IDW News From San Diego Comic-Con

Posted by Hotrod Jul 20, 2006 at 6:04pm CDT 17,689 views

Well San Diego Comic-Con is under way and IDW is making news. Comicscontinuum.com has reported several news items that were revealed today by IDW. The first item is a confirmation of the rumor, reported here about a 1986 Transformers movie adaptation. The image posted today in IDW's Art Du Jour! Section is from the four part adaptation. Other new from IDW:

"The second big IDW storyline, "Escalation," will start in November.

October's Transformers Spotlight will focus on Nightbeat, by Simon Furman and Mark Bright, with covers by Bright, Nick Roche and James Raiz.

Future Spotlights will focus on Hot Rod and Sixshot, and all of the Spotlight issues set up elements that will be played up in "Escalation" and beyond.

Ryall said there are big plans to coincide with the live-action Transformers movie next summer, but they will be announced this fall.

Upcoming collections include The Greatest Battles of Optimus Prime and Megatron, The Best of Simon Furman and The Best of Don Figueroa.

Also above are images the cover images from Transformers: Generations #8 and Transformers: Stormbringer #4, as well as pages from the first spotlight book.

A poster of all the Stormbringer wraparound covers, by Figueroa and colorist Josh Burcham, is scheduled for October."

Go to Comicscontinuum.com to read their whole article and to see images from upcoming releases.