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griffin
14th June 2013, 01:39 PM
An unusual promotion. Several comics to be released in September will have a cartoon-styled cover (http://idwpublishing.com/news/article/2586/), with MTMTE #21 (by Andy Suriano) being the Transformers comic to feature one (with Rodimus on the cover).

It says "variant" covers, so they should still have regular ones as well.

Looks very retro actually, as the set of comics look like ones from the 80s.
i_amtrunks
14th June 2013, 06:14 PM
Rodi's got a sword....

And if the art style reflected the sunbow cartoon it would be more interesting to me, as it is, I think I'll stick with the regular covers.
Cat
14th June 2013, 06:19 PM
Strange style to pick.

I wish they'd gone full-on Studio Ox, or the complete opposite and done a really simplistic AKOM style, with a few bits missing or miscoloured.
CBratron
14th June 2013, 06:25 PM
Apparently 'animated' means something different to what I was expecting.
Golden Phoenix
14th June 2013, 06:58 PM
Love the Samurai Jack style Rodimus.

I always had a liking for that style. It was good to see it in the Clone Wars cartoon they did before Ep.III came out.
Tallestblue
14th June 2013, 08:25 PM
I was thinking it would be just a standard Anime-ish cover.

I'm actually digging the Genndy Tartakovsky style there. If you squint it's almost Transformers: Animated.
GoktimusPrime
14th June 2013, 08:32 PM
Eewww... no thanks. Guido Guidi's much better at creating retro-80s style TF comic art. :)
i_amtrunks
14th June 2013, 08:39 PM
I'm actually digging the Genndy Tartakovsky style there. If you squint it's almost Transformers: Animated.

I was actually hoping it was going to be an animated style cover. Even squinting his is giving me a Samurai Jack or clone wars feel. Not a bad design aesthetic, just disappointing after what I was expecting in my mind.
Lord_Zed
15th June 2013, 12:00 AM
Pass
kup
15th June 2013, 01:28 AM
Silly and disconnected idea. Not interested.
Hursticon
15th June 2013, 05:01 AM
Apparently 'animated' means something different to what I was expecting.

Were you thinking Transformers: Animated too?, disappointed here also. :(
Quickstrike
15th June 2013, 03:54 PM
Why isn't it Samurai Drift?
SMHFConvoy
15th June 2013, 05:50 PM
Eewww... no thanks. Guido Guidi's much better at creating retro-80s style TF comic art. :)

I don't mind it. The point of it is to evoke the animation styles not the comic styles. Yes it's very Samurai Jack but it's also very GoBots too ;)