Hier kommt die kleine Vorschau zum IDW Comic Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye Ongoing Heft 18.

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Heute können wir euch das Cover zum 9. Heft vom IDW Comic Monstrosity zeigen.

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Simon Furman hat auf seinem Blog ein Script (W)Rap zum IDW Comic Transformers ReGeneration One Heft 92 veröffentlicht.

Transformers: Regeneration One #92 hits the stands next week (Wednesday June 12th), and with it we take another inexorable step towards the end (#100). Part 2 of Destiny seeds one of the biggest parts of that pending cataclysm, though by issue’s end it’ll be unclear why (or even what part of the issue I’m referring to) that should be . Anyway, before I draw back the curtain on the stage directions and creative decisions that formulated the issue, as is my habit, those who wish to remain wholly on the audience side of the proscenium arch, should withdraw now (though, as always, I aim to tease and not spoil). Right, so… for those who have clamoured for more of a self-contained feel to the instalments of Regeneration One, hopefully this one should fit the bill. Though various events and characters continue to inch to the forefront of RG1, this issue focuses down on four Autobots — Blaster, Silverbolt, Huffer and Inferno — who fared particularly badly from their infusion of Nucleon, the (not-so) wonder fuel. Inadvertently, ostensibly while in convalescence mode, they stumble upon part of what’s going on to soften Cybertron up ahead of the arrival of Bludgeon and his WarWorld, and in doing so, become marked ‘bots; targets for the all-new, all-deadly Mayhem Attack Squad. I know a lot of you have been particularly keen to see Blaster back in action in RG1, and if I mention that the Decepticon behind this precursor to invasion is Soundwave, perhaps you’ll get an idea where all this headed. So, that’s all I’m prepared to say on this issue. In some ways it’s a kind of interlude story, a slight side-step from the BIG players and storylines of Destiny (and RG1 as a whole). But, as I’m keen to stress, everything is essential in RG1. Everything is building towards issue #100. The official IDW Preview of the issue is now up here. Enjoy!

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Jetzt zeigen wir euch die Vorschau zum IDW Comic Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters Heft 2.

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Hier haben wir die Vorschau zum kommenden IDW Comic Transformers ReGeneration One Heft 92 für euch.

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Jetzt haben wir für euch 5 Seiten aus dem IDW Comic Transformers: Robots In Disguise Heft 18 für euch und dazu die Kommentare von John Baber.

PAGE 1- This issue is told from the POV of Arcee. Was the challenge of finding her voice difficult, given her history as being the only established female character in the IDW universe?
JOHN BARBER: Arcee’s personality was something that Andrew Griffith (the regular RID artist) and I talked about even before the first issue was done. So, the real leg-work on finding my take on her, on getting to know her voice, was really done a while back. I mean, like most of the other characters here, I’ve been writing her for a year-and-a-half or so.
There’s an unusual extra scrutiny on her, for a few reasons. Her basic set-up in the IDW comics is pretty different than her set-up in the classic G-1 incarnation, or in Prime, or wherever. More so than most of the other characters, Arcee as handed to me was different in this universe in some fundamental ways.
Add to that that she IS the only female character that we’ve seen in this comic book universe… well, nobody looks at Ironhide or Swoop or whoever and thinks that their actions at any given moment are a statement being made about all males in the real world. Because there are hundreds—thousands—of other male characters in RID and MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE.
However, if Arcee does something, 100% of the female characters in the comic are doing that exact thing. I’m aware of that—but I try to deal with the specific character that she is. That’s kinda all I can do. Up to now, we haven’t had an issue narrated by her, because—for the sake of the story—the reader needed to be in the same position as most of the other characters, in not knowing her motivations or whose side she’s on. I’m glad to finally get readers into her head and see how she views the world.

PAGE 2- The late Metalhawk was the NAIL (an acronym meaning Non-Aligned Indigenous Lifeform—slang for neutral Cybertronians who returned to the planet) who got the most attention. Did you intend for him to always be their voice or where there other characters originally just as vocal as he was?
JOHN BARBER: Metalhawk was the de facto leader of the NAILs, and—like Arcee—he has to sort of walk the line between the general people he represented, and the specifics of his personality. But in Metalhawk’s case, it was a thing he was aware of; that was his actual relationship he had with the other NAILs, not his relationship with the reader.
We got a little page-time with the NAILs on the ground—Skybyte, Hipotank, Tappet, Zetca, everybody at Blurr’s bar—during RID’s run, but Metalhawk was definitely the main character from that group, from the onset.

PAGE 3- Is Starscream purely a believer in his “destiny” to leader Cybertron at this point (See RID 2012 Annual) or could this simply be just another way to have what he’s always wanted?
JOHN BARBER: Starscream absolutely thinks the prophecy—any prophecy—is nonsense. It’s a means to an end, like literally everything else in Starscream’s life. To Starscream, there is no difference between what’s true and false—just what helps him and what doesn’t. But we see more of what makes him tick in issue 20.

PAGE 4- With the planet still evolving after its restart as seen all the way back in RID #1, is the unknown the greatest fear these guys have for not wanting to leave? And given what Ironhide may have said about what he encountered?
JOHN BARBER: Yeah, they don’t know what they’re facing. Megatron’s program of driving everyone crazy when they leave the city SHOULD be gone… but is it? They’re worried. I think the larger worry is: they lost. They lost to Starscream. And they lost in a way that—at this particular moment—is very difficult to recover from.
They’re not in a position to retake the city of Iacon right now… and that’s certainly what they want to do.

PAGE 5- Bumblebee and the other Autobots are leaving Iacon—maybe for good. Was this the only choice they could have made given everything that’s happened? Or could there have been other roads they could have been taken?
JOHN BARBER: Well, they could have not lost. Starscream outmaneuvered them, and now—right now, at this moment—there’s no real way for them to stay without making things worse.
Leaving is the less-bad option compared to getting in another shooting war in the city. They know they’d wind up fighting the people they want to protect—and at this stage, it’s not just the Autobots that don’t want to start fighting.
Neither Autobots nor Decepticons wants to start killing civilians, here. Megatron’s out of the picture, but this time, the substitute Decepticon leadership isn’t the maniacal leadership that occasionally takes over—it’s Soundwave leading, not Scorponok, so the decisions are a little more measured.
We’re starting to see the various groups that are coming into being. We have Shockwave in the Crystal City last issue; here we’ve got the Autobots reeling from the battle of Iacon. Next issue we’ll look in on Orion Pax—the former Optimus Prime—as he gets drawn further into the oncoming DARK CYBERTRON event.

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Heute können wir euch exklusive Bilder von Alex Milne zum IDW Comic More Than Meets the Eye zeigen.

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Auf dem 2D Comics Festival letzte Woche hat Simon Furman ein weiteres Heft zum IDW Comic Transformers: Regeneration One angekündigt. Heft 0 soll es sein. Was hinter dem exklusiven erscheinen dieses Heftes steht wissen wir leider noch nicht. Wir können euch sagen, das es 5 Seiten haben soll und das die Arts von Geoff Senior benutzt werden. Wir halten euch weiter auf dem Laufenden.

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Wir haben hier ein Interview mit Livio Ramondelli, indem er über das IDW Comic Monstrosity spricht.

ServoSlag: Before a series like this kicks off, do you get to sit down with the writers and discuss story plots/directions and have input on the book story-wise?
Livio Ramondelli: With Autocracy, Flint and Chris had the story mapped out pretty tightly before I came on board. I added little action beats here and there, but nothing major in terms of story.
With Monstrosity, we knew we wanted to continue our story but there was a much looser idea where to go from the end of Autocracy. We sat down and planned it out together. It was really fun to kick ideas around. We initially started with rough beats..Megatron on a dark quest.. Optimus Prime dealing with a dangerous political arena..Sharkticons..Trypticon..Quintessons..and the story emerged from there.
Later once the series was actually being drawn, we continued to adjust the story toward the end..altering which characters did what, etc. Chris and Flint have been beyond generous and collaborative in letting me suggest ideas in both of the series. But with Monstrosity, it really felt like I got to add a lot of story elements and that makes the series something I'm really proud of.

ServoSlag: How does the Shockwave Spotlight issue work in this same universe? It looked like the Dinobots got their "dino" alt modes (somewhat) in that series, but it looks like something similar might be happening with them in this book.
Livio Ramondelli: We did our best not to contradict Spotlight:Shockwave. The Dinobots do get Dinosaur Alt-Modes in that issue..whereas in Monstrosity they are more 'infected' with something that causes them to manifest beastly forms. In my mind, it's different. They're in control of their Dino modes in a way that they aren't in Monstrosity. It basically came down to us wanting to have the Dinobots in our story and wanting them to resemble in some way classic Dinobots. We didn't want them to turn into tanks or cars. But we hope our story doesn't feel like it contradicts them getting Dinosaur alt-modes millions of years later.

ServoSlag: The last time we saw a Quintesson was at the end of Spotlight Wheelie. How does Pentius play into that thread or is that a story for another time?
Livio Ramondelli: It's been a long time coming to seeing a true Quintesson in IDW. Pentius isn't necessarily tied to the tease we got in Spotlight:Wheelie. We give a few more clues about the Quintesson race from what Pentius says and does, but we definitely wanted to leave a lot more open to explore. The scene when Megatron returns after being dragged beneath an acidic sea by Sharkticons, for example, hints at a major thing the Quintessons are capable of.

ServoSlag: Do you sit down with Flint and Chris and read through back issues or does IDW have a "Transformers Bible" easily accessible to you guys for creative purposes?
Livio Ramondelli: We tend to do our reading separately, but we shoot each other links to things online all the time. We try to meet up for dinner when we can to chat in person. We also see each other on panels so that gives us some time here and there. As for a "Transformers Bible", that would be called John Barber..who is there to answer our questions whenever we have them. John is an invaluable 4th member of Monstrosity and Autocracy.

ServoSlag: When designing characters for the book, do you get free reign, or does Hasbro have to give their approval before it goes any further?
Livio Ramondelli: We're given a very comfortable reign. Hasbro has been a blast to work with, they've never vetoed a design or a story point we wanted to do..and they don't even suggest routes or characters for us to use. Michael Kelly and Co. have been just great to us.

ServoSlag: Obviously a third mini series is probably a given at this point. Autocracy was focused on Prime and Monstrosity focuses on Megatron, what can we expect from a third series?
Livio Ramondelli: Without saying too much, I think it's safe to say Chris, Flint and I would love to do a third one to round out the trilogy. Given the time period following where Monstrosity leaves off, it's reasonable to assume that the third series would be a full on war story showing two battle-hardened commanders going head to head.

ServoSlag: What can we expect from the rest of the series?
Livio Ramondelli: It's hopefully not spoiling much from the reveal in issue 6, but Trypticon will arrive in an especially epic and violent fashion. Megatron will return to reclaim his throne and confront Skorponok. The population of Cybertron will be tested in a variety of ways, and Optimus Prime will be brought to his knees by the challenges of governing.

ServoSlag: What are the pros and cons of working on a digital series like this?
Livio Ramondelli: The pros are the immediate access of it..how quickly people can buy it ( and therefore much easier for new readers to try it). It never sells out, and is available 24/7. The downsides really aren't too bad. Especially with the eventual printed editions, people can get this story on their shelf as well as their IPad. And the shorter page counts really focus our storytelling to hopefully make every image count.

ServoSlag: What other Transformers comics can we expect from you in the near future?
Livio Ramondelli: I know for certain I'm doing more Robots in Disguise work coming up..but that's all I can say at the moment!

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Jetzt haben wir die große Vorschau zum IDW Comic Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing Heft 18 für euch.

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