It’s two weeks until San Diego Comic Con, and SDCC is releasing their panel line up for the event. Currently Wednesday and Thursday are up. We’ve rounded up the Transformers themed panels below. There may be more as Friday/Saturday/Sunday are yet to be revealed. Stay tuned!
Transformers Generations: More Than Meets The Eye with Machinima
As the Combiner Wars wage on, this highly anticipated chapter in the Transformers Generations Prime Wars Trilogy will be huge. Join members from the Transformers story and design teams along with talent from Machinima for a sneak peek at the upcoming digital series Combiner Wars! The team will also host a Q&A session to answer your burning questions.
Thursday July 21, 2016 11:00am – 12:00pm
Room 25ABC
IDW and Hasbro: The Revolution is Now
This fall, Transformers, G.I. JOE, ROM, Micronauts, and M.A.S.K. are drawn together and nothing at IDW will ever be the same! Take a stand with universe-builders Cullen Bunn, Christos Gage, Mairghread Scott, Brandon Easton, Chris Ryall, John Barber, Aubrey Sitterson, David Hedgecock, and Hasbro’s Michael Kelly. Get a free Revolution preview comic, just for showing up!
Thursday July 21, 2016 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Room 9
Transformers Animation: Then and Now
Celebrate the legacy of the Transformers characters and stories that have led you to Robots in Disguise.
Thursday July 21, 2016 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Room 5AB
Autobot Burnout
There is no reason to think they wouldn't announce the panel ahead of time if it was going to happen at all, since people need to plan out what panels to attend and it would be problematic to announce it after people have already gotten their schedules in order.
But the simple answer that was obvious from the beginning is that there is no toy panel this year. Which frankly is not a good sign of Hasbro's priorities.
Lazerwave
The Hasbro panel is on my Birthday. Any surprise they reveal is a Birthday present to me. But I'm not really looking forward to anything.
AzT
Comic-Con 2016 Sunday Programs | Comic-Con International: San Diego
kaijuguy19
Not every TF goes on sites like TFW to find out about that type of information though and even if they did we still have yet to see the rumors of certain characters like the Diaclone Powered Convoy repaint of PM Optimus and Broadside be confirmed true or not yet and there's still CW Liokaiser that we have yet to see proper promotion of yet.
I think we'll see the Hasbro TF panel on Sunday and if we don't well that's a bummer though so far I think it's a little to say that there's no TF Generations panel for this year's SDCC.
Purple Heart
"Well we had a buch of new stuff to show you guys but some fuckers already leaked it, see you next year."
Autobot Burnout
THis is what happens when massive leaks occur
Remember the TR deco slides? That was SDCC apparently.
eagc7
Well they had a Guardians of the Galaxy 1 panel in 2013 despite the fact they started filming a week or 2 weeks ago and they had an Age of Ultron Panel in 2014 when they were still filming.
but what i wanted was a panel where they spoke about the upcoming sequels and spin offs, like directors and writters announcemnts for the Bee movie and TF7, not asking for footage for TLK (after all i wont be able to see that, since i am not going to SDCC)
kaijuguy19
I've yet to see a panel that covers upcoming TF generations figures so far. Perhaps that'll be on Sunday?
AzT
Comic-Con 2016 Saturday Programs | Comic-Con International: San Diego
Starting and Sustaining a Career Writing Animation
10:00am – 11:00am
Room 9
Want to write for animation? How do you break in? What's it take to get that first job? After that, how do you get a second gig? And a third? What are the skills and secrets of maintaining a career in the field, including becoming a story editor/showrunner, and perhaps creating and selling your own show. Craig Miller (Curious George, Beast Wars) leads a panel of animation writers with extensive careers and others who have recently broken into the field, including Kaita Mpambara (Ultimate Spider-man, Elena of Avalor), Steve Melching (X-Men: The Animated Series, Star Wars Rebels), Nicole Dubuc (Young Justice, Transformers: Rescue Bots), Dean Stefan (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, CatDog), and Rachel Vine (Rainbow Brite, Wander Over Yonder) who will share their knowledge and answer your questions.
Comics of Tomorrow: Innovations for the Future of Comics
11:00am – 12:00pm
Room 29AB
Marv Wolfman (creator, Blade, New Teen Titans), Zac Atkinson (writer, Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Transformers: Rescue Bots), Daniel Corey (writer, Image Comic's Moriarty and Red City), Ralph Miranda (artist/creator, Man Fighting Street and Bone Saw), and Shaene Siders (writer, Herokins and Discovery Channel's Great White Sharks) discuss exciting new twists and technological advances that have begun to transform the future of comics, including interactive comics with motion sensors, choose-your-own story comics, social media comics, and more.
Cartoon Voices 1
1:00pm – 2:30pm
Room 6BCF
Each year, moderator Mark Evanier gathers together a bevy of the most talented cartoon voice actors working today and invites them to explain and demonstrate their artistry! This year's lineup includes Phil LaMarr (Samurai Jack, Futurama), Brian T. Delaney (Mad, Halo 5: Guardians), Georgie Kidder (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Goldie and Bear), Gregg Berger (The Garfield Show, Transformers), Julianne Buescher (The Muppets, Sid the Science Kid), and Jim Meskimen (Avengers Assemble, MAD).
Teaching STEM with Comics
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Shiley Special Events, San Diego Central Library
Bring a one-two punch to teaching STEM: text and images teaming up in comics! Comics have been shown to improve reader engagement while enhancing both comprehension and retention. And with the new emphasis on reading nonfiction, academic vocabulary, and reading in the subject areas, comics are more relevant than ever. Education experts and creators they present the best in comics and graphic novels for teaching science, technology, engineering and math. Featuring Paige Braddock (Stinky Cecil, creative director, Schulz Studio), Jim McClain (Solution Squad), Betsy Gomez (CBLDF), Jen Aprahamian (CTO of VINA), Mairghread Scott (writer, Transformers: Till All Are One, Guardians of the Galaxy), Rebecca Thompson, Ph.D. (head of public outreach, American Physical Society), and moderator Tracy Edmunds, M.A.Ed. (Graphic Novels are Elementary!).
Ready Writer One: How to Write for Video Games
8:00pm – 9:00pm
Room 30CDE
Video game writer Andy Schmidt (Transformers: Devastation) discusses the ins and outs of writing for video games and how it differs from writing prose, comics, and screenplays. Andy's last game, Transformers: Devastation garnered rave reviews and excited fans of all ages of the franchise. And he's here to give you the insider's look at the skills it takes to write for giant media and massive hit properties while learning the step-by-step writing process for video games.
G1StarSaber468
Why would there be? They just starting filming not that long ago
Autovolt 127
So looking forward to all of this.
kaijuguy19
I'm guessing that Saturday is where we'll see the future waves of both Generations and RID15.
AzT
Comic-Con 2016 Friday Programs | Comic-Con International: San Diego
Friday, July 22 • 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Hollywood Location Scouts
What if your job was to find Gotham, search for Jurassic World, or hunt for Jakku? Working alongside directors and production designers, location scouts are the visual artists who bring forth every place that you see on the screen. Six location scouts will discuss the creative and logistical aspects of their jobs, relate some exciting anecdotes, and answer audience questions. Moderator Scott Trimble (Transformers: The Last Knight, War for the Planet of the Apes) joins Location Managers Guild International panelists William Doyle (Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Green Lantern), Douglas Dresser (The Revenant, Kill Bill: Vols. 1 & 2), Leann Emmert (Kong: Skull Island, Transformers: Age of Extinction), John Rakich (American Gods, The Thing), and Alison A. Taylor (Straight Outta Compton, The Purge: Election Year).
Room 23ABC
Friday, July 22 • 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Top 10 Tips to Up Your Comics Writing Game
You're a comics writer, or you want to be. You're motivated and driven. Great. You're just like a thousand other would-be comics writers. So how do you stand above the rest? John Barber (Ultimate Spider-Man, Transformers) has written for several major publishers and edited for both Marvel and IDW. Between him and Andy Schmidt (X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy), founder of Comics Experience, they've seen thousands of pitches and worked with dozens of editors. Together, they've created a top 10 list of things that the strongest writers do to stand above the crowd. They will give you all 10 in this jaw-dropping panel.
Room 30CDE
Shark
Aw, I was hoping for another tease of some kind for The Last Knight. The animation panel sounds interesting, though!
AzT
Agreed.
"Friday, Saturday, and Sunday will follow over the next 3 respective days, so check back for more info!"
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eagc7
nothing for the movies? …kay….*leaves*
lonewolf96
They could be Friday it's possible the companies were not ready for sdcc
soundwaverulls
Huh. Absolutely nothing I'm actually interested in. That's a bit disappointing.
03Mach1
Am I crazy or is there no toy panel at SDCC put on by a company who's major products are toys?