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After revealing news of Transformers: Animated: The Allspark Almanac, Jim Sorenson has posted some updated details on the book.
The book will be 208 page (not 250 as Amazon states) and features more then black and white animation models. There will be full colour with “character biographies, episode summaries and more”, so expect lots of Animated goodness. To help make sure the book is the real deal, Marty Isenberg and Derrick Wyatt are assisting. The cover will be done by Marcello Matere.
As the title says, Jim Sorenson, the creator of Transformers: The Ark and The Ark II, has a new blog. In his first post, he has decided to provide a bit of history about himself and how he came up with the idea for The Ark books.
Also in the post is a piece of art that he couldn’t fit into the books, featuring aliens from the G1 episode Chaos.
Yesterdays release of Transformers: The Reign of Starscream TPB has encouraged Chris Mowry to finally update his blog with a look back at the book, but also to look ahead to his next project.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel Alliance #1 is out on 17th December and is the first of TWO prequels from Mowry, the other being subtitled “Definace”. The issue takes place after the first movie, but during the timeframe of The Reign of Starscream. Artwork is by Alex Milne with colors from Josh Perez.
As a bonus, he also has posted the cover for Alliance #2, from Josh Nizzi. Be on the look out for more previews and covers soon.
Another busy month for Transformers comics in February 2009, with lots of stuff for fans new and old.
In IDW’s main continuity, there is The Transformers: All Hail Megatron #8 from Shane McCarthy and Guido Guidi, and The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots #3 from Simon Furman and Nick Roche. There are also two TPBs, The Transformers: Revelation TPB, which collects Spotlights Cyclonus, Hardhead, Doubledealer and Sideswipe, and The Transformers: All Hail Megatron TPB, Vol. 1, which contains issues #1-6 of the series.
In the movie-verse, there are the continuing prequel stories, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel: Defiance #2 and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel: Alliance #3.
The reprints for the month include one from the Marvel days and one from Dreamwave. The Transformers Best of the UK: City of Fear #1 comes from the UK story of the same name, whilst The Transformers: War Within Omnibus collects together the two complete War Within story arcs in one big book.
Comicsnewi.com have covers for some of the titles.
Tomorrow sees the release of Transformers: The Reign of Starscream, the official sequel comic to the Transformers film, which also acts as a link to the Revenge of the Fallen prequel comics. IDW Editor Denton J. Tipton has kindly put up a preview of the book, with a look at the front and back cover, some sketches and some bios for a few of the characters.
Also on his blog is an updated schedule of IDW’s Transformers releases for the coming weeks. We already knew that All Hail Megatron #5 was coming next week, but we now know what is coming after it. Look out for Simon Furman;s next series, Maximum Dinobots and the first Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Prequel, Alliance.
3rd December
The Transformers Best of UK: Time Wars #5
Transformers Animated: The Arrival #5
10th December
The Transformers Maximum Dinobots #1
The Transformers More than Meets the Eye Vol. 2 TPB
17th December
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel Alliance #1
OK, that’s a lie, but you can make up your own decision on Wednesday when The Transformers Spotlight: Optimus Prime is re-released in 3D, IDW’s first ever book in the format. Or you can check out this five page preview from Chris Ryall if you happen to have a pair of 3D glasses hanging around the house.
Lots of new books this week, however, none of them are completely new to dedicated readers.
Firstly there are 3 reprints of IDW’s cartoon screencap series of Transformers: Animated books, Transformers: Animated Vol. 1 [3rd printing], Transformers: Animated Vol. 3 [2nd printing] and Transformers: Animated Vol. 4 [2nd printing]. Next up is also a 3D version of Spotlight: Optimus Prime (with 3D glasses), which came out mid 2007.
Finally, the real deal this week is Transformers: The Reign of Starscream TPB, the official sequel comic to the 2007 Hollywood blockbuster. It comes with a whole host of extra material, and will prepare you for IDW’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen prequel series, starting next month.
Chris Ryall has the covers for 3D Optimus Prime and ROS TPB.
After seeing a cover from E.J. Su earlier this week, we now have some confirmed details on what issue it is for.
Editor Denton J. Tipton has confirned that the cover is for The Transformers Spotlight: Jazz. E.J will be doing the art, but the writer hasn’t been revealed yet.
This weeks only new release (Megatron Origin doesn;t count!), Transformers: Animated The Arrival #4, has been given the 5 page preview treatment. Look out for more Bulkhead action with a cameo from Spike, Carley and Daniel.
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