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Okay, in all seriousness, in parallel to Garry Chalk's annual Christmas greetings, David Kaye also does the same, as seen last Christmas Eve. David Kaye, in dark and ominous lighting, who is ready to tuck us in after a little Christmas Carol from Beast War's Megatron.
For those who don't know, David Kaye, in Transformers, has voiced Megatron and Savage Noble in Beast Wars and Beast Machines, Megatron/Galvatron in the Unicron Trilogy, Optimus Prime and MANY more characters in Animated, and finally, Hardshell, Hammerstrike, and Slashmark in the Aligned continuity.
So, we hope this gets you in the jolly mood, as Beast Wars Megatron puts you to sleep.
Date: Saturday, December 22nd 2018 12:13pm CST Categories:Comic Book News, People News Posted by:ZeroWolf | Credit(s): James Roberts Twitter Account, IGN
Thanks to a tweet from James Roberts, author Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye and Transformers: Lost Light comic book series, we've learned that Lost Light has won the People's Choice award in the annual IGN Best Comic Book awards. This category was open up for people to vote in.
We had previously reported here that the comic had been nominated and the competition it faced from Batman, Black Hammer: Age Of Doom, Black Panther, East of West, Go Go Power Rangers, Kill or Be Killed, The Mighty Thor, Monstress and Saga.
What do you think about this win? Do you think it was deserved? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.
Here's some odd but delightful news to share and it comes courtesy of BBC News Portsmouth. According to the report, a paleontology student at Portsmouth University has named a new species of Pterosaur after IDW Maximum Dinobot Comic Artist Nick Roche.
(What the Klobiodon Rochei might have looked like by Mark Witton)
The dinosaur's full name is Klobiodon rochei, with the first part of the name meaning "Cage Tooth" and the second referencing Nick.
Nick posted about the naming on Twitter, having shown his gratitude to the student by sending him some signed prints and a design page for IDW Swoop.
Nick Roche wrote:Oh, Can you please send that back, mate? I've been looking for that. Ta.
(Full dislcosure: Mikey's a paleontologist who named a FLIPPING DINOSAUR - Klobiodon Rochei - After me! https://t.co/8xE3CsaOSm)
Following on from the news earlier about new guests joining the TFcon in Los Angeles in March, We have received word from TFcon that another voice actor has signed up to appear. This time it's Dan Gilvezan! Who performed voice acting duties for several G1 characters like Bumblebee himself. He was also Spiderman in the Spiderman and his Amazing Friends cartoon.
Here's the full press release:
TFcon wrote:TFcon is very happy to announce Dan Gilvezan the voices of Bumblebee, Goldbug, Hot Spot, Outback, Rollbar, Scamper, Skids and Snapdragon in Transformers Generation 1 will be joining the G1 Reunion event happening at TFcon Los Angeles 2019. He is also known for his role as Spider-Man in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends.
Dan will be taking part in autograph sessions with the attendees of America’s largest fan-run Transformers convention on both Saturday and Sunday of the convention. Please check the TFcon website for the full guest signing schedule prior to the event for exact times. Dan Gilvezan is presented by Ages Three and Up.
Will you be attending this convention? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.
We have received word from TFcon that not one, but two more G1 voice actors have joined their G1 Reunion at TFcon Los Angeles 2019!
The voice actors are:
-Melendy Britt, voice of Alana and more famously, the voice of She-Ra!
Here's the full press release:
TFcon USA 2019 wrote:TFcon is happy to announce Melendy Britt the voice of Alana in Transformers Generation 1 will be joining the G1 Reunion event happening at TFcon Los Angeles 2019. Fans of the 80s will also remember her as She-Ra in Masters of the Universe.
Melendy will be taking part in autograph sessions with the attendees of America’s largest fan-run Transformers convention on Sunday, March 17th. Melendy Britt is presented by Ages Three and Up.
-Jack Angel, voice actor of Astrotrain, Breakdown, Cyclonus, Omega Supreme, Ramjet, Smokescreen and Ultra Magnus (Season 3).
Here's the full press release:
TFcon USA 2019 wrote:TFcon is happy to announce Jack Angel the voices of Astrotrain, Breakdown, Cyclonus, Omega Supreme, Ramjet, Smokescreen and Ultra Magnus in Transformers Generation 1 will be joining the G1 Reunion event happening at TFcon Los Angeles 2019. Fans of the 80s will also remember him as Wet Suit in GIJoe as well as Flash, Hawkman and Samurai in Super Friends.
Jack will be taking part in autograph sessions with the attendees of America’s largest fan-run Transformers convention all weekend. Jack Angel is presented by Ages Three and Up.
Will you be attending this convention? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.
With Bumblebee getting praise from critics and fans alike, Paramount and Hasbro are both looking to continue the live action film franchise and not waste a minute. Lorenzo Di Bonaventura has provided us with the very first details for the next Transformers film. You can read the quotes he gave to Slash Film below, but the major take away is that the next film will be a BIG Transformers film rather than a smaller character based film, and while it will be going a different direction than where the Michael Bay movies left us (i.e. probably no Unicron), it will not be a full on reboot. The fact that we get both appearances of Simmons and Bumblebee's Camaro mode in the Bumblebee movie is proof enough that what came before will not be fully ignored going forward, but the goal is still to give fans something new.
Take that as you will. Oh and Lorenzo also states clearly why he is not a fan of Unicron (which may give us a hint as to why the only live action TF film to have Unicron was the worst in the series so far).
“Reboot, I always hate that word because for one, I’m not sure I really understand what it means.” “We are going to do another big Transformers movie. It is going to be different than the ones that we’ve done before.”
“It’s not like we look at the elements of what we did before and go, ‘Well, let’s not do this’ or ‘Let’s not do that'.” “It’s more about how do you evolve the experience for the fans. Let the fan have a new experience.”
“When we did the first movie, at first there was a lot of pushback that we weren’t doing it the way it was done before." “My feeling was always that if we’d done it, you would’ve gone, ‘Well, I’ve already seen it.’ So how do you evolve things forward is I think the hardest thing because you’ve got to retain why people love it, but at the same time if you give them the same experience, they’re going to be bored with it.”
“Okay, I’m going to be controversial.” “I’m not a fan of Unicron. It’s too big. It’s so big it’s beyond any sort of relatable thing I think, for me personally. That doesn’t mean it’s not going to be in the series someday. I don’t know that I’ve thought much about it honestly because we’ve been focused on this movie.”
“I think we’ve learned something in this movie about tone that I would think the next big Transformers movie is going to have.” “It’s not like we’re going to copy it but we’ve learned something. There’s more freedom than I think we originally thought in terms of what we can do.”
Here is a massive spoiler, Bumblebee has a speaking role in the movie. While he will be beeping and buzzing throughout most of it, it seems he will be speaking at some aprts, like in the begining or on the Cybertron sequence. Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura spoke with IGN to reveal this exclusive info, also confirming that Bumblebee's mythology is being reset with this film.
"Since we were approaching this as an origin story, we felt that it was appropriate that you got to hear his voice," di Bonaventura said of the character who thus far has only been able to communicate using existing media. "That’s the simple logic that we employed. The longer term implication of that is different. But the short-term implication of that is, since we really are resetting the mythology, essentially, of who Bumblebee is. And so, that seemed to us to be the appropriate, to get the chance to hear what he sounds like."
The voice actor in question will be Dylan O'Brien from Maze Runner and Teen Wolf. Here is what di Bonaventura had to say:
"Dylan has that great quality in his voice of youthful exuberance, and also sort of trustworthiness," the producer explained. "I think those are the two qualities that we wanted Bumblebee to have."
"Thankfully, we’ve showed it to a few audiences, and people seem to think that it’d be right and an appropriate voice," he said. "You never know, obviously that can be a sensitive thing for people. But it turns out, they imagine his voice that way."
We have received word from TFcon that writer Ron Friedman is attending the convention! His first ever as well. He is most well known for writing the 1986 Transformers Movie, still fondly remembered to this day.
Here's the full press release:
TFcon wrote:TFcon is very pleased to welcome Generation 1 writer Ron Friedman as a guest at TFcon Los Angeles 2019 for his first ever TFcon. In addition to writing The Transformers: The Movie (1986), he scripted all four mini series for G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. Ron Friedman is presented by The Chosen Prime.
Will you be going to this convention? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.
We've received word from TFcon that another G1 voice actor is joining the convention! This time it is Laurie Faso, in his first convention appearance. Laurie was the voice of Orion Pax, Sky Dive, Rampage and Divebomb.
Full press release follows:
TFcon wrote:TFcon is very happy to announce Laurie Faso the voices of Divebomb, Orion Pax, Rampage and Skydive in Transformers Generation 1 will be joining the G1 Reunion event happening at TFcon Los Angeles 2019 for his first ever convention appearance. He is also known for his roles as Raphael in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze and Tunnel Rat in G.I. Joe.
Laurie will be taking part in autograph sessions with the attendees of America’s largest fan-run Transformers convention on both Saturday and Sunday of the convention. Please check the TFcon website for the full guest signing schedule prior to the event for exact times. Laurie Faso is presented by Ages Three and Up.
Will you be attending this convention? Let us know in the comments below and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.
Tonight, we have some truly special news for you regarding a friend of the site who is also pretty dang talented with his artwork.
Thanks to a post by artist Marcelo Matere on his Instagram, we have the really cool honor of letting you know that his original line work for the Power of the Primes Predaking toy, the artwork that was eventually featured on his poster and his box, has ended up in Brazil's Museum of Image and Sound! His artwork is featured in the Mega Exposition Comics, which features tons of artwork and artists who have worked hard and passionately in their fields. Matere has worked on Transformers now for 15 years, which includes multiple pieces related to the toys we all know and love, and he has done some covers and interior work for IDW during his long comic career as well, so this recognition is well deserved!
Check out his artwork on display below, and let us know what you think of it in the comments section below!
I received this photo of an original of my Transformers Power of the Primes line that is part of the mega-exhibition Comics that will be in the Museum of Image and Sound (in São Paulo) until March 2019!
Thank you@ivan_costaby invitation! Glad to be recognized after 15 years working with these giant robots! Hope you like it!
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