Dreamwave

Matt Moylan, an editor with Dreamwave Productions sent us this email today

Hey all!

We’d just like to invite all of you to check out the all-new dreamwaveprod.com. We’ll be updating the new site weekly with major announcements and new content every wednesday, so check back every week
Thanks for all the support you guys!

Thanks Matt

According to this report at the Allspark that the whole Dreamwave goin’ down thing is looking more and more likely.  The DW website is down completely and apparently Roger Lee (DW business manager) has registered another site called www.dreamengine.ca.  Whether they’re shifting assets over to a new company to soldier on from there is unknown, but lets hope for the best, and maybe a word or two from DW themselves

After teasing us with Terminator related interviews all week, Simon Furman has finally sat down and talked about Transformers (yah!). CNI caught up with him and discussed all sorts about Transformers, from the current IDW series, to working for Dreamwave and Marvel to the Movie Prequel.

There are some spoilers relating to the IDW series and how the Spotlights fit in, so only read if you don’t mind.

CNI Who is your favorite Transformers character and why?Furman I hate this question, because the answer is always Grimlock and everyone always groans. I just love borderline, conflicted characters. You (and the reader) never know what they�re going to do next! But, I�ve taken pains to sideline Grimlock (so far) in the Infiltration/Escalation/Devastation-verse, so I am coming to appreciate other characters.

The full interview can be found here.

IDW Publishing Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall has posted the exact release date for all Transformers comics in April and May.

11th April

TF Movie Prequel #3

TF Stormbringer Manga

18th April

TF Target 2006 #1

25th April

TF Cybertron Balancing Act

TF Spotlight Kup

2nd May

TF Movie Prequel #4

TF Animated Movie TPB

9th May

TF Cover Gallery, Vol. 2

TF Target 2006 #2

TF War Within TPB, Vol. 2

TF Escalation #6

On press, dates to be announced soon

TF The Ark

TF Greatest Battles of Optimus Prime & Megatron

TF Infiltration TPB (likely June 6)

TF Escalation TPB

TF Spotlight TPB

TF Stormbringer TPB-2nd Printing

TF Movie Adaptation TPB

TF Movie Prequel TPB

IDW Publishing have released ther May solicitations and included are a range of Transformers titles

The Transformers Megatron Origin #1

The Transformers The Movie Prequel #4

The Transformers The Best of Don Figueroa The Premier Collection

Transformers The Greatest Battles of Optimus Prime and Megatron

Transformers The Ark - A Complete Compendium of Transformers Animation Models

The Transformers Cover Gallery Book 2

The Transformers Target 2006 #2

Transformers War Within Vol. 2 The Dark Ages

The full details can be found at Comics Continuum.

For the second year running, Wildfur will be bringing a limited edition signed and bookplated version of one of the  products they have worked on with them to Auto Assembly! This year, it will be copies of the Transformers War Within - The Dark Ages trade paperback! They are expecting to have around 30 copies of this available so it will be extremely rare and it will be limited to a MAXIMUM of one per person! If you want to get a copy of this, it is highly likely that it will go to one of the pre-registrants who will get early entry to Auto Assembly 2005 so there’s no better reason to pre-book while you still have a chance!!

There will be ONE copy of the bookplated edition in the charity auction available later in the day, but apart from that, this will be your only chance to get this edition of the book!

Just a quick note to let all visitors of TheTF.net know that Comic Connections has just received its latest delivery of Transformer comics from the US. As you no doubt all know, due to a recent license ban, Hasbro has stopped these much desired comics shipping to this country.

New in stock they have Armada #4, 5 and 6 and the latest Simon Furman classic War Within #4. As well as a selection of TF back issues and other 80’s nostalgia books.

Here are the first four covers from Dreamwave. Don’t forget to vote in our poll for which poster you’d like them to produce in July.