TFW2005 member Lucas35 prepares our pull lists for an October refresh with news of the latest IDW solicitations being listed by PREVIEWSworld.
Scheduled for release during that month are titles including Transformers x Back To The Future #1, Transformers #24 and Transformers: Galaxies #12 with a look ahead to January 2021’s phase two volume 12 hardcover Transformers The IDW Collection.
Check out the cover artwork and synopsis details attached to this post, then join in the discussion on the 2005 boards!
Transformers x Back To The Future #1
(W) Cavan Scott (A/CA) Juan Samu (CA) Phil Murphy (CA) Dan Schoening (Colorist) David Garcia Cruz
Great Scott! Marty McFly has just returned from the adventure of a lifetime to a new, better Hill Valley?-everything’s looking up for him! That is, until Marty and his friend Doc Brown’s time machine attracts the attention of the Decepticons! With one small mistake, Marty finds himself once again thrust into adventure to stop the Decepticon plot in the past, present, and future… all with the help of a new time machine… the Autobot, Gigawatt!
Transformers The IDW Collection Phase 2 Volume 12
(W) John Barber, James Roberts, Mairghread Scott (A) Sara Pitre-Durocher, Andrew Griffith, Livio Ramondelli, Priscilla Tramontano (CA) Marcelo Matere
Presenting IDW’s Transformers comics in recommended reading order!
All Hail Optimus! Backed by an army of zealous followers, Optimus Prime declares Earth to be a part of Cybertron’s Council of Worlds-but the Decepticons and the people of Earth won’t take it lying down! Meanwhile, on Cybertron, Starscream rules. He and Windblade vie for control of the Council of Worlds, each aligning themselves with as many long-lost colonies as they can. But Starscream’s secret police keep increasing the tension and destabilizing the fragile peace that has been established. All of this leads to one momentous event-Titans Return!
Collects Transformers #51-57, Transformers: Till All Are One #1-4, Titans Return #1, and Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #56-57.
Transformers #24
(W) Brian Ruckley (A/CA) Bethany McGuire-Smith (CA) Red Powell (CA) Nicole Goux
“Wheeljack: Orbital Decay.” Untethered from the world below, Cybertron’s former inner moon is in a decaying orbit around Cybertron’s sun. Wheeljack and his team race against the clock to save it, but the sun’s pull might not be their only problem.
Transformers: Galaxies #12
(W) Brandon M. Easton (A/CA) Andrew Griffith (CA) Nick Roche (CA) Livio Ramondelli
“Storm Horizon”, Part Three! Outfitted with heavy-duty battle armor and nearly alone, Ultra Magnus must go head-to-head with a fleet of enemy ships and a black hole if he ever wants to save the rest of his crew and Alpha Trion! It’s wall-to-wall action as he finally faces the mastermind behind his recent troubles in the thrilling final issue of Transformers Galaxies that leads into the next major events of the Transformers ongoing, starting this fall!
Starscream Gaga
Not enough appreciation going on for that beautiful Roche cover. I want it as a poster.
Hockeymask
Awesome explanation of the view the vast amount of the silent major has. Seriously…I could not have stated it any better.
Hans
Finally! Thanks : )
BB Shockwave
Wow, Wreckers! Can't wait. And not everyday I see Decepticons offering Grimlock advice. Guess he has "street cred" with the coneheads, he is so badass even his enemies respect him.
This does explain though why Grimmy never used his sword in the fight against Shockwave – got disintegrated.
Amen to that! I see this a lot these days, the good old "if you don't like it stop sharing your opinion" argument that is barely an argument. People just wish to live in an echo chamber and do not like opinion that goes counter to theirs.
Joey Slick
"That begs the question, do the vanquished deserve to have their legacies erased?"
It might raise the question, TF writer, but it does not beg the question.
Nemesisprime1975
Nice preview. Gonna miss this series. Wonder will we get another one. This was cool.
AzT
IDW’s Transformers ’84: Secrets and Lies, 5-Page Preview of Issue #4 – Transformers News – TFW2005
Novaburnhilde
Nah man, we'd just prefer artwork that didn't look like cheap Tumblr trash because some of us have an archaic concept known as 'standards' and if we're gonna shell out cash on a comic it'd be nice if it was actually worth the money.
If IDW listened to 'them' a bit more they probably wouldn't be bleeding cash at the rate they are at the moment. Instead they've been listening to people who appear to be experts at losing money. :^)
But to answer your first question good sir, yes, we do have to do this every time. Because it's actually not against the rules to be critical so you getting worked up over hearing an opposing view serves no purpose other than to muddy up the thread. The guy wasn't even being critical he was just saying "finally, artwork that looks like more effort went into it than none at all."
Hans
Roche's art is just not my cup of tea (sorry), but I love that cover by Casey Coller. He and Guido are definitely my favourite Transformers artists by far. Weird that we haven't seen a proper 5-page preview yet… I hope this really does come out tomorrow.
Will be my last comicbook for a while. Untill the next book by either Guidi, Coller, Furman or Roberts comes out : )
Hadlen_Weltall
Roche Art makes everything better!!
Omegax80
Those are just smaller boxes on boxes.
AzT
IDW’s Transformers ’84: Secrets and Lies, Issue #4 Coller and Roche Covers Line Art – Transformers News – TFW2005
Shepard Prime
Drawing an illustration of one transformer is entirely different than cranking out 20 pages of multiple transformers, settings and storytelling month in and month out consistently.
It's why Milne and Roche for instance is so good because they don't just draw the tech, they're able to visually show them having emotion and body language past the usual stock-type action poses of TFs shooting or punching each other.
ScientistMan
An homage to Last Stand of the Wreckers #1! That's cool!
AzT
https://twitter.com/Juansamuart/status/1320705843365580802
Omegax80
Oh my lord. Must have all covers.
Hey bud, your "boxes on top of boxes" and "blocky legos" look like that?
Lol. Don't get your hopes up.
AzT
IDW’s Transformers ’84: Secrets and Lies, Issue #4 Coller and Roche Cover Artwork – Transformers News – TFW2005
Omegax80
He said he did it in minutes, maybe he's got a youtube video… I want to see "boxes on top of boxes" and "big blocky giant legos." Totally comparable to professional artists.
SiamGXPrime
Post your drawing please.
Omegax80
Boxes on top of boxes? Have you ever taken an art class?
If your vocabulary is any indication of your artwork, I'd stop.