Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries

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We have news of an interview with Magdalene Visaggio, the writer of the current crossover series from IDW Publishing and its Hasbroverse - Transformers vs Visionaries - looking at how the team was made to arrive to the current status quo, the process behind two very old franchises, the ways in which the characters are approached, and addressing the scenes that most Transformers fans and readers have had a hard time accepting: the death of Kup.

You can read some extracts below, and the whole piece directly on the website Women Write About
Comics, and enjoy the lineart for Brendan Cahill's variant cover (and colours by Lauren Bennett) for issue #4 of the series, too!

Firstly, how long have you been a fan of Transformers? Was it always your dream to write a comic for them?

I’ve been a Transformers fan to varying degrees since I was very little; they’ve always been around, and G2 was airing when I was eight or nine years old. But Transformers was never a passion of mine, nor was writing it a lifelong dream; when I was pitched this book, IDW EIC David Hedgecock asked me if I wanted to write Visionaries; the Transformers came in later. What got me excited was the idea of reviving and reinventing a largely forgotten franchise; the Transformers were the object they’d be acting against, but the actors would be the Visionaries.

The Visionaries have been silent for 30 years, did you have any say in any changes made to any characters?

Fico and I got basically all the say. Reinventing the Visionaries was very much done internally between me and Fico, and we presented what we wanted to do to IDW and then to Hasbro, and got the sign-off. We looked seriously at the characters and their situation, and then had to think, well, how do we integrate this into the IDW Hasbroverse, which is very sci-fi heavy, and have it still feel organic? We played a lot with more overtly sci-fi angles—at one point, the Visionaries, which are aliens, I might add, were much more obviously so. We decided to move away from the high fantasy aesthetic and worked to develop one that might make sense for a society forcibly removed from its technological origins. We had a very free hand.

[..]

Like I said, I haven’t been up to date on Transformers. But I knew and loved Kup from the 1986 movie, and so when they told me he was going to die, I was just shocked. Utterly, utterly shocked that the responsibility for taking out friggin’ Kup was going to be landing in my hands. Kup has always been one of my favorites (Kup, Springer, Ultra Magnus, Arcee, and yes, even Hot Rod are my TF dream team), so I immediately understood this wasn’t going to be a small thing. So I never took this lightly.

That’s why I structured the first issue the way I did; Kup takes a lot of the spotlight, and I showed him as the one pushing for something better; the old seen-it-all got to play idealist at the end, and I loved being able to do that for him.

Credit(s): WWAC, Brendan Cahill

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Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1931889)
Posted by Rodimus Knight on January 16th, 2018 @ 4:28pm CST

Another chick who looks like she came out of Jem and the Holograms.
Honestly, they might as well have added Jem and the Holograms to the Hasbroverse.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1931899)
Posted by kurthy on January 16th, 2018 @ 5:33pm CST

Rodimus Knight wrote:Another chick who looks like she came out of Jem and the Holograms.
Honestly, they might as well have added Jem and the Holograms to the Hasbroverse.

That would be truly, truly outrageous! Hasbro should be on top it all.

Do you think they'll ever have a change of heart?

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1931915)
Posted by Daniel Adkins on January 16th, 2018 @ 7:35pm CST

Jem does exist in the Hasbro Universe. Rock 'n Roll used to be the Holograms' roadie.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1931922)
Posted by LE0KING on January 16th, 2018 @ 8:55pm CST

I don't want to just be negative, but come on, even the writer didn't want the crossover. You don't build new franchises by butchering your successful one. I kind of hope unicron will mean an ending to the idw universe, because if not I'm afraid I'll wind up quitting a series I've followed for half my life.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1931926)
Posted by Daniel Adkins on January 16th, 2018 @ 9:10pm CST

LE0KING wrote:even the writer didn't want the crossover

???

I don't know where you're getting this idea, dude. Visaggio was asked to pitch for Transformers Vs Visionaries.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1931928)
Posted by LE0KING on January 16th, 2018 @ 9:20pm CST

Daniel Adkins wrote:
LE0KING wrote:even the writer didn't want the crossover

???

I don't know where you're getting this idea, dude. Visaggio was asked to pitch for Transformers Vs Visionaries.

This part of the interview here all but says that she just wanted a visionaries book.

"But Transformers was never a passion of mine, nor was writing it a lifelong dream; when I was pitched this book, IDW EIC David Hedgecock asked me if I wanted to write Visionaries; the Transformers came in later. What got me excited was the idea of reviving and reinventing a largely forgotten franchise; the Transformers were the object they’d be acting against, but the actors would be the Visionaries."

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1931934)
Posted by DeathReviews on January 16th, 2018 @ 10:06pm CST

Well, considering Virulina and Galadria (NOT Galadriel) were never part of the toy line, they're sure going out of their way in this crossover to make sure everybody knows that they're 'strong independent womaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan'!

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1931935)
Posted by Daniel Adkins on January 16th, 2018 @ 10:09pm CST

LE0KING wrote:
Daniel Adkins wrote:
LE0KING wrote:even the writer didn't want the crossover

???

I don't know where you're getting this idea, dude. Visaggio was asked to pitch for Transformers Vs Visionaries.

This part of the interview here all but says that she just wanted a visionaries book.

"But Transformers was never a passion of mine, nor was writing it a lifelong dream; when I was pitched this book, IDW EIC David Hedgecock asked me if I wanted to write Visionaries; the Transformers came in later. What got me excited was the idea of reviving and reinventing a largely forgotten franchise; the Transformers were the object they’d be acting against, but the actors would be the Visionaries."

Alright, I found the interview this is from http://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2018/0 ... -visaggio/. Interesting.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1931949)
Posted by Va'al on January 17th, 2018 @ 3:28am CST

Daniel Adkins wrote:
LE0KING wrote:
Daniel Adkins wrote:
LE0KING wrote:even the writer didn't want the crossover

???

I don't know where you're getting this idea, dude. Visaggio was asked to pitch for Transformers Vs Visionaries.

This part of the interview here all but says that she just wanted a visionaries book.

"But Transformers was never a passion of mine, nor was writing it a lifelong dream; when I was pitched this book, IDW EIC David Hedgecock asked me if I wanted to write Visionaries; the Transformers came in later. What got me excited was the idea of reviving and reinventing a largely forgotten franchise; the Transformers were the object they’d be acting against, but the actors would be the Visionaries."

Alright, I found the interview this is from http://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2018/0 ... -visaggio/. Interesting.

Always pleasing to see my news posts (with links and extracts - including the one quoted in the comments above) ignored entirely. :-(

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1931952)
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 17th, 2018 @ 4:47am CST

Va'al wrote:
Daniel Adkins wrote:
LE0KING wrote:
Daniel Adkins wrote:
LE0KING wrote:even the writer didn't want the crossover

???

I don't know where you're getting this idea, dude. Visaggio was asked to pitch for Transformers Vs Visionaries.

This part of the interview here all but says that she just wanted a visionaries book.

"But Transformers was never a passion of mine, nor was writing it a lifelong dream; when I was pitched this book, IDW EIC David Hedgecock asked me if I wanted to write Visionaries; the Transformers came in later. What got me excited was the idea of reviving and reinventing a largely forgotten franchise; the Transformers were the object they’d be acting against, but the actors would be the Visionaries."

Alright, I found the interview this is from http://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2018/0 ... -visaggio/. Interesting.

Always pleasing to see my news posts (with links and extracts - including the one quoted in the comments above) ignored entirely.

It's okay Va'al, I didn't ignore it ;-)

Interesting to note that the writer wasn't keen on writing Kup off so I'm curious as to who's decision it was and why.. (unless he's getting rezzed at the end as a good will gesture or something)

@whoever said about unicron ending the IDW verse.
Unicron at best (or worse) will reset the universe but they will still all be connected, till the licenses are split up again, which could be never. In fact all Unicron may do is eat up all the inconsistencies that have cropped up over the decade long run of IDW Transformers (sort of the same way that Crisis on Infinite Earths was supposed to do for DC)

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1931960)
Posted by Rodimus Knight on January 17th, 2018 @ 7:10am CST

Daniel Adkins wrote:Jem does exist in the Hasbro Universe. Rock 'n Roll used to be the Holograms' roadie.

Seriously? Two questions:
1) what issues does it cover that?
2) was that before or after IDW put out the comic book for Jem and the Holograms?

I am honestly curious since you don't really see anything about the crap going down in the other comics mentioned in the Jem and the Holograms Comic and if Rock 'n Roll mentioned them, before the comic series, then it could have just been one of them Easter egg kind of things.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1931963)
Posted by Daniel Adkins on January 17th, 2018 @ 7:33am CST

Sorry, Va’al, I missed that part of your post while on mobile.

Rodimus Knight wrote:
Daniel Adkins wrote:Jem does exist in the Hasbro Universe. Rock 'n Roll used to be the Holograms' roadie.

Seriously? Two questions:
1) what issues does it cover that?
2) was that before or after IDW put out the comic book for Jem and the Holograms?

I am honestly curious since you don't really see anything about the crap going down in the other comics mentioned in the Jem and the Holograms Comic and if Rock 'n Roll mentioned them, before the comic series, then it could have just been one of them Easter egg kind of things.

It was in the Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook. Rock mentions them again Scarlett’s Strike Force #1 and Ian Noble had a Misfits poster in his room in the Action Man miniseries.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1931974)
Posted by Rodimus Knight on January 17th, 2018 @ 9:34am CST

Daniel Adkins wrote:Sorry, Va’al, I missed that part of your post while on mobile.

Rodimus Knight wrote:
Daniel Adkins wrote:Jem does exist in the Hasbro Universe. Rock 'n Roll used to be the Holograms' roadie.

Seriously? Two questions:
1) what issues does it cover that?
2) was that before or after IDW put out the comic book for Jem and the Holograms?

I am honestly curious since you don't really see anything about the crap going down in the other comics mentioned in the Jem and the Holograms Comic and if Rock 'n Roll mentioned them, before the comic series, then it could have just been one of them Easter egg kind of things.

It was in the Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook. Rock mentions them again Scarlett’s Strike Force #1 and Ian Noble had a Misfits poster in his room in the Action Man miniseries.

So I'm going to admit that I do read Jem and the Holograms, and I haven't seen Rock n' Roll in the comic anywhere. So I think as far as the current comic series go, it doesn't really connect to the rest of the Hasbroverse, but I think they are still using those names and images in it because they are Hasbro Properties.

So Jem and the Hollograms and the Misfits may exist in the Hsbroverse, the comic itself is not part of it.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1931978)
Posted by Va'al on January 17th, 2018 @ 9:53am CST

The comics has indeed not been explicitly included, you're right, but the characters have been acknowledged in passing a number of times, as Daniel said!

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1931988)
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 17th, 2018 @ 10:29am CST

So basically, don't get surprised if on the near future if the series gets a soft reboot and suddenly finds itself part of something bigger ;-)

well as big as it can fit in really (unless they go the macross route and music is suddenly very important to the well being of the universe)

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1931990)
Posted by Daniel Adkins on January 17th, 2018 @ 10:35am CST

Rodimus Knight wrote:
Daniel Adkins wrote:Sorry, Va’al, I missed that part of your post while on mobile.

Rodimus Knight wrote:
Daniel Adkins wrote:Jem does exist in the Hasbro Universe. Rock 'n Roll used to be the Holograms' roadie.

Seriously? Two questions:
1) what issues does it cover that?
2) was that before or after IDW put out the comic book for Jem and the Holograms?

I am honestly curious since you don't really see anything about the crap going down in the other comics mentioned in the Jem and the Holograms Comic and if Rock 'n Roll mentioned them, before the comic series, then it could have just been one of them Easter egg kind of things.

It was in the Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook. Rock mentions them again Scarlett’s Strike Force #1 and Ian Noble had a Misfits poster in his room in the Action Man miniseries.

So I'm going to admit that I do read Jem and the Holograms, and I haven't seen Rock n' Roll in the comic anywhere. So I think as far as the current comic series go, it doesn't really connect to the rest of the Hasbroverse, but I think they are still using those names and images in it because they are Hasbro Properties.

So Jem and the Hollograms and the Misfits may exist in the Hsbroverse, the comic itself is not part of it.

First off, of course you read the Jem comic. Everyone should read Jem. Because its a great comic.

And yes, as Va'al said, the Jem stories have never been explicitly stated to be in the Hasbroverse with Transformers and Joe, but we do know at least that A VERSION of those characters (with the same character designs) exists in the universe.

Actually, when you think about it, in order for Rock to have been a roadie for the Holograms before joining G.I. Joe, that means the Holograms and Misfits formed in the early 2000s rather than the 2010s.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1931991)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 17th, 2018 @ 10:35am CST

Va'al wrote:

On an off note, and I went back through the past 2 pages and didn't see it and y'all are talking right now: who is the chick here?

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1931994)
Posted by Daniel Adkins on January 17th, 2018 @ 10:44am CST

Her name is Galadria. She was one of the Spectral Knights at the meeting in the first issue.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932010)
Posted by ThunderThruster on January 17th, 2018 @ 12:18pm CST

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Va'al wrote:

On an off note, and I went back through the past 2 pages and didn't see it and y'all are talking right now: who is the chick here?

That's the newly redesigned form of Spectral Knight Galadria.
The fact that you had to ask, shows how much of a step away from the original this version is.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932014)
Posted by Rodimus Knight on January 17th, 2018 @ 12:22pm CST

ThunderThruster wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Va'al wrote:

On an off note, and I went back through the past 2 pages and didn't see it and y'all are talking right now: who is the chick here?

That's the newly redesigned form of Spectral Knight Galadria.
The fact that you had to ask, shows how much of a step away from the original this version is.

Looking at the image again, now many times do you think she'd bruised her face and gotten a fat lip from turning her head to fast and smacking into her shoulder fin?

Her significant other has been arrested already because the Doctor didn't believer her when she said the black eye was from her fin. :-D

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932015)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 17th, 2018 @ 12:24pm CST

ThunderThruster wrote:[That's the newly redesigned form of Spectral Knight Galadria.
The fact that you had to ask, shows how much of a step away from the original this version is.

Well, I wasn't born until 8 years after Visionaries came out and I really don't know anything about them and I still really don't, and I only sort of read issue 1 since I wasn't at all excited for it, so it's not really even the fault of the design.

I was more asking because I actually really like her look. she's probably the 1 Visionary I actually like the looks of. Although, my favorite animal is the Cheetah, so I sort of like Witterquick for that. And I sort of liked the looks of that Virulina before she killed Kup. Other than that, I'm not really hooked at all.

also, thanks Daniel, I did see your response, but I wanted to respond to this one

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932018)
Posted by ThunderThruster on January 17th, 2018 @ 12:36pm CST

Rodimus Knight wrote:
ThunderThruster wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Va'al wrote:

On an off note, and I went back through the past 2 pages and didn't see it and y'all are talking right now: who is the chick here?

That's the newly redesigned form of Spectral Knight Galadria.
The fact that you had to ask, shows how much of a step away from the original this version is.

Looking at the image again, now many times do you think she'd bruised her face and gotten a fat lip from turning her head to fast and smacking into her shoulder fin?

Her significant other has been arrested already because the Doctor didn't believer her when she said the black eye was from her fin.

"Cryotek, no!"

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932394)
Posted by Va'al on January 19th, 2018 @ 4:03am CST

Courtesy this time not of iTunes but directly the IDW Publishing website, we have a three-page preview for a couple of upcoming comics in the Hasbro Universe, both featuring Transformers in some way! Next up is the second issue of the 5 issue mini-series seeing the return to relevance of the Visionaries - after the brutal murder of Kup - and the seeming start of yet another conflict on Cybertron. Check out the three pages previewed below, and join us later next month for longer preview, review and the discussion in the Energon Pub!

AVAILABLE: February 2018
CREATORS:
Magdalene Visaggio (Author) • Fico Ossio (Artist, Cover Artist) • Philip Murphy (Cover Artist)

Virulina, leader of the Darkling Lords, has discovered that the Transformers are vulnerable to magic—and now she’s using that weakness to try and gain control of Cybertron and wipe them out! Leoric and Ironhide team up to stop her, but quickly find themselves facing not only the Darkling Lords, but all of New Prysmos itself!

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932401)
Posted by Big Grim on January 19th, 2018 @ 6:14am CST

Kinda a crappy way for Kup to go out.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932414)
Posted by Randomhero on January 19th, 2018 @ 7:45am CST

Big Grim wrote:Kinda a crappy way for Kup to go out.

Not as crappy as pipes getting stepped on and forgotten.

Or ya know..the Protectobots

at least this death is explained. Magic yes but it wasnt one dude taking down a gestalt with one swing of a sword and then gunned down.

When I read it I said “yeeeeeeeah that’s gonna be fun when Springer finds out...”

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932416)
Posted by Big Grim on January 19th, 2018 @ 7:51am CST

Randomhero wrote:Not as crappy as pipes getting stepped on and forgotten.

Or ya know..the Protectobots at least this death is explained. Magic yes but it wasnt one dude taking down a gestalt with one swing of a sword and then gunned down.

Fair points both.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932420)
Posted by Randomhero on January 19th, 2018 @ 8:40am CST

I actually really enjoyed the first issue. I don’t know visionaries in the slightest but I’m into this series but I would like to see Springer show up and say “THEY DID WHAT...F&@$ THAT!!!” And start stomping on them.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932425)
Posted by Coptur on January 19th, 2018 @ 9:02am CST

TBH I don't like Mags Vissagio and I don't like the changes to the Visionaries

BUT having said that I did put aside those feelings and....

I actually didn't mind the first issue on my 2nd reading of it.

So many characters have been offed in IDW transformers Kup really didn't bother me.

Although I did think Ironhide should've shouted to Tankor to fall back.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932427)
Posted by LE0KING on January 19th, 2018 @ 9:11am CST

I tell you this now, I've been reading the Idw comic run for a long time. I was born ten years too late for G1, so this is, for all accounts, my G1 TF expierence. I've read it in the good and in the bad, but if they kill Prime Breakdown, I'm dropping the whole line.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932428)
Posted by Randomhero on January 19th, 2018 @ 9:14am CST

Coptur wrote:TBH I don't like Mags Vissagio and I don't like the changes to the Visionaries

BUT having said that I did put aside those feelings and....

I actually didn't mind the first issue on my 2nd reading of it.

So many characters have been offed in IDW transformers Kup really didn't bother me.

Although I did think Ironhide should've shouted to Tankor to fall back.

I’m my opinion and I’m being very opinionated I think a lot of the negativity is it’s happening in a book people didn’t want. A lot of the vocal minority don’t want other toys playing with their transformers and don’t feel it’s right to kill off a big name like Kup(again) in a book that people just don’t want and it’s just more fuel for the fire.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932432)
Posted by Randomhero on January 19th, 2018 @ 9:32am CST

Only thing with issue one I didn’t like was the editorial at the end which was “they made me kill Kup please don’t hate me.” It’s like they knew it was gonna get negative reactions and had to make a preemptive response and that stupid “in memeory of Kup” pages. Own it.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932437)
Posted by Coptur on January 19th, 2018 @ 9:43am CST

Randomhero wrote:Only thing with issue one I didn’t like was the editorial at the end which was “they made me kill Kup please don’t hate me.” It’s like they knew it was gonna get negative reactions and had to make a preemptive response and that stupid “in memeory of Kup” pages. Own it.

Yeah I can fully understand people were angry with the KUP thing, I'm so thick skinned over all the mass killing in IDW TF i'm just so nonchalant about it.

I should care because I like Kup LOL.

Yes true again nobody wanted the Visionaries introduction to be crossed over with the Transformers. The Visionaries really needed their own world built before it was brought down. :-(

LE0KING - I agree and I didn't like how Prime Breakdown's fate in the series as it was done so cheaply...but Arachnid did have female character indestructible powers... :roll:

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932442)
Posted by Sunstar on January 19th, 2018 @ 10:21am CST

I don't know why it bothers me so much, but I am really not liking how htey are just trashing the Transformers like that. I hope the Transformers can crush each and every one of those flesh coated maggots... argh - it actually is pissing me off. This is silly!

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932449)
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 19th, 2018 @ 10:46am CST

Hmm...Still don't see why they couldn't have had one of the other series cross over but what's done is done and I'm curious as to why it was kup was destined to die. Is he going to become "girl in the fridge" material for someone?

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932453)
Posted by LE0KING on January 19th, 2018 @ 10:56am CST

Coptur wrote:
LE0KING - I agree and I didn't like how Prime Breakdown's fate in the series as it was done so cheaply...but Arachnid did have female character indestructible powers...

Well my problem is that Scott brought Breakdown in with a ton of potential. He was designed to be an interesting character, with a history as a second class citizen, who came to a new world to become the person he was meant to be. There hasn't been much time to build on that yet, but here he is, nameless thug #7.
If they kill him it will be just another slap across the face of the only writer who cared about giving idw transformers a future.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932456)
Posted by ScottyP on January 19th, 2018 @ 11:00am CST

:reads issue 2 prev

Oh, sorry, I fell asleep. That's 3 pages which have accomplished nothing whatsoever, neat.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932478)
Posted by Coptur on January 19th, 2018 @ 12:12pm CST

LE0KING wrote:
Coptur wrote:
LE0KING - I agree and I didn't like how Prime Breakdown's fate in the series as it was done so cheaply...but Arachnid did have female character indestructible powers...

Well my problem is that Scott brought Breakdown in with a ton of potential. He was designed to be an interesting character, with a history as a second class citizen, who came to a new world to become the person he was meant to be. There hasn't been much time to build on that yet, but here he is, nameless thug #7.
If they kill him it will be just another slap across the face of the only writer who cared about giving idw transformers a future.

Yeah I hear ya

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932482)
Posted by snavej on January 19th, 2018 @ 12:39pm CST

I wonder if IDW will manage to kill all the Transformers we have known before the comics are killed off by falling sales?! :-?

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932487)
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on January 19th, 2018 @ 1:00pm CST

snavej wrote:I wonder if IDW will manage to kill all the Transformers we have known before the comics are killed off by falling sales?!

I think that's the plan. UNICRON will kill everyone and then reboot!

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932499)
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 19th, 2018 @ 1:59pm CST

snavej wrote:I wonder if IDW will manage to kill all the Transformers we have known before the comics are killed off by falling sales?!

Ever the optimist :-P

but I seriously hope any reboot is soft as I don't wish to return autobot vs decpticons again, at least not for another 10 years maybe? Going back to basics won't get us very far if we end up going in circles.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932508)
Posted by Sunstar on January 19th, 2018 @ 2:42pm CST

because cons vs decepts is overdone - new material. I love the new materials

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932534)
Posted by Whifflefire on January 19th, 2018 @ 4:56pm CST

I think a new take on the origin of the war on Cybertron would be a interesting new take for a reboot to focus on before without simply jumping back into the same formula. The same G1 cast, with stories showing their non-combatant sides and how characters react to the prospect of the war. Like the flashbacks in Shadowplay, but a whole series, at least for a couple of years.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932546)
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 19th, 2018 @ 6:23pm CST

You can do that now without rebooting, I mean you could even do it from the viewpoint of a non aligned, to show what it must be like when you think both sides are bad

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932564)
Posted by steve2275 on January 19th, 2018 @ 10:10pm CST

wait this is real?

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932581)
Posted by Sunstar on January 20th, 2018 @ 12:49am CST

steve2275 wrote:wait this is real?

I also wish it was a bad dream.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932661)
Posted by Coptur on January 20th, 2018 @ 12:46pm CST

IDW have doen some really cools thing with Transformers and GIJoe but I think they've lost steam and made few errors albeit bold errors.

One being making Megatron an Autobot tbh at first I thought it was cool idea but not long term.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932678)
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 20th, 2018 @ 1:50pm CST

Actually I'm the opposite, Autobot Megs was fantastic, I just wish others had given him the chance instead of just wishing back to evil. There was other good characters to lead the cons and other threats (look at onyx prime), we don't need decepticon megs anymore, not in the idw comics at least.

Also this could of been a perfect time to introduce the other megatron...the BW one, someone who shows what you can do when you really work at it.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932852)
Posted by WreckerJack on January 21st, 2018 @ 6:08pm CST

I was about to think, hey its got Wheeljack and Breakdown maybe I'll bite. Stupid way for Kup to die and 3 pages of humans...nty.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932900)
Posted by Daniel Adkins on January 21st, 2018 @ 11:00pm CST

ZeroWolf wrote:Actually I'm the opposite, Autobot Megs was fantastic, I just wish others had given him the chance instead of just wishing back to evil. There was other good characters to lead the cons and other threats (look at onyx prime), we don't need decepticon megs anymore, not in the idw comics at least.

Also this could of been a perfect time to introduce the other megatron...the BW one, someone who shows what you can do when you really work at it.

If you want Beast Wars Megs, just buy Optimus Prime #15.

Re: Interview with Magdalene Visaggio, Writer of IDW Transformers vs Visionaries (1932934)
Posted by Coptur on January 22nd, 2018 @ 6:25am CST

ZeroWolf wrote:Actually I'm the opposite, Autobot Megs was fantastic, I just wish others had given him the chance instead of just wishing back to evil. There was other good characters to lead the cons and other threats (look at onyx prime), we don't need decepticon megs anymore, not in the idw comics at least.

Also this could of been a perfect time to introduce the other megatron...the BW one, someone who shows what you can do when you really work at it.

Yeah I can't argue with BW Megatron maybe playing a bigger role by now unfortunately we have Oynx Prime because of the Power of the Primes of toy push (i understand it's business) I-)

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I don't think we've seen enough of the colonies and their own cultures. We should've seen by now BW Megatron get his hands (or teeth) on a copy of G1 Megatron's book.

Wreckerjack - to be fair to the preview pages they're transformers depicted on each page. Just dead ones.

Daniel Adkins - how do you know that's not T-Wrecks.. :-P