IDW Angry Birds Transformers #1 Full Preview
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Angry Birds/Transformers #1 (of 4)—SPOTLIGHT
John Barber (w) • Marcelo Ferreira & Livio Ramondelli (a) • Marcelo Ferreira (c)
You got TRANSFORMERS in my Angry Birds! No, you got Angry Birds in my TRANSFORMERS! ERGH, OOF, MPPHH!!! Hey! Waitaminit! This is actually pretty great! That’s right, comic lovers, two of your favorite IDW comics have morphed into one amazing new comic! When the TRANSFORMERS lose their powerful ALLSPARK, it ends up on Piggie Island and the world of Angry Birds turns robotic! Prepare to meet… the AUTOBIRDS and DECEPTIHOGS!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
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Angry Birds Transformers is the premiere Rovio game launch of 2014. Available for all mobile platforms on October 15th!
Written by John Barber! (TRANSFORMERS, TRANSFORMERS vs G.I. JOE)
Special TRANSFORMERS Guest Artist Livio Ramondelli provides a “framing” story in the TRANSFORMERS style!
Variant Cover by Jorge Pachecho!
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Posted by Optimizzy on November 24th, 2014 @ 12:33pm CST
Posted by gothsaurus on November 24th, 2014 @ 12:58pm CST
Posted by Optimizzy on November 24th, 2014 @ 1:03pm CST
gothsaurus wrote:I wish IDW would stick with ONE ARTIST per comic. These styles are so different they don't look good together. Same complaint for Robots in Disguise series.
well, given the context, the "serious" art and the "cartoon" art make sense IMO
Posted by gothsaurus on November 24th, 2014 @ 1:08pm CST
Posted by Peridot on November 24th, 2014 @ 1:54pm CST
Posted by Optimizzy on November 24th, 2014 @ 2:27pm CST
Posted by Optimizzy on November 24th, 2014 @ 2:28pm CST
As an aside: anyone else really disappointed with AoE Drift's stereotypical samurai? I mean. Not subtle. At least IDW Drift doesn't hit you over the head with the concept.
Posted by Sabrblade on November 24th, 2014 @ 3:05pm CST
A new continuity that's predominately G1-based. More than likely yet another Primax universe.Metro Prime wrote:What continuity is this? They mostly look G1, but Bumblebee (with his original Volkswagen robot mode, no less!) turns into a Camaro, Drift looks like his AOE counterpart, Lockdown is a G1-ified version of the AOE design, Heatwave exists, and the Allspark appears to be the TF: Animated version. Strange.
Posted by Gallifreyan Autobot on November 24th, 2014 @ 3:28pm CST
Posted by gopalkrishnan on November 25th, 2014 @ 1:50am CST
Posted by DarkEnergon on November 25th, 2014 @ 9:52am CST
Finally, we have the aligned continuity we've all wanted!
Posted by Va'al on November 26th, 2014 @ 4:49pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on November 27th, 2014 @ 11:52am CST
No we already had that. It was called Transformers Animated.DarkEnergon wrote:Finally, we have the aligned continuity we've all wanted!
Posted by Burn on November 27th, 2014 @ 2:22pm CST
And if you're a fan of cheese, this is full of it. It's not a book to be taken seriously.
Posted by Sabrblade on November 27th, 2014 @ 5:36pm CST
Remember which fandom you're speaking to.Burn wrote:It's not a book to be taken seriously.
Posted by Va'al on December 1st, 2014 @ 1:20pm CST
(Spoiler free-ish)
Synopsis
You got TRANSFORMERS in my Angry Birds! No, you got Angry Birds in my TRANSFORMERS! ERGH, OOF, MPPHH!!! Hey! Waitaminit! This is actually pretty great! That’s right, comic lovers, two of your favorite IDW comics have morphed into one amazing new comic! When the TRANSFORMERS lose their powerful ALLSPARK, it ends up on Piggie Island and the world of Angry Birds turns robotic! Prepare to meet… the AUTOBIRDS and DECEPTIHOGS!
Story
Before time began, there was the egg. Or maybe it was the bird. The egg, or the bird, what came first..? In any case, there was an egg, and a green pig wanted to eat it. To eat all of them. As they do. Apparently. But the egg was also a cube, and the cube fell, rolled away, and became an egg. With the properties of a cube.
John Barber is having a lot of fun with the script here, letting puns rip every other panel, juggling multiple identities, continuities, storylines and characterisations that fans of the Transformers franchise of the past decade will recognise, and aiming for a fairly contemporary target (with some nods to older fans too).
There is very little one can do to spoil the issue, but I am not going to simply summarise the story of the comic, and I am actually quite glad something as light-hearted and - simply put - silly as this actually exists out there, reminding fans that kids are into our favourite robots too. And the transition page is really quite clever, verbally.
Art
The comic uses Livio Ramondelli to introduce and frame the story as part of a spin-off universe of the Transformers, something based on modern iterations of the Cybertronians, from Bayverse to Rescue Bots and some added G1 highlights to please a bit of everyone. And it works.
The artists who will be gracing the pages of the series from here on, however, are a great addition to my knowledge of visual creators: Marcelo Ferreira has a great sense of visual humour, in facial expressions, character, dynamism and page layout - and the cartoon style art is perfectly apt in tone for the series.
And of course, all of it catches the eye even more thanks to the wonderful colour work by Nikos Koutsis, making sure all characters jump off the page, vibrantly and energetically, and Chris Mowry's brilliant lettering work, letting himself really go on the fun aspect of the job. Plus, the comic comes with three fantastic covers, that further show off the glorious silliness of the crossover, with Ramondelli, Ferreira and Koutsis being joined by action-packed Jorge Pacheco's variant (thumbnail).
Thoughts
I don't believe anyone was expecting a masterpiece of storytelling or the new rising star of the comics medium, but the issue is a whole lotta fun, pleasingly funny, enjoyably silly and most importantly, never takes itself seriously - something that the IDW Transformers titles can sometimes fall victims of (though less so as series progress).
The art is also extremely refreshing, and the framing of the story by a Transformers regular sets the scene nicely for the very cartoony, series-appropriate Ferreira and Koutis approach to the illustration. The lettering is fun, the writing is fun, the issue is, overall a non-serious
Posted by padfoo on December 1st, 2014 @ 8:01pm CST
gopalkrishnan wrote:I am excited for the book's release. Angry Birds and Transformers. What a deadly combination.
I am loving everything about this game and the whole crossover. Its good not to take things too seriously sometimes; at the same time there is some much history and nostalgia mixed in its just amazing!
Posted by Va'al on December 9th, 2014 @ 3:30am CST
Angry Birds/Transformers #2 (of 4)
John Barber (w) • Marcelo Ferreira (a & c)
With the fate of Piggy Island hanging in the balance, will this be the Age of EGGStinction!? Continuing the craziest crossover this side of CYBERTRON!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
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Written by John Barber! (TRANSFORMERS, TRANSFORMERS vs G.I. JOE)
Posted by Sabrblade on December 9th, 2014 @ 10:32am CST
Posted by Va'al on January 23rd, 2015 @ 3:23am CST
RAMP-EGG! When the Angry Birds’ precious eggs become leg-having, weapon-bearing rampaging eggs of mass destruction, the Autobirds must team up with the Deceptihogs to save Piggy Island! How much more mixed-up can this mash-up possibly get?!
Posted by Gallifreyan Autobot on January 23rd, 2015 @ 8:23am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on January 23rd, 2015 @ 8:49am CST
Just looks like some generic tower, to me. I think we some one or some in the first VHS-style animated video.Autobot tap out wrote:what facility is that ? iron works, Metroplex , Fort max , Autobot city ?
Posted by Va'al on January 27th, 2015 @ 2:21am CST
Angry Birds/Transformers #3 (of 4)
John Barber (w) • Marcelo Ferreira (a & c)
RAMP-EGG! When the Angry Birds’ precious eggs become leg-having, weapon-bearing rampaging eggs of mass destruction, the Autobirds must team up with the Deceptihogs to save Piggy Island! How much more mixed-up can this mash-up possibly get?!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
Written by John Barber (TRANSFORMERS, TRANSFORMERS vs G.I. JOE
Posted by Va'al on March 17th, 2015 @ 4:02am CDT
Angry Birds/Transformers #4 (of 4)
John Barber (w) • Marcelo Ferreira (a & c)
The action heats up as the Eggspark begins to alter the fundamental forces of Piggy Island itself! With the Autobirds and Deceptihogs forming an uneasy alliance, will their combined might be enough to halt inevitable doom?! Find out in the thrilling conclusion to this years’ most mind-bending mash-up!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Posted by Va'al on June 2nd, 2015 @ 3:36am CDT
Angry Birds Transformers: Age of Eggstinction
John Barber (w) • Marcelo Ferreira, Livio Ramondelli (a) • Marcelo Ferreira (c)
When the TRANSFORMERS lose their powerful ALLSPARK, it ends up on Piggie Island! Prepare to meet… the AUTOBIRDS and DECEPTIHOGS!
TPB • FC • $9.99 • 92 pages • 6” x 9” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-258-6
Bullet points:
“If any of you out there have kids, they’ll get a kick out of Angry Birds Transformers.” –RhymesWithGeek.com