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Congratulations, guys, on an amazing first year! But before we gush too much about the here and now, let’s start at the beginning… or the end of the previous series, rather. Walk us through the close of the last Transformers ongoing series — essentially, why was it time to end it and launch two new titles in its place?
John Barber: Well, I wasn’t involved yet. I was a freelance writer in New York at the time — I’d just written the Transformers: Dark of the Moon prequels and adaptation for then-Transformers-editor Andy Schmidt. Andy asked me to pitch on a new Transformers series, and showed me a document that James had written, which was an outline for what basically became The Death of Optimus Prime, the debut issue we co-wrote and that spun into the two new ongoing series. It wasn’t until after we started working on those that I wound up getting hired to replace Andy (when he started working at Hasbro) and moving out to San Diego and becoming the Transformers editor at IDW. So I wasn’t there for the decision, but I think the previous series had run for almost three years at that point, and writer Mike Costa was ready to move on. So the idea of winding down the mostly-Earth-based comic and starting up with a new number one and a new creative team and direction made sense. Plus, that ongoing ended with a story called ‘Chaos’ that had two components–one taking place on Earth and one on Cybertron, and they came out biweekly, alternating stories each issue. The success of that suggested there was a market for more Transformers comics, so I think the idea of doing two ongoings came into being.
James Roberts: I don’t have much to add to that, I’m afraid! I remember that a second ongoing had been planned for some time, and that it was going to launch after ‘Chaos’, but it wasn’t until relatively late in the day — perhaps at the point that Mike decided he wanted to move on — that the decision was taken to actually close down his ongoing and launch two new titles, both from issue 1. I think there was even talk about The Death of Optimus Prime being numbered issue 125, and the numbering carrying on from there. A ‘clean’ relaunch was better, in the end.
sabrigami wrote:Words cannot express how much I want this now. Rung is the epitomes of awesomeHmm, makes me wonder what whirl would look like as a human... I hate Roberts though. He will probably make me love these guys more than I already do. Then at the end of the month murder my faves brutally. The worst part is, he will make me like it too
Blurrz wrote:Ah, explains Verity's legs being invis there. Verity and Mags have some sort of friendship, so that's why.
#Sideways# wrote:It isn't. It is their Holomatter representations.
Am I the only one wondering why Magnus chose to have his holomatter avatar to be so... Feminine?
#Sideways# wrote:Am I the only one wondering why Magnus chose to have his holomatter avatar to be so... Feminine?
SW's SilverHammer wrote:Eat my ass funpub.
Burn wrote:And this is for taking Nemesis Maximo seriously.
*high fives Silly in the face*
carytheone wrote:I can't be assed to do any better right now.
Nemesis Maximo wrote:So who's avatar is in the suit? Is that supposed to be Hot Rod? Never pictured him in a suit.
Va'al wrote:Nemesis Maximo wrote:So who's avatar is in the suit? Is that supposed to be Hot Rod? Never pictured him in a suit.
I believe that to be Skids, personally.
All the Cybertronian modes are in the background, on the right-hand side.
SW's SilverHammer wrote:Eat my ass funpub.
Burn wrote:And this is for taking Nemesis Maximo seriously.
*high fives Silly in the face*
carytheone wrote:I can't be assed to do any better right now.
timcourtois wrote:Nemesis Maximo, I saw that too! Between that, and the recent picture of that IDW-ish Prime on the advertisement for Toy Fair, it sounds more and more like the Generations toyline is going to be releasing IDW-based toys.
sabrigami wrote:timcourtois wrote:Nemesis Maximo, I saw that too! Between that, and the recent picture of that IDW-ish Prime on the advertisement for Toy Fair, it sounds more and more like the Generations toyline is going to be releasing IDW-based toys.
Man I hope that's true. I need Rung so bad. not to mention swerve, Tailgate and Whirl (the upcoming combiner version doesn't count)
Va'al wrote:sabrigami wrote:timcourtois wrote:Nemesis Maximo, I saw that too! Between that, and the recent picture of that IDW-ish Prime on the advertisement for Toy Fair, it sounds more and more like the Generations toyline is going to be releasing IDW-based toys.
Man I hope that's true. I need Rung so bad. not to mention swerve, Tailgate and Whirl (the upcoming combiner version doesn't count)
Tarn Tarn Tarn Tarn Tarn.
SW's SilverHammer wrote:Eat my ass funpub.
Burn wrote:And this is for taking Nemesis Maximo seriously.
*high fives Silly in the face*
carytheone wrote:I can't be assed to do any better right now.
Flashwave wrote:So, am I the only one who thought it was cool they pulled Fred out of Armada and gave hima wickid surfboard?
Also, why I wonder is Verity a hologram? (see the base of her legs, and the light distortion art there. Curious to see what the humanoid space hub is all about, actually.
Blurrz wrote:So MTMTE #13 is the funniest thing ever. Review and Preview inc 10 hours![]()
Blurrz wrote:- There's RodimusxDrift esque fanfiction like wtf?
- Verity![]()
- Magnus gets drunk.
- Rung says a phrase and it made me laugh forever.
Blurrz wrote:Yup, the only other avatar that is a girl LOL
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