TFW2005 member and artist Alex Milne updates our July solicitations coverage with an in-depth look at his retailer incentive cover for Transformers issue #33:
I also took the chance to color it as well. Still lots to figure out with computer coloring, but the best way to learn is to do.
Sound off on the 2005 boards with your thoughts about this upcoming publication!
Creator credits: Brian Ruckley (Author), Anna Malkova (Artist), Ed Pirrie (Cover Artist), Lane Lloyd (Cover Artist), Alex Milne (Cover Artist)
“Lord of Misrule: Swindle’s II”. Bumblebee is a lot of things-an ex-Ascenticon spy, a wanted fugitive, and currently working as a go-between for Swindle and Optimus Prime’s Autobots. With Swindle and his crew’s help, Bumblebee’s got a chance to free the long-captive Elita-1 and finally finish his search for justice for Rubble’s murder by bringing down Barricade. But when working with criminals, even the best laid plans are destined for trouble.
AzT
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T-Hybrid
Wait wait wait….
Wait…
I repeat my previous query regarding the election I apparently missed and your rise to spokesperson.
"Your art sucks!"
"Okay, well, I'm sorry you feel that way but that's my style. What do you think of the re-"
"Your art sucks."
"Yep. You said that. Okay. Since I'm still going to he working on this for 12 issues what else would…"
That's not really all that weird. They always came off as reluctant partners anyway so translating that to a pair of bickering siblings kinda works.
It's not like she was ever presented as a romantic interest or he as a potential father figure such that being related would make it weird.
It's kinda like how Tigatron/Cheetor could be viewed as the former being a fatherly figure or an older brother/mentor. Either is fitting without having to be literal. I hope Tigatron shows up so they can explore that a bit more.
Rojixus
I'm not in any position to judge, I want Tarantulas and Blackarachnia to be brother and sister.
Bass X0
That 25 year old "dated" cartoon still looks better than what we are getting in the book. Fans would rather things stay the same than to be different but worse. If someone wants to do something different, make it better than what came before it.
And fans of Beast Wars have already watched Beast Wars (duh!), all of it, many times. Whats wrong with wanting a new comic book or TV show that isn't a step back in terms of quality? Kingdom also sucks from what we've seen and heard already. And seeing the actual show isn't likely to be satisfying but we are going to watch it anyway. And when it inevitably falls below expectations, fans have the right to express their opinion.
Nobody is complaining about Animated's art style now. Nobody is complaining about movie Devastator now. Beast Wars is a current ongoing thing with new issues being released. If people don't like the art style of Beast Wars in #1, they have a right to say so. And if they keep reading and still don't like the art style in #20, they still have the right to say so. If a comic book publisher keeps putting out bad comic books then they need to keep being told that they are putting out bad comics. They just won't learn if readers complain once and once only; they'll just get ignored.
LEADERS_MATRIX
Sorry Josh, i cant get past the art style, it means alot to me for it to look conformed to a degree.
Mattymo
Tarantulus and springer are father and son so weirder things have happened
Megastar
Is it wrong that I want Tarantulas and Rattrap to be father and son?
Mattymo
yeah I’m pretty heart broken to not see Charlie is not in this and while I have zero attachment to wrestling and was dreading Cena in Bee he won me over and was equally bummed to see he was not in it either
T-Hybrid
Yep. Keep Charlie and Bee together and let them stumble in to Primal and the Maximals. Don't bring Prime in because this doesn't need to be his story yet. Scourge and his team of poachers would be fine enough villains, paired with some hunter type guy for Cena to rival if he's still around in the sequel.
Or if you can't get Haliee back, bring in Cena as Bee's contact when whatever Maximal/hunter story he stumbles in to gets tough and he needs help.
WolverineDragon
Rattrap and Tarantulas also duked it out in the season 1 episode power surge
Mattymo
same. I’ve kept off the movie boards and only talked about it in private messages and this is a derail but I personally think this bigger cast of both transformers is humans is a mistake. Keep it small and personal. That’s what worked with bumblebee and it’s what worked for me in the original IDW verse. 3 kids with a few surpoting humans to cut back to here and there until it builds up.
I was actually thinking about that the other day and I really wonder what would have a happened in the original IDW-verse if Andy Schmidt hadn’t cut furman legs and finished the -ation series the way it was planned out. Like what the hell would we have gotten after dealing with Nova and Galvatron and scorponok and the machination if they’d just let him do it as planned out.
T-Hybrid
I like humans if they're used properly. Bee Movie nailed it keeping both the human and bot cast small so the interactions were focused. I'm worried the next one is going to go too big too fast again. Which would have worked had we kept Charlie and Cena as the central humans to build around.
Mattymo
I don’t get it either but the same folks who complain about this are still complaining about the 2019 IDW-verse calling it boring even though they admit they aren’t reading it or that they’re “forced to read” with an MP-36 pointed at their head but I disagree. It’s not boring there is so much going on in that book and I’ve related it to this:
okay what do you want? Just nonestop hallow action and in 5 years do nothing but flashbacks to explain the universe? Because that’s how the original IDW-verse ended up becoming. Just flashbacks one after another.
You got the terrible flint Dille trilogy on top of so much flashbacks in roberts run because he needed to retcon stuff to tell the story he wanted to tell. I won’t deny it’s been a lot of set ups and feels weird to see characters appear at the beginning instead of later(pyra manga, Alerion, dai atlas, froid etc) but it’s just building a world so we arnt going to require world building later. It may get a little sluggish here and there yes but I’m already invested in these characters now so I’m game.
I’m not someone who’s ever demanded no humans in transformers so in all honesty I’m personally ready to jump ahead now and head to earth. It’s great to see how the war kicked off but im jonsing for some of these WFC earth modes and such to be in the comics. I love it when my toys appear in fiction and I really enjoy stories on earth.
T-Hybrid
Yeah I think of Cheetor/Tarantulas from the web before anything. Maybe some Tigatron/Blackarachnia because of the floating island.
Hopefully this comic runs long enough to give us more of those one-on-one interactions. Especially Rhinox. I think he really only got his one time to shine when he was turned into a Decepticon but after that he spent most of his time in the Ark being the guy in the chair.
And it's like, I get it. People don't like the art style. That's fine. But we're just about 6 issues in now…so it's time to move on if that's all you've got. The constant "this art sucks" stuff isn't adding anything anymore. Because the rest of us are discussing what we like and don't like about the comic we're actually reading. It'd be like people complaining about Animated's art style now. Okay…sure…and? That's not changing any time in the future so have you got anything else to contribute?
Like, I don't even complain about Devastator's nutsack anymore in the Bayverse because that movie is done and dusted. I still mock when 3Ps decide to replicate that particular feature, but I've got other things with regard to the movie itself I can talk about.
Is there some other license holder involved with MLP? Because it seems really weird that there hasn't been much on that front in terms of crossover merch when Hasbro owns both IPs.
Mattymo
like twice. The web when he had to save cheetor and while I don’t really count this when because it’s two seconds like when he threw bombs at him on Ravages ship.
pretty much. To sum up his entire time IDW the past 2 years to quote Harry S. Plinkett “it’s different, and I don’t like things that are different”
but hey it’s nice to see Josh’s chime in and defend himself and style and the book. doesn’t have to look just like 25 year old dated CGI cartoon. It still exists, go watch it.
it’s a fun series. I’m enjoying it a lot and I look forward to seeing it grow apart from the show and introduce characters that never appeared and maybe bring back some stuff that fell a little flat in the show while reinventing it. Dinobot is a lot better in this then the show and he was already a damn good character in the show
T-Hybrid
I like some of these dynamics we're getting. Did Tarantulas and Rattrap ever interact much on the show?
Who elected you our spokesman?
Chopperface
I see Dinobot pulling a ROTF Starscream on Waspy!
BlackHawkOmega
i gotta be honest
I'm not diggin' the art for Beast Wars very much, it's way too simplified.
AzT
IDW’s Transformers Beast Wars: 5-Page Preview of Issue #6 – Transformers News – TFW2005
Whomps
Also looks like we might be getting a part 3 with