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News Credits: 38 · by **Sunstar** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 1:09 am

Va'al wrote:After yesterday's full reveal, from artist Marcelo Matere, of the incentive cover for the IDW Publishing ongoing Transformers comics series Optimus Prime, we now have - via fellow Seibertronian Sunstar again - the inked lineart of the same Optimus Prime and Onyx Prime piece, for those of you interested in the pre-coloured artwork!

Come now, you make it sound bad

I need to do something while my mum's recovering from surgery and I am off work taking care of her (when I am not taking care of her)

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 3:42 am

Sunstar wrote:
Va'al wrote:After yesterday's full reveal, from artist Marcelo Matere, of the incentive cover for the IDW Publishing ongoing Transformers comics series Optimus Prime, we now have - via fellow Seibertronian Sunstar again - the inked lineart of the same Optimus Prime and Onyx Prime piece, for those of you interested in the pre-coloured artwork!

Come now, you make it sound bad I need to do something while my mum's recovering from surgery and I am off work taking care of her (when I am not taking care of her)

Not at all, you're being super useful!

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 3:01 pm

We're headed back into the past again, as Soundwave takes on the narrative frame of the second part of The Falling arc in IDW Publishing's ongoing Transformers series Optimus Prime, in issue #16, as Onyx Primal has made his return, with Liege Maximo in tow. Check out below the three-page preview from iTunes, and check back on Seibertron.com in a couple of weeks for more material on the chapter, including a full preview and review.

The Falling, Part 2: The arrival of Onyx Prime throws Cybertron into chaos—because he hasn’t come alone. Onyx’s treacherous companion forces Soundwave to finally make a choice: is Optimus Prime a friend... or foe?

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 3:02 pm

And in an entirely different tone direction... It may not be the anticipated Sharkticonado script, but the Optimus Prime annual from IDW Publishing's Transformers comics does see Thundercracker's obvious and not at all hammy scriptwriting talents put to good use (in what is probably set before the end of Till All Are One) to create Starscream: The Movie.

Check out below the sneaky preview from iTunes, and head back in a couple of weeks for more!

THUNDERCRACKER IN: STARSCREAM: THE MOVIE! The good news: somebody finally gave Thundercracker money to make a film. The bad news: it’s Starscream, and he wants a biographical picture to win over the people of Earth. Will Thundercracker stand by his principles or... well, no, he makes the movie.

News Credits: 3 · by **Randomhero** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 3:23 pm

God dammit Prime why didn’t you just apologize for that...

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 4:21 pm

What event was Thundercracker trying to dramatise there?

by **Microraptor** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 7:17 pm

That is some delicious art in the Annual...

News Credits: 16 · by **Daniel Adkins** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 8:16 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:What event was Thundercracker trying to dramatise there?

The life of G.I. Joe spy Chuckles, which was chronicaled in the G.I. Joe: Cobra miniseries.

News Credits: 6 · by **Ig89ninja** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 8:19 pm

why does the art remind me of Kim Possible?

News Credits: 295 · by **WreckerJack** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 8:34 pm

Thundercracker is that a Starbucks cup?

News Credits: 11 · by **Targetmaster Kup** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 9:19 pm

Microraptor wrote:That is some delicious art in the Annual...

Yes, I wish we got that monthly!

News Credits: 3 · by **MrBlack** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 10:55 pm

WreckerJack wrote:Thundercracker is that a Starbucks cup?

Robots with Coffee is now canon.

by **ricemazter** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 12:13 am

MrBlack wrote:
WreckerJack wrote:Thundercracker is that a Starbucks cup?

Robots with Coffee is now canon.

With Earth having control of one of the few remaining energon sources, it would not surprise me in the slightest if starbucks was selling engex or circuit speeders to corner the new giant robot market in this universe's canon.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 3:39 am

Daniel Adkins wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:What event was Thundercracker trying to dramatise there?

The life of G.I. Joe spy Chuckles, which was chronicaled in the G.I. Joe: Cobra miniseries.

Thanks

News Credits: 11 · by **primalxconvoy** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 4:28 am

Have I forgotten any similar references?

News Credits: 2 · by **Rodimus Knight** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 1:34 pm

This looks like a fun Story. I might have to pick it up.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 6:04 pm

Soundwave has become one of my favorite cons thanks to this book, and he and Ravage continue to thrill me. Those 2 are/were great IDW characters

News Credits: 5 · by **horus** » Fri Feb 16, 2018 3:44 pm

I no longer read the comics but, why does Thundercracker have a different seeker type of body?

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sat Feb 17, 2018 3:41 am

horus wrote:I no longer read the comics but, why does Thundercracker have a different seeker type of body?

All Seekers have gone through some changes, be it personal preference, location (Cybertron vs Earth), or artistic licence that then stuck!

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Fri Feb 23, 2018 5:12 pm

The first of the previews coming to us from a number of comics media sources, for comics due out next week from IDW Publishing is via Newsarama, and featured the next chapter in the ongoing Transformers series Optimus Prime, and the second part of The Falling arc. Check it out below, as Soundwave takes the POV for the issue, and join the Seibertron.com discussion inside!

When Starscream tells you "good luck," you know things must be bad. Check out this preview of next week's Optimus Prime #16.

Optimus Prime #16
John Barber (w) • Kei Zama (a & c)
The Falling, Part 2: The arrival of Onyx Prime throws Cybertron into chaos—because he hasn’t come alone. Onyx’s treacherous companion forces Soundwave to finally make a choice: is Optimus Prime a friend... or foe?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Fri Feb 23, 2018 5:22 pm

The final preview, for now, for a comic out next Wednesday with IDW Publishing is the Optimus Prime annual, which picks up the story with Thundercracker (and Buster) as we follow his steps through the making of his first movie - all about currently-ex-ruler of Cybertron Starscream! Read on below from ComicCrusaders, and join in the discussion waiting for next week's review and discussion here on Seibertron.com!

THUNDERCRACKER IN: STARSCREAM: THE MOVIE!

The good news: somebody finally gave Thundercracker money to make a film. The bad news: it’s Starscream, and he wants a biographical picture to win over the people of Earth. Will Thundercracker stand by his principles or… well, no, he makes the movie.

Optimus Prime Annual 2018
John Barber (w) • Priscilla Tramontano (a & c)

FC • 48 pages • $7.99

News Credits: 295 · by **WreckerJack** » Fri Feb 23, 2018 5:32 pm

Ugh I keep saying I need to start reading this comic in addition to the others I read.

Goodbye money, hello books!

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Fri Feb 23, 2018 5:49 pm

I love Thundercracker's face in that last panel, and I can't wait to see how the movie will turn out, it's got a razzie with its name on it...which knowing how Thundercracker's mind works he'll think it's an achievement.