IDW preview art of #0 covers, plus new interview!
IDW preview art of #0 covers, plus new interview
http://forums.idwpublishing.com/cgi-bin ... ;st=0;r=1;
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/the-transformers873.html
I'll be going for the Autobot cover. A nice clean, proportionate style.
edit: Nevermore turned up these too...
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/ ... idwoct.htm
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/the-transformers873.html
I'll be going for the Autobot cover. A nice clean, proportionate style.
edit: Nevermore turned up these too...
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/ ... idwoct.htm
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Originally posted by Nevermore
Did anyone else notice that Ratchet's helmet is in MARVEL colors rather than in cartoon colors?
Yeah, I saw that. Didn't really care though since it just adds a splash more color than a white helmet would. Astrotrain is also black and white (Japanese colors?) instead of gray and purple.
Thanks, Zeeks! Great job!
...and seems to be based on the Alternators Ironhide/Skids design?Originally posted by Nevermore
Did anyone else notice that Ratchet's helmet is in MARVEL colors rather than in cartoon colors?
Me like.
Is Megs a gun? He has a cannon, but the body looks sufficiently different—Soundwave might likewise be something boxy.Originally posted by Osku
I wonder if the two later ones are actually used? Megatron is a gun, and Soundwave, who's according to Furman not supposed to appear in the first story arc, is on the background.
However, the Starscream differs from the Starscream on the other cover, so you're probably right...
Love the retro, though.
Originally posted by Denyer
Originally posted by Nevermore
I didn't write the second post you're quoting...
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Megatron might be something else, but doubt it. My point with Soundwave was that he's not going to appear in the first story arc. One of the big irritations (at least for me) of Dreamwave's covers for the first miniseries was that the covers had nothing to do with the content inside. I hope IDW won't do the same mistake.Originally posted by Denyer
Is Megs a gun? He has a cannon, but the body looks sufficiently different—Soundwave might likewise be something boxy.
However, the Starscream differs from the Starscream on the other cover, so you're probably right...
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And the edit button works for you, and you know I'm incompetent when it comes to copy-pasting quotes...Originally posted by Nevermore
I didn't write the second post you're quoting...
That's not to say SW won't be making an appearance in the #0, which is a scene-setting book. Those may be pre- Earth mode forms.Originally posted by Osku
Megatron might be something else, but doubt it. My point with Soundwave was that he's not going to appear in the first story arc. One of the big irritations (at least for me) of Dreamwave's covers for the first miniseries was that the covers had nothing to do with the content inside. I hope IDW won't do the same mistake.
In general I agree covers should be an ad for the content inside, but as long as the main, regular cover is true to the material, a more experimental variant would be fine by me.
I'd like to see some eye-catching text connected to the story inside on the covers, too. It seems to particularly help grab younger readers.
Notice the humans running away from Megatron & co. in the cover showing Soundwave?Originally posted by Denyer
That's not to say SW won't be making an appearance in the #0, which is a scene-setting book. Those may be pre- Earth mode forms.
Experimental variants, great. I can always choose to buy or not to buy. Contradictory to actual content inside, I don't like.
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Looks nice.
But so did some of DW's early TF covers but I'll try not to pass judgement until I get the book in my hands.
Still wish IDW wouldn't use any of that alternate covers crap though.
But so did some of DW's early TF covers but I'll try not to pass judgement until I get the book in my hands.
Still wish IDW wouldn't use any of that alternate covers crap though.
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It's not really a mistake.Quoth Osku:
One of the big irritations (at least for me) of Dreamwave's covers for the first miniseries was that the covers had nothing to do with the content inside. I hope IDW won't do the same mistake.
The thing to remember is that comics and their covers are typically not drawn at the same time. Sometimes the difference between drawing a comic and drawing its cover can differ by months, often because a cover must be drawn first so that it can be used in soliciting the comic book to stores while the comic may not be farther along than the initial pencils (sometimes, not even then – which means that some designs can change radically between cover and comic).
This practice is an accepted part of the comics industry for the past few decades, even from giants like Marvel and DC. To expect a cover to do more than reflect some aspect of the comic's contents (especially when beginning a series) is unrealistic.
Looks like they split the difference. The visor/shield thingy on the front is cartoon black.Quoth Nevermore:
Did anyone else notice that Ratchet's helmet is in MARVEL colors rather than in cartoon colors?
Runabout. (And not Runamuck, as Darth Shrapnel reminded me.)Quoth Koolbeans X-treme:
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