
Via Botcon’s twitter page this years convention comic is going to be a partnership with IDW dubbed Transformers: Dawn of Predacus. Botcon hails John-Paul Bove as the lead writer along with Corin Howell as it’s artist. Mr. Bove worte “The story is completely in continuity (the wibbly wobbly G1, G2, BW continuity) and features some HUGE moments in TF history.” While Botcon tweeted “This years story is set within the IDW Transformers continuity that features The Ascending and The Gathering. Going to be great!”
This comic will be made available first at Botcon, have a convention exclusive cover and all the Botcon program information.
emptythreat
A couple of pages are teased on Botcon's Facebook account. Looks good to me!
http://https://www.facebook.com/BotConOfficial/photos/pcb.1152485964791861/1152485254791932/?type=1&theater
emptythreat
From what I've seen of her style she's pretty cartoony in general. That said indications are that it follows the G1 "Cartoon" and Beast Wars was, in places, pretty slapstick so it works for me. I'd like to see a balance between drama and humor though for sure.
Verno
Let's hope the final product is a little less cartoon-y. This is the end of the Great War, after all.
Browsing through her DeviantArt account, there is some nice work in there.
Raiyuki
The Dinobot looks cool but the Torca pretty much just looks like Clench with slightly altered colors and layout.
Collectibot
I meant to post this here earlier.
Autovolt 127
I'm sad we will never get these as figures, they're too perfect for this world.
flux convoy
It looks like a bad joke to me. That's atrocious.
Lord Black Cat
It looks like he's tripping to me. Nice.
Johntimus Prime
The Kup, I love your signature…explains why Long Haul has packed on a few tons as of late…
But I'm surprised this is set in BW canon. A lot of the con comics seem to be set in various microcontinuities or off-shoots of existing canon.
The Kup
Is this new?
https://twitter.com/Rin237/status/706561916114771971/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
wordmongerer
Tell that to my many extra grey hairs! XD
Raiyuki
That sounds good to me (for now!). Can't wait to read it once I have it in hand (for now!)! >XD
Thundershot
Now that's how to pen a story. Make it so it can fit anywhere!
wordmongerer
Because it's a very specific moment in time it will not contradict most continuities connected to BW. Originally this story sat roughly in the middle of a mini series which would have made reference to The Rebirth, but on this story alone it neither confirms or contradicts Takara G1 so fans in both camps can get their way (for now!)…
Raiyuki
I had a random thought about the fact that if Gathering/Ascending are tied in, the story could hypothetically take place anywhere from the beginning of the Universe to it's bitter end >XD
Anyway so if I'm understanding things correctly, the is basically end of the great war and thus before the theft of the Golden Disk takes place right? I am curious as to whether this'll go strictly by US cartoon continuity and depend on the Rebirth or be open ended enough that Takara G1 could still apply.
flux convoy
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The Omnibus is probably the best way to go as it includes The Gathering, The Ascending and the Sourcebook.
Verno
Wonderful stuff. I'll be keeping a keen ear out for your little tidbits in the lead-up to BotCon.
wordmongerer
Pretty much. But that's really just an acknowledgement to the fact that the IDW stories so far have sat parallel to the cartoon. So we set out to not create a new timeline when everything already built is built on the cartoon. And the show acknowledges TFTM, the original cartoon and through the Vok it touches on the Swarm and G2, so The Gathering and The Ascending are also in wobbly wobbly continuity with all of that. It is insanely difficult to answer specifics yet because some of the specifics would give away too much, but I wanted to avoid a "warriors from different realities/continuities join forces" approach which has already been done or an alternate reality etc.
Thundershot
Question answered. Thanks!
Verno
Was that a stipulation of IDW upon taking up the project?