On the very same day as Optimus Prime #20’s release, we’ve already got a 3-page preview for the next issue from IDW Publishing themselves! The endgame approaches as Pyra Magna reflects on her first impressions of Optimus as well as Victorion’s origins, even as the combiner engages Devastator in the present. At the same time, Jetfire and Aileron find themselves asked for help from a most unexpected source! This finale to “The Falling” will also feature art from Kei Zama, Sara Pitre-Durocher, and Livio Ramondelli. Check out the preview after the break, and then pick Optimus Prime #21 up on July 18.
C16
He's not good at perspective, angles and proportions. He usually draws faces as featureless blobs with poorly defined eyes, which look more glowing holes in their faces overflooding with light, and he uses this terrible smudge filter on all his art that he applies, and he does it very flatly.
Thundermania
When you can't tell the Dinobots apart in a story starring the Dinobots you have a problem.
Iacon Studios
Y'know…his art might be good on some kind of trippy Vertigo or Image title…but I've never understood why you would hire someone that can BARELY paint straight lines for a book about robots. It's the literal opposite of what I want from TF art, not to mention his scale being insane and all over the place. The same bot might appear to be 3 different heights in THE SAME COMIC. Ugh.
Rodimus Prime
Nah, Pyra: "Why did you take so long? "
AndrewT
Also, \"indignant,\" not \"indigent.\" I doubt Jetfire was suggesting that his tone of voice was below the poverty line.
colky7
Target master joe,
you’re not the only one, I love Livio’s art and he’s actually one of my favourite idw artists. I guess art is a matter of taste, like what music we like but don’t get the criticism he gets. It’s different but I really like it and get annoyed with some of the less constructive criticism he gets. especially as he’s such a nice guy like you say.
ive not bothered buying much idw for awhile now but might pick this one up just to support him
Brave Magnus
Is not that he is a bad artist. I like Livio's art but…you gotta admit that some times, most of the times, bots do all look blocky and heavy and like–way grimmy. I know they are robots and they are at war but…I mean. I dont know. Lets just say he is a good artist. xD
TargetmasterJoe
I swear it feels like I'm the only one who doesn't have a problem with Livio Ramondelli…
He was nice enough to respond to a tweet meant for John Barber asking if it was an error that Prowl still had his bad eye when he saved Goldbug in an issue of OP (forgot which one) when the end of MTMTE #57 had Prowl having two good eyes, implying he got it fixed.
Speaking of Prowl, when do you guys think he'll show up again?
Thundermania
I have that's why I mentioned it.
Brave Magnus
Damn! Give us a moment.to breath, we just read "Optimus" N.20! XD Oh. Great. Livio is back.
TargetmasterJoe
I know it wasn't directed at me, but I, for one, haven't read Unicron #1. And I have no intention to until "The Falling" has been concluded properly, thank you very much.
EDIT: Argh, curiosity got the better of me and I read it up on TFWiki.
Danny-Boy
You haven’t read Unicron #1 yet, have you?
Sidesprey
Yeah, I think it was an error that it said Titan Hunters when they meant Combiner Hunters
Omegax80
I thought we had a full issue of Victorion's origins back during the initial Combiner Wars arc?
SG Roadbuster
I really hope the post reboot comics keep Ramondelli away. This preview is making me want to skips this issue and just read the synopsis on tfwiki.
Stormbreaker
Has Lvio managed to get his fingers in on Unicron issues?
Thundermania
Hopefully in Unicron she gets ripped apart by Lio Convoy, BW Rampage or Quickstrike! That would be funny.
Sockie
It's not the final issue, and Zama and Pitre-Durocher are doing art for it as well.
Autoboty
Oh COME ON! The final issue of Optimus Prime and you get LIVIO RAMONDELLI? Drawer of obscured shadows and murky images instead of what the actual characters are suppposed to look like? What the hell happened to all the awesome Alex Milne art from Unicron #1? This… this is so disappointing, I don't even have any more words to say.
Heliblade
The worst part is that we already know that Pyra will survive this because of the early released Unicron issues.