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Apr 16
Review: Windblade #1
It was kind of a given that I’d like Windblade #1. With Mairghread Scott and Sarah Stone making it the first Transformers comic outside of fanzines and message boards with an all-female creative team, with it introducing a new female Transformer who’s not only pushing IDW to diversify their cast but pushing Hasbro to diversify their toyline as …
Mar 26
Transformers Dark Cybertron Review: Closing the Book [Spoilers below cut]
Today marks the end of Dark Cybertron, the first real big event in Transformers comics, spanning many months and 12 issues, including both Robots in Disguise and More Than Meets The Eye. One of my esteemed colleagues on this website has already chimed in with his thoughts on this crossover event and he did not …
Mar 19
Transformers: Robots in Disguise: Dark Cybertron: Death of a Hero: Is It Over Yet?
If I went back in time 20 years to tell my young self that in the future Transformers comics would still be around and that my young self’s favorite character Shockwave would be conquering the entire universe with mad science in in a multiple ongoing Transformers comic book Event, well little me would be very …
Feb 14
Are You Ready for Toy Fair 2014?
It’s that time of year again – no, not Valentine’s Day, it’s Toy Fair! This weekend is going to be a non-stop deluge of new toy news, so to make sure you’re on top of it here are a few of the best people to follow and places to check: Twitter feeds: Ben Yee at …
Feb 07
Jagex Updates With Transformers Universe Trailer
So what do you think? Are you excited to play it as a MOBA? Do you like seeing the Prime aesthetic alive and kicking, or does it feel over now? Are you, like me, still mourning the loss of character creation?
Feb 05
Jagex Provides Transformers Universe Update, Still Not MMORPG
An email went out today to those signed up for beta access to Transformers Universe, the MMO first unveiled as an RPG with character creation at BotCon 2011 but later changed to a MOBA. After the initial limited beta, there was very little said about the game for months. According to Jagex CEO Mark Gerhard: …
Feb 03
Marvel Retrospective II: “Power Play!”, “Prisoner of War!”, and “The Last Stand”
This is the second in a series of articles re-visiting Marvel’s version of Transformers, covering the 80 issues released in America and the 4-issue miniseries “The Headmasters.” Images are scanned from my personal copies of each comic. Over the course of the rest of the original 4-issue miniseries, plot points similar to the cartoon’s “More …
Jan 24
Marvel Retrospective I: “The Transformers”
This is the first in what will hopefully be a series of articles re-visiting Marvel’s version of Transformers, covering the 80 issues released in America and the 4-issue miniseries “The Headmasters.” Images are scanned from my personal copies of each comic. It was a world transformed. In 1984, Marvel comics began a series of comics …
Jan 17
More Than Meets Some Haikus!
[Ed. Note: I come from a fanzine background, so I love highlighting not just news but creative work as well. So have some haikus from our contributor Windchaser!] Cyclonus the grump. Can’t deal with emotions. Tears face in grief. Robot Tailgate So old, yet so very young. New horn seals friendship With amnesia Skids has …