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News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 6:53 pm

Jim Sorenson has informed Seibertron.com that the second edition of the Allspark Almanac has been confirmed for release, according to a listing on Amazon.com.

Created by Jim and Bill Forster, the Allspark Almanac II will boast 220 pages and will cover season 3 of the short lived Transformers franchise. Here's the synopsis posted on Amazon.com:

Transformers Animated is the most whimsical Transformers series ever. The AllSpark Almanac II captures that magic with a wondrous examination of this amazing universe. This 220 page volume is packed with behind-the-scenes sketches, interesting facts, production artwork and musings from the characters themselves. Relive the thrill of the final season of Animated and learn what might have been had the show continued. Explore the metallic plains of Cybertron and meet its colorful denizens. Discover more about the action-figures that accompanied the cartoon. Hard-core fans and neophytes alike will find this an essential tome. You won't want to miss it!

Check out the rest of Jim's post and thoughts on this by clicking here.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:06 pm

Excellent.

This is really good news.

News Credits: 5 · by **Oilspill** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:10 pm

First one was brilliant, looking forward to the next one. Specially as season 3 had so many more cameos.
I want to know more about Animated Warpath!

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:17 pm

Given the immense success of these, I don't get why a continuing comic isn't done by IDW. The art is PERFECT for comic format and if the story is half as good as people made it out to be (sorry, I wasn't a TFA fan), then it would be a success in a 32 page format. Just a thought.

News Credits: 32 · by **UltraPrimal** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:38 pm

I know one "Transformers Expert" who is going to be very excited for this.

Me, I thought the first book was kind of a meh.

by **Heckfire** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 11:30 pm

First Gen wrote:Given the immense success of these, I don't get why a continuing comic isn't done by IDW. The art is PERFECT for comic format and if the story is half as good as people made it out to be (sorry, I wasn't a TFA fan), then it would be a success in a 32 page format. Just a thought.

You're assuming IDW follows any sort of logic regarding the TF license at all, which is something I have yet to see.

I am SO looking forward to this book. :grin:

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:05 am

More Blurr? Yessssssssss

News Credits: 5 · by **M3Gr1ml0ck** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:50 am

I seem to recall the sales numbers for IDW Animated comics weren't too high.
The first Almanac was a nice book, with lots of interesting art and info (who I had missed before); its main issue maybe was the size. Too big: many enlarged (?) images looked too rough on those gigantic pages.