Skybound’s “Transformers” isn’t any aberration of historical past. Essentially the most well-known “Transformers” tales are the cartoons and flicks, however for tales which might be actually greater than meets the attention, you’ve got gotta go along with the comics.
Many of the mythology of “Transformers” comes from comedian author Simon Furman, who initially wrote fill-in points for the UK run of Marvel’s “The Transformers” (Furman’s UK “Transformers” run contains, amongst different unbelievable moments, a “Batman: The Killing Joke” homage.) He had such grasp on the collection that he took over the unique U.S. title on problem #56.
Furman has revisited the Marvel “Transformers” universe since, penning “Transformers: Technology 2” through the Nineties and “Regeneration One” in 2012. He additionally kicked off IDW’s “Transformers” comics with the 2005 mini-series “The Transformers: Infiltration” (drawn by E. J. Su.)
Simon Furman’s affect on “Transformers” extends past his personal works. The comics he wrote impressed the “Transmasters UK” fan membership. Future “Transformers” writers/artists James Roberts and Nick Roche emerged from the membership. Their comics at IDW, “Final Stand of the Wreckers” (co-written by the pair, drawn primarily by Roche) and “Extra Than Meets The Eye” (written by Roberts, drawn primarily by Alex Milne) are among the most acclaimed “Transformers” comics.
Writing alongside Roberts was John Barber. He received the job from writing IDW’s “Transformers” film tie-in comics, doing his best possible to weave coherent lore out of the films’ contradictory backstory. That skillset served him effectively once more as he penned an epic throughout a number of successive collection: “Robots In Disguise, “Transformers,” “Optimus Prime,” and eventually “Transformers: Unicron.”
“Transformers” is the one nerd franchise that really works effectively with a “play with my favourite motion figures” method — as a result of the Transformers are motion figures. The toys inspired the children to play with them to make up tales and characterizations of their heads. Writers like Roberts, Roche, and DWJ mine these childhood recollections to fill within the many blanks of “Transformers.”
Take probably the most subversive a part of the Skybound “Transformers” up to now. In problem #4, Optimus replaces his destroyed proper arm with Megatron’s salvaged one, fusion cannon included.
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The choice is not a simple one for Optimus; the selection displays his fears that he is turning into no higher than the Decepticons. The aesthetic mismatch additionally displays how flawed it’s for an instrument of destruction to be connected to Optimus Prime. DWJ is giving into his interior kid’s impulses to mix-match the completely different elements of his favourite toys however with the refined craft of an artist. The result’s the perfect you’ll be able to hope “Transformers” to be.
“Transformers” has printed 14 points up to now, with a fifteenth scheduled for publication on December 11, 2024. Quantity 1 — “Robots in Disguise” is at present out there on the market, with Quantity 2 — “Transport to Oblivion” — scheduled to launch on November 26, 2024.