The Energon Pub

[Hotrod]

IDW has update their New Releases Section with the releases that will be available on March 14, 2007. Include with the March 14th release is the Transformers Beast Wars: The Gathering Manga TPB. You can check out a five page preview of Beast Wars: The Gathering Manga TPB in IDW's New Releases Section.

[Lapse Of Reason]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but basically it is the same story and art except it is in black and white and I assume read from back to front?

[Darth Bombshell]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but basically it is the same story and art except it is in black and white and I assume read from back to front?

Yes, it is.

And what happened to Escalation #5?

[Scaleface]

I'll pass. I do hope they make some NEW material. I'de love those MTMTE books.

[Blozor]

Doesn't even Photoshop have filters that would render the pictures to more of a lineart quality? I'm sure a graphics publishing company like IDW would have better equipment at their disposal than simply Photoshop.

It doesn't look so much like a manga as it does just a black & white version of the original comic book. If I wanted that, I could just grayscale filter the pages on my computer.

An even better idea would be to save copies of the inked pages and reprint a lineart version of the comic as a manga. Surely by now, they should know enough to expect to have a manga printed of the comics.

[dragons]

dont know why they would do this i see nothing differnt about it from teh color version.

[Autobobby1]

Well, I didn't catch the originals, and I love Manga, so I'll probably get that.

Of course, it isn't true manga, since the text bubbles are still left-to-right.

[jgilkinson]

whats the diff from the old one?

[Denyer]

what happened to Escalation #5?

Still due on the 28th. Just an early preview (probably to go with the review that Fractal Matter had.)

Of course, it isn't true manga, since the text bubbles are still left-to-right.

Considering some manga originating in Japan is published in Western print order and even in English, this seems a particularly odd criteria.

[Liege Evilmus]

I*m watching season2 right now. So I gotta tell ya, Im digging this cover!!!

[Darth Bombshell]

Still due on the 28th. Just an early preview (probably to go with the review that Fractal Matter had.)

Ah, OK.