Chris Ryall has posted some new art on his blog for Transformers Spotlight: Hardhead and Spotlight: Doubledealer. The pencil sketches, by Nick Roche and Dan Khanna, show some good detail on what’s to come in the Revelations saga.
Auto Assembly 2009 Early Bird Ticket Discounts Extended!
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Tyrese Gibson still can’t believe his luck at being cast in Transformers
Star of Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Tyrese Gibson, is naturally excited about being part of the movies, but still can’t get… [more]
Megan Fox not on the market again?
Bad news fellas, it seems the most beautiful woman in the world (after Arcee of course), Megan Fox, is not on the market and in the hunt once again for… [more]
Transformers 2 – Transformers Revenge of the Fallen – Trailer
The first trailer for Transformers Revenge of the Fallen was removed from YouTube within hours, expect this one to last just as long! It's the full trailer… [more]
Gregg Berger To Attend Auto Assembly 2009!!
We've just been sent this press released from Simon and Sven from Auto Assembly, and it's big news. Get read for some Decepto-chop munching at AA this… [more]
Chris Ryall & Shane McCarthy Q & A
A fan-made Q & A on IDW’s forums has revealed some interesting news on IDW’s plans for their Transformers comics, including All Hail Megatron, Revelation, The 13, Evolutions and more. There are originally 25 questions, but there are some more in the thread.
There is also some news that Hasbro have big plans for The Transformers 25th Anniverary next year
Final BotCon 2008 schedule announced
BotCon.com have uploaded the schedule for the 3 day 2008 convention. As usual, lots of things are happening, including, an IDW Comic Pan, Transformers: Animated Video preview and voice actor Q & A, Fan Film Festival, a Hasbro Transformers Team DVD Commentary, a TCCMagazine and Comic Q&A, Hasbro Toy Panel and and a Hasbro Designers Panel.
The full sechedule can be read here.
Advanced reviews of Reign of Starscream #1
On 30th April, IDW Publishing will start the build up to the Transformers Sequel in June 2009, with the first issue of the official Transformers movie sequel comic, Transformers: Reign of Starscream.
To give fans some perspective on the issue, some advanced reviews have been posted on IDW’s forums. The general consensus is mostly positive, but we’ll let you decide when it’s released in 2 weeks time.
Reign of Starscream is written by Chris Mowry and Chris Ryall and drawn by Alex Milne, and will consist of 5 issues from April to August, with the TPB in November 08.
More All Hail Megatron previews
After the 8 issue preview of All Hail Megatron in Transformers: Focus on Decepticons, which was released last week, we now have 3 more pages of issue #1 to show you.
Newsarama have posted pages 1, 2 and 16, which have never been seen before. In Focus on Decepticons, pages 3-10 were shown.
All Hail Megatron issue #1 is released in July.
All Hail Megatron #2 cover preview
IDW Publishing editor Denton Tipton has posted an early cover sketch from artist Guido Guidi on his blog for Transformers All Hail Megatron #2. The cover shows Soundwave and a reflection of Rumble (or Frenzy?) with flames on the bottom.
The sketch can be found here, and he hopes to present the full colour cover at BotCon 08.
Script Wrap for Transformers Spotlight: Hardhead
Simon Furman has completed the script for Transformers Spotlight: Hardhead, the second issue in the Revelation saga.
In this script wrap, Simon gives details on the issue being a sort of sequel to Transformers Spotlight: Nightbeat, the second Spotlight issue, released back in October 2006. There is also confirmation on the thrid Spotlight being about Doubledealer.
Transformers Spotlight: Hardhead is released in July, written by Simon Furman, with art by Nick Roche.
Possible title of IDW arc set between Revelations and All Hail Megatron?
With the announcement and confirmation of Transformers Revelations and Transformers: All Hail Megatron last month, also came a bit of confusion. All Hail Megatron is set 1 year after Revelations and that there is an 8 issues worth of material set between the series. It isn’t known if it is one 8 issue series or a couple of series.
In is comments section, Simon Furman has teased the next title, Transformers Maximum. What does this mean, we don’t know. It could be the rumoured The 13 series or something new.
Using IDW’s numbering for the series, here is how it is set out:
Inflitration – #0-6
Stormbringer – #7-10
Escalation – #11-16
Devastation – #17-22
Revelation – #23-26
Unknown Series (Maximum?) – #27-34
All hail Megatron – #35-46
Spotlight: Grimlock 5 page preview (in colour)
IDW Editor Denton J. Tipton is at it again, this time with a preview for Transformers Spotlight: Grimlock.
The inked versions of the first 4 pages have already been released, but now the first 5 are in full colour.
Transformers Spotlight: Grimlock is out on 23rd April with art by Marcelo Matere and written by Grimlock’s biggest fan, Simon Furman.
Interview with All Hail Megatron writer Shane McCarthy
Newsarama have interviewed IDW writer Shane McCarthy, who is currently working on the 12 issue series Transformers: All Hail Megatron.
McCarthy confirms that the series will be set a year after the events of The Transformers: Revelations series, and will take the continuity in a new direction. He also poses the ultimate question “How will the rest of the world react to the fall of America?”, which we probably all the know the real answer.
The whole interview can be found here, and if you want a preview of the first issue, check out Transformers: Focus On Decepticons, which is out this week.
