TFW2005 member Lucas35 reports the arrival of the August 2020 IDW solicitations via PREVIEWSworld.
Scheduled to land on your New Comic Book Day pull lists that month are the next Rise of the Decepticons arc installment in Transformers #23 and issue #4 of Transformers ’84: Secrets and Lies.
Check out all the details and cover artwork attached to this post, then join in the discussion on the 2005 boards!
Transformers #23
(W) Brian Ruckley (A) Anna Malkova (CA) Joana Lafuente (CA) Aline Herzspalter Baumgartner (CA) Corey Lewis
“We Have Deceived You.” Cybertron has suffered. The world is in chaos. The situation on the ground truly is a crisis. Sentinel Prime, head senator and leader of the Autobots, will denounce the Ascenticons, the Rise, and anyone he thinks is an enemy of Cybertron’s security. But to do it, he’ll have to get through Senator Megatron first.
SRP: $3.99
Transformers ’84: Secrets and Lies #4
(W) Simon Furman (A/CA) Guido Guidi (CA) Casey Coller (CA) Nick Roche
The epic conclusion to Secrets and Lies! On Earth, Grimlock stands alone against… Megatron? Meanwhile, on Cybertron, The Wreckers take on their very first mission! The secret history of Earth and Cybertron is revealed!
SRP: $3.99
Kaleb Hart
Fair enough
Novaburnhilde
Gonna stop you right there: There are plenty of ways art can be objectively analyzed but consumption of art can definitely be subjective, that doesn't mean it can't be criticized or analyzed but arbitrary? That's just flat out wrong. I'd argue the majority of art had thought and / or meaning put into it.
I'm not obligated to be nicer to someone just cuz they were a fan-artist before being asked to make a piece for whichever publisher.
Tarkus 2
Quake goes heavy metal
Thundershot
Buzzsaw and Howlback confirmed for Earthrise!
TFanPage101
Wonder if we'll get a Buzzsaw and Howlback, either in its own pack or with Soundwave in a set, maybe to counter the Ironhide and Prowl.
Kaleb Hart
You know with our high expectations we kinda forget that art is subjective and arbitrary, to some that cover might not be the greatest and some might prefer the likes of what we got today. We also should be thankful we even got a reboot at all dispite how ify it's starting out and not a bunch of g-1 based one-shots, and who knows, with enough time and care from the talented people working on them it might be able to stand toe to toe with its predecessor.
misfire19d
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This is good cover art.
Yohan PLMIXMB
Im really surprised she make this for actuall IDW comic
im proud and jealous at same time
Omegashark18
So she started off as a fan artist? Not bad a way to get out there.
AzT
https://twitter.com/Herzspalter/status/1271732182923476992
Coffee
Herzspalter has been a significant artist in the fandom for a long time and is undoubtedly deserving of being commissioned by IDW, and I do really love the conposition and work on this cover. I get the style complaints, but for me it is how Megatron\'s style mirrors the way she draws Megatron in her hilarious G1 Redone comics, which I admit takes away some of the seriousness in the cover for me.
BombSquad
Not Sara, but a few of the artists working on the current reboot were known on Tumblr for nsfw content. I'm sure IDW is aware of this, but I won't be too specific in case it jeopardizes someone's job.
Spartan Prime
Yawn.
Pwsyn
But it is true. I know many of the new Transformers artists (and their "secret" nsfw art) from deviantArt, tumblr, twitter etc. I have been able to follow their "rise" so to speak. Many have been around for a few years now in the Transformers fandom. I even know some of them personally.
Novaburnhilde
I have 0 interest in the ongoing, I just think his proportions look a bit strange compared to the other art that's been seen for this series so far.
I like how Liefeld's the only name people can bring up when thinking of infamously bad comic artists, as if there haven't been worse ones since or something.
Celaeno
I've enjoyed her fanart for awhile, good to see that she's getting to do some official work now.
Kaleb Hart
If I'm being honest I quite like this new cover, and it kinda makes me want to pick up the Siege cassette bots. Speaking of which, I wonder if HasTak will ever do a Buzzsaw Howlback two pack for Selects? Maybe throw in a Sundor and Glit to boot.
Laserpants
Cool, Herzpalter. I like her style.
Lovecraft
Is that my boy NIGHTSTALKER. Someone call Andy Yeo
The Mad Demobot
We've been stuck waiting for the new issues for so long we went to nitpick the covers. I think the cover's fine. Megatron looks devilish.
Y'all looking at this like Rob Liefeld came back.
Uh where are you getting this info? Sara did some tantalizing work but that's it.