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Date: Wednesday, February 6th 2013 6:37am CST
Categories: Comic Book News,
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Purple Reign
(Spoiler free, just ask Starscream)
With 2013 signalling the rebirth of the Spotlight issues, it is fair to say that IDW's character driven one-shots are phenomenal so far. The events that occur in past and current Ongoing series broaden the possibilities for the Spotlight series, and with a myriad of talented Transformers gurus at IDW HQ, we are in for a treat. Enter the third issue of the new era of Spotlights, and covers aside, Nick Roche, well known for his work with the Last Stand of the Wreckers, is a one man wrecking crew, providing the artwork and the written component for Spotlight: Megatron.
What amazes me is that it took this long into IDW's tenure for a Megatron spotlight to be released! Albeit, many of the issues prior to this one, in series such as the previous Ongoing and the All Hail Megatron series, dive deep into Megatron's character. Yet as much as I do want to know even more about Megatron with an extrapolation of the Transformers (Ongoing) #22, (Ongoing #23 spawned Orion Pax stories in RID, MTMTE's Shadowplay and his own spotlight) this issue is as much about Megatron, as it is about Starscream.
The more I stop to think about, the more I realize that much like Megatron and Optimus Prime - Megatron and Starscream are just as inseparable. I believe we know all of this as Transformers fans, but Roche shines new light to this. Much like his compatriots in Roberts and Barber, he is able to twist and turn our heart strings, and bring emotion to play. In this issue alone, he makes us feel compassionate not just for Starscream, but for Megatron as well.
In context, this comic happens before the events of Ongoing #13. The significance is more or less Starscream's actions in the comics we have read from #13, up to this point. Stylistically, I have to say, wow, Megatron's new alternate mode has so much meaning to it. Well done IDW.
Overall, Roche provides a stunning display of story and artwork that far exceeds expectations of a characterization for the renowned Decepticon leader. Worth the price of the issue!
Date: Tuesday, February 5th 2013 3:21pm CST
Category: Comic Book News
Posted by: El Duque |
Credit(s): Andrewe Griffith
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Artist Andrew Griffith has revealed his cover for IDW's
Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #14 via his
deviantART page. Check out the cover we've mirrored below, as you can see if features a rather odd couple.
Here's an early peak at the cover to Transformers: Robots in Disguise #14 art by me, colors by and I had permission to post this.
Hmmm... what's going on here...?
Date: Tuesday, February 5th 2013 2:18am CST
Categories: Comic Book News,
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Laughs
(Spoiler free-ish)
My goodness, it has been quite some time since the last issue of Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye! This week, the drought ends with the thirteen issue, which is released with not just one other, but two other comics, in this IDW Transformers heavy week. Likely many have already seen the recently revealed cover for this issue, and were happy to see human holomatter avatars. All I have to say is that these characters are already so dynamic and human in my book. Our cast of a dozen or so Autobots have all developed well, and as fans we've grown attached!
This issue self proclaims that it is all about rest and relaxation - for once the bots of the Lost Light are putting down their guns, and in turn I believe we got one of the best issues of the series yet. Roberts skill is dialogue and while we've grown accustomed to war time dialogue in recent issues, it is in this downtime dialogue where Roberts shines.
Stylistically, we do have a change in the artist roster slot, as Guido Guidi subs in for Alex Milne. I do have say that Guidi's style fits in with this issue's theme, and if you're not a fan, Milne will be back under center in Issue #14. The nods and recognition of prior IDW Transformers lore and the comics fanbase is adamantly strong in this issue, with appearances by Verity, Nova Prime, Blurr and 'Mary Sue'.
Sadly, not all the characters get to receive the focus in every issue. Ultra Magnus provides phenomenal dialogue, while Swerve and his 'friendship' with Blurr is given a little twist! The dynamic between Cyclonus and Tailgate is extrapolated and built upon. The highlight of this issue has to be the holomatter avatars - Whirl's just keeps making me laugh.
This is hands down, the funniest Transformers issue we've had in ages, and at the same time, still holds significance in this series. Everything about this issue was grand, sans for the little RodimusxDrift panel that will be haunting my dreams for awhile, although I'm sure it will be in some fangirl's dreams for days to come.
Date: Tuesday, February 5th 2013 12:03am CST
Category: Comic Book News
Posted by: El Duque |
Credit(s): IDW Publishing
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Once again our friends at IDW Publishing have provided us with a preview for one of this week's new Transformers comic releases. This time we get a sneak peek at the next exciting chapter in the
Transformers Prime: Rage of the Dinobots miniseries. Pick up or download your copy this Wednesday, check out the preview attached below.
Transformers: Prime—Rage of the Dinobots #3 (of 4)
Mike Johnson & Mairghread Scott (w) • Agustin Padilla (a) • Ken Christiansen (c)
SPAWNS OF SHOCKWAVE! The mind-blowing introduction of the DINOBOTS into the PRIME universe continues here! The Dinobots enter the belly of the beast in an attempt to save their comrades. But when SHOCKWAVE's minions turn the tables, GRIMLOCK will have to decide whether to beat them...or join
them!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant covers:
Nick Roche inter-connected variant cover, connecting with the variants for issues # 1 – 4!
TV series character cover!
Bullet points:
The Dinobots tear up Cybertron!
Directly leads in to the future of TRANSFORMERS: PRIME!
Date: Tuesday, February 5th 2013 12:03am CST
Category: Comic Book News
Posted by: El Duque |
Credit(s): IDW Publishing
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Lastly IDW Publishing has provided us with a preview of third Transformers comic releases for this week,
Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye Ongoing #13. Enjoy the preview found below, and be sure to download or pick up your own copy on Wednesday.
Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye Ongoing #13
James Roberts (w) • Guido Guidi (a) • Alex Milne, Nick Roche (c)
SHORE LEAVE! The AUTOBOTS visit the planet Hedonia—and get a chance to put recent events behind them, ingest some energon, and relax. Everyone, that is, except SWERVE, who faces the toughest challenge of his life: in just six hours, he has to teach ULTRA MAGNUS how to have fun.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant Marcelo Matere cover!
Bullet points:
Fan-favorite character SWERVE takes center stage!
Date: Tuesday, February 5th 2013 12:01am CST
Category: Comic Book News
Posted by: El Duque |
Credit(s): IDW Publishing
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Our friends at IDW Publishing dropped by with a preview of this week's highly anticipated
Transformers Spotlight: Megatron! Be sure to pick up or download your copy this Wednesday, for now enjoy the preview found below!
Transformers Spotlight: Megatron
Nick Roche (w & a) • Roche, Livio Ramondelli (c)
MEGATRON IS BACK! Writer/artist Nick Roche (Last Stand of the Wreckers) takes us back to the last time MEGATRON returned—when he found his DECEPTICON forces in tatters under the control of STARSCREAM. In this never-before-revealed tale, we learn exactly how Megatron reacted… and how Starscream survived!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant Clayton Crain cover!
Bullet points:
Written and drawn by LAST STAND OF THE WRECKERS’s Nick Roche!
Ties directly into this month’s ROBOTS IN DISGUISE!
Date: Friday, February 1st 2013 7:58pm CST
Categories: Comic Book News,
Interviews
Posted by: Blurrz |
Credit(s): Multiversity Comics, Va'al
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If you're a fan of IDW
Transformers Robots In Disguise,
Transformers More Than Meets The Eye, or both, then you might be interested in what
Multiversity Comics has cooked up. Chad Bowers was able to get a very detailed interview in with John Barber, writer for RID, and James Roberts, writer for MTMTE. It has been roughly a year since both series started, and this interview provides insight on what their creators have planned for the future, and what they've thought about the past. Check out an excerpt below, while the entire interview is available at
Multiversity.
Congratulations, guys, on an amazing first year! But before we gush too much about the here and now, let’s start at the beginning… or the end of the previous series, rather. Walk us through the close of the last Transformers ongoing series — essentially, why was it time to end it and launch two new titles in its place?
John Barber: Well, I wasn’t involved yet. I was a freelance writer in New York at the time — I’d just written the Transformers: Dark of the Moon prequels and adaptation for then-Transformers-editor Andy Schmidt. Andy asked me to pitch on a new Transformers series, and showed me a document that James had written, which was an outline for what basically became The Death of Optimus Prime, the debut issue we co-wrote and that spun into the two new ongoing series. It wasn’t until after we started working on those that I wound up getting hired to replace Andy (when he started working at Hasbro) and moving out to San Diego and becoming the Transformers editor at IDW. So I wasn’t there for the decision, but I think the previous series had run for almost three years at that point, and writer Mike Costa was ready to move on. So the idea of winding down the mostly-Earth-based comic and starting up with a new number one and a new creative team and direction made sense. Plus, that ongoing ended with a story called ‘Chaos’ that had two components–one taking place on Earth and one on Cybertron, and they came out biweekly, alternating stories each issue. The success of that suggested there was a market for more Transformers comics, so I think the idea of doing two ongoings came into being.
James Roberts: I don’t have much to add to that, I’m afraid! I remember that a second ongoing had been planned for some time, and that it was going to launch after ‘Chaos’, but it wasn’t until relatively late in the day — perhaps at the point that Mike decided he wanted to move on — that the decision was taken to actually close down his ongoing and launch two new titles, both from issue 1. I think there was even talk about The Death of Optimus Prime being numbered issue 125, and the numbering carrying on from there. A ‘clean’ relaunch was better, in the end.
Date: Friday, February 1st 2013 4:31pm CST
Category: Comic Book News
Posted by: El Duque |
Credit(s): Nick Roche
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Artist and writer of IDW's
Transformers Spotlight: Megatron Nick Roche has
tweeted out some additional teaser images for the upcoming issue. Check them out below and be sure to pick up this highly anticipated comic next Wednesday.
Date: Wednesday, January 30th 2013 1:10am CST
Category: Comic Book News
Posted by: El Duque |
Credit(s): Chris Ryall, Va'al
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Chris Ryall has shared a two page preview of IDW's upcoming
Transformers Spotlight: Megatron. This issue, which is written and drawn by Nick Roche, is due out next month. Check out the two page spread teaser below.
TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT MEGATRON ONE SHOT
IDEA & DESIGN WORKS LLC
(W/A) Nick Roche (CA) Livio Ramondelli, Nick Roche
Nick Roche (w & a) o Roche, Livio Ramondelli (c)
MEGATRON IS BACK! Writer/artist Nick Roche (Last Stand of the Wreckers) takes us back to the last time MEGATRON returned-when he found his DECEPTICON forces in tatters under the control of STARSCREAM. In this never-before-revealed tale, we learn exactly how Megatron reacted… and how Starscream survived!
Date: Friday, January 25th 2013 5:11pm CST
Categories: Comic Book News,
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Not The Crossover We Need, But The One We Deserve
(Review without spoilers, hopefully)
Transformers. Crossovers. Not two words a typical Transformers comic fan wants to hear in the same sentence, but alas, what appears to be annual IDW tradition is on our front doorstep once more. Given to us by what is now a well-rounded cast of Transformers writers, artists, and editors alike, is Mars Attacks: The Transformers! If you're looking for a Christopher Nolan-esque campy, serious and overdramatic theme, or a continuation to the current Ongoing TFs series here in this comic, then you have found the wrong place. If you like cheesy Martian themes, mixed in with over the top, wacky and silly fun, then this one is for you.
It's hard to not take a critical look at this comic, especially as this comic features the likes of Guzman, Perez and McCarthy, all of which who have made their mark on the Transformers Ongoing brand. However, it's fair to say in order for you to enjoy this, you have to accept that this is a parody of the G1 universe and it is essentially poking fun at itself. That is what makes it great! Unlike previous crossovers, which were essentially inkfodder for the printers, Mars Attacks: The Transformers is enjoyable because it doesn't take itself seriously.
I find it funny that by taking a look at Mars Attacks, it reminds me why the live-action Transformers movies always bugged me. If the fictional Martians can't do anything to the Transformers - Okay, maybe I gave away what happens in this comic, but did you really think any being to call Cybertron their motherworld would lose to these slimy scum? Anyways, yes, martians versus Transformers. It's essentially much like humans versus Transformers. As much as it is lovely to have human characters in the Transformers verse; as they provide a mirror, in which we can see ourselves being there; and a window, in which we can see how they feel, they absolutely stand no chance against these hulking behemoths of steel. That's why More Than Meets The Eye and Robots In Disguise are so darned good. They provide an outlook for the characters that we truly care about - the giant robots.
Cue more Transformers, less influential humans, kapeesh?
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