Comic Watch lays it all down in the 5-page preview of Transformers vs. The Terminator issue #4, the conclusion of a miniseries scheduled for November arrival in trade paperback form. Survey the final battle, then sound off on the 2005 boards!
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IDW’s Transformers Vs. The Terminator: Issue #4 iTunes Preview
Save room on your September 30th pull list for the conclusion of the Transformers vs. The Terminator miniseries:
Up against an army of Decepticons, the T-800 must rely on his Autobot allies to even the odds. And, with luck, both sides will thin each other out for his last gambit to eliminate all Cybertronians. The fate of the future will be determined in this final battle, but will the ultimate victors be robotic… or human?
Examine the history of things to come after the jump via the iTunes Apple Books three-page preview of issue #4 reported by TFW2005 member Lucas35, then sound off on the 2005 boards!
IDW’s Transformers Vs. The Terminator: 5-Page Preview of Issue #3
When Optimus Prime offers his aid, suggesting they go after Megatron together, the T-800 faces his toughest decision yet in the third installment of Transformers vs. The Terminator with the 5-page preview attached to this post.
Creator credits: David Mariotte (Author), John Barber (Author), Tom Waltz (Author), Alex Milne (Artist), Gavin Fullerton (Cover Artist), Andrew Griffith (Cover Artist), Freddie Williams II (Cover Artist), David Garcia Cruz (Colorist)
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IDW’s Transformers Vs. The Terminator: Issue #3, Milne Line Art For iTunes Preview
After treating us earlier this week to his designs for Arcee and Velocity, artist and TFW2005 member Alex Milne returns with the line art attached to this post for the recent iTunes 3-page preview of Transformers vs. The Terminator issue #3.
Creator credits: David Mariotte (Author), John Barber (Author), Tom Waltz (Author), Alex Milne (Artist), Gavin Fullerton (Cover Artist), Andrew Griffith (Cover Artist), Freddie Williams II (Cover Artist)
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IDW’s Transformers Vs. The Terminator: Issue #3 iTunes Preview
Cyberdyne Systems also wants a spot reserved on your New Comic Book Day pull list for August 19th, so check out the associated artwork attached to this post for the iTunes Apple Books three-page preview of Transformers vs. The Terminator issue #3 reported by TFW2005 member Lucas35.
Creator credits: David Mariotte (Author), John Barber (Author), Tom Waltz (Author), Alex Milne (Artist), Gavin Fullerton (Cover Artist), Andrew Griffith (Cover Artist), Freddie Williams II (Cover Artist)
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IDW’s Transformers Vs. The Terminator: Issue #2 Full 5-Page Preview and Milne Line Art
TFW2005 members Lucas35 and Alex Milne join forces to preview issue #2 of Transformers vs. The Terminator, just in time for New Comic Book Day via Comics Continuum and another great line art post.
The T-800, last hope of his kind, has travelled back to 1984 to destroy the Cybertronians before they can awaken and subjugate his future. But when the Ark systems start to bring the Autobots and Decepticons back online, what will he do against two armies? It’s up to one Terminator to save the future and nothing’s gonna stand in his way!
Creator credits: David Mariotte (Author), John Barber (Author), Tom Waltz (Author), Alex Milne (Artist, Cover Artist), Gavin Fullerton (Cover Artist), Casey Coller (Cover Artist), Freddie Williams II (Cover Artist), David Garcia Cruz (Colorist)
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IDW’s Transformers Comics Solicitations: September 2020
TFW2005 members Lucas35 and Cliffjumper expand our September 2020 IDW solicitations coverage via PREVIEWSworld.
Joining issue #11 of Transformers: Galaxies in the latest catalog listings are two collections, November’s Transformers vs. The Terminator and December’s Transformers Volume 3: All Fall Down.
Check out the details and cover artwork attached to this post, then join in the discussion on the 2005 boards!
IDW’s Transformers Vs. The Terminator: Williams II Issue #4 Retailer Incentive Cover Line Art
Freddie Williams II posted the line art for his Transformers vs. The Terminator issue #4 retailer incentive cover, which you will find attached to this post.
Up against an army of Decepticons, the T-800 must rely on his Autobot allies to even the odds. And, with luck, both sides will thin each other out for his last gambit to eliminate all Cybertronians. The fate of the future will be determined in this final battle, but will the ultimate victors be robotic… or human?
Creator credits: David Mariotte (Author) John Barber (Author) Tom Waltz (Author) Alex Milne (Artist) Gavin Fullerton (Cover Artist) Billie Montfort (Cover Artist) Freddie Williams II (Cover Artist) Jeremy Colwell (Colorist)
Review our coverage of Freddie’s recent interview with Discount Film School to learn more about his comic book development process, reset your New Comic Book Day pull list alarm to September 16th for this issue, then sound off on the 2005 boards!
Discount Film School: Interview With Freddie Williams II
Freddie Williams II, credited with two upcoming retailer incentive covers for the Transformers vs. The Terminator mini-series, recently completed a career-spanning interview with Frankie Frain for Red Cow Entertainment’s Discount Film School.
(Edited for length and clarity)
Do you find yourself having to adopt other styles, or when you are hired [is a publisher] hiring the Freddie style?
There is a balance [to] becoming a unique individual and then that becomes your brand vs. accidentally being so unique that you’re on the outskirts, and now you’re only very niche and [a publisher] can only apply you to very specific rare projects. There’s a difference in style as far as rendering, which is the detail and the type of shading and that sort of thing, so that can be contributed to style. Also a part of style is the structure, so if you draw something that’s very cartoony and it’s very animated-looking, that’s a part of your style as well.
The structure of what I’m drawing is mostly the same, meaning [that] it’s a little cartoony… it’s got a little bit of manga, a little bit of Arthur Adams or J. Scott Campbell feel to it. Then, the rendering style [is something] I’m always very willing to change. The stuff that maybe most people know me for the last couple of years is an ink-washed style. If you looked at the original piece of artwork it’s all in shades of grey that looks like water color but it’s actually diluted India ink, like an archive-safe ink and then you apply different levels of water to make shades of grey.
Walk us through the very basic process of developing a comic book.
The writer will give me a script that looks a lot like a screenplay [with details, for example] page one, panel one. Sometimes they’ll indicate camera angle, but not always: a bird’s-eye view of Gotham City and in the background, you can see a silhouette of Batman swinging on a rope. And then panel two: we cut to an alley way, more of a worm’s-eye view and there’s an old lady about to be mugged and you can see Batman landing on the ledge in the background. Everybody’s who’s listening to this can probably picture it in their mind, but it’s my job as the artist to… take it from the imagination and put it on the paper. Sometimes I will need to change the camera angles; maybe it didn’t work the best with a bird’s-eye view, maybe the eye flow will actually work better if I combine those two panels.
I [make] all of my layouts digitally in Photoshop and make a separate file for each page of the comic book, then in the script [add sketches that are] quick, basic, child-like scribbles of the camera angles, shapes and dynamics of what’s going to be in the foreground and background. Then I go back through and start assembling those on what looks like a comic book page, [considering] what are going to be the larger panels for more impact, or what are going to be the thin narrow vertical panels to create more of a panning eye motion. A lot of [those decisions] are based on your own sensibilities, and what visuals appeal to you but also on what you learn along the way.
After that point, I’ll create a more visually communicative rough; it’s still simple, but the shapes are a little bit more obvious – a facial expression instead of just a word scribble – usually I’ll account for all the different word balloons as well. The process as far as the rough layouts takes maybe four to five days, but it’s where all of the work actually happens. The rest of it is execution.
[Freddie completes additional details of structure, shading, pencils and inks / ink-wash, then scans in the finished line art hi-res to the colorist / editor / letterer].
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IDW’s Transformers Vs. The Terminator: Williams II Issue #4 Retailer Incentive Cover
Freddie Williams II scores another retailer incentive cover in the Transformers vs. The Terminator mini-series, with his contribution to issue #4 still scheduled to land on your June 24th pull list.
Up against an army of Decepticons, the T-800 must rely on his Autobot allies to even the odds. And, with luck, both sides will thin each other out for his last gambit to eliminate all Cybertronians. The fate of the future will be determined in this final battle, but will the ultimate victors be robotic… or human?
Creator credits: David Mariotte (Author) John Barber (Author) Tom Waltz (Author) Alex Milne (Artist) Gavin Fullerton (Cover Artist) Billie Montfort (Cover Artist) Freddie Williams II (Cover Artist)
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