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UK comic store OneShallStand.com have managed to interview All Hail Megatron writer Shane McCarthy.
They discuss his work in the comic industry and how he managed to get a job on a Transformers project. He also answers some of the criticism that the series has received and some of the unanswered plots, like the Autobot traitor, which will be revealed in issue #8, and what his next project might be after All Hail Megatron.
With fans started to get onboard the All Hail Megatron train, writer Shane McCarthy has discussed the reaction to the series with Comic Book Resources, as well as the design concept for the new character Drift.
Also included in the article are the cover for issue #8, plus a couple of unreleased pages and concept art for a new design for Perceptor.
IDW Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall has posted the alternative covers for The Transformers: All Hail Megatron #5 and #6 on his blog. Done by artist Casey Coller and colorist Joana LaFuente, the covers continue the gritty style, but provide something different to Trevor Hutchison’s versions.
IDW Publishing have announced their Transformers comic line-up for October 2008. The only disappointment is that the Maximum Dinobots series from Simon Furman will not start until the following month. In total there are 7 books, consisting of IDW’s main continuity, the Animated, Armada and Movie continuities and reprints of Marvel UK’s stuff.
The Transformers: All Hail Megatron #4
Transformers Animated: The Arrival #3
The Transformers: Armada, Vol. 1
Transformers Movie Prequel: Saga of the Allspark #4
Transformers Best of the UK: Time Wars #3
The Transformers: Best of the UK: Space Pirates TPB
Art of Transformers
After last weeks relatively empty Transformers release list, there’s a better range of comics for Transfans to choose.
First up is The Transformers: All Hail Megatron #1, the start of IDW’s new direction for the main Transformers continuity. Set 1 years after the events of Transformers: Devastation, the series focuses on Earth ruled by the Decepticons. Chris Ryall has posted a 6 page preview from the first issue.
Transformers: The Ark, Vol. 2 is the second compilation of character models, locations, humans etc from the Japanese exclusive Generation One series.
Transformers: Saga of the Allspark #1 is a reprint of the first 2 issues of Titan Magazine’s exclusive UK comic, originally released last July and August 2007. This is the perfect opportunity for North American based fans to pick up the material.
Finally there is Classic Transformers, Vol. 2, featuring many tales from the Marvel series.
IDW Editor Denton J. Tipton has provided an update on IDW’s planned Transformers comic releases over the next few weeks.
2nd July
Transformers Best of U.K.: Space Pirates #5
9th July
The Transformers: All Hail Megatron #1
Transformers The Ark Vol. 2
Transformers Movie Sequel: Saga of the Allspark #1
Classic Transformers Vol. 2 TPB
16th July
The Transformers Spotlight: Hardhead (Revelation #2)
Transformers Movie Sequel: The Reign of Starscream #3
IDW Editor-In-Chief Chris Ryall has updated his blog with the other full colour cover for All Hail Megatron #3. The cover is done by Trevor Hutchinson, and continues his cold war themed covers for the series.
The Transformers: All Hail Megatron #3 is due to be release in September, being written by Shane McCarthy with art by Guido Guidi.
IDW publishing have put out a press release for their new 12 part series, The Transformers: All Hail Megatron. The series, which starts with the first issue on 9th July, tells of Earth being taken over by the Decepticons, without any Autobot help.
If you’ve ever wondered what might happen to planet Earth without the Autobots to stand in the way of the Decepticon threat, ponder that bleak scenario no more. In July, that threat becomes dire reality in IDW’s all-new 12-part series, THE TRANSFORMERS: ALL HAIL MEGATRON.
In IDW’s long-running TRANSFORMERS series, the Autobots have stood as the first line of defense against these malevolent Robots in Disguise. Now, in ALL HAIL MEGATRON, the Decepticons run amok on our world, causing untold damage and taking over completely. And the Autobots are… nowhere to be found?
ALL HAIL MEGATRON, written by Shane McCarthy and featuring art by Guido Guidi, presents an epic tale that sets the series in an all-new direction. Both accessible to new fans and appealing to longtime fans who’ve wondered about just such a doomsday scenario, the series is an action-movie spectacle on paper. Will Earth survive? What happened to the Autobots? These questions and many others will be answered throughout the course of this series.
As for its appeal to new fans, well, all you need to concern yourself with, according to writer Shane McCarthy, are “some very simple things. There is an ancient race of giant robots that are embroiled in a very old civil war; there are two factions to this civil war, the Deceptions (bad guys) and the Autobots (good guys); this civil war is raging across the galaxy on many different fronts; the war has found its way to our home planet.” And now one of these factions is missing.
Fan-favorite Transformers artist Guido Guidi will be bringing McCarthy’s scripts alive on the page. “Translating all this visually is an amazing challenge for an artist, but Shane’s input and vision really inspired and helped raise the bar.”
“I’m sure this book is going to please old fans and new readers as well,” Guidi says. “We have an intriguing and dramatic story, plus tons of Transformers action featuring classic characters pushed to the edge of new, extreme, and never explored situations!”
It’s an adventure not to be missed. If you do, according to McCarthy, “you’ll be missing out on something only comics can really translate; a good, knock ’em down, drag ’em out ‘war’ between giant robots that’ll tear cities apart, bring down countries and make you look forward to walking into your local comic-book store.”
The Transformers: All Hail Megatron will be published in full-color, 32-page, monthly installments. Issue 1 (Diamond order code MAY08 3943) features covers by Klaus Scherwinski and Trevor Hutchison and will be in stores on July 9, 2008.
About IDW Publishing
IDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California. As a leader in the horror, action, and sci-fi genres, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry including: television’s #1 prime time series CBS’ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; Paramount’s Star Trek; Fox’s Angel; Hasbro’s The Transformers, and the BBC’s Doctor Who. IDW’s original horror series, 30 Days of Night, was launched as a major motion picture in October 2007 by Sony Pictures and was the #1 film in its first week of release. In April 2008, IDW released Michael Recycle, the first title from its new children’s book imprint, Worthwhile Books. More information about the company can be found at http://www.idwpublishing.com.
Artist Shane McCarthy also updated his blog today, with a colour version of Guido Guidi’s excellent cover for The Transformers: All Hail Megatron #3. The pencil version was shown a couple of days ago.
All Hail Megatron #3 is released in September.
IDW Editor Denton Tipton has posted one of the covers for The Transformers: All Hail Megatron #3, due for release in September. The inked page, featuring Starscream and Megatron, is drawn by Guido Guidi, who is also on art duties for the entire series.
Be on the look out for AHM #1 next month.
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