Simon Furman

Simon Furman has taken the time to answer 20 questions put to him by fans. You’ll find discussion about revelation, Expansion and All Hail Megatron, what’s going on with The Thirteen and Beast Wars, and his general thoughts on Transformers and working for IDW.

The first 15 are readable on the IDW forums, with the remaining 5 on his blog.

Titan Magazine’s first Transformers: Animated comic is out today, exclusively in the UK. The issue contains an 11-page story titled “Burnout”, and introducing a brand new character in the Animated universe, Sideswipe. The issue is written by Simon Furman, who has also commented on the release on his blog, with art drawn by John McCrea, and colour by Kat Nicholson.

There’s also the usual puzzles, competitions, letters and free gift.

After completing the script for The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots #3, Simon Furman has provided some information on the issue, which is due to be release in February 2009. The blog post has some spoilers, so only read if you’re likely to forget what happens before next year.

Art is by Nick Roche with colours by Josh Burcham and issue #1 is currently looking beautiful!

With the release of Titan’s Transformers UK #17 today, writer of the issue Simon Furman has posted his thoughts on the issue, titled “Return to Cybertron Part 1″ and also discussed the bonus 5 page Animated strip to promote the new Transformers: Animated comic coming later this month.

Art for the main story is by Jon Davis-Hunt, a preview can be found here.

it’s been awhile since SImon Furman updated his blog, but with the release of The Transformers Spotlight: Sideswipe this week, he has posted some story teasers for the issue.

Expect lots of story progression in this crammed 22 page issue, but also look out for the amazing art from E.J. Su, who has gone full out.

Expect more blogging from Simon later this week with the release of Titan’s Transformers #17 on Thursday.

This Thursday (tomorrow) sees the release of Transformers UK #16 from Titan Magazines. The issue, which features the latest story in the alternative Movie-verse, is titled “Dark Spark” and features the return of a fallen Autobot.

Simon Furman has provided his thoughts on the issue, including spoilers, on his blog.

Dark Spark is written by Simon Furman with art by Jeremy Tiongson and colour by Jason Cardy.

One lucky fan managed to get half an hour with comic writer Simon Furman at last weekends Auto Assembly 2008.

Simon Furman has completed his script for issue #16 of Titan’s Transformers UK comic, and has provided a general story overview. The story, titled ‘Dark Spark’, is a stand alone story, following on from the previous two stories, Aftermath.

Titan Transformers (UK) #16 is due out on 11th September, with art from Jeremy Tiongson. A preview can be found below:

With the San Deigo Comic-Con starting today, many fans will be disappointed that Simon Furman will not be at the convention to represent IDW Publishing.  He will though be at Auto Assembly 2008, the UK’s only dedicated Transformers convention for 2008!

At the convention, he will be bringing his usual swag; trade paperbacks, books, scripts and script/comic packs to sell and sign for all keen fans. He’ll also be taking part in the comic Q & A panel, where he will hopefully divulge some juicy information on IDW’s and Titan’s future Transformers comic plans.

AA 2008 is on Saturday 2nd August, but you only have until the end of this weekend to pre-register.