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[El Duque]

This year's IDW panel consisted of John Barber, Chris Metzen, Livio Ramondeli, Simon Furman, Jim Sorenson, and Josh Perez. Pictures to come shortly.

Transformers: ReGeneration One

• Transformers: ReGeneration One will be out this coming Saturday as IDW Free Comic Book Day offering, it will feature 16 pages of new content.
  
• Transformers: ReGeneration One 100 Page Spectacular will collect the last five issues of the original Marvel Comics run.
  
• Approximately 21 years of relative peace have passed between the end of the Marvel run and the events in Regeneration.
  
• Megatron and Ratchet are both alive and pivotal characters, as is Hot Rod.
  
• Furman says he's going to make a lot of fans angry, characters will die and stay dead.
  
• The Wreckers will be featured, but not necessarily the UK versions

Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye Ongoing

• "Autobot School" with Ultra Magnus
  
• MTME #6 will touch on the LSOTW story line particularly Fortress Maximus
  
• MTME #7 will introduce the Decepticon Justice Division
  
• Grimlock will appear in MTME

Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing

• Sky-Byte!
  
• RID #6 will catch up with Orion Pax
  
• Dinobots minus Grimlock who will be in MTME will appear

Transformers: Autocracy

Collection will be released before SDCC





Jim Sorenson's new project Transformers Legacy - The Box Art of Transformers

• Scope G1 and G2 US and Japanese Release, maybe European Releases
  
• Will include e-Hobby repaints, artist interviews, production artwork, unused box art, and more

Primus: MTME and RID Annuals coming in August/September



July 2012 Dinobot and Decepticon Month





Upcoming Retailer Incentive Covers







Q&A

G.I.Joe/Transformers Crossovers - not anytime soon

Transformers Animated Season 4 comic - not anytime soon, but they know fans are interested

Deaths Head - reprints, yes/new material, no

Beast Wars - not at this time

Prime tie-ins - maybe

[Heavy B]

Beast Wars - Not at this time, huh? Sounds promising. And animated season 4 comics are a great idea. Get on it IDW

[Shadowstream]

Ugh, am I the only one that wishes they DID retire the Dinobots?

Robots in Disguise Sky-byte... wait WHAT?!

[Chaoslock]

Grimlock will appear in MTME

BTW, what's the deal with Sky-Byte? For me he is only a lousy repaint, why is he a fan-favourite?

[tigertracks 24]

Sky Byte is a fan favorite, most likely because he is so quirky. A poetic singing shark who actually is not all about kill, maim, destroy. Maybe the surprising personality in RID (2000s) did it. I was never personally too fond of him.

Like the dinos coming back. Other information seems like things we already knew from future
solicitations.

Excited for ReGEneration.

[Burn]

Hot Rod gets shoved in our faces again huh? I was so excited for Regeneration as well.

As for Legacy ...

[Supreme Convoy]

Jim Sorenson's new book looks great! I'm getting that.

[Lord Manhammer '74]

About friggin' time on the return of the Dinobots. Even sans Grimlock.Sky-Byte, "Are you threatening me ?!?!?", comes out sounding like this intellectual in my noggin. >(http://www.youtube.com/watch?vHuC_HlOb1ZM) And am definitly interested to see what's in store for Metroplex since his Spotlight appearance a long time ago. Also I know there are going to be a lot of happy Death's-Head fans fans out there reading this ,yes.

I'm also taking a shot guessing that I'm the only one waiting to hoping to hear about the Inhumanoids returning ?

[Sodan-1]

Looks like we've got a lot of good things to come. I can't wait.

[El Duque]

During IDW's BotCon 2012 panel it was revealed that Sky-Byte would be joining the cast of Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing starting in issue #5. Artist Ardrew Griffith has revealed the characters redesign for the series via UK fansite Full Metal Hero. Check out the mirrored images below.

Thought I'd give you guys another exclusive.

I was told this was OK to post online since his image is floating around the web now anyway. This is Sky-Byte's official design for IDW as he's appearing in RID, staring in issue 5.

He's largely based on his original toy, though the transformation is a little different than originally.For example, his shark head now becomes his chest instead of a "faux"-shark face on his chest. And I added painted teeth on his shark face like you'd see on vintage fighter planes.

Basically, his alt-mode is some sort of space shark. Who is to say something that looks like a flying shark couldn't have evolved on some planet somewhere? Makes no less sense that dinosaurs in space, eh?