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.
