Titan Magazine have sent us some details on the new UK comic based around the Transformers movie.
The cover can be viewed here.
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Titan UK Movie Comic Details
IDW Comics Taking Over World
As we all knew, with the Transformers Movie set to take the world by storm (hopefully), companies would want to sell lots of Transformers merchandise to everyone. IDW Publishing are planning to sell Tranformers Movie related comics but also continue their G1 universe with Megatron Origin, Devastation, Spotlights Galvatron and Optimus Prime and produce a new series of Beast Wars.
Well, Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall has decided to provide lots of information on these titles and more with an update of IDW’s forum. Here is the Movie related bit
“First, the movie projects. They’re done (finally!) and about to come out. The Prequel TPB and the Movie Adaptation TPB are going to be pretty prevalent, since there will be copies sold outside of just the direct comic book market. You’ll be able to find copies at Target (including an exclusive Target edition of the Prequel with a lenticular cover), J.C. Penny, and some other places. There will be a videogame booklet-sized copy of Prequel #1 in the Activision videogame. A special something in the Bumblebee Unleashed toy (cover art by Klaus Scherwinski). There are special plans being made for the eventual DVD release (one written by me and art by Andrew, among other things) and even the movie soundtrack CD (not finalized just yet). And there will even be an exclusive, all-new 10-page comic (by Simon, me, and Andrew Wildman, with a new cover by Don and Josh) given out at a particular theater chain (courtesy of Target, too). Details on which theater to come, but that will be the only place that comic will be found (other than eBay). There will be 1.5 million copies of these given out. So there will be an amazing amount of Transformers movie comics out in the world as of June 5 and beyond. We’ll talk formally about all these plans soon, but there’s the advance word on what’s been going on. Somehow, Simon and I will have more comics in circulation than anyone else has had in years…”
If that has got you wanting more, head over to IDW’s forums and read the rest.
Simon Furman Blog: TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY DEVASTATION…
Simon Furman has posted another blog update, this time talking about the feedback he has received on end of Escalation and providing us with teasers of what to expect in Devastation and the Galvatron and Optimus Prime Spotlights.
The blog post can be read here.
Spotlight Galvatron Preview
IDW Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall has posted some preview pages from July’s Transformers spotlight Galvatron. There are spoilers and a major colouring mistake!
Thanks to forum member clrobe for the news.
IDW Preview – Target 2006 #2, War Within Vol. 2, TPB & Cover Galley Vol. 2
IDW Publishing have put up their 5 page previews and complete cover galleries for this weeks releases. On Wednesday, The Transformers Target 2006 #2, the reprint of the Marvel comic, Transformers War Within Vol. 2, The Dark Ages TPB, the reprint of Dreamwaves prequel series and The Transformers Cover Galley Vol. 2, the second collection of all of IDW’s covers printed in one book.
The previews can be found here.
Interview with Eric Holmes
Newsarama have managed to catch up with Eric Holmes and discuss his involvement with IDW’s new Transformers mini-series, Megatron Origin.
Some interesting details and images are provided that should keep you excited until the 1st (of 4) issue is release next month.
5 Page Escalation #6 Preview
A five page preview of the final issue of Transformers Escalation has been posted on the IDW website.
View the preview here.
IDW Preview – Spotlight KUP & TF Balancing Act
IDW Publishing have put up previews for there releases this week, which include two Transformers titles. These are Transformers Spotlight KUP, which is the 7th in the series and the first story in the IDW G1 series not written by Simon Furman, but Nick Riche who makes his writting debut.
Transformers Balancing Act is the other issue, which is a reprint of the stories “Vector Prime In The Beginning”, “Balancing Act” and “Revelations”, which were all exclsuive to Hasbro’s Transformers Collectors’ Club. If, like most people living outside North America, you could not afford to be a member of the Club, you can at least catch up on these stories for a much cheaper price.
The 5 page previews and covers can be found here.
IDW Update Transformers HQ
IDW Publishing have revamped their Transformers section on their website. The most interesting part of this upgrade is the cover previews for the Transformers Movie Adaptation, which now has some confirmed release dates in June.
There are also details on the extra features that will only be in the individual issues and not the TPB.
Full details can be found here.
Simon Furman interview at CNI
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.
