ZeroWolf wrote:Deviations...oh that was the what if wasn't it?
As I said before, the main thing is that transformers are a toy where a robot changes to something else (in some cases they do not but outside of statues, we've gotten better about not doing that). The war is background fluff. The central idea wasn't "I want a story about two factions going to war!" But more "look here's these Japanese toys...let's market the heck out of them for kids!"
actually in the book and entertainment in general it isnt
thats why hasbro tasked marvel to create the IP for them.
the shape changing toys with no bios ,no names ,no faction or universe or history
werent enough to hook the public and they knew it.
which is why every bit of marketing for them specifically referenced said conflict.
the core concept of the book - which is what were really talking about here- is "the war", its not backround fluff. its literally the essence of this franchise . even fecking BAY got that.
you like IDWs current rip off of futuramas "all my circuits" well knock yourself out, but fans have been dumping this book en mass and IMO its due to IDW walking away from transformers comics core conceit.
oh and on them losing the license. yeah your right im guessing at it. IDW dont tell us stuff like "weve sacked aubrey sitteson at hasbros behest" we got to figure it out ourselves by our own observations ( and wait to have it confirmed by ryall AFTER "he stepped down" from the company- which he has) so i dont expect them to come out and say "weve lost the gig so heres all our years storylines in one go so we dont do a dreamwave on it")
but we can judge them on their actions and what theyre doing does not bode well. i mean does ANYONE expect the art in lost light to be anything but pure rushed garbage over the next few months? they cant produce good art as it is on a monthly basis. the whole thing feels like a wrap up so they can put all their books out in trade down the line to get some recycled revenue.
plus with the whole financial affairs they have theres no guarantee they'll be there in 2 years to make these books. Hasbro will certainly be thinking about that and how a move to dark horse might be a better option (if they dont just make the books inhouse themselves) certainly buying IDW wont be on their agenda when they could just pick it up out of bankruptcy.
by the way please post up the stats for digital sales if you have them. id love to see em. everyone keeps going on about them but ive never seen em save a book from cancellation or even seen one go digital only as its proven a more successful format for it. certainly not one that requires a hefty licence fee to be paid to another company to produce as well.