IDW editor/writer, Chris Ryall, has been answering questions from the fans on IDW’s message boards. Lots of info has been given, so either read the thread, or wait until we have our summary written.
Transformers-themed pub could be Britain’s Best Home Bar
A Transformers-themed pub is in the running to be crowned Britain’s Best Home Bar, in a competition being run by Liberty Games. The winning bar, chosen… [more]
TFNation 2019 Transformers Convention Review
This last weekend saw yet another Transformers convention take over the Metropole Hilton, in Birmingham. These weekends have become a staple of my summer… [more]
Annual Transformers Forum Meet Tour
Every year, since 2011, the nerds from TheTF.Net forum (now a Facebook group, because running a forum proved too much like hard work) have met for a weekend… [more]
Our 2019 Forum Meet took place this weekend, in Cardiff
This weekend saw our annual forum meet being held in the Welsh capital of Cardiff. Each year we meet in a different town or city in the UK, alternating… [more]
Video Footage from Transforce in 2001
Almost 18 years ago (crikey, has it been that long?) we wrote a review of our visit to Transforce in August 2001. It was a seriously hot day, but a great… [more]
Transformers: Escalation #2 Desktop Wallpapers
IDW have released a desktop wallpaper from Klaus Scherwinski, based on Transformers Escalation #2. The image shows Ratch and a broken Suntreaker. Here is the IDW description
Transformers Escalation #2 is coming your way soon, so the timing couldn’t be better for TF variant cover master Klaus Scherwinski to drop this desktop in our inbox. Dress your screen up with RACHET as he ponders the wrechage of SUNSTREAKER, but is everything as it appears? Find out next week!
IDW Art Du Jour – Kup Spotlight
IDW Publishing’s Art Du Jour! has been updated with a cover sketch by Nick Roche, who will also be writing this issue.
12/11/06
Artist Nick Roche does his Transformers Spotlights, (Shockwave, Hot Rod) one better here, this time tackling full scripting duties along with handling the art chores on a special issue featuring the one and only KUP! In this Spotlight on the grizzled old TRANSFORMER, KUP finds himself stranded, facing shutdown, and fighting evil that just might be all in his mind. Alex Milne joins the cause, too, presenting a special variant cover that shows just what KUP is up against in this Spotlight, seen below in today’s ADJ. Enjoy!
Transformers: Animated Movie #3 Preview
IDW Publishing have put up a 5 page preview (and 2 the 2 covers) of Transformers Animated Movie #3, due out on 13th December.
IDW March Comic Releases
Here are March 2007 releases for IDW Publishing. The covers can be found at Comics Continuum.
The Transformers Prime Directive Movie Prequel #2
Written by Simon Furman and Chris Ryall, art and cover by Don Figueroa.
Before the movie opens in July, the only place to get a look at The Transformerrs of the live-action film is right here! The prequel extravaganza continues here, with “The Megaman Cometh.” Megatron is headed to Earth, in search of the Allspark. But what he finds, and what this means for the ongoing war that’s come to our world, is something he never could’ve expected! Furman, Ryall and Figueroa continue the movie’s official beginning right here! Featuring a special photo variant cover, too.
32 pages, $3.99.
Transformers Spotlight Soundwave
Written by Simon Furman, art by Marcelo Matere, covers by Matere and Nick Roche.
Presenting the next triumphal one-shot focusing on some of the best-loved (or loathed) characters from the Transformers Universe. The spotlight falls on Soundwave, the Decepticon intelligence officer with a knack of, first and foremost, looking out for number one! Confronted (on Earth, in 1984!) by an impending catastrophe only he can avert, will Soundwave, for once, consider the bigger picture?
32 pages, $3.99.
The Transformers Escalation #5
Written by Simon Furman, art by E.J. Su, covers by Su and Klaus Scherwinski.
This is it! The all-out, no-holds-barred battle you’ve all been waiting for… Optimus Prime vs. Megatron! In the icy wasteland between Russia and Brasnya, the two titans clash for the first time in many millennia, and Megatron’s playing for keeps. Empowered by Ore-13, Megatron wants nothing less than the Autobot leader’s complete and utter eradication. And the way things are going� he might just get his wish!
32 pages, $3.99.
Transformers Beast Wars Manga TPB
Written by Simon Furman, art by Don Figueroa.
The long-awaited pairing of writer Simon Furman and artist extraordinaire Don Figueroa on a Beast Wars saga is finally upon us. The Beast Wars — the time-lost series of conflicts on Earth, where heroic Maximals are pitted against evil Predacons — is celebrating its 10th anniversary with this special collection, presented in this special manga digest.
96 pages, $9.99.
The Transformers Beast Wars #1 Variant Cover Slipcase
This exclusive slipcover edition includes all of the rarest covers from The Transformers Beast Wars The Gathering #1, including RI-A (foil stamp edition), RI-B (foil stamp edition), RI-C (foil stamp edition), and RI-D (gatefold fold-out edition), all illustrated by artist Don Figueroa, and enclosed in an attractive slipcase.
Limited to 250 copies, $75.
The Transformers Generations #12
Written by Bob Budiansky, art by Don Perlin, colored by Nick Roche.
IDW continues a look back at some of the most beloved Transformers comics from years past. Nick Roche (Transformers Spotlight Shockwave) once again presents a new cover recreation of the original cover art, along with a variant retro art cover. This month, the first year of reprints concludes with the return of Buster Witwicky in the classic “Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom!” originally presented in Marvel Comics’ The Transformers #31!
32 pages, $2.99.
The Transformers War Within, Volume 1 TPB
Before Stormbringer, before the Beast Wars, before even Generation One, there was… The War Within. Four million years before the Transformers came to Earth, civil war rocks their home world of Cybertron, and Optimus Prime faces his first — and greatest — challenge. But before he can deal with the Decepticons, the new Autobot leader must look within… and decide if Cybertron is worth saving at all! If you think you know the Transformers… think again! IDW is proud to present an all-new collection of this long-out-of-print tale from the Transformers’ past.
168 pages, $19.99.
TF Generations #10 Preview
IDW have put up a 5 page preview of Transformers Generations #10, including the 3 different covers available. The comic is on sale from tomrrow.
Escalation #1 in IDW’s Art Du Jour!
IDW Publishing’s Art Du Jour! has been updated with an inks page from artist E.J. Su for this weeks new release Transformers Escalation #1.
Simon Furman updates on latest Guides
Simon Furman has posted a message on the IDW Forums answering questions relating to the updated Ultimate Guide and the new Visual Guide. Read
Tough decisions on what/what not to cram into eight extra pages of the Ultimate Guide. Finally came down to a whole new section on IDW and recent toy lines (Alternators, Classics). Though there were lots of suggestions floated at Botcon (for which I thank one and all), this seemed to bring us most up to date. If I’d had another 4pp, I’d have definitely included TF Cybertron, but t’was not to be. Maybe if they do a third edition!!!As for the Visual Guide, it’s entirely movie-centric. It’s kind of like an Ultimate Guide for the new movie. Lavishly illustrated, background on all the characters (stuff you won’t get in the movie ) and so forth.
Plus, while I’m plugging TF books (sorry, Chris), there’s You Can Draw Transformers, a (classic) TF-centric art book. Illos by Guido, text by yours truly. Think that’s out about the same time as the Visual Guide.
Phew. Now I’ve got to actually write this stuff!
–Simon
The full thread can be read here.
IDW Transformers comics for 29/11/06
IDW have released three 5 page previews of their upcoming Transformers titles. The previews can be seen on IDW’s site.
THE TRANSFORMERS ESCALATION #1 (of 6)Publisher IDW Publishing
Writers Simon Furman
Pencils E.J. Su
Covers E.J. Su, Klaus Scherwinski
Part 1 of 6
The saga of the TRANSFORMERS secret war on Earth- begun in Infiltration- continues with Phase Two Escalation. With the monumental menaces of MEGATRON and Ore-13 looming, the Autobots could be forgiven for thinking things couldn’t get much worse. But, as OPTIMUS PRIME musters his response to the mounting threat, the Machination strikes- with shocking and tragic consequences! By Simon Furman (The Transformers Infiltration) and E.J. Su (The Transformers Infiltration). A second cover by videogame artist Klaus Scherwinski will be offered in a 50/50 ratio.
THE TRANSFORMERS ESCALATION #1 BLACK & WHITEPublisher IDW Publishing
Writers Simon Furman
Pencils E.J. Su
Covers E.J. Su, Klaus Scherwinski
Want to really take in every bit of artist E.J. Su’s amazingly technical work in its “prime” state? Now you can-with the entire first issue of Escalation, covers included, offered in beautifully detailed black and white!
THE TRANSFORMERS INFILTRATION MANGA TPPublisher IDW Publishing
Writers Simon Furman
Pencils E.J. Su
Covers E.J. Su
IDW presents a special digest-sized version of the hit Transformers Infiltration that features the stunning original black and white artwork of E.J. Su. Earth 2006, and the fate of the planet is already sealed, its destiny decided… by the marauding mechanical beings known as DECEPTICONS. In their way stand an embattled crew of seven hardy AUTOBOT warriors, sworn to prevent the impending Armageddon at any cost, and an unlikely trio of human misfits, pulled kicking and screaming into a hitherto hidden world of pain and hurt. The can of worms is open, the genie out of bottle… and nothing will ever be the same again!
(digest-sized, black & white)
TFTM #2 Preview
IDW has put up a 5 page preview of Transformers The Animated Movie #2,the adaption of the classic 1986 movie, due out on 22nd November.
