Jetzt wird bekannt, das es noch ein dritten Teil zu den beiden Digital Comics Autocracy und Monstrosity gibt. Transformers: Primacy wird die Trilogie komplett machen. Geschrieben von Flint Dille und gezeichnet von Livio Ramondelli kommt das Comic im August diesen Jahres.

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Hier haben wir zwei Variant Cover zum IDW Crossover Comic Transformers vs G.I. Joe. Eins ist von Rob Liefeld und das andere von Ed Piskor.

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Hier haben wir die große Vorschau zum IDW Comic Transformers: Robots in Disguise Heft 28.

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Andrew Wildman wird von dem IDW Comic Regeneration One Heft 100 mit dem Special Variant Cover 30 Stück versteigern. Aber nicht nur das. Zu jedem Heft gibt es je einen Sketch von 5 verschiedenen Charakteren. Diese 5 sind Optimus Prime, Megatron, Ultra Magnus, Galvatron. Rodimus Prime und Bludgeon. Hier aber ide genaue Beschreibung von Andrew.

Beginning on Easter Day will be an eBay listing to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Transformers.

I am Bagging and Boarding 30 copies of the Convention Variant cover of Transformers Regeneration One #100. Each of the backing boards will have a sketch on the back. The 30 issues will be divided into 6 releases of five. There will be five sketches of Optimus Prime. Five sketches of Megatron - ya get the idea- then Ultra Magnus, Galvatron. Rodimus Prime and Bludgeon. The Optimus Prime sketches begin on Easter Day at 8pm UK time and runs for seven days.

The idea behind this is to not only commemorate the 30th anniversary but to enable those who can't get to UK conventions that I am attending to be able to get a copy of the comic and a sketch. Those of you who have seen me at conventions know that I do sketches but there are, needless to say, many Transformers and comic conventions that I won't be at. Below are the five Optimus Prime sketches that constitute this release. It's pot luck as to which bidder will get which sketch but that's part of the fun.

As you will see below I have decided to donate all the proceeds from the fifth winning bidder to the Make-A-Wish foundation. this is my favourite charity and the one that we support as Draw The World Together. Anyone not familiar with the activities of DtWT click the link and take a look. We don’t have a lot of time or facility to do much with DtWT these days so it is nice to be able to raise a bit of money for the charity.

So. set your alarm for the start of the bid and cross your fingers.

Quelle: Andrew Wildman

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Das 19. Heft der IDW Comic Reihe von My Little Ponys wird ein Crossover Cover mit Transformers sein. Außerdem ist dieses Heft dann ein Convention Exklusiv, was man zum Beispiel auf der Botcon und San Diego Comic Con bekommen kann. Wir haben hier das Bild für euch.

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Andrew Wildman hat einige Worte zu Transformers: Regeneration One #100 auf seinem Blog hinterlassen und hier sind sie für euch:

Some of you may have heard the Transmissions Podcast where - among many other things - they discuss Transformers Regeneration One #100. Its always interesting to hear what readers and aficionados make of the work one does. They really get under the skin of the whole issue with story, art etc. They mention right at the end that I am going to be saying more about my thoughts and feelings around Transformers. And I will. As much as they discuss the content of the book and also acknowledge the fact that we all had a chance to say something in the extra pages that the book had, they don't discuss what we said. Maybe at some point they may or maybe that will be covered elsewhere. For those of you who have not read any of that extra material, below is my piece. Slightly different from what you will have read in the book though. This is the unedited piece. Hasbro asked for some changes to be made to what I had written before it went to publication. Some of you may spot them. I am happy with the changes that they asked for but I thought it might be interesting to show exactly what I wrote, grammatical errors and all...
As you will see, as far as I am concerned it is all very great to read, enjoy and discuss all the events of the story but with Transformers there is definitely More Than Meets The Eye.

It Never Ends?

There we are then. That’s it. All done and dusted.

It seems amazing that we ever got to this point. This comic book that has - in one form or another - been there for so long. As many of you will know I first drew Transformers back in the dim and distant 1988. at the time I was working on whatever anyone was throwing at me. I was young(ish) and had a growing family to feed. At that time Transformers was just another paid gig. It very rapidly became more than that as it became the thing that opened to the door to Marvel Comics. Once in that door Transformers suddenly became a victim of Marvel’s decision to not do toy books anymore. No matter, I was in and had the opportunity to move through the ranks at Marvel and the pleasure of working on some of the characters that I had grown up with such as Spider-Man and the X-Men. Those jobs came and went but after all these years it is still Transformers that comes knocking at the door. When something is that insistent and becomes for many the thing that defines you it is always worth having a look under the hood. See what’s really there. What is it about this book that it seems to have attached itself to me?

Then I saw it;

When IDW asked me if I wanted to do some interior art for a Transformers book I said no. When they asked me what it would take to get me to do some interior art for a Transformers book I pondered the question and responded that I would only do it if I could work with Simon and if we could have the opportunity to do something that really had some weight to it. Out of this and Simon’s parallel conversations with IDW the idea for RegenerationOne was born.

I am going to break the flow here to give out a few acknowledgments. We have gathered a great team together for this journey. Guido has done a great job stepping in when I had to step away, JP Bove’s interior colours have perfectly captured that synthesis of being a bit like the old stuff but definitely new and fresh and I think now stand alongside the amazing Mr Nel Yomtov for the amount of uninterrupted output of pages. Jason Cardy’s cover colours have given cinematic impact that have pulled readers in like a movie poster outside your favorite multiplex. Stephen Baskerville, what can I say. A consummate professional. No matter what I throw at Stephen he unfailingly does his thing and makes these books look the way they ‘should’. As for the words, well a huge acknowledgment to Jim Shooter and Bob Budiansky for creating this beast. Without them we wouldn’t be here. We may well be creating a book about battling robots but for sure it wouldn’t be this one. And lastly, Simon Furman. My long time partner in crime. The man who not only brought me into the Transformers hold but who, as a result of that opened the door to many a subsequent opportunity. Thanks Mr F, my acknowledment and respect to you.

So there we were. The idea to finally complete the Transformers story was not only an opportunity but a privilege. What needs to really be gotten here is that this book is the conclusion of the definitive Transformers storyline. Let me just emphasise that. THIS book is THE CONCLUSION of THE DEFINITIVE TRANSFORMERS STORYLINE. It is not possible to over emphasise that. Back in 1983 something huge that has become part of popular culture began. At Marvel Comics Jim Shooter and Bob Budiansky wrote a treatment for Transformers. There was nothing before that other than some ill defined toys. That treatment became the Marvel Transformers book and that storyline - the definitive one - fell silent in 1991, reared its head again in 2012 and the no kidding, final conclusion of that whole storyline is what you now hold in your hands.

But what really makes this concept resonate and give it its longevity is the fact that this is NOT a book about robots. quite the opposite. The term 'robot' was first used in the 1921 play ‘R.U.R. Rossum's Universal Robots’ by the Czech writer, Karel Čapek. But these were human clones devoid of emotion. Transformers are if anything the opposite of that. They are sentient beings. They may be mechanical in their structure but they contain very human emotions and concerns. They are also from one source, The Matrix (later called The Allspark). This original singular source is what binds them and gives a unifying purpose to their lives. These themes are key to the popularity of Transformers in that it is an expression of much of what defines us as human beings. It has its roots in Hinduism, Buddhism, Enlightenment, Pantheism and subsequently many themes of Modern Philosophy. And that is what made me want to do this book. That is why we love it. A book about cool robots? yes, but about so much more. Its about us. About you and me. About the human condition. Its about separation, loss, pain, conflict and the pursuit of unification and oneness. Throughout its long life its always been there in that now familiar mantra; ‘Till All Are One’.

And here we finally are.

Namaste

AW 2014

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Hier haben wir für euch nun die komplette Vorschau zum Transformers Comic Dark Cybertron Volume 1 Trade Paperback.

Transformers: Dark Cybertron, Vol. 1
James Roberts, John Barber (w) • Phil Jimenez, Andrew Griffith, Brendan Cahill, James Raiz, Atilio Rojo, Livio Ramondelli (a) • Phil Jimenez (c)
Shockwave makes a move millions of years in the planning—an ultimate strategy to remake Cybertron and destroy both the Autobots and Decepticons!
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 152 pages • ISBN: 978-1-61377-891-3

Bullet points:
- Collects Dark Cybertron #1, More Than Meets The Eye #23–25, and Robots In Disguise #23–24.

 

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Hier sind zu dem IDW Comic Transformers Windblade Spotlight noch ein paar neue Teaser Bilder für euch.

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Hier haben wir nun die komplette Vorschau zu dem IDW Comic Transformers Windblade Heft #1 für euch.

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Wir haben hier ein Interview von Comics Alliance mit Mairghread Scott & Sarah Stone zu dem IDW Comic Transformers: Windblade.

ComicsAlliance: Tell me about Windblade. What sort of story are you and Sarah telling?
Mairghread Scott: Transformers: Windblade is a four-issue miniseries designed to introduce longtime fans to a brand new character and new readers to the current Transformers world. So we really wanted to tell an honestly hopeful, fun story that showcased how human Transformers really are.
We also wanted to really show off the unique things we love most about Transformers as a brand. We have fight sequences that are not even possible in other stories. We have a dazzling array of character designs and relationships, and the world itself is just too lush not to explore. Our characters reside in a living city. They can turn into jets and they fight with axes. They live for thousands of years and have only recently stopped a civil war that almost killed them all. There are some amazing stories to be had in a place like this, and Sarah and I intend to exploit every angle we can to bring fans something that will really take their breath away.

CA: How did each of you come to this book?
MS: Like most comics work that I’ve been part of, it involved a unique dance of asking/begging, worrying, pitching, worrying and then actually doing it. I first heard about Windblade’s creation as a character and toy at a convention with my editor John Barber and I immediately asked to be involved if she got a comic. Of course it took a few months to get the timing right, but John did let me pitch on Windblade — which meant explaining who I thought she was, her backstory and what a miniseries would like like — and he liked it. The rest, as they say, is history.
Sarah Stone: I have Mairghread to thank for the opportunity. She found me through some of my fan art online, and then we started talking more once we met at a comic con. She was kind enough to involve me in a personal comic project she wanted to create a pitch for, and thats when she asked if I would be interested in having my name thrown in as an artist for a Transformers project. I couldn’t say “YES” fast enough!

CA: You’re the first female writer/artist team on a Transformers book. In an ideal world that might go without comment, but I’m curious to know if you’ve encountered much resistance, especially from those who might see Transformers as a “boys” franchise.
MS: IDW and Hasbro have been nothing but supportive of us and, although it’s not possible for the Internet to be happy about pretty much anything, the negative comments we’ve gotten have been far outweighed by the positive responses. Change in a brand — and its creators — is never easy, but it’s absolutely vital and most fans realize that. I hear far more people who see Windblade as a great step toward opening the brand to new readers and new stories than I do fans who want everything to stay just as it was. I see far more fans being excited about the fact that Sarah’s art is completely different from the other (still fabulous) books, than wishing she could just ape someone else’s vision.
SS: I’ve been keeping my nose to the grindstone since the announcement to work on the books, so I haven’t really been looking around much. What I have seen has been very supportive and I feel very humbled by that, but my main priority is just to have the books look as awesome as I’m physically capable of making them. Hopefully the art will speak for itself, and that I’m a girl will be just a footnote.

CA: You’re also telling the story of a female Transformer, though not the first. As the Transformers are all robots, can you talk a little bit about what gender means in this fictional universe and how it’s represented?
MS Yes. IDW’s continuity has never had an “originally female” Transformer in it (the only female transformer in the line, Arcee, was made female against her will) so it was important to us that Windblade’s comic present a positive view of Lady Bots without having the characters beat everyone over the head with their gender.
The beauty of Transformers is that, by their very nature, they’re a very inclusive race. Some Bots turn into jets, or cars, or flying sharks. They can be as small as trash cans or as big as whole cities. So while Windblade and [fellow Transformer] Chromia’s gender makes them “different” to other Cybertronians, it’s a much bigger deal to our readers than it is to the characters in the book.

CA: What’s the process for creating and designing new Transformers characters?
MS: Windblade is unique in the fact that she started with the fans, who were allowed to vote on a series of characteristics — male/female, Autobot/Decepticon — that Hasbro then compiled to make a truly “fan-built” character. That design was translated into a toy and given to IDW and myself to build a character from. From then on it’s up to IDW and the writers — John [Barber], James [Roberts] and I — to build her out from there.
SS: As for the other bots, there were a few things that we knew we wanted when we started. We wanted to make sure it was really easy to tell them apart, even for new readers. This meant that I had to kind of analyze their palettes, silhouettes, and faces to make sure they were really distinct. I really wanted to push their differences — particularly with Windblade and Chromia.
One of the things that I love about Transformers is that all of the bots can have such incredibly varied body types, even more so than human characters, so I wanted to take advantage of that, even for the femmes. So this meant various levels of adjustment for different bots. Some I just pushed and pulled their shapes a little bit and moved their colors around slightly (like Starscream), and for others it meant kind of drawing them with a completely different mindset.
I think Blurr got the most changes because he’s supposed to be so fast, and he’s a not-so-ex-celebrity, so we really wanted him to look aerodynamic and lithe. He should look like he could run circles around you in his sleep and look great while doing it. This was all comic-side and Hasbro gives us pretty free reign on that kind of thing, so it was awesome.

CA: Sarah, I’m fascinated by the different ways artists bring life to these mechanical characters. What do you think your art style brings to the Transformers universe?
SS: I am such a fan of the way the bots are handled with the comics, which is why I was so drawn to them in the first place. My style just brings another different voice for their world. I hope for it to be a voice of energy and motion, and hopefully emotion. If all the other artists styles are like ice cream, I am just a new flavor of ice cream.

CA: How would you pitch this book to readers who love Transformers comics, and to readers who have never read a Transformers comic?
MS: Transformers: Windblade starts after a real world-shifting event in the IDW ‘verse, so it’s a great place for new readers to get on board. In fact, we took great care to make sure Windblade would be a very easy entry point for new fans — who could then jump onto [other IDW eries] Transfomrers: Robots In Disguise and Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye and belong to us completely….
But since we have such a clean slate, this is also a place to really throw established TF fans a few curveballs. Transformers: Windblade shows a new status quo for Cybertron and, by the end, we intend to open up whole new worlds to the fandom. More than anything, we wanted to really celebrate the humanity, the magic, and the sheer awesomeness that makes Transformers so unique.
SS: I actually think Mairghread has done an excellent job at making Windblade a great jumping on point for anyone who doesn’t have experience with Transformers. Since Windblade is experiencing a lot of these characters and history for the first time, she serves as a great vehicle (pun entirely intended) for new readers. I hope it becomes a great springboard for new fans but also just a really fun, entertaining read for existing fans. I have had so much fun drawing the pages and seeing what Mairghread’s doing with each issue, I hope it comes across.

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