Cybertronic Spree Homage on Variant Cover for IDW Transformers 6

Grimlock in the back is H I L A R I O U S
I love all the little details and characters like frenzy on the drums and Spike on the guitar

Stryker P28 wrote:Grimlock in the back is H I L A R I O U S
I love all the little details and characters like frenzy on the drums and Spike on the guitar

Frenzy plays drums in the actual band

And did you see their Kickstarter to record their homage covers to CD? Got their backing+ in less than 24 hours:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/th ... rmers-1986

Great cover and tribute! I Also noticed that Hot Rod is using Transformers Animated Lazerbeak in his Guitar form.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d1/5b/8e ... 37d242.jpg

Shockwave is in the band too, but I don't see him anywhere. What a burn! I guess Frenzy (or is it Rumble) should be glad that he made it in the shot, even if he is under Arcee's..... diodes.

Ha! That's a lot of fun.

DeathReviews wrote:Shockwave is in the band too, but I don't see him anywhere. What a burn! I guess Frenzy (or is it Rumble) should be glad that he made it in the shot, even if he is under Arcee's..... diodes.

It's Rumble. You can follow his Twitter @DestronDrummer, Soundwave @SpreeSoundwave, the band at @cybertronicband, and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TheCybertronicSpree/

Facebook fan club on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/SPREEHARDCybertronicSpreeGroupies/

Rumble is the regular drummer, Shockwave is the backup drummer.



These guys are awesome and I am going to Austin in June to check them out live.

https://www.greateraustincomiccon.com/

Thanks to iTunes we have our preview for the next upcoming Transformers comic, #5! Issue #5 gives us a look at Megatron as he gives yet another speech, this time done as a recording and aired out to all of Cybertron. We also get a bit more of a look at Chromia as she and Sideswipe start looking into members of society going underground.

And finally, and adorably, we have Prowl playing around with what looks like a potential pet green pterodactyl. Hmm, now could this be a simple coincidence, or Siege related (Pteraxadon)? Let us know what you think!

These pages are also our first glimpse at interior line work from Anna Malkova, so check it out below, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!

the art

This... this newest is awesome. I've never thought of Cybertron having organic lifeforms, but it makes so much sense (I know, they've been introduced before in this series). Just seeing Prowl with the dinobird is great.

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but is this the first we're seeing of Megatron's actual politics? Beyond the surface "things need to change". He's basically saying that the Autobots as a ruling class are being too restrictive? Am I the only one interpreting this way?

Nexus Knight wrote:This... this newest is awesome. I've never thought of Cybertron having organic lifeforms, but it makes so much sense (I know, they've been introduced before in this series). Just seeing Prowl with the dinobird is great.

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but is this the first we're seeing of Megatron's actual politics? Beyond the surface "things need to change". He's basically saying that the Autobots as a ruling class are being too restrictive? Am I the only one interpreting this way?

He’s been saying that throughout the series in his scenes

Great, now I need a Pteraxodon to go with my Prowl..

I wonder if thats a genuine Earth import, establishing a relative time stamp for this stoyry, or some alien knock-off dinobird? If it is, its a clever way to say “Millions of Years ago, by SHOWING instead of telling.

Nexus Knight wrote:This... this newest is awesome. I've never thought of Cybertron having organic lifeforms, but it makes so much sense (I know, they've been introduced before in this series). Just seeing Prowl with the dinobird is great.

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but is this the first we're seeing of Megatron's actual politics? Beyond the surface "things need to change". He's basically saying that the Autobots as a ruling class are being too restrictive? Am I the only one interpreting this way?

Second time, the first in depth look was the end of Book 2 or 3 when someone fired on Megatron during his speech, but this is a much more in depth look at Cybertron’s past and past politics than we have gotten.

Honestly i'm happy for those that are enjoying this.


..but here we go again the "Autobots are bad wah wah" this is NOT Megatron.

Megatron should be a power hungry **** no more no less. Idw please please stop justifying your villain it ruins your villain sometimes people are just ****holes simple as that.

Coptur wrote:Honestly i'm happy for those that are enjoying this.

..but here we go again the "Autobots are bad wah wah" this is NOT Megatron.

Megatron should be a power hungry **** no more no less. Idw please please stop justifying your villain it ruins your villain sometimes people are just ****holes simple as that.

Every a-hole is a product of nature and environment and no two are alike. Batman and his rouges gallery are a case study.

Batman = a-hole for justice
Joker = a-hole for chaos
Riddler = smart a-hole
Penguin = greedy a-hole
Catwoman = sneaky a-hole
Poison Ivy = environmentalist a-hole

None of them were born a-holes, it took time and circumstance to make them the archetypal a-holes that they all are.

Coptur wrote:Honestly i'm happy for those that are enjoying this.


..but here we go again the "Autobots are bad wah wah" this is NOT Megatron.

Megatron should be a power hungry **** no more no less. Idw please please stop justifying your villain it ruins your villain sometimes people are just ****holes simple as that.

Yeeeeeeah Megatron was a one note villain for over 20 years that just cackled and screamed domination with no depth. No thanks. I’d rather have characters that are interesting and have a good background.

Randomhero wrote:

Coptur wrote:Honestly i'm happy for those that are enjoying this.


..but here we go again the "Autobots are bad wah wah" this is NOT Megatron.

Megatron should be a power hungry **** no more no less. Idw please please stop justifying your villain it ruins your villain sometimes people are just ****holes simple as that.

Yeeeeeeah Megatron was a one note villain for over 20 years that just cackled and screamed domination with no depth. No thanks. I’d rather have characters that are interesting and have a good background.

Yeah I can see and understand the container argument.

but if it ain't broke don't fix it.

Making your heroes out to be the bad guy faction isn't good writing either.

Megatron isn't Magneto and and should never be Magneto and doesn't need those layers.

By robbing the Leader-1 / Cy-Kill backstory you aren't doing anything new.

Glad you're liking this take on Megatron though, i guess this just isn't for me anymore.

Coptur wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

Coptur wrote:Honestly i'm happy for those that are enjoying this.


..but here we go again the "Autobots are bad wah wah" this is NOT Megatron.

Megatron should be a power hungry **** no more no less. Idw please please stop justifying your villain it ruins your villain sometimes people are just ****holes simple as that.

Yeeeeeeah Megatron was a one note villain for over 20 years that just cackled and screamed domination with no depth. No thanks. I’d rather have characters that are interesting and have a good background.

Yeah I can see and understand the container argument.

but if it ain't broke don't fix it.

Making your heroes out to be the bad guy faction isn't good writing either.

Megatron isn't Magneto and and should never be Magneto and doesn't need those layers.

By robbing the Leader-1 / Cy-Kill backstory you aren't doing anything new.

Glad you're liking this take on Megatron though, i guess this just isn't for me anymore.

Except it was broke which made those characters not that memorable. When a character just cackles and screams evil things. That’s not great. It worked for a children’s cartoon 35 years ago but not nowadays.

This is also a Megatron that hasnt started the war yet. It’s inevitable he will lose his way but guess what? That’s how most villains start.

The most memorable villains in media have tragic origins that made them who they were. Even going back to transformers with Beast Wars Megatron. A character that was evil but he was evil because he was created on the side of the war that lost and grew up oppressed and became obsessed with changing his heritage.

What you’re wanting is the very thing that people have complained about with the first half of the marvel movies. That the villains were just cookie cutter one dimensional characters that were evil to just be evil and was a big criticism for some of those movies.

Nobody wants what you’re asking for because it doesn’t work

Randomhero wrote:

Coptur wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

Coptur wrote:Honestly i'm happy for those that are enjoying this.


..but here we go again the "Autobots are bad wah wah" this is NOT Megatron.

Megatron should be a power hungry **** no more no less. Idw please please stop justifying your villain it ruins your villain sometimes people are just ****holes simple as that.

Yeeeeeeah Megatron was a one note villain for over 20 years that just cackled and screamed domination with no depth. No thanks. I’d rather have characters that are interesting and have a good background.

Yeah I can see and understand the container argument.

but if it ain't broke don't fix it.

Making your heroes out to be the bad guy faction isn't good writing either.

Megatron isn't Magneto and and should never be Magneto and doesn't need those layers.

By robbing the Leader-1 / Cy-Kill backstory you aren't doing anything new.

Glad you're liking this take on Megatron though, i guess this just isn't for me anymore.

Except it was broke which made those characters not that memorable. When a character just cackles and screams evil things. That’s not great. It worked for a children’s cartoon 35 years ago but not nowadays.

This is also a Megatron that hasnt started the war yet. It’s inevitable he will lose his way but guess what? That’s how most villains start.

The most memorable villains in media have tragic origins that made them who they were. Even going back to transformers with Beast Wars Megatron. A character that was evil but he was evil because he was created on the side of the war that lost and grew up oppressed and became obsessed with changing his heritage.

What you’re wanting is the very thing that people have complained about with the first half of the marvel movies. That the villains were just cookie cutter one dimensional characters that were evil to just be evil and was a big criticism for some of those movies.

Nobody wants what you’re asking for because it doesn’t work

I understand to take out the saturday morning cartoon element i agree but you shouldn't feel sorry for your villains. never.

I can see that but i doesn't stand for all villains Norman Osborn was nasty before he became the Green Goblin for example.

Now I think you have beast wars all wrong the Predacons were not 'oppressed' that was just the political dogma Megatron spouted to gain followers and to take total power for him self (sound familiar to a real life example) so much much so he wanted to kill the ultimate good in auto/max history to gain said power Optimus Prime. He was greying the lines between the Predacons and Maximals. It wasn't the maximals being evil the writers should not grey the lines between good and evil. People incredibly ticked off people with Hydra Captain America (rightly so) and the constant hero vs hero stories, no one wants that either.

Again not true Abomination had a full character arc (corrupted by power), Loki again not exactly a cookie cutter. Iron Monger a full nasty character arc. (i'll give you Malaketh but that film was rubbish anyway).

No one is asking for all villains to have multiple layers either. the writers to should refer back to budiansky's profiles for where the character came from imo.

I do appreciate your side though

Coptur wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

Coptur wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

Coptur wrote:Honestly i'm happy for those that are enjoying this.


..but here we go again the "Autobots are bad wah wah" this is NOT Megatron.

Megatron should be a power hungry **** no more no less. Idw please please stop justifying your villain it ruins your villain sometimes people are just ****holes simple as that.

Yeeeeeeah Megatron was a one note villain for over 20 years that just cackled and screamed domination with no depth. No thanks. I’d rather have characters that are interesting and have a good background.

Yeah I can see and understand the container argument.

but if it ain't broke don't fix it.

Making your heroes out to be the bad guy faction isn't good writing either.

Megatron isn't Magneto and and should never be Magneto and doesn't need those layers.

By robbing the Leader-1 / Cy-Kill backstory you aren't doing anything new.

Glad you're liking this take on Megatron though, i guess this just isn't for me anymore.

Except it was broke which made those characters not that memorable. When a character just cackles and screams evil things. That’s not great. It worked for a children’s cartoon 35 years ago but not nowadays.

This is also a Megatron that hasnt started the war yet. It’s inevitable he will lose his way but guess what? That’s how most villains start.

The most memorable villains in media have tragic origins that made them who they were. Even going back to transformers with Beast Wars Megatron. A character that was evil but he was evil because he was created on the side of the war that lost and grew up oppressed and became obsessed with changing his heritage.

What you’re wanting is the very thing that people have complained about with the first half of the marvel movies. That the villains were just cookie cutter one dimensional characters that were evil to just be evil and was a big criticism for some of those movies.

Nobody wants what you’re asking for because it doesn’t work

I understand to take out the saturday morning cartoon element i agree but you shouldn't feel sorry for your villains. never.

I can see that but i doesn't stand for all villains Norman Osborn was nasty before he became the Green Goblin for example.

Now I think you have beast wars all wrong the Predacons were not 'oppressed' that was just the political dogma Megatron spouted to gain followers and to take total power for him self (sound familiar to a real life example) so much much so he wanted to kill the ultimate good in auto/max history to gain said power Optimus Prime. He was greying the lines between the Predacons and Maximals. It wasn't the maximals being evil the writers should not grey the lines between good and evil. People incredibly ticked off people with Hydra Captain America (rightly so) and the constant hero vs hero stories, no one wants that either.

Again not true Abomination had a full character arc (corrupted by power), Loki again not exactly a cookie cutter. Iron Monger a full nasty character arc. (i'll give you Malaketh but that film was rubbish anyway).

No one is asking for all villains to have multiple layers either. the writers to should refer back to budiansky's profiles for where the character came from imo.

I do appreciate your side though

Loki i will give you. Didnt see Hulk, But Iron Monger was the first in a line of Marvel Villians that were just mirrors of their heroes. Iron Monger had Charisma, and that made him memorable, but he didnt jsve an arc. Sn arc implies change. He juat backslid. The guy from Iron Man 2 had more of an arc, we knew his father had been potentially burned by thr Starks previously. But it sounds like Obafiah Iron Monger Stain is exactly who you want as a Megatron. But IDW is building towards another villian like, to continue the metaphors, Thanos.