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Transformers: Spotlight - Blurr
It was a time before the Great War, and Cybertron was experiencing the end of its Golden Age and was in desperate need of heroes. Instead, it found itself with celebrities, the greatest of which was Blurr. But change is swift, and Blurr was faced with a decision that could send Cybertron into its darkest age.
26 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 23, 2011
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June 4, 2026
he was kinda an ass at first but at least he made the right decision :DD
June 17, 2025
I really have so little to say about this one.
This was fine. It was pretty shallow as far as spotlights go but y'know... it's Blurr. My only big comment is that I laughed so very hard at the Autobots and Decepticons giving Blurr pamphlets. That was just so silly. Yeah, very bloody and crazy revolution going on, but they super have time to make pamphlets to recruit people with. Also like what would those pamphlets even say? The Decepticons is just an ebook of "Towards Peace" by Megatron. Legitimately, I'm not even sure the Autobot code was created yet by that time. I think the Autobots were still just the senate's kind of fictitious "not the Decepticons" faction.
This was fine. It was pretty shallow as far as spotlights go but y'know... it's Blurr. My only big comment is that I laughed so very hard at the Autobots and Decepticons giving Blurr pamphlets. That was just so silly. Yeah, very bloody and crazy revolution going on, but they super have time to make pamphlets to recruit people with. Also like what would those pamphlets even say? The Decepticons is just an ebook of "Towards Peace" by Megatron. Legitimately, I'm not even sure the Autobot code was created yet by that time. I think the Autobots were still just the senate's kind of fictitious "not the Decepticons" faction.
June 24, 2026
I just wanna say: I understand Swerve COMPLETELY 😍😍😍. Even away from my robot-fuckerness, I really just love Blurr's design. Everything about him just screams "speed." I love that his helm looks like those old Corinthiom war helmets or the stereotypical Roman gladiator helmets, not because he's a fighter, bit because he's a celebrity. Did you know that gladiators were treated like celebrities? Rarely did they fight to the death. It was basically the Roman version of wrestling. I also LOVE the wings on the side of his helm. Another thing is that everything in his design points backward because he moves forward. He's also blue. If a character is blue, my chances of liking them raise up to 90%.
Anyway, I really liked this comic. Reading this series made me realize I do better with emotion instead of action. The main issue thar Blurr faces in this comic is that the world is changing and he is losing the celebrity life that he's so used to. I like how quickly the tone changes because it matches how quickly life can change. Before the explosion destroyed the race track, the panels were full of life and other bots, but after, it's all lonely. It's further heightened by Blurr constantly being placed in the center frame, with nothing on the sides. They're also able to showcase the feeling of loneliness and hopelessness by how many quiet frames there are.
One moment I loved was in the beginning of the comic, we see these Cybertronians using this thing called "Simultronic."" It's like virtual reality, but since they're robots and it literally links to their brain, it's a highly addictive material. Blurr judges the two bots we see for using it, saying, "Brain fry. Who would ever want to run from a world like this?" But, after the explosion and he goes back to the same bar, there's a moment where he goes back to the spot that those bots were sitting in and picks up the simultronic. There's no dialpgue, but the image lets us know that he's contemplating on using it. I really enjoyed these moments paired together.
Blurr was also kind of a jerk before the explosion. Not purposefully, but he was wilfully ignorant. He didn't know about the political unrest going on, and he didn't care to know. He continually forgets his coworkers/employees' names too and doesn't even consider the fact that they can't go to the party he invited them to because of their rank. He doesn't even notice that they're not there when he's AT the party!
OP appears in this comic, and hea being good as usual. When Starscream offers Blurr to be a Decepticon, he lists out Blurr's worst traits, but says that can be a good thing because "he can use people." Optimus turns these traits more positively and says that, while he did like being the center of attention in his races, he did it because he likes inspiring people, not because he could control them. It lets you see how different Autobot and Decepticon recruitment are. Both found Blurr at his worse but, while Starscream offered Blurr to go deeper in his shitty feelings, Optimus encouraged him out of it.
I think that Blurr is a character that wants to feel liked as well as useful. Racing gave him both of that. I think it's why he agreed to help OP with his goal. By helping Autobots, he can inspire others and feel liked and useful. People often say that wanting to be liked is a selfish goal, but I don't think that's the case. It's natural to want to be liked. What matters is what you do with being liked and what you do to be liked. Blurr wanted to be liked because he wanted to help inspire people, and that's exactly what he did in the end.
Then there are some personal issues. The biggest one is that Kup called Orion Pax "Optimus." This takes place before or during Autocracy, right? He isn't supposed to be Optimus Prime yet.
Anyway, I really liked this comic. Reading this series made me realize I do better with emotion instead of action. The main issue thar Blurr faces in this comic is that the world is changing and he is losing the celebrity life that he's so used to. I like how quickly the tone changes because it matches how quickly life can change. Before the explosion destroyed the race track, the panels were full of life and other bots, but after, it's all lonely. It's further heightened by Blurr constantly being placed in the center frame, with nothing on the sides. They're also able to showcase the feeling of loneliness and hopelessness by how many quiet frames there are.
One moment I loved was in the beginning of the comic, we see these Cybertronians using this thing called "Simultronic."" It's like virtual reality, but since they're robots and it literally links to their brain, it's a highly addictive material. Blurr judges the two bots we see for using it, saying, "Brain fry. Who would ever want to run from a world like this?" But, after the explosion and he goes back to the same bar, there's a moment where he goes back to the spot that those bots were sitting in and picks up the simultronic. There's no dialpgue, but the image lets us know that he's contemplating on using it. I really enjoyed these moments paired together.
Blurr was also kind of a jerk before the explosion. Not purposefully, but he was wilfully ignorant. He didn't know about the political unrest going on, and he didn't care to know. He continually forgets his coworkers/employees' names too and doesn't even consider the fact that they can't go to the party he invited them to because of their rank. He doesn't even notice that they're not there when he's AT the party!
OP appears in this comic, and hea being good as usual. When Starscream offers Blurr to be a Decepticon, he lists out Blurr's worst traits, but says that can be a good thing because "he can use people." Optimus turns these traits more positively and says that, while he did like being the center of attention in his races, he did it because he likes inspiring people, not because he could control them. It lets you see how different Autobot and Decepticon recruitment are. Both found Blurr at his worse but, while Starscream offered Blurr to go deeper in his shitty feelings, Optimus encouraged him out of it.
I think that Blurr is a character that wants to feel liked as well as useful. Racing gave him both of that. I think it's why he agreed to help OP with his goal. By helping Autobots, he can inspire others and feel liked and useful. People often say that wanting to be liked is a selfish goal, but I don't think that's the case. It's natural to want to be liked. What matters is what you do with being liked and what you do to be liked. Blurr wanted to be liked because he wanted to help inspire people, and that's exactly what he did in the end.
Then there are some personal issues. The biggest one is that Kup called Orion Pax "Optimus." This takes place before or during Autocracy, right? He isn't supposed to be Optimus Prime yet.
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May 24, 2026
Admittedly, while reading this one I was mostly eagerly awaiting the other issues after this one…but I don’t want to skip any of the IDW Transformers issues so I stuck this one out. It is probably because so far Blurr hasn’t really captured my interest, but I’m sure that will change in later issues where we get to see more of him.
It is pretty interesting to see how different he is from the Blurr of the 80s cartoon, though! The cartoon has been my first dive into Transformers so I’m not familiar with other iterations (for now). I get my man Blurr, as a major yapper and often fast talker as well
It is pretty interesting to see how different he is from the Blurr of the 80s cartoon, though! The cartoon has been my first dive into Transformers so I’m not familiar with other iterations (for now). I get my man Blurr, as a major yapper and often fast talker as well
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June 7, 2026(Read collected edition).
After the previous story's murky colours and cynical tone, the coherent designs and bright colours of this short were very refreshing. I was distracted by the plot’s similarity to the film Cars - but in a children’s comic about robots that turn into vehicles, I ought not to have found this surprising.
After the previous story's murky colours and cynical tone, the coherent designs and bright colours of this short were very refreshing. I was distracted by the plot’s similarity to the film Cars - but in a children’s comic about robots that turn into vehicles, I ought not to have found this surprising.
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