Sneak Peek - IDW Transformers: Robots in Disguise #1 iTunes Preview

My First Blaster!

A little guy with little hands using....MY FIRST BLASTER!!! YEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:A little guy with little hands using....MY FIRST BLASTER!!! YEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!

Lol it has Me first blaster instead of my first blaster

I knew I recognized that gun!

Awesome looking series. Can't wait for the Free Comic Book Day version to hit Comixology. (Or has it already?). Comic Grimlock reminds me somewhat of Hobbes. (Yes, the tiger). Don't know exaqctly why, but he does.

Starsaber468 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:A little guy with little hands using....MY FIRST BLASTER!!! YEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!

Lol it has Me first blaster instead of my first blaster

No it doesn't??

Flashwave wrote:I knew I recognized that gun!

Awesome looking series. Can't wait for the Free Comic Book Day version to hit Comixology. (Or has it already?). Comic Grimlock reminds me somewhat of Hobbes. (Yes, the tiger). Don't know exaqctly why, but he does.

Starsaber468 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:A little guy with little hands using....MY FIRST BLASTER!!! YEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!

Lol it has Me first blaster instead of my first blaster

No it doesn't??

Oops i was wrkng it does say My first blaster

News for the weekend, thanks to Newsarama posting their previews of next week's IDW Publishing Transformers comics - starting with the first issue of the parallel series to the animated tv series Robots in Disguise. Check out the full preview below, and come back next week for a quick review of this younger reader series!

Transformers: Robots in Disguise Animated #1—SPOTLIGHT
Georgia Ball (w) • Priscilla Tramontano (a & c)
GO TEAM ’BEE! BUMBLEBEE leads an all-star team of AUTOBOTS to Earth to find rogue DECEPTICONS… but in this all-new story based on the hit Cartoon Network animated series, they find more than… they bargained for! (You thought we were going to say “meets the eye,” didn’t you?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
The hit cartoon comes to comics as only IDW and Hasbro can do!
Scan the shield with your mobile device to unlock an EXCLUSIVE character for the TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE APP!
One of Five Featured First issues in July! One every week!
As seen on Free Comic Book Day!

haha, how'd be get his hands on Swerve's "My First Blaster".

Still love My First Blaster. They need to make that thing official. I want one that works with generations guys!

Synopsis
GO TEAM ’BEE! BUMBLEBEE leads an all-star team of AUTOBOTS to Earth to find rogue DECEPTICONS… but in this all-new story based on the hit Cartoon Network animated series, they find more than… they bargained for! (You thought we were going to say “meets the eye,” didn’t you?)



Story

After the Free Comic Book Day almost one-off issue by John Barber, new writer Georgia Ball has taken on the task of keeping this series up and going, with a new angle on the almost over first seasons of the new animated show Transformers: Robots in Disguise. And the angle is probably the closest we'll ever get to some continuity with Prime - but how does the rest of the series look with its first issue down? Read on!



What readers need to keep in mind is that this comic series is aimed at a very similar target audience as the cartoon, and will not be playing into the wider TFverse that most of the other IDW titles are exploring right now. That said, the vibrancy and humour of the series is deftly transposed from screen to page, even with the monster of the week formula that only worked for so long in the show.



What Ball's writing brings, along with some really silly jokes (which I loved, I won't lie), is also an interesting look, perhaps even better than the show did, at Bumblebee's discomfort with his position as leader, the unruliness of his 'team' - and the feeling of utter betrayal arising from the final scenes in the book.


Art

A lot of the work done by Ball's script, both on the lighthearted and serious sides of the coin, is wonderfully heightened by Priscilla Tramontano's excellent visual rendition, showcasing a variety of expressions, body language interactions, panel dispositions and layouts, and just a general sense of *fun*!



Tramontano's colours, too, are sleek, stunning and fun, the characters are fun, are obviously having fun, and so is the artist/colourist! We get references to the wider IDWverse (with MTMTE's My First Blaster making an appearance early on in the issue), and some always excellent lettering from Tom B. Long, who can play around with a lot more sounds than usual. And two great tone-catching covers, by Tramontano and Travis Sengaus/Josh Burcham (thumbnailed).


Thoughts
Spoilerish ahead

Given the target audience, the timescale of the comic compared to the show, and what the FBCD issue had set up, this is an excellent debut for a younger reader series, one that ensures to keep the light side of the dynamics between the characters on the show, pokes some fun around at things, and includes the excellent Grimlock and running gags - including the no-nonsense general recap - without driving them into the ground.



Ball and Tramontano are set to bring a fresher look at some of the moanings of the older readership, with the ending of both issue #0 and #1 just enough to keep us intrigued while the actual target fully revel in the (I'm running out of words to say) fun! Worth picking up for a new reader, for the art direction and colours, and always worth it for the bouncing dialogue, . And dinobot.

Some additional fun Easter Eggs along with the MFB, particularly cool is the team playing "Return of Convoy" on the last page.

Also, app code inside the book that unlocks a "Cybertron Underbite" in the game, which is just Underbite with a slightly different color scheme, but it's still a neat touch. Wonder if that will keep up as a thing in further issues?

Optimus smiling?!

Arcee making a silly face?!

Was Bee high on Synth En when he recollected this??!?!?!?!?!??!

PrymeStriker wrote:
Optimus smiling?!

Arcee making a silly face?!

Was Bee high on Synth En when he recollected this??!?!?!?!?!??!

What are you talking about?




Optimus smiles quite a bit on Prime not every episode but he does smile.





Arcee is just smiling i don't know how your seeing a silly face but if smiling counts a s silly now then I don't know.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Arcee is just smiling i don't know how your seeing a silly face but if smiling counts a s silly now then I don't know.

She has her tongue sticking out.

Sabrblade wrote:

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Arcee is just smiling i don't know how your seeing a silly face but if smiling counts a s silly now then I don't know.

She has her tongue sticking out.

I believe it's just her lower lip, actually.

Sabrblade wrote:

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Arcee is just smiling i don't know how your seeing a silly face but if smiling counts a s silly now then I don't know.

She has her tongue sticking out.

Nope its lipstick such as her redesign says

Then them's sure some goofy big pink lips that she never had in show.

Sabrblade wrote:Then them's sure some goofy big pink lips that she never had in show.

Rid redesigns just like Bumblebee on that cover.



Just creative license or whatever its called.

HA! Quite a fun little read. Gotta say: I'm liking the show and the comic. It's no Prime, but I love it for what it is

Are the comics connected to the show or not?

Tangentially, and only one way - the show direct the comics, not the other way round.
(What with the series being over and done for its first season, this should not come as a surprise, really.)

iTunes just put up a 3 page preview of Transformers: Robots in Disguise Animated #2! Check it out below!

Description
ROAD RAGE! While a DECEPTICON called TRANSIT wreaks havoc on afternoon commutes, Team Bee gets an unexpected visit… but will these new rivals combine forces without trusting each other?

Remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

After Busby and Bendy-Bus Prime, we have our third official bus Transformer!

I would buy the hell out of a bus transformer. Especially one that turned into a man-rhino-bot-man!

"Don't worry citizens, those giant robots attacking each other are just, erm... malfunctioning fairground... rides?"

DeadCaL wrote:"Don't worry citizens, those giant robots attacking each other are just, erm... malfunctioning fairground... rides?"

You could tell them they're 20 foot costumes and no repercussions would be had. Little to much blood of Unicron in the water pipes in Crown City, if you ask me.

Those poor humans are in for a ride!

"I gotta watch my intake"

"I gotta watch my intake"

And a Spike and Carly cameo in the last panel, nice.

LevelRaze1 wrote:And a Spike and Carly cameo in the last panel, nice.

My goodness.... you're right! what a catch!

Coming up this week from IDW Publishing is the second issue of the Transformers: Robots in Disguise comics series, running alongside the story seen in the recently ended first season (BUT NOT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) of the animated show. Check out the full preview below - because who needs embargo dates when you're Newsarama, right? Seibertron.com review coming on Wednesday, too.

Transformers: Robots in Disguise Animated #2
Georgia Ball (w) • Priscilla Tramontano (a & c)
ROAD RAGE! While a DECEPTICON called TRANSIT wreaks havoc on afternoon commutes, Team Bee gets an unexpected visit… but will these new rivals combine forces without trusting each other?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
All-new stories based on the hit animated series!
As promoted on Free Comic Book Day!
Fan-favorite characters who appear only in this comic book!

"Recently ended"?

Not in America, at least.

Sabrblade wrote:"Recently ended"?

Not in America, at least.

I forget you forget the world exists outside that landmass sometimes.


Fiiiiiiiiine, I'll fix it.

Va'al wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:"Recently ended"?

Not in America, at least.

I forget you forget the world exists outside that landmass sometimes.


Fiiiiiiiiine, I'll fix it.

Well, other countries haven't gotten the finale on TV yet either.

The first place to get the finale was iTunes.

Va'al wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:"Recently ended"?

Not in America, at least.

I forget you forget the world exists outside that landmass sometimes.


Fiiiiiiiiine, I'll fix it.

Just remember which continent the center of the universe this website is built on

Hey Spoke and Curly in the last panel

Flashwave wrote:

Va'al wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:"Recently ended"?

Not in America, at least.

I forget you forget the world exists outside that landmass sometimes.


Fiiiiiiiiine, I'll fix it.

Just remember which continent the center of the universe this website is built on

Brainstorm's briefcase?

Va'al wrote:

Flashwave wrote:

Va'al wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:"Recently ended"?

Not in America, at least.

I forget you forget the world exists outside that landmass sometimes.


Fiiiiiiiiine, I'll fix it.

Just remember which continent the center of the universe this website is built on

Brainstorm's briefcase?

It's Alpha Bravo you numpty.

Madeus Prime wrote:

Va'al wrote:

Flashwave wrote:

Va'al wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:"Recently ended"?

Not in America, at least.

I forget you forget the world exists outside that landmass sometimes.


Fiiiiiiiiine, I'll fix it.

Just remember which continent the center of the universe this website is built on

Brainstorm's briefcase?

It's Alpha Bravo you numpty.

Unless Roberts changes it again.

In all seriousness, has any country in the world gotten the season 1 finale aired on TV yet?

France, I believe.

Brainstorms briefcase is the center of all universes, the multiverse!

And IDK if the finale has aired anywhere but online yet. wouldnt think so

Synopsis
ROAD RAGE! While a DECEPTICON called TRANSIT wreaks havoc on afternoon commutes, Team Bee gets an unexpected visit… but will these new rivals combine forces without trusting each other?



Story

With only a couple of weeks left until the end of season one of the animated series, the second issue of Robots in Disguise still falls a little behind plot-wise, but Georgia Ball delivers an entertaining, intriguing and suspenseful enough script to keep interest even in older readers.



After my own heart, the humour - a Cybertronian perspective on Earthling behaviour, media and general popular culture - allows for a number of puns, plays on concepts, wordplay via Fixit's pixlexia (yes yes yes I know that's not it but bear with me). All within a frame that does not jar with the silliness, at all.



Additionally, it keeps the light side in the running mystery we had been made aware of since the FCBD issue #0. While team Prime does make its appearance, and that is not spoiling anything, something else is definitely afoot with the various cast members, and Ultra Magnus in particular. Plus another special cameo, too...

Art

Priscilla Tramontano delivers an excellent arrangement of panels - though I might have some comments at a later stage on the fluidity of the layouts - with some fan-tastic cameos from across the multiple incarnations of the Transformers fictions, not only Prime. Plus, we get some magnificent expressivity across the entire board, from background to main cast.



You wanted a colourist? Well, you get three, as Tramontano is joined by the Joshes, Perez and Burcham, in colouring in her own linework. And as much as they usually have their own identifiable styles, the transitions and collaboration here are strikingly fluid. Which is never a bad thing, and leads to some excellently vibrant pages, in tone with the series.



Also, a title such as this one allow, nay, calls for some fun on the fonts and letters side of things, and Tom B. Long does not disappoint. Enjoying the multiple opportunities to play with soundwords and squiggles, Long adds the finishing touches of lightness even where scenes may get more serious. Cover-wise, Burcham returns from interior colours to overall cover work in the Subscription variant (thumbnailed), while Tramontano still has the great main cover we've seen for a while now.


Thoughts
Spoilerish ahead

Again, as for last month and the first issue, the target audience of the book is obvious, and may deter some of the older readers (who do have three other series at least, to be fair) - but what Ball brings to the table is the same good blend of lighthearted humour with enough of a twist to keep the mind intrigued and willing to go along for the (bus)ride.



And of course, the visual result of Tramontano, Perez, Burcham and Long are a feast for the optic sensors, too. The vibrancy, cameos, hints, slapstick and more subtle humour are excellently enjoyable, and work well as a parallel reflection of the animated series - obviously with its own take, and all the better for it.

As someone who hates public buses, I feel obligated to pick this issue up.
(seriously, "bus turns into a rhino and fights a T rex" would be expected after some of the crap I've had to sit thru...)

DeadCaL wrote:"Don't worry citizens, those giant robots attacking each other are just, erm... malfunctioning fairground... rides?"

Blackrock Entertainment presents: Five Nights at Fixit's

This week's release from IDW Publishing sees the continuation of the parallel adventures of the cast of both Transformers Robots in Disguise and Transformers: Prime, as Bumblebee finds himself between the two teams. Come back on Wednesday for the Seibertron.com review!

Transformers: Robots in Disguise Animated #3
Georgia Ball (w) • Priscilla Tramontano (a & c)
BUMBLEBEE’s investigation of a mysterious DECEPTICON’s past uncovers a new lead… but unraveling this mystery may not reveal the answer he wants to hear.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
Based on the hit Cartoon Network television series!
All-ages Transformers adventures!
Featuring fan-favorite TRANSFORMERS PRIME characters ULTRA MAGNUS, ARCEE, and BULKHEAD you’ll only see here!

Poor Sideswipe. And another Buffaloid!

Upon viewing the RID2015 #3 of the comic book online, I've recently noticed that Steeljaw has just recently formed his own army by recruiting Springload, Bisk, and along many others, which leads me to believe that it is expected that the captured Decepticons would soon escape once again and join Steeljaw's group in order for him to form a powerful Decepticon army in Season 2, as shown in the comics. But what is really interesting to me is that there is another female Decepticon in the comic under the name, Overhead, which I don't know if she is really Terrashock's girlfriend or a direct relative of his. What I do already know is that Overhead is identical to that of Terrashock, only pink instead of orange. I do have a strong feeling that Overhead will likely appear in Season 2, have Terrashock released, and finally get revenge on the Autobots for what they had done to him. Do you really think that 3rd issue of this comic book will be most closely related to what will happen in Season 2? Ever since that the Cons were already and before prisoners, they were not organized, but I do believe that in Season 2, they definitely will be, thanks to Steeljaw and Kickback.

From what this preview has, I'm more inclined to say they simply share a body type, like Prowl, Bluestreak and Smokescreen, not any others sort of thing. Fixit even says they are buffaloids, a specific body style

Wait. This dropped last week. I read it! Why are we getting the preview, or did Comixology goof?