
BotCon 2013 Artist Alley Update: Marcelo Matere and Over 20 Other Artist Confirmed!
Artist Alley - We are thrilled to announce that Marcelo Matere will be part of the BotCon 2013 Artists' Alley in San Diego this June. Marcelo has had a huge impact of the Transformers brand, from working on various projects for Hasbro, IDW and Fun Publications. Be sure to see him when you are at BotCon this year! With the addition of Marcelo, the BotCon Artists' Alley will now feature OVER TWENTY amazing Transformers artists from all over the world! Check out the details by clicking here.
IDW Publishing announces special VIP Tour during BotCon
VIP Tour - Our friends at IDW just emailed us to let us know they have announced that they'll be having a special VIP Tour to coincide with BotCon 2013 in San Diego, which just happens to be where IDW's headquarters are located. Check out the full details of this special event by clicking here.
Transformers Spotlight: Hoist Preview
FACE OFF - HOIST has always managed to fade into the background: until now. Trapped on an alien planet with a narcissist, half a scientist and a creature that may or may not turn into a catapult, the Lost Light's mild-mannered maintenance engineer must confront the five most dangerous DECEPTICONS ever. Check out the preview by clicking here.
Sneak Peek - Transformers: Beast Hunters #1
Dinobots - Beast Hunters takes place after the Rage of the Dinobots mini-series. Remember to pre-order the issues with your local comic shop to get the exclusive covers! Mairghread Scott, co-writer for the upcoming IDW Transformers: Beast Hunters comic mini-series, has tweeted a sneak preview of the first issue which you can view here.
Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #16 Review
Funeral - The battle for the Lost Light is over. As the survivors bury the dead, one Autobot begins a secret journey that will change everything. This special issue marks the beginning of “Remain in Light”—the game-changing finale to the first More Than Meets The Eye mega-story arc! Check out our full review by clicking here.
Posted June 18th, 2013 at 3:35pm by Va'al - 2,882 views
To Be Continued (Spoiler free-ish) Synopsis MEGATRON'S DESCENT! In the early days of the war on CYBERTRON, OPTIMUS PRIME puts everything on the line to unify the planet—but not everyone agrees that this new Prime should be in charge! Meanwhile, the fallen DECEPTICON leader, MEGATRON, begins a journey that will change everything. Plus—what is the terrible secret of the DINOBOTS? Say cheese! Story In an unexpected, unless you read the solicits, twist, IDW have decided to - Read More
Posted June 18th, 2013 at 3:02pm by El Duque - 3,331 views
Nico Nico Doga has posted footage of Takara Tomy's upcoming Transformers Go! OVA that was shown over the past weekend at the Tokyo Toy Show. The preview clip clocks in at just under 10 minutes and features the Swordbot Samurai team of Kenzan, Jinbu, and Ganoh. Sorry, no embed is availalbe, but the clip can viewed by clicking - Read More
Posted June 18th, 2013 at 8:36am by Va'al - 5,473 views
The 'Wait, whut?' Issue (Spoiler free-ish) Synopsis "DON'T LET THEM TAKE SKIDS!" The crew of the Lost Light left CYBERTRON before they could hear those words—part of a message from the future warning of terror and catastrophe and a threat to the entire Cybertronian race. Can the AUTOBOTS do anything to stop the beginning of the end? Skids, being observant Story Rodimus is still telling his story to Ambus, as the crew we know of seem to be stuck in a room, or a cell. And - Read More
Posted June 17th, 2013 at 2:16pm by Va'al - 3,747 views
Hello you lovely folks! Here at Seibertron.com we've decided to go find some of the best names in the Transformers comics industry, to bring you some fresh information about the people behind the scenes. IDW have been nice enough to provide us with contact information for their legion of creators, and our first volunteer is none other than Andrew Griffith! Read the whole interview below. Va'al - It's an honour for me to actually interview my first professional comics artist for a - Read More
Posted June 17th, 2013 at 1:43pm by Va'al - 3,501 views
IDW Publishing has announced not one but two more Transformers superstar artists for their VIP Tour taking place at BotCon: Marcelo Matere and Casey Coller! The guest list just keeps on growing! IDW PUBLISHING is hosting a VIP TOUR of the comic book publisher’s offices on Thursday, June 27th—the week of Botcon—and we are pleased to announce that TRANSFORMERS packaging and comic artist MARCELO MATERE and TRANSFORMERS: ALL HAIL MEGATRON and TRANSFORMERS: IRONHIDE cover artist - Read More
Posted June 15th, 2013 at 5:36am by Va'al - 11,126 views
IDW Publishing is just churning out more and more guests for its VIP Tour at BotCon. Newly added is the main artist on Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Andrew Griffith! Check out the full guest list below. Guests Meet some of the biggest names in Transformers comics when you attend the IDW VIP Tour! Chat about their experiences, where Transformers are going, and more! Featured guests are: Livio Ramondelli Artist, TRANSFORMERS: MONSTROSITY John Barber Writer, TRANSFORMERS: - Read More
Posted June 14th, 2013 at 7:09pm by LOST Cybertronian - 7,192 views
Amazon has posted several pre-orders for new Transformers Trade Paperbacks. There is a wide range of books available. There are no images available at this time. Transformers: Movie Collection Volume 2 Paperback: 308 pages Publisher: IDW Publishing (November 19, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1613778031 ISBN-13: 978-1613778036 Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye Volume 5 Paperback: 128 pages Publisher: IDW Publishing (November 19, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: - Read More
Posted June 14th, 2013 at 12:16pm by El Duque - 7,725 views
Zap2it has now updated their Transformers Prime Beast Hunters program guide with the description of episode 11, "Persuasion". This episode is scheduled to air on July 12th, take a look at the brief synopsis below: Megatron appeals to Ratchet; Optimus takes on the - Read More
Posted June 14th, 2013 at 12:04pm by El Duque - 6,396 views
Here's some more comic news from our friends at IDW Publishing, their September 2013 Transformers solicitations. Check out the covers and descriptions below: Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #21 James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a) • Milne, Sean Chen (c) ENDGAME! A handful of heroes stand in the way of a tyrant with the power to destroy AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS alike. But what if stopping him carries an even higher price? Get ready to say goodbye to some old friends as More Than - Read More
Posted June 14th, 2013 at 8:37am by El Duque - 5,274 views
IDW Publishing's digital format series Transformers: Monstrosity comes to print this month and we got the preview below! Available next week, check your local shops. Transformers: Monstrosity #1 (of 4)—SPOTLIGHT Chris Metzen & Flint Dille (w) • Livio Ramondelli (a) • Ramondelli x 3 (c) MEGATRON'S DESCENT! In the early days of the war on CYBERTRON, OPTIMUS PRIME puts everything on the line to unify the planet—but not everyone agrees that this new Prime should be in charge! - Read More
Posted June 14th, 2013 at 8:36am by El Duque - 7,643 views
Fresh from our friends at IDW Publishing we have the preview for Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye Ongoing #18. Be sure to download or pick up your own copy next week, for now enjoy the preview found below! Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #18 James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a) • Milne, Sean Chen (c) "DON'T LET THEM TAKE SKIDS!" The crew of the Lost Light left CYBERTRON before they could hear those words—part of a message from the future warning of terror and catastrophe - Read More
Posted June 13th, 2013 at 1:20pm by Va'al - 9,157 views
A bit of fun news from our friends over at IDW. As part of a new advertising stunt, the covers of a number of their titles this coming September will feature classic cartoon styled covers, including Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #21! Check out the press release below for more information, and check out the cover mirrored below. Prepare for your favorite IDW comics to get a little more animated than usual this September! All month long, IDW will be publishing special “IDW GETS - Read More
Posted June 13th, 2013 at 1:07pm by Va'al - 8,083 views
Simon Furman and John-Paul Bove have been trickling some information about the upcoming September release (that's the first bit) of the one-off Transformers: ReGeneration One #0. This post tries summarising what we've been told so far, but for the full experience, follow Simon's blog! According to Furman, the issue is confirmed to have a September release, pushing #95 to October. Bove seconds this, adding it will be 22 pages long, and taking place between, or to one side, of #94 and #95. - Read More
Posted June 13th, 2013 at 11:41am by Va'al - 7,423 views
Fan-favourite artist Nick Roche is currently selling an original print to raise funds in support of this own brother's marathon for the Irish Cancer Society. The latter is a charity for cancer support, care, information, research, health promotion & advocacy. You can find the print available, for only £10 ($15 approx) plus shipping, and in limited numbers of 100 copies, at Nick's blog, - Read More
Posted June 13th, 2013 at 9:49am by El Duque - 9,428 views
The Takara Tomy YouTube channel has just uploaded a short video clip to promote their upcoming Transformers Go! animation. The series will be released as supplemental DVD's with TV Boy Magazine. The story revolves around the Autobot Samurai and Ninja teams left on Earth to track down and capture Predacons with the help of their human companions. Check out the clip - Read More
Posted June 12th, 2013 at 6:22pm by Va'al - 9,866 views
IDW have just announced the addition of another guest to their VIP tour taking place during BotCon: fan-favourite writer on More Than Meets the Eye, and co-author of Chaos Theory, Chaos and Last Stand of the Wreckers James Roberts! You can buy tickets for the event here. IDW PUBLISHING is hosting a VIP TOUR of the comic book publisher's offices on Thursday, June 27th—the week of Botcon—and we are pleased to announce that TRANSFORMERS: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE writer JAMES ROBERTS will be - Read More
Posted June 12th, 2013 at 2:20pm by El Duque - 9,031 views
The official Transformers facebook page has posted a Creator Commentary for Transformers Prime Beast Hunters #2 with series writer Mairghread Scott. We've mirrored the session below for those without facebook access. PAGE 1: What's your approach to Kickback in this series? How do you make him different from other versions of the character? MAIRGHREAD SCOTT: I wanted to preserve the voice Kickback had in the FALL OF CYBERTRON videogame. It was a really distinctive speech pattern and a - Read More
Posted June 12th, 2013 at 10:27am by Va'al - 8,965 views
The final guest for this year's edition of Auto Assembly has been revealed last week, and it's none other than fan-favourite MTMTE artist Alex Milne! Milne joins the rest of the amazingly long list of guests at Europe's biggest convention, for which tickets are still available here. We thought we’d surprise all of you with one final guest for this year’s convention and what a surprise it is! We’re pleased to announce the debut of IDW artist Alex Milne to Auto Assembly this year! - Read More
Posted June 12th, 2013 at 7:46am by Va'al - 9,811 views
This is for all the UK fans out there (or disgruntled Brits, as we call ourselves): Hasbro and Bite Global are partnering up this summer to take the Optimus Prime truck on tour around the country, in order to promote the Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters series and line. Read the following press release for more information! THE HUNT IS ON: TRANSFORMERS PRIME BEAST HUNTERS TOUR HITS THE UK “A new fearsome faction of TRANSFORMERS beasts has arrived on earth to threaten the AUOTBOTS, - Read More
Posted June 11th, 2013 at 3:44pm by Va'al - 7,410 views
After yesterday's news about the comicfolios, IDW Limited has confirmed the contents of the sets, as well as open up the pre-orders for these exclusive collector's editions. The issues receiving the treatment are: Beast Hunters #1Monstrosity #1Robots In Disguise #18More Than Meets The Eye #17 Regeneration One #92 The issues can be ordered separately or as a set, except for Beast Hunters, only available (for free) when bought as part of the set. Check out the latter's video review, and some - Read More
Posted June 11th, 2013 at 8:49am by Va'al - 8,769 views
Spotlight: Sludge (Spoiler free-ish) Synopsis THE WORLD BELOW! Deep beneath the surface of CYBERTRON, the last vestiges of life struggles to survive. Their only protectors: GRIMLOCK and his loyal DINOBOTS — who find themselves at the center of a dark mystery! So dark, it's mostly shadows Story The first issue of this new series introduced us to some new characters and settings, all very different from the other IDW ongoings, and even from the Prime animated series. The - Read More
Posted June 11th, 2013 at 7:07am by Va'al - 7,067 views
Mayhem! (Spoiler free-ish) Synopsis CRISIS ON CYBERTRON! A whole society, wounded and reeling after SCORPONOK’s genetic manipulations, teeters on the edge of anarchy and uprising, a situation SOUNDWAVE is only too happy to exploit! When the newly recovered BLASTER uncovers the truth, he finds himself on the endangered species list—courtesy of the all-new, all-deadly MAYHEM ATTACK SQUAD. You know, these guys Story We left issue 91 with shattering revelations about - Read More
Posted June 10th, 2013 at 5:57pm by Va'al - 8,978 views
IDW Limited have dropped by with some interesting news for comics collectors. As of tomorrow, they will be opening preorders for a very special set of comics, variants of the ongoing retail issues of various titles. They each come with special added extras and lithographs, as well as being offered for pick-up at BotCon (along standard shipping). Take a look below at what is included with each comicfolio, for the price of $25! Features: Variant cover comic & exclusive lithograph - Read More
Posted June 10th, 2013 at 2:56pm by Va'al - 9,437 views
We've had news from the people behind the initiative, and more guests have been confirmed for the IDW VIP tour at BotCon! New names are Michael Kelly, Hasbro's Global Publishing Director, and Mairghread Scott, writer for IDW's Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters and the Transformers Prime and Prime: Beast Hunters animated series. You can buy tickets for the event here. Guests Meet some of the biggest names in Transformers comics when you attend the IDW VIP Tour! Chat about their experiences, - Read More
Posted June 10th, 2013 at 2:21pm by El Duque - 8,576 views
iTunes has put up their three page sneak peek of IDW Publishing Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye Ongoing #18. Take a look below. “DON’T LET THEM TAKE SKIDS!” The crew of the Lost Light left CYBERTRON before they could hear those words—part of a message from the future warning of terror and catastrophe and a threat to the entire Cybertronian race. Can the AUTOBOTS do anything to stop the beginning of the - Read More
Posted June 10th, 2013 at 12:47am by El Duque - 6,455 views
Series artist Livio Ramondelli has updated his deviantART account with the "clean" cover of issue #9 in IDW Publishing's digital format comic Transformers: Monstrosity. Take a look below. - Read More
Posted June 09th, 2013 at 1:16pm by Va'al - 8,644 views
Simon Furman has updated his blog with a commentary on the upcoming issue 92 of Transformers ReGeneration One, and links our own thread for the official preview! Read what the Furminator himself has to say about what's to come this week. Transformers: Regeneration One #92 hits the stands next week (Wednesday June 12th), and with it we take another inexorable step towards the end (#100). Part 2 of Destiny seeds one of the biggest parts of that pending cataclysm, though by issue’s end - Read More
Posted June 08th, 2013 at 9:02am by Va'al - 13,178 views
IDW have sent us yet another preview for next week's releases! This time, it's Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters issue 2. Check out the preview below. Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters #2 Mairghread Scott & Mike Johnson (w) • Agustin Padilla (a) • Ken Christiansen (c) THE WORLD BELOW! Deep beneath the surface of CYBERTRON, the last vestiges of life struggles to survive. Their only protectors: GRIMLOCK and his loyal DINOBOTS—who find themselves at the center of a dark - Read More
Posted June 08th, 2013 at 8:55am by Va'al - 12,654 views
The as lovely as always people at IDW have provided us with a preview for the upcoming issue 92 of ReGeneration One, out this coming Wednesday! Check it out below. Transformers Regeneration One #92 Simon Furman (w) • Andrew Wildman (a) • Wildman, Guido Guidi (c) CRISIS ON CYBERTRON! A whole society, wounded and reeling after SCORPONOK’s genetic manipulations, teeters on the edge of anarchy and uprising, a situation SOUNDWAVE is only too happy to exploit! When the newly recovered - Read More
Posted June 07th, 2013 at 9:20am by El Duque - 15,867 views
Our friends over at fellow Transformers fansite The Allspark have posted a translation of the "Transformers GT: Mission GT-R" manga one-shot from the July issue of Kero Kero Ace Magazine. Click here to visit The Allspark to read the full translated comic. You can view the Seibertron.com galleries of GT-01 GT-R Prime with Misaki and GT-02 GT-R Saber with Anna at the following links: GT-R PrimeMisakiGT-R Saber - Read More