Andy Schmidt talks new IDW Transformers Continuum with USA Today
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Sep 15, 2009 at 9:43pm CDT
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The interview covers the basic groudwork of the newest IDW story arc, while treating us to some artwork of artist and fan favorite Don Figueroa.
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IDW editor Andy Schmidt is in USA Today and spotlights the upcoming ongoing comic book.
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Comment by justynnbailey
Sep 15, 2009
I hate to say this...while I am really excited for the story, Im even less enthused about the art than I was before....
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Comment by Convotron
Sep 15, 2009
I really like Don's take on a mix of G1, Movie, and his own thing for the designs for the most part. I just am not a fan of how he is drawing the faces. Does anyone know if he has drawn a Fembot using the new style? If so...do they look like Joan Rivers?
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Comment by Onyx Primal
Sep 15, 2009
Gundamus Prime? i like the artwork myself. ill probably just wait for the graphic novels to be released.
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Comment by Solrac333
Sep 16, 2009
Prime looks really cool.
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Comment by rpetras
Sep 16, 2009
I'm hoping this style gets translated into an animated series, in the vein of GI Joe Resolute.
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Comment by kirbenvost
Sep 16, 2009
I haven't even seen the more recent TF comics (just bought Max Dinos), and I gotta say I am not liking this artwork at all. It's a shame, I was really digging the detailed G1 style from E.J. Su, and the classics-inspired looks later on.
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Comment by SentinelA
Sep 16, 2009
I think somebody's been looking at Classics Optimus Prime
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Comment by Terrabolt
Sep 16, 2009
The picture of Optimus Prime kind of has a gundam look to it.
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If you're referring to Don Figueroa's Optimus Prime art in the article then, yes, he has been looking at Classics Optimus Prime. He co-designed the toy, afterall.
Comment by Convotron
Sep 16, 2009
SentinelA wrote:I think somebody's been looking at Classics Optimus Prime
If you're referring to Don Figueroa's Optimus Prime art in the article then, yes, he has been looking at Classics Optimus Prime. He co-designed the toy, afterall.
TFWiki wrote:Toys Don is known to have had a hand in designing...
Optimus Prime - Voyager class (with Takio Ejima and Alex Kubalsky the latter of whom designed the transforming smokestack gun, which was not a part of Don's design)
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Comment by Ultra Magnus
Sep 16, 2009
I'm totally digging this art style. These are ROBOTS. There's heavy "manga" influence here, there's G1 faithfulness, I even detect a hint of TransTech... There's some serious intuition and depth of thought in these designs going on.
Does anyone remember Don's Macromasters? I am overjoyed to see how Don's artwork has evolved over the years. I'm so happy for him and proud that his love for this has actually gotten him into the Industry(much like our own Seibertron). People can sit here and Hate all day, and simply have no appreciation for the amount of WORK that goes into putting out something like this for us to enjoy. If everything looked the same all the time, I'm sure everyone would complain about that too.
Let's just be glad that they still try to please us fans even though all we do is complain, complain, complain. Let's be glad that Transformers is significant enough to get featured in USA Today. Let's also be glad that we're getting a new ONGOING series. I, for one, can't wait to see what the Decepticons look like in this art style.
Does anyone remember Don's Macromasters? I am overjoyed to see how Don's artwork has evolved over the years. I'm so happy for him and proud that his love for this has actually gotten him into the Industry(much like our own Seibertron). People can sit here and Hate all day, and simply have no appreciation for the amount of WORK that goes into putting out something like this for us to enjoy. If everything looked the same all the time, I'm sure everyone would complain about that too.
Let's just be glad that they still try to please us fans even though all we do is complain, complain, complain. Let's be glad that Transformers is significant enough to get featured in USA Today. Let's also be glad that we're getting a new ONGOING series. I, for one, can't wait to see what the Decepticons look like in this art style.
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Yep, I'm a huge fan of Don's work and have enjoyed the evolution of his style. Now he's drawing them as if they were real. That's similar to the movie design approach but I suppose robots wouldn't have faces found in G1. 
Comment by Supreme Convoy
Sep 17, 2009
Ultra Magnus wrote:Does anyone remember Don's Macromasters? I am overjoyed to see how Don's artwork has evolved over the years. I'm so happy for him and proud that his love for this has actually gotten him into the Industry(much like our own Seibertron). People can sit here and Hate all day, and simply have no appreciation for the amount of WORK that goes into putting out something like this for us to enjoy. If everything looked the same all the time, I'm sure everyone would complain about that too.
Yep, I'm a huge fan of Don's work and have enjoyed the evolution of his style. Now he's drawing them as if they were real. That's similar to the movie design approach but I suppose robots wouldn't have faces found in G1.
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I wouldn't confuse different tastes and criticism for hating or even further implicating that dislike for style involves lacking appreciation for work and effort.
Unconditional praise is no better than uncritical hating.
Comment by Convotron
Sep 17, 2009
Ultra Magnus wrote:People can sit here and Hate all day, and simply have no appreciation for the amount of WORK that goes into putting out something like this for us to enjoy.
I wouldn't confuse different tastes and criticism for hating or even further implicating that dislike for style involves lacking appreciation for work and effort.
Unconditional praise is no better than uncritical hating.
