IDW Talks About Upcoming Projects

The new stories should be good. I am especially interested in the Megatron story.

Ooh, I guess we know who the guest star for the Galvatron spotlight is. One a lot of people have been requesting.

I also noticed Cy-Kill in the Megatron picture. This is the second time he's killed Cy-Kill in the gladitorial matches. Nice little hint at Dreamwave continuity there.

I love these pics.

Galvatron is deat on and I hope a toy maker is getting some ideas over that pic.

And those Megatrons! Cartoon Network should just pay these guys to make the next series.

dude, that's hardcore

Those stripes on Megs makes me think he was originally a miner in the Energon Mines. Or some kind of construction worker. He adopted his alt mode to be something a little more destructive and made it the tank.

It's all looking good to me.

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...now that just SCREAMS to be made into a toy. I am definitely picking this book up.

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KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHN!!!!

A Star Wars/Transformers crossover would SUCK, the toys are bad enough...
anywhos, that artwork is awesome! Simple, but still got the sharp edges (unlike Pat Lee)

Yeah, that Megatron story will probably be awesome. I hope so, 'cause it's the only thing I'm looking forward to in comics these days.

Very curious about the Megatron origin... I wonder if this is yet a different body or simply an earlier version of his Stormbringer "look".

And I'm VERY happy Guido is doing some work for IDW again. Look at that glorious Galvatron pic.... completely cartoon acurate, as it should be IMO (still not that big of a fan of IDW's redesigns).

Hans wrote:And I'm VERY happy Guido is doing some work for IDW again. Look at that glorious Galvatron pic.... completely cartoon acurate, as it should be IMO

Well,... 99% accurate! His mid-section part should be purple as well, and he's missing his decepticon logo on his chest!

Raymond T. wrote:

Hans wrote:And I'm VERY happy Guido is doing some work for IDW again. Look at that glorious Galvatron pic.... completely cartoon acurate, as it should be IMO

Well,... 99% accurate! His mid-section part should be purple as well, and he's missing his decepticon logo on his chest!

Hold up, Ray! It's on his chest, albeit near his neck.

That's the evil handywork of the colorist. Guido did his job well

(Colorists have the logos on file. No artist actually draws them anymore).

83457W422102 wrote:

Raymond T. wrote:

Hans wrote:And I'm VERY happy Guido is doing some work for IDW again. Look at that glorious Galvatron pic.... completely cartoon acurate, as it should be IMO

Well,... 99% accurate! His mid-section part should be purple as well, and he's missing his decepticon logo on his chest!

Hold up, Ray! It's on his chest, albeit near his neck.

That's not his logo... See the screencap below...

It's his little peep-through window...

Hans wrote:That's the evil handywork of the colorist. Guido did his job well

(Colorists have the logos on file. No artist actually draws them anymore).

That's just a poor excuse!

(For those who don't know, Hans and I are friends in real life, so I'm just ribbing with him )

SWEETNESS

YES!

In the "Who do you want to see in a Spotlight?" thread, Hound was one of my first choices. Childhood favorite.

He looks great in that art.

Blozor wrote:Ooh, I guess we know who the guest star for the Galvatron spotlight is. One a lot of people have been requesting.

I also noticed Cy-Kill in the Megatron picture. This is the second time he's killed Cy-Kill in the gladitorial matches. Nice little hint at Dreamwave continuity there.

Cool catch, I did not notice that at first.

Magnus wrote:YES!

In the "Who do you want to see in a Spotlight?" thread, Hound was one of my first choices. Childhood favorite.

He looks great in that art.

Hound rules. I'm hoping for a Bluestreak or Wheeljack one myself.

The Yellow and Black warning stripes seem to be an odd addition to a machine of death like Megatron, but the designs seem good, blockier than what we have seen from IDW, but in no way is it a bad thing.

Design for Hound is excellent.

Man, Cy-Kill can never catch break, can he?

83457W422102 wrote:Man, Cy-Kill can never catch break, can he?

The jerk doesn't deserve one either! Is it me or is that Sideswipe and Trailbreaker chillin' out in the background of the second megs cover? Sideswipe in the left and Breaker to the right. If that is Sideswipe does he have big drills sticking out of his back So many questions to be answered!

Hans wrote:That's the evil handywork of the colorist. Guido did his job well

(Colorists have the logos on file. No artist actually draws them anymore).

actually guido does the colors on his concepts so xD

83457W422102 wrote:Man, Cy-Kill can never catch break, can he?

Actually, I'd say Cy-Kill gets a lot of breaks. On his arms, his legs, his chest...

Josh wrote:

Hans wrote:That's the evil handywork of the colorist. Guido did his job well

(Colorists have the logos on file. No artist actually draws them anymore).

actually guido does the colors on his concepts so xD

*Point at Hans*

Ha-ha!

This all looks really good to me. I can't wait for the Galvatron spotlight.

I like the IDW redesigns thus far, and most of them have been necessary given the context of IDW's continuity, however this Galvatron art shows that he doesn't need to be touched and why.

Raymond T. wrote:

83457W422102 wrote:Man, Cy-Kill can never catch break, can he?

Actually, I'd say Cy-Kill gets a lot of breaks. On his arms, his legs, his chest...

I wasn't saying I think he should live, I was just saying that he gets owned a lot.

For those of you asking where is Galvatron's Decepticon symbol, you need to read the interview with Furman about the Galvatron Spotlight. Galvatron doesn't have a Decepticon symbol because the storyline in his Spotlight has him not being a reborn Megatron and predating the TF's Civil War/Great War. With the storyline predating the TF Civil War there are no Decepticons yet. Therefore Galvatron can't have a Decepticon symbol.

Josh wrote:

Hans wrote:That's the evil handywork of the colorist. Guido did his job well

(Colorists have the logos on file. No artist actually draws them anymore).

actually guido does the colors on his concepts so xD

Are you doing the colors on this one Josh?

I hope so

83457W422102 wrote:I was just saying that he gets owned a lot.

Yeah, but that because no one in his right mind wants to own a Go-bot! So he ends up being given away alot.

Raymond T. wrote:

83457W422102 wrote:I was just saying that he gets owned a lot.

Yeah, but that because no one in his right mind wants to own a Go-bot! So he ends up being given away alot.

Ooo good pun Raymond. Excellent play on words.

Down_Shift wrote:

Raymond T. wrote:

83457W422102 wrote:I was just saying that he gets owned a lot.

Yeah, but that because no one in his right mind wants to own a Go-bot! So he ends up being given away alot.

Ooo good pun Raymond. Excellent play on words.

*Takes a bow*

Leonardo wrote:This all looks really good to me. I can't wait for the Galvatron spotlight.

I like the IDW redesigns thus far, and most of them have been necessary given the context of IDW's continuity, however this Galvatron art shows that he doesn't need to be touched and why.

well i think it was said in one of these interview/panel thingies

but the galvatron you see here is quite "simplified" compared to what i've seen

hes much pointier and badass looking xD

Josh wrote:

Leonardo wrote:This all looks really good to me. I can't wait for the Galvatron spotlight.

I like the IDW redesigns thus far, and most of them have been necessary given the context of IDW's continuity, however this Galvatron art shows that he doesn't need to be touched and why.

well i think it was said in one of these interview/panel thingies

but the galvatron you see here is quite "simplified" compared to what i've seen

hes much pointier and badass looking xD

I can not wait to see Galvatron now.

I for one have been let down by the IDW art. Not that I think EJ is lacking, it's just not to my taste. Think of that as constructive criticism more then it is my over all distaste for his art. Stormbring to me was fantastic, while the Hotrod Spotlight was far under par to me. The UM spotlight was good, not great but good and so was sixshot. The Kup spotlight doesn't look like my "kup"-o-tea, but to others it may look amazing. Pardon my french, but to me, not a whole lot can hold a candle to Pats DW designs. (of course I know I'm the lone wolf on this one. ). Milne is a rediculously amazing artist and meeting him and talking to him face to face I can only expect awsome things out of the megatron and galvatron spotlights.

Josh wrote:

Leonardo wrote:This all looks really good to me. I can't wait for the Galvatron spotlight.

I like the IDW redesigns thus far, and most of them have been necessary given the context of IDW's continuity, however this Galvatron art shows that he doesn't need to be touched and why.

well i think it was said in one of these interview/panel thingies

but the galvatron you see here is quite "simplified" compared to what i've seen

hes much pointier and badass looking xD

Then I'm looking forward to it even more.

When's the next installment of Transformers coming out? (sequal to Escalation). I cant recall the name...

Devastation? I believe it's after the Megatron origin, which I think is a four-parter. So I'd guess September/October time.

I think they do a 6 parter of the main arc on Earth, then a 4 parter suppliment to the saga, then another 6 parter. That appears to be the trend they set. Next one is Devastation and after that is Revelations.

Leonardo wrote:Devastation? I believe it's after the Megatron origin, which I think is a four-parter. So I'd guess September/October time.

Thanks.