The Energon Pub

by **Raymond T.** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:25 am

At the Wizard World convention in Los Angeles this weekend, IDW publisher and editor-in-chief Chris Ryall attended. In his panel, he discussed upcoming projects the company will release in the near future, including on the Transformers brand front. On display was also some artwork, most of which can be viewed in the artcle by CBR.

"We talked about 'Star Wars,' since they've got those figures that transform, like Boba Fett that changes into Slave I. Lucas wasn't a big fan of that, but we're doing the Avengers crossover. I don't want to do a glut of Transformers crossovers because they lose their specialness".

The pictures below were taken from the CBR report.

by **Vectorshot** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:39 am

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

by **Blozor** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:41 am

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.

by **Liege Evilmus** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:17 am

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.

by **Nemesis_Apoc** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:20 am

dude, that's hardcore

by **Insurgent** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:23 am

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.

by **Jaw Crusher** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:29 am

[quote="Raymond T."][/quote]

...now that just SCREAMS to be made into a toy.

I am definitely picking this book up.

by **1337W422102** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:37 am

[quote="Raymond T."][/quote]
KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHN!!!!

by **Cyber-Kun** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:01 am

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)

by **Grimshock** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:36 am

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.

by **Hans** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:25 pm

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).

by **Raymond T.** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:24 pm

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!

by **1337W422102** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:26 pm

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.

by **Hans** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:27 pm

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).

by **Raymond T.** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:30 pm

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...

by **Hans** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:31 pm

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

by **Raymond T.** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:33 pm

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

)

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by **Magnus** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:37 pm

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.

by **Hotrod** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:44 pm

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.

by **1337W422102** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:09 pm

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.

by **i_amtrunks** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:16 pm

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.

by **1337W422102** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:56 pm

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

by **Down_Shift** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:31 pm

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!

by **Josh** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:33 am

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