirt. Not only that, but by means unknown, he had also found enough straw to put together a hat and stuck the rest in his makeshift shirt, thus turning himself into a cheeky looking scarecrow. Honestly, Sari wasn’t surprised he had managed to get himself something so fast and so easily; Bee was small enough to only need some material and creativity.
Bulkhead, though… Well, Bulkhead was big, and his options were limited. Sure, Sari had suggested he’d just get a tarpaulin to be a ghost, like on their first Halloween before the crazy Spider-lady crashed the party, but Bulkhead had said he had plans already.
And now, Sari couldn’t help but be impressed. Painted entirely orange, with a ‘hat’ made with what might have been a garbage can cover in the past, a few black lines to give the illusion of relief… No wonder it had taken her big pal so long to get ready!
Slowly, the little techno-organic broke into a smile as Bumblebee high-fived.
“Bulkhead, my friend, you look like the biggest, sweetest pumpkin I ever saw! And now, how about we go chase down those sweets?”
The second printing of the TFNation 2017 exclusive graphic novel was recently posted to the attendees who missed out on it at the con, and is now arriving in US mailboxes! I think that means it’s well past time we gave you a proper three-page-preview, so check out the beginning of the story in these pages from Chapter 1, featuring art, colours AND sfx by @kingoji and letters by Andrew Turnbull! @dyemooch provides the cover, and @herzspalter and Gavin Spence drew Chapters 2 and 3, all written by me and Jim Sorenson!
(“Trial and Error” is an unofficial graphic novel based on the unmade Season 4 of Transformers Animated, bringing the series to a conclusion. It is a non-profit production, unaffiliated with Hasbro, produced exclusively for attendees of TFNation 2017.)
this one was a cute idea and I loved drawing it! theres actually a panel on the latest comic “trial and error” where Bumblebee plays with sari’s pigtails, and it was adorable. so I kinda wanted something similar with kid sari.
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