Daniel Warren Johnson to End his Transformers Comic Run after 24 Issues

While sad to see as I have been enjoying the current run, it is not surprising as 24 issues will be the longest run on anything DWJ has done on anything as usually he only does 5 or 6 issues minis. I just wonder who will take over after him.

Does this mean the series is over at 24, or is there the possibility of it continuing under a different writer? I would hate to see the Energon Universe be done so soon

Stormshot_Prime wrote:Does this mean the series is over at 24, or is there the possibility of it continuing under a different writer? I would hate to see the Energon Universe be done so soon

New writer after

Good.

Well, hopefully good. They could manage to find someone worse, somehow.

Both relieved and sad that 24 is the magic number. Relieved because there is a definitive beginning and end to the current story, but sad because it is so very good.

Outside of the MTMTE time arc and the Wreckers saga, this is probably the best comic I have read

ScottyP wrote:Good.

Well, hopefully good. They could manage to find someone worse, somehow.

May I ask why you despise this run so much? It is genuinely so good, I'm curious.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

ScottyP wrote:Good.

Well, hopefully good. They could manage to find someone worse, somehow.

May I ask why you despise this run so much? It is genuinely so good, I'm curious.

The simplest explanation I can give without writing an essay is that, to me, it's just plain old not very good. The art is not to my taste. The pro wrestling action is a joke. The constant attempts to homage other mecha franchises shows a lack of creativity, though tbf those have ebbed almost entirely as it has gone on. The characters, outside of Optimus and probably Beachcomber, have very little going on, or are inconsistent. The plot barely exists, there is no long term plan and for something that's meant to be the linchpin of a wider universe it barely feels connected.

It feels like reading a book that keeps trying to tell me it is important and good by punching me in the face. Some (apparently a lot of) folks are into that, I am not.

Anyway gonna duck out of this thread again for several months, y'all should keep your party going and not listen to negative Nancy P over here

Have to agree, I bounced off the series after the first half dozen or so issues as it just wasn't working for me on the art/story level and a few technical aspects - particularly the lettering and a couple of "that word doesn't work that way" bits of phrasing - kept pulling me out of the experience.

When I read that it won an Eisner and outsells Batman, I just have to shake my head bemusedly and reflect that it's a funny old world and, well, to each their own I guess.

It seemed like many fans were unaware of how high Skybound’s Transformers comic ranked in the sales charts. So we’ll report its monthly ranking when we can and now we have June’s numbers. It slipped from 4th to 5th place that month BUT still outsold every DC comic. The whole list is below. And the chart’s ranking is based on units ordered.

June 2024 (ComicHub, via ICv2)

1 Ultimates #1
Marvel Comics
$5.99

2 Ultimate Spider-Man #6
Marvel Comics
$4.99

3 Amazing Spider-Man #51
Marvel Comics
$4.99

4 X-Men #35 (Fall of the House of X)
Marvel Comics
$9.99

5 Transformers #9
Image Comics
$3.99

6 Amazing Spider-Man #52
Marvel Comics
$4.99

7 Ultimate X-Men #4
Marvel Comics
$4.99

8 Batman #148
DC Comics
$4.99

9 Scarlett #1 (Of 5)
Image Comics
$4.99

10 Batman #149
DC Comics
$4.99

Imagine that. Make a good product, and people will buy it. A lesson learned too late for IDW.

5th best selling comic period, but not good enough for the Seibertron Podcast crew. They must be waiting for Hemingway or Dickens version.

Sales for July #10 at place 5 too. Don't know sales for #11

Wow... so people mostly read Spider-Man, X-Men & Batman before TF comes along? Didn't realize the industry is so niche now...

Notice no marvel mcu stuff in top 10. Avengers deadpool

Glad to see it is doing so well. I love IDW2005, didn't like IDW2019, and this has reignited that comic reading fun.

Also, this is the only comic outside of Last Bot Standing that I have bought individual releases for as they come out. That is how much fun it is.

It is just a good run