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Like many of us IDW's Chris Ryall could not make it to BotCon 2007. However, he is still answering fan question in the IDW Forums. Here is what he has revealed so far:

Transformers Revelation will take place on Earth.

Characters are planned to die in Devastation.

Kup will be back.

Frenzy and Rumble will make it into the main books.

We with see either Cyclonus or Scourge, maybe both.

In the Optimus Prime Spotlight we will learn more about the Dead Universe.

There is one more Spotlight currently planned and it will focus on a character debuting in the Transformers/Avengers crossover.

No word on when IDW will reprint Titans comics in the United States.

Target will offer an exclusive version of the Transformers Movie DVD in November that will come with an all-new 22-page Prequel comic written by Chris Ryall, with art by Don and Andrew Wildman. It features Starscream and some other Decepticons, and even a character that didn't make it into the movie itself, Wreckage.

Also you can view new a never before seen image of Nick Roche's Beast Wars Guidebook images.

Hotrod wrote:Also you can view new a never before seen image of Nick Roche's Beast Wars Guidebook images.

Which page is that on?

Page three, I think. I'll link you directly to it for convenience's sake:
Apache!

Looks like if I decide to buy the movie on DVD, it's going to be at Target unless someone else has a better exclusive.

As usual, top shelf stuff for getting me really interested again.

All very exciting news. I'm most excited however, about the new movie prequel. I'm glad to hear they plan on expanding on the Movie continuity.

I dig that Ryall's actually going out of his way to do this...despite just how much some of the answers tease us so.

Man, now half of my comic budget is going to stay reserved for Transformers-related titles...this does not bode well...

Cool stuff, can't wait to read the new prequel comic. Need more Screamer in my life.

I wonder if they'll be doing a Transformers: Animated comic?

Nemescream wrote:I wonder if they'll be doing a Transformers: Animated comic?

It wouldn't really be Transformers: Animated, then, would it?

'Sides, I think CN has its own publishing deals when it comes to comics...though I could be wrong...

dieing is bad

Nemescream wrote:Cool stuff, can't wait to read the new prequel comic. Need more Screamer in my life.

I wonder if they'll be doing a Transformers: Animated comic?

Someone on the boards asked him this already. The answer was no, thankfully.

"Kup will be back" is the best news I've heard in a while. Hopefully back and kicking ass, proving Springer's judgment right. Hopefully he'll be full of cantankerous one-liners like his movie version too.

"One more Spotlight planned" is not good news, though, unless they plan on making TF ongoing after Revelations, or at least with no breaks between each mini-series.