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IDW Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall has posted the alternative cover for The Transformers Spotlight: Blurr. Trevor Hutchison, who has also done variant covers for All Hail Megatron, has drawn this stylised cover.
Spotlight: Blurr is written by Shane McCarthy, with art by Casey Coller and coming to a comic store near you this November.
Just one comic release this week, with Transformers Animated: The Arrival #2 continuing the Animated comic series. The series is in-continuity with the cartoon series, and tells stories that fit around the first season of the cartoon.
Chris Ryall has also posted the 2 covers for the issue on his blog.
IDW have posted 5 pages from the upcoming 4th issue of Reign of Starscream on their forums. The issue is due for release on 13/08/2008 with #5 following on 27/08/2008.
After a couple of weeks without any new comics, August looks like being a busy month.This week there is only 1 new release, Transformers: Saga of the Allspark #2, which collects issues #3 and #4 of Titan’s Transformers UK comic, featuring stories from the movie-verse.
Chris Ryall has posted an image for the cover to the comic on his blog.
One lucky fan managed to get half an hour with comic writer Simon Furman at last weekends Auto Assembly 2008.
Titan Magazines have updated their website with a new page for their Transformers: Animated comic. In a similar style to the movie site, there is the release date for issue #1 as 23rd October. There is also the cover for the first issue, which shows the free gift as some sort of blaster.
More specific details on the content will be revealed in the coming months.
For anyone unable to attend the San Diego Comic-Con this year (probably most of our readers), and disappointed by the fan made video coverage, IDW Editor Denton J. Tipton has posted a clear video of IDW’s powerpoint presentation, which shows previews and covers for All Hail Megatron #2 and #3, the covers for Spotlight: Blurr and Maximum Dinobots, the logo for Spotlight: Sideswipe and lots of toher bits of art.
Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall has posted the cover The Transformers: Spotlight Volume 3 TPB. The cover art is an unused image by Marcelo Matere featuring Grimlock with the other Dinobots.
Volume 3 TPB will contain 5 Spotlight issues, all from 2008. These include Blaster, Arcee, Mirage, Grimlock and Wheelie. The book is out mid September.
IDW Editor Denton J. Tipton has updated his blog with some new estimated release dates. The good news is that all comics due for release in July and August will be out by the end of August, meaning IDW will be up-to-date.
Here is the full timetable, now updated for 20th & 27th August and 3rd September.
6th August
Transformers Movie Sequel: Saga of the Allspark #2
13th August
Transformers Reign of Starscream #4
Transformers Animated: The Arrival #1
The Transformers Best of U.K.: Time Wars #1
20th August
The Transformers: All Hail Megatron #2
The Transformers: Spotlight: Doubledealer
27th August
Transformers Reign of Starscream #5
Transformers Animated Series Vol. 4
3rd September
Transformers Saga of the Allspark #3
The Transformers Best of U.K.: Time Wars #2
IDW colourer Liam Shalloo has posted two fully coloured pages, one from Transformers Animated Arrival #1 and one from Transformers Spotlight: Doubledealer, the thrid issue in the Revelation arc.
Both issues are out in August, with Animated Arrival #1 out on 13th August and Doubledealer waiting for a date.
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