IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith

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We have seen the solicitations from IDW Publishing for November 2016 here, with the first full reveal of the new ongoing series Optimus Prime, at the hands of John Barber and newcoming artist Kei Zama - a series that takes over from the current The Transformers ongoing, and that sees a 'corkscrew from space', that ring any bells? Below, find three full covers via Comics Alliance for this new start in the IDWverse for Transformers, from Zama, Sonny Liew and Andrew Griffith, plus a reminder of the solicit!

Optimus Prime #1— GEM OF THE MONTH
John Barber (w) • Kei Zama (a & c)
REVOLUTION is over—but the danger to Earth is just beginning. As OPTIMUS PRIME pulls Earth into the larger universe, he’s painted a target on Earth… and a new alien incursion begins when a corkscrew shaped craft drills into our world!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Expected in-store date: 11/16/16

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Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1823666)
Posted by Kurona on September 11th, 2016 @ 12:13pm CDT

Quintessons are gonna be bizarre in IDW. I'm wondering if and somewhat hoping they'll get a redesign, because the original one is a little hard to take seriously.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1823669)
Posted by Tyrannacon on September 11th, 2016 @ 12:40pm CDT

I doubt they will get re-design. Remember Pentius? I think he kept the look (haven't read the comic, just have read about). I have not noticed any major departure from the previous design with him. I do agree though, they are hard to take seriously with their original design.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1823675)
Posted by Kurona on September 11th, 2016 @ 1:06pm CDT

Tyrannacon wrote:I doubt they will get re-design. Remember Pentius? I think he kept the look (haven't read the comic, just have read about). I have not noticed any major departure from the previous design with him. I do agree though, they are hard to take seriously with their original design.

Oh woah, I didn't know they'd already appeared in IDW. I really need to read the pre-DoOP stuff...

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1823759)
Posted by Tyrannacon on September 11th, 2016 @ 6:32pm CDT

Hey, don't feel bad. I haven't read all of the comics my self entirely. I was getting a few of them here and there, but have just been reading the summaries and such as they come out to stay up on it. I was doing this before in between pays with reading up on the characters in the comics on TFWiki to get up to speed for when I was able to have money to get the comics.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1825304)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 15th, 2016 @ 8:58pm CDT

Preview World has provided us with an interview today for the upcoming Transformers: Optimus Prime ongoing series. The interview features John Barber, who will be writing the series and is the current author the Transformers ongoing, set to have its concluding issue later this month prior to the Revolution crossover. You can check out the full interview by clicking the link above, and we have mirrored some of the interview below for you to read. The series will be beginning in November.

Optimus Prime As Both Statesman & Soldier

PREVIEWSworld: What reverberations from Revolution will carry over into the events of Optimus Prime #1 (SEP160404)?

John Barber: Not to give anything away, but as Revolution starts, Optimus is in a fairly antagonistic relationship with ... well, almost everybody. He’s come to Earth and said the whole planet is going to be part of Cybertron’s Council of World, without asking if the people of Earth wanted to be in it — or if the people of Cybertron wanted them. He’s doing this because he thinks he’s out of options to protect the Earth — he’s tried fighting evil Cybertronians, tried leaving the place alone. But bringing Earth into Cybertron’s fold is the only thing he hasn’t tried.

.....

PREVIEWSworld: Describe your working relationship with artist Kei Zama. How have you two got along during production? How does the chemistry work, and why is Kei the best person for this book?

John Barber: I’ve known of Kei for a while — she’s friends with Andrew Griffith, who drew the Transformers series. I’d been working with him for years, and he — understandably — wanted to take a break from Transformers and work on some other characters for a little while. So I knew there was going to be a change.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1825341)
Posted by Mkall on September 15th, 2016 @ 11:56pm CDT

So is this gong to be the 4th ongoing TF series?

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1825345)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 16th, 2016 @ 12:06am CDT

Mkall wrote:So is this gong to be the 4th ongoing TF series?

This is replacing ex-RiD, so essentially they are the same thing, different name

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1825358)
Posted by Insurgent on September 16th, 2016 @ 3:45am CDT

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
Mkall wrote:So is this gong to be the 4th ongoing TF series?

This is replacing ex-RiD, so essentially they are the same thing, different name

Phew. That's a relief. Because a fourth ongoing would have been too much. Even three is pushing it.

Also, I really like Kei's artwork. Got a print she did at TFN of the season 1 Maximals. Looks awesome.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1825363)
Posted by Kurona on September 16th, 2016 @ 4:04am CDT

Hope we get to see more of Cosmos. I know it sounds a bit odd and specific, but he is one of the better characters in the current roster imo.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1825543)
Posted by 1984forever on September 16th, 2016 @ 5:13pm CDT

New title, same crappy line up.

It's got the weakest version of Optimus Prime ever known to man or machine.

A Soundwave who can't decide if he wants to be 'bot, 'con, or Nail. He also has a speech pattern every single writer at idw gets wrong except Shane McCarthy.

A Arcee whose gender has been changed from no gender to female by simply adding robot breasts, child bearing hips and lipstick.

And a Back to the future homage that transforms into one of the new Ghostbusters.

It's just so ironic how people say I'm closed minded, but they're willing to read a Transformers title that has had the same roster for years.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1829826)
Posted by Va'al on October 1st, 2016 @ 2:19am CDT

NEW CYBERTRON! A massive corkscrew-shaped space ship has drilled into Earth, bringing with it a surprising disruption to OPTIMUS PRIME’s plans. Meanwhile—ARCEE fields a dangerous offer that may be too good to resist!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Guest starring G.I. JOE!
The new world order continues as OPTIMUS PRIME struggles to bring Earth into the cosmic community!
Plus—how ORION PAX first met BUMBLEBEE!
Variant cover by Zoner!

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1829845)
Posted by Kurona on October 1st, 2016 @ 6:29am CDT

Welp, gotta get Bumble-big-bucks-bee in there somehow.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1833242)
Posted by Va'al on October 13th, 2016 @ 1:58pm CDT

IDW Publishing's Chris Ryall has updated his Tumblr with an extract from the new Transformers series starting next month, post Revolution: Optimus Prime! Newcomer Kei Zama takes on the art duties, and we are treated to a full clean first page of the new book, with colours by Josh Burcham too. Check it out below, and join the discussion in the Energon Pub.

Welcome to the Transformers officially, Kei Zama (@Golby_mkII )! Page 1 from next month’s Optimus Prime #1. Colors by Josh Burcham.

the first page of Optimus Prime #1! Say hello and goodbye to new character...

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1833246)
Posted by Kurona on October 13th, 2016 @ 2:27pm CDT

Is that Armada Smokescreen?

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1833248)
Posted by SG Roadbuster on October 13th, 2016 @ 2:35pm CDT

I'm pretty sure it's his Minicon, Liftor

and might I say, Kei Zama's art is AMAZING! sooooo much better than the garbage that Livio Ramondelli vomits onto books Condemned to be punished by him.

Hopefully IDW makes the right choice for artist to use in future "big event books"

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1833272)
Posted by Deadput on October 13th, 2016 @ 3:25pm CDT

Holy crap we get another good Transformer artist who's art actually looks not crap and is someone besides Alex Milne not saying his art sucks I love his style but it's good for Alex to get a break every once in awhile.

But seriously Livio was appalling in his work for Transformers when he isn't doing a cover I mean good god I stopped bothering with Ex-Rid when he started becoming the artist for it.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1833287)
Posted by ricemazter on October 13th, 2016 @ 3:39pm CDT

SG Roadbuster wrote:I'm pretty sure it's his Minicon, Liftor

and might I say, Kei Zama's art is AMAZING! sooooo much better than the garbage that Livio Ramondelli vomits onto books Condemned to be punished by him.

Hopefully IDW makes the right choice for artist to use in future "big event books"

Hmmmm, let's not be too hasty. I agree with the sentiment Livio isn't my favorite transformers artist, but the man's art is by no means bad. The first problem as I see it is that Livio has a really painterly style that doesn't mesh well with the transformers aesthetic of clean lines and bri colours.

The other is that of time. Comic books are produced really quickly and require a ton of different images with a lot of different compositions in a short period. That's why you normally have a line artist and a colorist on the same book. Livio, probably because his style doesn't lend itself to a separate colorist to match the kind of linework he does, pulls double duty. That's also why his covers are excellent, as is the material on his deviant art page.

Sorry about the rant, but as an aspiring artist it reaaly grinds my gears when someone says an artist is "bad".

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1833297)
Posted by Rainmaker on October 13th, 2016 @ 3:55pm CDT

Am I the only one who doesn't understand what this page means

:MAXIMAL:

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1833344)
Posted by rockman_fan on October 13th, 2016 @ 6:01pm CDT

color scheme reminds me of optimal optimus.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1833366)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 13th, 2016 @ 7:41pm CDT

Wonder who the guy will be and why he ends up dead.

And I think some of us can agree Livio's art really improved. Look at Titans Return. It was a really well-drawn comic

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1833375)
Posted by Easy Tiger on October 13th, 2016 @ 8:19pm CDT

Goshooter cameo!

Guess he must have had stuff going on before becoming a Transtector...

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1833377)
Posted by ScottyP on October 13th, 2016 @ 8:35pm CDT

If I have one fanboy gripe about IDW, it's that Unicron Trilogy era characters are treated as absolute cannon fodder.

It's not the only era to get that treatment, but one of the only ones to not get much exception to it :-(

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1833381)
Posted by Kurona on October 13th, 2016 @ 8:43pm CDT

ScottyP wrote:If I have one fanboy gripe about IDW, it's that Unicron Trilogy era characters are treated as absolute cannon fodder.

It's not the only era to get that treatment, but one of the only ones to not get much exception to it

I think it's mostly just that people like killing Hot Shot.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1833416)
Posted by Shot Put on October 13th, 2016 @ 10:12pm CDT

ScottyP wrote:If I have one fanboy gripe about IDW, it's that Unicron Trilogy era characters are treated as absolute cannon fodder.

It's not the only era to get that treatment, but one of the only ones to not get much exception to it

We don't know for sure who this guy is, so I'd wait for the issue to come out before complaining about anyone getting the short end of the stick.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1833426)
Posted by President-prime on October 13th, 2016 @ 11:45pm CDT

The art is really good. Wow! Finally, a back to basic robot type transformers comic. Btw. I loved livio's art. Don't know what the complaint was really about. I can compare his art style closer to Jae Lee. Hard to figure out style but I like it

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1833469)
Posted by Emerje on October 14th, 2016 @ 6:43am CDT

I'm not up to date on the comics, but the way it's presented I was thinking this was a flashback to before the war and that's Dion who worked on a loading dock in the cartoon. Colors are the same as well, just not in the same places. And being Orion Pax's best friend it makes more sense that he'd have a cameo in an Optimus Prime series.

However it could also be Spoon's...

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Emerje

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1833702)
Posted by kirbenvost on October 14th, 2016 @ 10:12pm CDT

Holy Primus that art is amazing! I'm suddenly excited for this series.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1834015)
Posted by ScottyP on October 16th, 2016 @ 11:49am CDT

Shot Put wrote:
ScottyP wrote:If I have one fanboy gripe about IDW, it's that Unicron Trilogy era characters are treated as absolute cannon fodder.

It's not the only era to get that treatment, but one of the only ones to not get much exception to it

We don't know for sure who this guy is, so I'd wait for the issue to come out before complaining about anyone getting the short end of the stick.

You know what? You're absolutely right about this.

Especially considering it for sure isn't Liftor.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1834391)
Posted by Va'al on October 18th, 2016 @ 10:48am CDT

With an early look at the solicitations for future releases from IDW Publishing (because money means exclusives means money, of course), Comics Alliance reveals the Casey Coller Artist Edition variant cover the the third issue of new Transformers ongoing series Optimus Prime - and with it, the reveal of the inhabitants of the 'corkscrew spaceship' we've been seeing until now. To avoid spoilers, we're just posting the image below, but take a look and join the discussion in the Energon Pub!

Optimus Prime #3

John Barber (w) • Kei Zama (a & c)
An uneasy peace between Optimus Prime and the newly arrived Junkions is threatened by Soundwave’s discovery within their massive ship…
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Optimus Prime #3—Artist’s Edition Variant
John Barber (w) • Kei Zama (a) • Casey Coller (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
· Part of IDW’s Artist’s Edition Cover Month!
· Variant cover by Joana Lafuente!

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1834392)
Posted by Kurona on October 18th, 2016 @ 10:50am CDT

Oh hey, Wreck-Gar's finally here! Really gonna have to read autocracy and all that now.

Prowl's in this?

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1834394)
Posted by Va'al on October 18th, 2016 @ 10:52am CDT

Kurona wrote:Oh hey, Wreck-Gar's finally here! Really gonna have to read autocracy and all that now.

Prowl's in this?

I think Zama's cover is just *°art°* without necessarily reflecting the story.

Then again, Prowl is everywhere.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1834408)
Posted by Randomhero on October 18th, 2016 @ 11:15am CDT

Weren't there Junkions in issue 4 or 5in RID wondering around outside Blurr's future bar?

John :what? No...no...those were Junk-o-bots...yeah...Junk-o-bots...

What about the junkions that we're in Heart of Darkness?

john: Junk-o-bots!!!

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1834413)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on October 18th, 2016 @ 11:24am CDT

Whoa, wait. . . Bumblebee is alive? If so, I'm going to have to start reading these!

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1834415)
Posted by Windsweeper on October 18th, 2016 @ 11:32am CDT

Let's see...
Arcee
Wheeljack
Alpha Trion
Kup
Rattrap
Jetfire
Optimus Prime

And now Wreck Gar.

It's like Barber instinctively knows all the Transformers I hate and uses them. Oh and if the cover is right he'll be bringing back the always annoying Bumblebee.

Oh and he ruins the ones I like such as Prowl and Thundercracker.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1834416)
Posted by Kurona on October 18th, 2016 @ 11:33am CDT

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Whoa, wait. . . Bumblebee is alive? If so, I'm going to have to start reading these!

Nah he's dead. Starscream keeps talking to what is either a hallucination or a ghost of him though.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1834418)
Posted by YoungPrime on October 18th, 2016 @ 11:44am CDT

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Whoa, wait. . . Bumblebee is alive? If so, I'm going to have to start reading these!

No, he's still dead by my watch which is more the reason you should be supporting these books actually. Though I'm sure IDW will be forced to resurrect him by the time the crappy spinoff movie comes out, so I'll just enjoy things now while I still can.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1834419)
Posted by ScottyP on October 18th, 2016 @ 11:49am CDT

Something that makes Monstrosity and Primacy matter within the contintuity!? Neat.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1834421)
Posted by SG Roadbuster on October 18th, 2016 @ 11:58am CDT

1: Kei Zama's artwork is F%$#@ing Pretty, so glad IDW isn't letting Ramondelli ruin their books anymore.
2: Woooooo Wreck gar and the Junkions! and izzat....Nancy?

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1834422)
Posted by Shot Put on October 18th, 2016 @ 11:59am CDT

Dr Va'al wrote:
Kurona wrote:Oh hey, Wreck-Gar's finally here! Really gonna have to read autocracy and all that now.

Prowl's in this?

I think Zama's cover is just *°art°* without necessarily reflecting the story.

Then again, Prowl is everywhere.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Whoa, wait. . . Bumblebee is alive? If so, I'm going to have to start reading these!

It's been said for a while that we're getting pre-war flashbacks in this series, with Orion Pax's first meeting with Bumblebee in #2. Pretty sure this cover is just one of those flashbacks, as Bumblebee's alive again and they're suddenly on Cybertron.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1834423)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on October 18th, 2016 @ 12:02pm CDT

Shot Put wrote:
Dr Va'al wrote:
Kurona wrote:Oh hey, Wreck-Gar's finally here! Really gonna have to read autocracy and all that now.

Prowl's in this?

I think Zama's cover is just *°art°* without necessarily reflecting the story.

Then again, Prowl is everywhere.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Whoa, wait. . . Bumblebee is alive? If so, I'm going to have to start reading these!

It's been said for a while that we're getting pre-war flashbacks in this series, with Orion Pax's first meeting with Bumblebee in #2. Pretty sure this cover is just one of those flashbacks, as Bumblebee's alive again and they're suddenly on Cybertron.

Scrap. I had my hopes up for a minute there xD

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1834430)
Posted by Randomhero on October 18th, 2016 @ 12:28pm CDT

Windsweeper wrote:Let's see...
Arcee
Wheeljack
Alpha Trion
Kup
Rattrap
Jetfire
Optimus Prime

And now Wreck Gar.

It's like Barber instinctively knows all the Transformers I hate and uses them. Oh and if the cover is right he'll be bringing back the always annoying Bumblebee.

Oh and he ruins the ones I like such as Prowl and Thundercracker.

Take a moment and actually look at the cover, optimus prowl and bumblebee are all in Cybertronian modes. The first arc going back in forth to the early days of the war.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1834452)
Posted by bluecatcinema on October 18th, 2016 @ 1:17pm CDT

Not quite who I was expecting, but an interesting turn of events either way.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1834485)
Posted by President-prime on October 18th, 2016 @ 3:28pm CDT

Did I mention the art work is awesome. Wow!!!

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1834599)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 18th, 2016 @ 10:21pm CDT

Junkions? Wow, not what I was anticipating...

and now Monstrosity comes into play again...

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1838533)
Posted by Va'al on November 2nd, 2016 @ 3:13pm CDT

We just got news from RIPT Apparel about their exclusive variant cover for the first issue of IDW's Optimus Prime #1 (due some point this November, according to schedule) - and it's a new Autobot-esque take on the traditional Shockwave Are All Dead cover, by Tim Lim!

RIPT Apparel is excited to announce a special collaboration with IDW Publishing coming in November of 2016. With the inaugural debut of Optimus Prime in his first-ever solo on-going comic book, RIPT Apparel and artist Tim Lim decided to celebrate the occasion.

“This is really a pivotal moment in Transformers comics. The IDW universe has outlasted the original Marvel run at this point, and seeing a new character-focused book like Optimus Prime means these stories and characters can contend with other classic solo comics like Wolverine or Joker,” says Paul Friemel, CMO of RIPT Apparel. “We wanted to give Optimus his due by homaging what is debatably the most famous Transformers comic cover: Marvel’s Transformers #5’s ‘Are All Dead’ cover but with a good-guy twist.”

The illustration was executed by long-time RIPT Apparel contributor, Tim “Ninjaink” Lim. Tim has created hundreds of t-shirts over the past 5 years, but has been honing his talents for the comic industry with other exclusive comic covers for “Bebop & Rocksteady” “Back To the Future“, and “Street Fighter x GI Joe.”

“Tim was a dream to work with as always. He had some other awesome ideas for this cover that we weren’t able to get approved, but maybe life will find a way. There was a lot of debating what to finally put on the back wall behind Optimus,” added Paul.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1838535)
Posted by Kurona on November 2nd, 2016 @ 3:18pm CDT

"Optimus Prime are all one"
hmmm.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1838538)
Posted by o.supreme on November 2nd, 2016 @ 4:03pm CDT

See...a while back ago there was a Megatron/Refltcor cover paying tribute to the cover of Batman: The Killing Joke. It worked

This as an odd reference to Marvel's TF#5, I can think of at least 3 reasons off the top of my head why this doesn't work... /:)

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1838544)
Posted by Va'al on November 2nd, 2016 @ 4:20pm CDT

o.supreme wrote:See...a while back ago there was a Megatron/Refltcor cover paying tribute to the cover of Batman: The Killing Joke. It worked

The never-to-be-sold Casey Coller cover, for All Hail Megatron. Yes. So good.

This as an odd reference to Marvel's TF#5, I can think of at least 3 reasons off the top of my head why this doesn't work...

Why not, for you? :-?

I really quite like it actually! OP's new direction as fairly ruthless leader working for some sort of sense of right (is it though?) kinda works with the focused and emotionless Shockwave approach to things. In my view at least. This is, as the author said, a 'good guy spin' on the concept.

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1838546)
Posted by o.supreme on November 2nd, 2016 @ 4:27pm CDT

ok...for me at least:

1. Optimus is still a hero, not a "bad guy", despite recent events
2. The phrase Is Till "ALL ARE ONE" not "ARE ALL ONE"...makes him seem somewhat illiterate in an attempt to copy the words from the cover of TF #5

3. Also if Optimus Prime "ARE ALL ONE" is there some sort of multiple personality disorder going on here?? :-?

Re: IDW Optimus Prime #1 - Variant Covers by Sonny Liew, Andrew Griffith (1838553)
Posted by Va'al on November 2nd, 2016 @ 4:46pm CDT

o.supreme wrote:ok...for me at least:

1. Optimus is still a hero, not a "bad guy", despite recent events
2. The phrase Is Till "ALL ARE ONE" not "ARE ALL ONE"...makes him seem somewhat illiterate in an attempt to copy the words from the cover of TF #5

3. Also if Optimus Prime "ARE ALL ONE" is there some sort of multiple personality disorder going on here??

I don't think grammar has anything to with the art, really - it is just an homage of the Shockwave cover. But hey, to each their own!

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