I thought we should have heard something by now. Anybody "in the know" heard anything lately? I'm not looking for concrete fact just some rumors...

Hmm... the fact of Dream whatever its called is gonna be producing canceld TF's comics

Dreamengine? Really?

According to this thread it's not going to be Devil's Due, which I thought had the license.

So, um, not a lot of help for you there, Splendic!

oh well, these series' will never be worth anything anyways. But they were a good series. I think we should look more towards the movie instead. It's all the more concrete than the "DreamEngine" Theory.

Considering the pisspoor sales and the fact that DW pissed off a lot of fans with the direction they took things in, yeah...I'm not too sure how the new license would be handled, much less whether or not anyone would wanna take the risk since DW died because of the lack of TF book sales.

Hasbro decided not to renew their license with the Lees long ago. DreamEngine never had the chance. DDP was "rumored" to be getting it, but we still haven't heard anything concrete. I tend to slip in and out of "the know," and I haven't heard anything from any of my contacts 

here's what i've heard:

-Dark Horse, Devil's Due, D.C Comics, Alias Enterprises, and a number of smaller publishers all wanted it.

-Alias didnt get it [supposedly Hasbro's top choice. Only reason it didnt go to them was that the Hasbro execs [people who would never see nor care about the comic anyway] urged that they went with a "more established" company]

-Devils Due doesnt have it

-Marvel was never even considered [tho its been said Marvel asked, just for kicks and giggles, how much the license would be]

-somebody "more established" already has it

-Hasbro is keeping it a secret/unable to say/waiting to say(most likely) until a press release [which i've figured from talking to HasbrO]

Have you heard of a date for the announcement of who now has the licence, Josh?

Off topic, but I've never heard of Alias. What comics do they put out?

soon?

hehe, honestly i dunno. Judging by the Furman interview and some heresay i've heard on the net a press release should be coming pretty quick



As for Alias? Alias is a breakout company being run by Devils Due's TF/GI JOE vol1 penciller Mike S. Miller.

For being such a green company [of only a few months or so] they've produced quite a bundle of best selling comic books that have crazily taken the industry by storm. Books like "Lullaby: The Wisdom Seeker" and "Lions, Tigers, & Bears" have completely sold out on every issue thus far [and i mean COMPLETELY]. Trades are on the way and critics absolutely adore these couple of titles. So far Alias is doing quite well

[Mike S. Miller was also the guy behind the Comic Resource Book that published the unprinted G1 pages]

Check out http://www.AliasEnterprises.com for more info

[im working on a book of theirs called "Sixgun Samurai" thats due out this July ^__^]

Thanks for the info, Josh. Congrats on the new book too!

thanks

http://www.transformersclub.com/idw.cfm

I'm actually pretty psycehd about this.  I've been a big fan of 30 days of night for a while now.  Hopefully they will give transformers a much needed boost.

I just think it stinks that we have to wait until January for the G1 title to really take off.

Having read their licensed comics (24, CSI, The Shield) I gotta say that this will be a big waste of my time and money. They frequently hire writers with no knowledge of the property (The Shield, fer instance, was a joke.) or the stories are so mediocre that no one would ever buy the comic if not for the brand name. Then you've got the lousy coloring, bad art and the $4 cover price for a 22 page comic. No thanks. Luckily the Galaxy Force TV series is good enough to maintain my interest in the ongoing TF story.

basically same news at http://TFormers.com/article.php?sid=4620&mode=flat
I'm kinda disappointed that they're going with a company like IDW. I'm not holding my breath on this, not til I hear who the creative teams are.

Agree with Grim.  I'll wait for the creative teams to be named before jumping on them.

Here's a sample of IDW's art, from the 2005 boards:

Don Murphy has painted Eric Red as evil incarnate over at his board...and he might be right...

update
http://www.newsarama.com/IDW/transformers/...formerstalk.htm
best part, Transformers: Infiltration will be written by Simon Furman with art by E.J. Su

good news that furman is writing it, he at least knows what tf is all about. i had no idea that they did the artwork for shaun of the dead



well that answers the question of continuing dreamwave's story

interview with Simon Furman at newsarama.  Now I just need to know one thing, will Grimlock be in it?

It's Simon, off course Gimmy will be in it.
I just hope they go with more traditional styles, instead of Pat Lee's Masrshmallow-formers

E.J. Su is traditional.

He's using Pat Lee's version of Prime's head.

oh no, we're doomed....

Yes indwead we are

But the rest of his bots have a very Khana feel.

update
http://TFormers.com/article.php?sid=4663

the newest info is here:

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/thread75694.html


I have no idea WHY they think they need to update everyone in G1 and still pretend that it's G1. That's what the movie is doing. That's what Armada, RiD, Rnergon & Galaxy Force did too. Why do we need one more updating of the mythos? "Ultimate Transformers" would work perfectly well with the G1 designs.

Of course the lemmings who accept anything dished out to them (even George Clooney!) are sucking IDW's off in joy over this news.

Just do Generation One AS GENERTION ONE. If you don't have enough imagination to do G1 PROPERLY the you didn't deserve the frickin' license to begin with.

Tokyopop had put together the best proposal for this brand. They proposed to continue the cartoon continuity in such a way that they were in effect going to tell the stories from the 19-year gap between season two and TFTM. Nebulos enough to avoid copyright issues, but specific enough that everyone knew exactly what they were doing. (Basically, exactly wht DDP was doing with GI Joe & the Marvel canon.) They even wanted Simon involved.

Hell, even the DC/Wildstorm, Dark Horse AND Marvel proposals had offered the actual Generation One series. Why Hasbro choose THIS *edit* over those other proposed licensors when the movie was going to be telling the exact same story next year is beyond me.

a restart is preferable, especially with the movie on the way.  Ultimate X-Men did increasingly well with the release of the X-Men movies, Ultimate Spider-Man did as well with Spider-Man, and All-Star Batman & Robin is expected to follow suit after Batman Begins.  Comics like these are perfect for people who become fans because of the movies.  The problem with G1 is that it doesn't offer an easy "jumping on" point for new fans, it's very hard for them to get into it with such a far reaching, established continuity.  And besides, I'm sick of your basic "G1" and I'm looking forward to Furman and IDW's spin on this.  Oh, and DC/Wildstorm and Marvel weren't interested in the TF license, so why would Hasbro give it to them.  For some reason, they chose IDW.  And that's fine, it's better than no TF comics.  If you don't like the direction, then don't buy it. Simple as that.

The George Clooney rumors were proven to be false.

well scence they ARE getting a redisign, I dont think bots with Animal Alt modes should be in it. to keep with the THeam of Robots in Digsuise

and how is a robot in an organic beast mode not a robot in disguise?

So long as the characters personalities are properly represented, then I have no problem with the redesigns. The comic is suppose to focas more on the covert side of Transformers anyhow right? How are they gonna hide as 20 year old vehicles?

G1 is dead. Let's move on.

pretty much, it died with Rebirth part 3, and Marvel's G1 #80.  DW tried to resuscitate G1, and it may have succeeded if Dreamwave wasn't run by a coupla doucheplugs.  I'm glad that IDW is trying something new, rather than trying pick up where DW left off or take another stab at G1.  G1 is old hat, give me something new.

I mean like the G1 Dinobots and Insecticons

gotcha.  Maybe Grimlock will be a Ford Mustang GT (probably not).

Perhaps redo the Dinobots as military vehicles. It makes more sense in my opinion than to turn them all into cars. Coarse, I'm doubt they'd be called Dinobots anymore.

Perhaps Furman would make the Dinobots combine too. That would be sweet!

heh, you all know that I would love that 

Dinos don't need to combien to kick ass.

issue #0 hits shelves next week

Now that they're out, who bought issue #0 and what do you think?

I haven't gotten mine yet, I wasn't even sure when it came out until a few hours ago.

we already have a thread for the IDW TF comics
*merge*

I'll get mine tomorrow.

Well...was truly a teaser...that is for sure...

got it.  read it. 

The artwork kinda reminded me of the old marvel style, but cleaner.  I liked it, and I'm looking forward to january.

I've just read mine (Prime cover) and I love the new art. It actually reminds me more of early 90's Dark Horse than Marvel though.

For an introductury issue, there was a suprising lack of those that should be the centre focus of the series. There weren't really any Transformers appearing, just vehicle-modes, which we, only as fans, could recognize as Transformers. I'm not bashing it, but it is clearly part of a more elaborated plot, which requires the reader to regularly buy the issue. For an introduction-issue, you should try to get people exited about the comic, which, from a normal comic-purchasers POV, this issue didn't do. I don't really feel the "OMFG, I LOVE THIS"-feeling.