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Sizzle (G1)

2012-04-26T21:32:00Z

74.203.192.23: /* IDW Comics continuity */

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{{disambig3|Sizzle}}
:''Sizzle is an [[Autobot]] [[Sparkabot]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1Sizzle%28sparkabot%29 cardart.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He's clenching his tiny fists in anger because Prime made him stand still for the photo.]]

'''Sizzle''' is always looking for a race or a fight, or both. He's only happy when he's plunging into something risky. Whatever subprogram his control systems have that serves the purpose of adrenaline, Sizzle is addicted to it. Unfortunately, though he can usually be found in the thick of combat, Sizzle is only an average warrior.

His exhaust would be great for roasting [[hot dog]]s; better even than a standard-issue [[laser scalpel]] set on low-intensity scan.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
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====Generation 1====
[[Image:City of Fear! Sizzle on Earth.jpg|left|162px|thumb|Stole Fizzle's colors while he was passed out drunk.]]
''Sent to [[Earth]] to keep tabs on the super-[[Decepticon]] [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Sizzle and his fellow "Sparkler Mini-Bots" tracked him to Florida. They would've been all too happy to stay on land and wait for reinforcements from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] once Galvatron dove beneath the waves, but ended up in conflict anyway, with their counterparts the [[Firecon|Firecons]]. Sizzle ran in blind panic from the high-temperature flames being spewed by his opponents, lamenting about his lack of any sort of a weapon (remember this part, kids). Suddenly, in a flash of brilliant insight, he remembered that he could shoot flame too! Quickly taking advantage of this revelation, Sizzle began to actually fight back. He was doing okay until the object of both groups' attention, Galvatron, returned from the ocean waters and began to leave. With no regard to personal safety (or sanity), Sizzle decided to ignore his previous orders just to observe Galvatron and went ahead and thrust his gun threateningly in the face of the most powerful Transformer in the known worlds, before being backhanded into a grove of palm trees. That's right, his gun — Sizzle probably had another flash of brilliant insight telling him to look at his hip holster, or something.'' {{storylink|Enemy Action!}}

''Realizing that maybe a few more cerebro-circuits were needed for this kind of work, the Sparklers decided to free [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] from the volcano where he had been lying inactive for the past few months. After successfully sending Galvatron running in one fight, Ultra Magnus and the Sparklers returned to Cybertron to gather the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]] for a full-scale assault on the Decepticon. They got caught up with fighting zombies and gladiators for a while, though, and the Wreckers ended up going without them.''

Sizzle was next seen in a Decepticon prison with his comrades when he, [[Fizzle]], and the [[Triggerbot]] [[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]] suddenly became qualified for a "work-release program". Sent ''back'' to Earth, they were used as running dogs for [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] to test out his new plan — human bounty hunters armed with Decepticon technology and let loose to capture the Autobots for him. The plan worked TOO successfully, as these [[Roadjammers]] attempted to capture some Decepticons as well. In the end, Sizzle and his fellows Autobots helped the Roadjammers escape Decepticon retribution. Afterward, they presumably either returned to Cybertron or made contact with the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. {{storylink|Ca$h and Car-nage!}}

====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
{{TransformersComicMagazin}}
Sizzle was among the Autobots monitoring the Decepticons from a distance when Megatron made peaceful gestures to Humanity in New York City. The Autobots returned to the Ark and discovered that a statue of Snaptrap that the Decepticons had gifted to New York was actually Snaptrap in disguise. Snaptrap went on a rampage and the Decepticons used this distraction to attack various other targets. Optimus Prime led the Autobots to narrowly defeat this menace. Sizzle, [[Scoop]], [[Quickmix]] and the other [[Sparkabot]]s managed to bring down [[Piranacon]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 4#Transformers in Action: The Troy Principle|Transformers in Action: The Troy Principle}}

He attended a meeting in which Optimus Prime lectured the Autobots on the basics of their mission and existence, and applauded Slapdash's call for a one-world Autobot government. He lamented that if he could be as cruel as the Decepticons, HE could rule [[Polyhex]] instead of [[Straxus]]. Later the Decepticons attacked an oil tanker, and he helped in the rescue effort. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 5|Transformers in the Battle for Peace: A Big Day for Powermaster Optimus Prime}}

===Official Transformers Generation 2 Annual===
Sizzle was an engineer back on Cybertron and was tasked with developing weapons for the Autobots. He was also instrumental in designing the Ark, and served as one of its crew. {{storylink|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual profile}}

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===IDW Comics continuity===
[[Image:SpotlightKup Sizzle.jpg|right|120px|thumb|YESSSSSS!!!!]]
At one point Sizzle was part of the same platoon as [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]], [[Pincher]] and [[Siren]], and most of them were later assigned to the ''[[Ark-17]]''. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Guzzle's Autopedia profile}} On the ''Ark-17'', Sizzle worked under [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] on the mission to retrieve the unstable Autobot, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. Lucky for him [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] showed up when he did, otherwise Springer would've probably thrown him into the next suicide mission. {{storylink|Spotlight: Kup}}

Sometime later, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] had hatched a plan boost Autobot morale by rebuilding and rehabilitating Kup using [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s [[Pretender]] technology that [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] had perfected. To maintain Kup's mental stability, it was agreed that he would never be told what he did to the ground teams from ''Ark-17'', and survivors such as Sizzle and Siren were sworn to silence. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 15}}

Sizzle was among the Autobots living on Cybertron once the war was over and the planet was restored. He worked with observing incoming Cybertronian spaceships as they returned to their home planet. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson}} He was hanging around in the Autobot command hub when [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] put a stop to the energy discharges that had been causing explosions on Cybertron. {{storylink|Stick Together}} He was later seen at exactly the same place.{{storylink|Devisive}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1-toy Sizzle.jpg|right|250px|thumb|]]
*'''Sizzle''' (Sparkabot, 1988)

: Sizzle transforms into a black funny car with silver paint decos for his windows, exhaust and engine. As a [[Sparkabot]], in this mode he has a friction-motor gimmick that not only propels his vehicle mode forward, but causes "cold" sparks to shoot from his back end. His robot mode is rather monochromatic as it is almost entirely red.

: This mold was also used to make [[Hotspark]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Autobot/Sizzle/sizzle.htm More information on Sizzle at TFU.info.]''
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===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2-toy_SizzleSparkabot.jpg|right|250px|thumb|]]
*'''Sizzle''' (Sparkabot, 1994)

: A partially translucent redeco of his original toy, Sizzle still transforms into a funny car and retains his sparking gimmick. This toy was available only in the European market.

: Curiously, his card art shows his Sparkabot partner [[Blaze]], while Blaze's card depicts Sizzle. It is therefore arguable which ''Generation 2'' Sparkabot is which, but it can be reasonably assumed that the redeco of Generation 1 Sizzle is still Sizzle.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Autobot/Sizzle/sizzle.htm More information on Generation 2 Sizzle at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[Image:Blaze-UKcomic.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Sizzle? Blaze? Oh, I just give up.]]

* Sizzle and Fizzle's colors were switched throughout the UK Generation 1 comics, but only in robot mode. For his ''Generation 2'' toy, his robot mode colors actually reflected his UK coloration—so naturally the UK ''Generation 2'' comics switched his entire robot mode model with his fellow Sparkabot [[Blaze]], retaining the proper vehicle mode but in Blaze's colors.

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Hubcap (Animated)

2012-02-29T18:09:16Z

74.203.192.23:

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:''Hubcap is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Hubcapanimated.jpg|right|thumb|250px|I only got two pair. I got a pair of aces... and ''another'' pair of aces.]]
'''Hubcap''' isn't someone you want to get in a card game with. Unless you ''like'' losing your shirt. Seriously. Nice guy and all, but if the subject of three-card monte comes up, just politely decline and walk away, alright? You'll be glad you did.

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==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[Image:EndgamePart2-Sentinel.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Check out my head!]]
During the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]], Hubcap was stationed as a communications officer. He reported to [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] on the [[Decepticon]]s' attack on the [[Hydrax Plateau]]. {{Storylink|Bots of Science}}

Many years later, Hubcap was part of the crowd cheering for [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and his crew when they returned to Cybertron victorious, with [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] and the rest of the Decepticons captured. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

When [[Depth Charge (Animated)|Depth Charge]] chewed out [[Cheetor (Animated)|Cheetor]] for his recklessness, [[Stungun (Animated)|Stungun]] was speaking with [[Jackpot (Animated)|Jackpot]] and Hubcap in the next room. {{storylink|Moving Violations}}

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==Notes==
* Hubcap was revealed along with [[Rosanna (Animated)|Rosanna]] on the cover of ''[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club]]'' [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 26|#26]].
* His name, which had been conjecture when he was first revealed, was finally confirmed in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]''.
* Hubcap is a good pal of [[Jackpot (Animated)|Jackpot]], just like his [[Hubcap (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]] is with [[Jackpot (G1)|Generation 1 Jackpot]] in the [[Fun Publications]] stories!
* Hubcap wears the popular [[65356-9292-346]] [[body-type]].

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[[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]

Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It

2012-01-17T19:43:40Z

74.203.192.23: /* Notes */

{{Comicstory|
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|prev=Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime
|next=Liars, A to D Part 2
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|title="Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[January 11]], [[2012]]
|coverdate=January 2012
|story by=[[James Roberts]]
|art by=[[Nick Roche]]
|colors by=[[Josh Burcham]]
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2011)]]
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'''It's launch day for Rodimus and the crew of the ''Lost Light''—what could possibly go wrong?'''

==Synopsis==
Following [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|departure]] from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] publicly announces his intent to do likewise aboard the ''[[Lost Light]]'', following the map found within the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] in hopes of locating the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] predicts virtually no [[Autobot]]s will respond to his open invitation to join him, but Rodimus winds up with a little over two hundred recruits, including (much to [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s consternation) [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]—who believes he is getting old, a concern punctuated by his failure to save the life of a [[NAIL]] who has committed suicide as a political protest—[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]—the loss of whose scientific talents particularly infuriates Prowl, prompting him to order the loading of a mysterious cargo onto the ''Lost Light''—and Chromedome's friend, [[Rewind]]. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], of course, has misgivings about nearly every recruit, but Rodimus is thrilled to have so many.

In the skies above Cybertron, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] grieves in his own way for the loss of the world he had known and all the memories he made there. Detecting a life-sign resembling [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]'s, he investigates a small shack, only to find the unhinged [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] talking to a collection of [[Sweep]] corpses that he has strung up inside. Cyclonus enters and interrupts him just as he is about to burn down the [[energon]]-soaked building, and Whirl immediately attacks him, professing innocence and explaining the bodies were already dead: he had merely collected them. Cyclonus, for his part, doesn't care in the slightest, but can't convince Whirl of this fact.

Elsewhere, [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] is running security checks on the Autobots who have signed up to join the ''Lost Light'': [[Brainstorm]], carrying a mysterious briefcase but exempted from security checks by Rodimus; [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], in the mood for "a good quest"; and [[Rung]], whom Red Alert does not recognize at first, despite having been a patient of his for six centuries. Rung tempts fate by commenting on his knack for staying out of trouble: before the sentence is even finished, Cyclonus and Whirl's running battle swoops through the area, and Rung winds up with his forearm cleaved off by Cyclonus's wing.

Ratchet, Chromedome and Rewind, meanwhile, are making for the ''Lost Light'' through the [[Mitteous Plateau]], but are running behind schedule due to Rewind's lack of a vehicular [[alternate mode]], a trait of his that Chromedome has never understood. Just as the group are about to start having an argument about the validity of alt mode variety, Cyclonus and Whirl come crashing down out of the sky, their battle at an end with Whirl the victor. Whirl spins a few quick lies and is about to deliver a killshot when a sudden, unexpected energon explosion from beneath the ground blows him to bits. Peering into the blast crater, the Autobots find [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], who, unbeknownst to them, is a Cybertronian from six million years ago who was supposed to be on the ''[[Ark (G1)#IDW Generation 1 comics|Ark I]]'', but became trapped underground in a subsidence. He has spent the past six thousand millennia periodically going offline and reawakening, unaware that any time has passed, until he was just now finally able to detonate the energon rations he had with him in bid for freedom. Panicking and passing out before he can tell anyone any of this due to his belief he has killed Whirl, Tailgate is brought aboard the ''Lost Light'' by the Autobots, as are Whirl and Cyclonus. Rewind takes advantage of the brief confusion to slip off and purchase some golden discs from [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]].

Soon after, the ''Lost Light'' takes off, and Bumblebee complains to Prowl that he thought he had a plan... at which point the ship is crippled by a mysterious explosion that forces the ship to [[quantum jump]] before preparation is complete, hurling it off to some far corner of the galaxy. A fifth of the ship's crew is sucked out into space before the breached hull repairs itself, and Rodimus orders them to set down on a desolate nearby planet, where they watch as the Autobots come raining down, burning up as they enter the atmosphere. All in all, as Rodimus succinctly puts it: "Not a good start."

And back on Cybertron, as Bumblebee sits in horrified mourning, back in Prowl's quarters a scrambled transmission plays. A transmission from one of the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>'s crew. A transmission that has been sent back in time, from the future. But it has arrived too late, and now Rodimus will never hear the warnings of the dangers that await them...

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*[[Drift (G1)|Drift]] (3)
*[[Dipstick]] (4)
*[[Xaaron]] (5)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (6)
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*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (24)
*[[Fizzle]] (25)
*[[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] (26)
*[[Rollout (G1)|Rollout]] (27)
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==Quotes==

"Did he give you all that scrap about finding the Knights of Cybertron and retracing our steps to the Golden Age? It's all scripted, you know, Drift writes it for him."
:—'''Bumblebee''''s not bitter!

"You know what '''your''' problem is, Chromedome? You think that just because the war is '''over''', we can afford to stop '''fighting'''!"
:—'''Prowl''', summed up in one sentence.

"'''Please''' tell me you're here to wave us off." 
"No, no, no, I'm here for the quest. Love a good quest. Haven't been on a quest since the whole Luna 1 thing. The Moonquest." 
"Stop saying 'quest.'" 
"So, can I go on board?" 
"Of course—if you promise to never, ever speak."
:—'''Red Alert''' and '''Swerve''' evidently have a history.

"Oh, it's started. The alt mode bashing. Every time you get '''agitated'''... Let's have a go at Rewind because he turns into a '''giant memory stick''' and not a... '''super space tank''' or—or—whatever..."
:—'''Rewind''', on the defensive.

"Remember the old saying? 'Everyone's shape serves a purpose.'" 
"Yeah? Tell that to Sky Lynx."
:—'''Rewind''' and '''Ratchet''' have a difference of opinion.

"Don't open the coffin. Don't let them take [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]. Don't go to Delphi. And do not — I repeat do not — look in the basement. And for the sake of the Cybertronian race itself, please don't''kzzzzzzzk''"
:—'''Ominous Future Message'''

==Notes==

*The title of this issue pays homage to the Dexys Midnight Runners' song, "Liars, A to E" (with A and D of course standing for "Autobot" and "Decepticon"). James Roberts previously used it as the title for a comic-strip prequel to his unofficial Transformers novel, "Eugenesis", published in the souvenir magazine for UK convention Transforce 2001.
*The NAIL who dies on Ratchet's table could previously be spotted in three scenes in ''[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime]]'', carrying the placard that lies discarded in the corner of the room in this issue. He was red in that issue, indicating that he has turned grey upon his death, a trait that stretches back to ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', but which has only been seen in IDW continuity before now in ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'', which was not coincidentally the work of this issue's creative team.
[[Image:Mtmte brainstorm teaser.jpg|right|thumb]]
*The trailer Tailgate is carrying his energon rations in is a [[Micro Trailer]].
*Tailgate thinks the ''Ark'' is doomed without him. The mission ''did'' go [[Spotlight: Galvatron|horribly wrong]]...
*After having spent the entirety of ''[[Infestation (IDW)|Infestation]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Heart of Darkness|Heart of Darkness]]'' and ''[[Chaos (IDW)|Chaos]]'' being misidentified in-story as a Decepticon, Cyclonus is finally back to asserting that he is an unaffiliated Cybertronian.
*Several concepts introduced in Roberts's earlier story "[[Bullets]]" reoccur: Brainstorm's [[Malevolent Counterintuitive Pathogen|mysterious briefcase]], Rung's fondness for model spacecraft, Whirl being kicked off the Wreckers under unspecified circumstances, and an unseen Autobot named [[Hyperion (G1)|Hyperion]].
*Brainstorm's security pass sports a [[Tech Spec]]s graph and a [[rubsign]].
*Their small size makes them hard to determine, but at least some of Rung's model spaceships are recognizable: they at least include the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] as it appeared in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]], the [[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]] from Beast Wars, and a [[Trident Attack Craft]]. We wager there are more familiar ships in there!
*We don't know if Prowl was responsible for the explosion but...
*Among the list of lost Autobots is one new name: [[Polaris]]. This ''might'' be a reference to online Transformers fanzine [http://www.polarismagazine.co.uk/ Polaris Magazine], whose publisher Graham Thomson is a long-time member of Transmasters, the UK fan group that Roberts and Roche were both major contributors to.
*The release of this issue was preceded by a "scavenger hunt" of sorts on [[January 10]]th, with one each of a series of twelve images spotlighting individual characters being released to twelve different websites, both Transformers fansites and popular comic book new sites. Only eight actually made it up before the book's release: [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/transformers-mtmte-1-promo-image---out-tomorrow-174117/ Brainstorm at TFW2005] (at right), [http://www.newsarama.com/comics/transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye-120110.html Drift at Newsarama], [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=36350 Ratchet at ComicBookResources], [http://uk.comics.ign.com/articles/121/1216240p1.html Red Alert at IGN], [http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/exclusive-transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye-promo-art/23642/ Rewind at Seibertron], [http://tformers.com/transformers-exclusive-transformers-more-than-meets/16985/news.html Rung at TFormers], [http://www.allspark.com/content/view/9829/ Swerve at the AllSpark] and [http://www.fullmetalhero.com/content/idw-transformers-more-than-meets-eye-1-treasure-hunt-exclusive-image-2604/ Whirl at FullMetalHero]. Subsequently revealed were [http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=269973&highlight=#269973 Chromedome on the IDW forums], [https://twitter.com/#!/TheJohnBarber/status/157175756353585152/photo/1 Cyclonus on John Barber's Twitter], [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150512162858279&set=a.10150239372238279.337626.8473603278&type=1 Rodimus on IDW's Facebook] and [http://ryalltime.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/mtmte-teaser-ultra-magnus/ Ultra Magnus on Chris Ryall's blog].

===Errors===

===Covers (7)===
All seven covers to this issue feature a silver foil-stamped logo.
* '''Cover A:''' Ratchet by [[Alex Milne]] and Josh Burcham
* '''Cover B:''' Ultra Magnus by Alex Milne and Josh Burcham
* '''Cover C:''' Rodimus by by Alex Milne and Josh Burcham
* '''Cover D:''' Drift by by Alex Milne and Josh Burcham
* '''Cover E:''' The assembled cast by Nick Roche and Josh Burcham, in homage to 1987's ''Justice League'' #1.
* '''Cover RIA:''' Fold-out gatefold cover combining the interlinked covers A-D.
* '''Cover RIB:''' Blank cover for hand-drawn sketches

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