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IDW revealed that after the Chaos storyline concludes two new ongoing series will emerge: Transformers: Robots in Disguise by John Barber and Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye by James Roberts.
Now artist Andrew Griffith has given us a little more information regarding the creative teams via his blog. Josh Perez will be handling colorist duties on his upcoming post Chaos series Robots in Disguise, and Josh Burcham will be coloring the other post Chaos ongoing series More Than Meets the Eye.
Though you might want to know that Josh Perez will be coloring my upcoming comic Transformers ongoing comic, Robots in Disguise.
And for those of you who don't know, Josh Burcham will be coloring the other ongoing, More than Meets the Eye!
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on: Tuesday, 26th July 2011 at 11:17:17 BST
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The Allspark have posted a good round-up of the IDW panel from this years SDCC. You can find the article here. Which included the news that Simon Furman and Andrew Wildman will be back to write Transformers issues 81 to 100 in 2012 that will indeed continue on from the end of the Generation One series. So a 19 part mini-series, you can be sure that there will be more on this over the coming weeks especially since both parties will be at Auto Assembly next month
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ComiXology and IDW have published a press release announcing the release of IDW's Transformers title onto the Android mobile OS
comiXology and IDW Publishing today
announced a partnership to bring TRANSFORMERS comics to Android and the
Web as the battle for Earth between AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS rages on.
Through this strategic undertaking, comics fans everywhere will now be
able to experience every metal crunching battle of more than 200
TRANSFORMERS comics using comiXology’s Guided View™ Technology, enabling
the reader to transition smoothly between different comic panels,
mimicking the reading experience of a traditional print comic book.
“Working with IDW, one of the largest and most esteemed comic publishers
in the industry, to launch their entire TRANSFORMERS comic library on
Android is truly an honor,” said David Steinberger, CEO of comiXology.
“IDW has really elevated TRANSFORMERS comics to a fan-favorite that our
community has been waiting for.
All of the TRANSFORMERS comics will be available on the comiXology Android and Web platforms starting Thursday, July 23rd.
“It’s been very important to IDW to offer our TRANSFORMERS line to
digital comics fans everywhere,” stated Jeff Webber, IDW’s Director of
ePublishing. “We’ve always been impressed with comiXology’s strength in
offering comics across multiple platforms, including Android and the
Web. David and his team have put together an awesome offering. And just
wait till you see how we kick it off when the doors open Thursday! I
think we’re going to make a lot of TRANSFORMERS fans happy this week.”
Today’s announcement comes just days after comiXology exceeded the one
million mark of comic book downloads on the Android platform.
The TRANSFORMERS digital comics collection features all the currently
available TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON movie-related comics, plus
previous movie-related series, cartoon tie-ins, IDW's own ongoing
TRANFORMERS series and related titles, and even old classics from the
80s, including:
• TRANSFORMERS: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation
• TRANSFORMERS: Dark of the Moon: Rising Storm Movie Prequel
• TRANSFORMERS: Dark of the Moon: Foundation Movie Prequel
• TRANSFORMERS: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaption
• TRANSFORMERS: Movie Adaption
• TRANSFORMERS: All Hail Megatron
• TRANSFORMERS: Revenge of the Fallen: Alliance Movie Prequel
• TRANSFORMERS: Classics
• TRANSFORMERS: Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance Movie Prequel
• TRANSFORMERS: Heart of Darkness
• TRANSFORMERS: PRIME
• TRANSFORMERS: Spotlight
About comiXology

Since 2007 comiXology has been developing the technological
infrastructure to bring comics into the digital mainstream and expose
new audiences to the rich history and culture of the industry. Through
partnerships with top comic book publishers including Marvel Comics, DC
Comics, IDW Publishing, Archaia Entertainment, BOOM! Studios, Dynamite
Entertainment and Image Comics as well as their own mobile and web apps
which hosts over 9,500 digital titles, comiXology has become a leader in
digital comic book proliferation. Also focused on creating strong ties
with retail stores through its technology solutions, comiXology
continues to transform the previously fragmented comic ecosystem into a
vibrant and cohesive marketplace.
About IDW Publishing
IDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and
trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California. Renowned for its
diverse catalog of licensed and independent titles, IDW publishes some
of the most successful and popular titles in the industry, including:
Hasbro’s TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE, Paramount’s Star Trek; HBO’s True
Blood; the BBC’s DOCTOR WHO; Toho’s Godzilla; and comics and trade
collections based on novels by worldwide bestselling author, James
Patterson. IDW is also home to the Library of American Comics imprint,
which publishes classic comic reprints; Yoe! Books, a partnership with
Yoe! Studio; and is the print publisher for EA Comics.
IDW’s original horror series, 30 Days of Night, was launched as a major
motion picture in October 2007 by Sony Pictures and was the #1 film in
its first week of release. More information about the company can be
found at IDWPublishing.com.
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on: Thursday, 23rd June 2011 at 10:12:14 BST
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In an update at Wondercon, IDW's head editor Andy Schmidt announced that from July until the end of the year, Transformers will become a bi-weekly comic release! Here is the full schedule he announced:
JULY 2011
Transformers # 21: Prelude to ChaosWritten by Mike Costa, art by Guido Guidi and Brendan Cahill.
Transformers # 22: Chaos Theory Part 1Written by James Roberts, art by Alex Milne.
AUGUST 2011
Transformers # 23: Chaos Theory Part 2Written by James Roberts, art by Alex Milne.
Transformers # 24: Chaos Part 1 Story by Mike Costa and James Roberts, art by Livio Ramondelli.
SEPTEMBER 2011
Transformers # 25: The Last Earth Story Part 1 Written by Mike Costa, art by Brendan Cahill.
Transformers # 26: Chaos Part 2 Story by Mike Costa and James Roberts, art by Livio Ramondelli.
OCTOBER 2011
Transformers # 27: The Last Earth Story Part 2 Written by Mike Costa, art by Brendan Cahill.
Transformers # 28: Chaos Part 3Story by Mike Costa and James Roberts, art by Livio Ramondelli.
NOVEMBER 2011
Transformers # 29: The Last Earth Story Part 3 Written by Mike Costa, art by Brendan Cahill.
Transformers # 30: Chaos Part 4Story by Mike Costa and James Roberts, art by Livio Ramondelli.
DECEMBER 2011
Transformers # 31: Chaos Epilogue Written by Mike Costa, art by Casey Coller.
You can listen to the announcement here at theterrordrome.com
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on: Tuesday, 5th April 2011 at 14:46:29 BST
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The Transformers Prime prequel comic, by IDW, is available now at all good comic stores. THe cover art, see below, was draw by Transformers Prime art director Jose Lopez and hsi good friend Augusto.
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on: Friday, 14th January 2011 at 08:49:08 GMT
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TFAW have announced the release date for the Transformers: Dark of the Moon prequel comic book series entitled Transformers: Rising Storm as the 5th January 2011. The comic features the arrival on Earth of a new Decepticon (those who have read the spoilers will know who) and should also reveal many of the cast and modes of both the Autobot and Decepticon characters who will feature in the third live action movie. Head over to TFAW to see a preview of the cover for the first issue.
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on: Wednesday, 3rd November 2010 at 08:25:24 GMT
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Shane McCarthy has updated his blog with an entry that contains an RTF download of the Drift script which gives everyone a look at how the first issue of the Drift mini-series was presented to the artists.
I get a lot of questions regarding how I go about writing and
specifically how I lay out my scripts. I figured it was time to post
one up to make it easier to see how I go about it all…Maybe down the track I’ll post up how I get to full
script in more detail but for now I’ll just say I follow the usual path
of basic idea…outline…beatsheet…full script.
I’ve chosen the script from TRANSFORMERS: DRIFT #1. I write my
scripts in Final Draft but I present it here in Rich Text format to make
it more accessible.
IDW's Mike Costa has posted on the IDW Publishing message boards regarding some upcoming story arcs for the Transformers ongoing comic book series from the publisher.
Issue 12 concludes the current "International Incident" plotline.
Issue 13 will be a self-contained tale.
Issue 14 kicks off the five part "Revenge of the Decepticons" arc.
The three after that make up a three part story called "Space Opera".
Costa does not consider this an arc, but two arcs and an epilogue.
This will be followed up by another pretty major three issue arc.
Issue 25 will be a stand alone issue, and... that's enough for now.
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on: Tuesday, 28th September 2010 at 08:14:11 BST
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Auto Assembly has issues another press release and YouTube video update announcing another guest as well as confirming that Auto Assembly 2010 has received (by midnight) 501 pre-registrants, meaning that the after one more booking the convention will break its own European Transformers Convention attendance records with three weeks to go!
Get Wrecked At Auto Assembly 2010...!
Auto Assembly 2010 is now only three weeks away but rather than going into hiding for the remaining time to finish preparations, we are busy working on even more surprises and announcements to make this a convention you will never forget...
We have now made a couple of changes to our guest line-up for the convention. Sadly, Guido Guidi is no longer able to join us. Owing to personal reasons and the pressures of an impending house move, Guido is unable to be with us, and despite being disappointed at missing the convention, he is hoping to make his return in 2011...
However, thanks to an incredible fundraising campaign started by members at the Moonbase 2 forum we do have another guest. He is a comic writer who has worked for IDW and he is... well, just watch this video and find out...
The convention is taking place over the weekend of Friday 13th - Sunday 15th August 2010 at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England. There will be Friday and Saturday evening programmes that are exclusive for weekend attendees and the Saturday evening will play host to a massive musical party, costume competition, and the script and disco / karaoke. And we still have lots more to announce...!
We have frozen the ticket prices for the convention from Auto Assembly 2009 and full weekend tickets are £45 for adults and £35 for children, students and senior citizens, with under 5s admitted free. Family tickets (2 adults and 2 children) are available for £145.
One day tickets for Saturday have sold out, but one day tickets for Sunday are still available and cost £25 for adults, £18 for children, students or senior citizens and under 5's as always are free. However as they are limited, if you want to come along for just the day then you need to book NOW!
Because of the rate that bookings are coming in, and the popularity of the one-day passes last year, we cannot guarantee that single day tickets will be available to purchase on the door and it is looking likely that we may not have ANY on-the-door places available for the full weekend so pre-registration this year is a must!
For more details on the convention, to see a full list of all the guests and activities taking place over the weekend, or to book your tickets, visit the website at www.autoassembly.org.uk
Transformers own legendary scribe Simon Furman has updated his blog with a new article entitled Script (W)Rap — Nefarious #5
"As, once again, we’re reasonably close to publication date, this script
(w)rap also serves as pre-release teaser for Transformers:
Nefarious #5, the penultimate issue of the official comic book
sequel to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Spoilers
ahoy, though as always I will try not to give away too much here. So —
the pieces are all in place. Soundwave has tried and failed to crack the
remarkably resilient nut that is The Initiative (the human organization
with some long-standing ties and kind-sized grudges to/against the
earliest Transformers to reach Earth — Seekers). So now it’s a joint
offensive, Soundwave and the Autobots — together. But first they have to
find the Initiative, who — it soon becomes apparent — aren’t just
going to sit still and wait for the next attack. And just what did (or who
did) happen to Soundwave last issue? What isn’t he telling his newfound
Autobot allies? And just who is the Seeker incarcerated within the
Initiative’s base? Carter Newell, the embittered and vengeful mastermind
behind the Initiative, takes a big step towards the glorious
realization of a plan seventy years in the making. Trouble is, in
achieving his ends, he may also wipe out the entire world! Story is by
me, art by the ever-magnificent Carlos Magno. The issue should be in
stores on 14th (US) or 15th (UK) of July."
Visit Simon's blog to leave him your comments and to view the cover art
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Bzzurkk.com have published a small preview of the upcoming Transformers: Nefarious issue 1 comic from IDW. Visit their website to view some preview images from the comic.
Transformers: Nefarious #1
Written by Simon Furman with art by Carlos Magno and covers by Magno and
Brian Rood.
The sequel to TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN starts here! What is
The Initiative? More to the point, why doesn’t the all-seeing SOUNDWAVE
know anything about it? How did they come to reanimate/control RAVAGE?
SOUNDWAVE must find the answers, and he’ll destroy anything in his path
to get them!
Transformers: Nefarious
32pg.
Color
$3.99 US
On Sale March 17, 2010
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on: Sunday, 14th March 2010 at 10:30:35 GMT
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Simon Furman has updated his blog with an entry regarding the first issue of the 6-part mini-series from IDW called Transformers: Nefarious
"Been a while since I did one of these post-script digressions, so here goes with issue #1 of the upcoming Transformers: Nefarious (6-issue) mini-series from IDW, a direct sequel to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (so set in the movie-verse). My aim is to keep this as spoiler-free
as possible, but if you’d rather not even be teased, look away now!
Strictly speaking, Nefarious begins in Tales of the Fallen #5, which
features the mysterious resurrection of Ravage (and his even more
mysterious mission). But even if you don’t catch that one, issue #1
rolls full pelt into a global conspiracy of which even the Autobots and
Decepticons have been blissfully oblivious… until now. Featuring
Soundwave, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Sideswipe, Alice (yes, Alice!),
a quartet of Autobot (toy) characters making their Earth-based debut
and even four all-new, original Decepticons (you didn’t think Ravage
was Soundwave’s only special agent, did you?), the first
issue peels back some of the layers surrounding the mysterious (human)
organization known as The Initiative and the (potentially)
earth-shattering Project: Nefarious. Just how far and wide its reach
extends into the warp of weft of recent Cybertronian history (and how
much it’s about to influence their future too) will force Soundwave and
then Optimus Prime into truly desperate measures (and a clash or two
too) as they learn who’s really in charge of their destiny. And it’s
not them! Issue #1 promises lots of intrigue, action, shocks and a
final page that’ll leave you scraping your lower jaw off the floor. Do not miss this one!"
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on: Saturday, 24th October 2009 at 10:08:09 BST
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Simon Furman has updated his blog with an entry dedicated to issue two of the IDW Transformers comic book series Tales of the Fallen. Issue two focuses on Sideswipe and the back story which bought him to Earth on a quest for vengeance with utter disregard for the organic life he finds teeming on the planet. Such is the level of his disregard that he actually becomes the target that the other Autobots must
confront. Tales of the
Fallen #2 hits stores this week, September 9th in the US, 10th in the
UK. Art is by Carlos Magno, who Simon describes as "a new talent and definitely one to watch!"
Head over to Simon's blog to read more details abotu the issue as well as taking a peek at the cover art.
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on: Tuesday, 8th September 2009 at 19:42:02 BST
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At the SDCC it was announced that IDW will be releasing a follow-up story ot Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen entitled Transformers: Nefarious. Well ComicsContinuum.com have a little snippet of information which they have published regarding the series.
Transformers: Nefarious will be a six-issue mini-series, written by Simon Furman, with art by Carlos Magno. It is scheduled to launch early next year. The story will follow a shadowy organization with devious designs on the Transformers. "The latest Transformers movie added several very cool elements to the tapestry -- Soundwave and Ravage being my favorites -- and we¹re keen to explore them," said Andy Schmidt, IDW's Transformers editor. "Our story tracks a new organization with 'nefarious' designs on the robots in disguise. Their technology gives them a tactical advantage not yet seen in the films." Brian Rood will provide variant covers for the mini-series.
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on: Friday, 24th July 2009 at 09:05:36 BST
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