Product Description
What was it that caused one of the Decepticon's most ruthless soldiers to turn his back on the Decepticon army and what is the ancient secret that lies hidden deep within an alien planet? All this and more as the origin of the newest Autobot, Drift, is finally revealed!
In the high-intensity world of Cybertronian racing, there ws one who raced harder and cornered better than them all. Drift. Due to his general attitude, he sided with the Decepticons when the war started, becoming one of their fiercest, most badass warriors ever.
Until one day.....
Drift: -staring in shock- "You..... you....."
Megatron: "Blew up your trophy collection, yes. It was feeding your collasal ego, you sword-wielding fan fantasy!"
Drift: "Well, frack you, Megatron. I'm joining the Autobots. They at least respect things like winning and racing and stuff!"
And thus was a legend born.........
Okay, I admit it's probably not going to be quite like that. At least, I hope it's not going to be like that. I haven't really read anything McCarthy's written(aside possibly from his early Batman stuff. When the comics go away from the local supermarket, you have problems....)
As a professional tanuki (I'm a Japanese mythological animal, and a good luck charm), I have an alarm clock built into me somewhere. I also look like a stuffed animal. And you thought your life was tough......
Ancient secrets hidden at the heart of planets always work out well for TF comics. At least in the sense of either the title being cancelled, the author being "Moved sideways" or the entire company collapsing soon after. The big question is who at IDW forgot to change the locks so Shame couldn't get in the office/shed anymore?
I hope what causes the fall out is an argument between Drift's sword and Megatron's fusion cannon.
Oh, and if this is all in the past it'll have already made the first "All IDW comics in chronological order" thing outdated almost before it's even published.
Don't forget the part about the dark secret. Maybe they will reveal that Autobots are not the good guys we always believed them to be, because they used to kill puppets and kittens.
Since Amazon.com has a listing up for the TRANSFORMERS: DRIFT TPB, it's not exactly a big secret that we're going to be doing a miniseries based around the character. The listing also details the creators, writer Shane McCarthy and artist Alex Milne (along with colorist Josh Perez), but doesn't show any cover image. So let's show a little bit here--the cover for issue 1 by Milne and Perez, and page one of issue 1 as well. The 4-issue series will be shipping bi-weekly in August and September.
Why does everyone look like a Gundam? That's even worse than the Ongoing look...
Normally the random G2 Decepticons in the background would make me smile, but (a) Skyjack and Ransack should be on Garrus 9 and (b) they look like Gundam, so I want them to die. With another creative team I'd put (a) down to this happening before they were captured, or after Wreckers, but with McCarthy and Milne I just figure one of them put them in as 'Easter Eggs' without bothering to check.
And despite their best efforts, I still want to get the Drift figure. The character might be a royal flaming twit, but the figure itself looks cool.
As a professional tanuki (I'm a Japanese mythological animal, and a good luck charm), I have an alarm clock built into me somewhere. I also look like a stuffed animal. And you thought your life was tough......
Warcry wrote:That's even worse than the Ongoing look...
I just don't think that is possible. This looks very cliche and Japanese, sure, but not worse than the Ongoing. At least not to my eyes. I'm sure the story will be full of every old cliche you can throw in a comic as well, but that Drift toy coming out soon still looks badass