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IDW artist Jeffrey Veregge shares another installment in his travel poster series of Transformers covers:
My latest Travel poster Retail Incentive cover for @IDWPublishing Transformers issue #10. The Great Cybertron War Memorial.
Full credits: Brian Ruckley (Author) • Cachét Whitman (Artist) • Beth McGuire-Smith (Artist, Cover Artist)
Enjoy the artwork attached to this post and then share your thoughts about it on the 2005 boards!
Via ITunes we can share for you the 3-page preview of IDW’s new Transformers Comic Series Issue #7.
Geomotus makes a brief come back, and Windblade, Chromia and Sideswipe are on the move.
Transformers #9
Time is running out! Orion Pax, his friends, and the Autobot security forces have to get a grip on their murder investigations as their superior, Sentinel Prime, makes his return to Cybertron!
The new Transformers issue #9 is expected for release on July 17th, so don’t miss this issue. Click on the bar to see the mirrored images on this news post together with Cover A by Umi Miyao, and then share your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
Via ITunes we can share for our first new pages of the upcoming IDW Transformers x Ghostbusters #2.
This is the second issue of a 5-part mini-series which brings us the debut of Ectotron as a character on this story. On this 2-page preview, the Ghostbusters crew meets Ectotron and we are sure thing will get messy.
This issue is scheduled for release on July 17th, so don’t forget to grab your copy. Click on the bar to see the mirrored images of the preview on this news post and let us know your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
And just a few days after the Viz Media announcement of the “Transformers: The Manga Volume 1” in the US, 2005 Boards user Chris McFeely found a new Amazon listing for this upcoming publication.
This book is a collection of comic strips that originally appeared in Japanese Magazines, and it was previously available only in Japan through Hero X Comics by Million Publishing. This is our very first opportunity to have access to this material in a proper English translation.
You can pre-order this book here for $24.99 with a release date on February 11, 2020 at the moment. It will be a hardcover edition with 272 pages. Ready to add this book into your collection? Let us know your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
Viz Media, a popular manga publisher, announced today on Twitter that they will be publishing “Transformers: The Manga Volume 1” in the winter this year. This book is a collection of comic strips that originally appeared in Japanese Magazines, and it was previously available only in Japan through Hero X Comics by Million Publishing. This will be the first time this collection of manga is made available outside of Japan, a golden opportunity to checkout additional Generation 1 lore. Details on translation, price, and exact release date have not been announced yet, but we will bring you updates as it becomes available. Will you be adding this to your comic books collections? Let us know on the boards after jump.
Artist Winston Chan treats us to detailed process shots of his upcoming A cover for September’s Transformers issue #13:
1. Pencils 2. Inks 3. Flat Colours 4. Final Colours Everything done digitally with #Procreate on my iPad Pro (flats and finishing touches were done in PS). I am very lucky and beyond grateful for the opportunity. This was a dream project and will hopefully open doors to more work on official Transformers products and other projects in the future.
Full credits: (W) Brian Ruckley (A) Anna Malkova, Bethany McGuire-Smith (CA) Winston Chan
Inspect the attached artwork and then share your thoughts about it on the 2005 boards!
We have some good news for readers of the IDW’s new Transformers series. We can report that he booster pack promo deal for issue #7 appears to be rolling into issue #8!
Last month, the official Transformers Trading Card Twitter announced that there will be a free Transformers Trading Card Game Wave 1 Booster Pack Included With IDW’s Transformers Issue #07. A very clever way to promote both the comic and the Transformers Trading Card Game at the same time.
Today, 2005 Boards member shadow panther sent us photographic prof that this month’s Transformers Issue #08 is also packed with a free Transformers TCG Booster pack.
Grab your copy of Transformers #08 this this week and look for your free booster pack inside your comic! Click on the bar to see the mirrored images and then sound off on the 2005 Boards!
Last year, Japanese publisher Village Books announced the Japanese release of successful and fan-favorite IDW Transformers: Last Stand Of The Wreckers.
IDW’s 5-issue mini-series Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers was released in 2010, and became a fan-favorite story in the IDW Transformers universe.
The Japanese release of this book has been re-scheduled for July 31st, 2019 (it was going to be release by May 30th) but now, via a listing on Amazon.jp, we have our first look at the amazing cover by artist Tajima Tasuku. He has worked in several Takara Tomy Legends manga and card illustrations.
Click on the bar to see the cover and then let us know your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
Bleeding Cool is providing us with a list of IDW exclusive prints for San Diego Comic-Con 2019.
You can check out additional info regarding the above issues, after the jump.
Another gem from the list of Companies With Exclusives posted earlier today by Comic-Con International: San Diego, this time coming in slimy hot from IDW Publishing:
Pick up this exclusive Transformers/Ghostbusters #1 variant cover with a TOP SECRET design to be unveiled at the convention! Prime gets Slimed as Ghostbusters and Transformers each celebrate their 35th anniversary, with this convention cover by Ghostbusters artist Dan Schoening.
Full credits: Erik Burnham (Author) • Dan Schoening (Artist, Cover Artist) • Luis Antonio Delgado (Colorist) • Nick Roche (Cover Artist)
Is this on your convention pull list? Purchase your copy for $10 from IDW’s booth 2729. Stay tuned for more Transformers-related Comic-Con news as we await release of the program schedule and join the discussion on the 2005 boards!