Transformers and G.I. Joe comics license goes to Skybound

[JJJ]

Oh good, at last some news about this. I'd become quite accustomed to their being Transformers comics again, and it felt wrong without them (I am currently re-reading MTME/RID and the rest of last decade's IDW stuff, and it feels ever wronger today ). Very happy to learn that things are moving here.

...

Oh wait. Oh no.

Shared universe? Nononononononononono...

That's the garbage that ruined IDW's run (Revolution and all the rubbish that trailed behind it).

Well that seriously burst my bubble

[reillyd]

You *have* to read Void Rivals. Like now. Literally now.

I thought I recognised the wing design, but then thought “Naw, there’s a lot of ships based on a Veritech design”.
This is a shared universe. I see now why retailers ordered 100k, and it’s not going to be nearly enough. Second printing for sure.

[reillyd]

Oh and the new shared universe is termed the Energon Universe. It may tangentially involve Joes at some point, but it appears to be new Hasbro IP.

[reillyd]

Transformers #1 October 2023. The artwork is quite nice. I won’t post it here, but I’m sure the fan sites will have it shortly.
Duke #1 and Cobra Commander for December, so don’t expect a cross over quickly.

[Paulbot]

You *have* to read Void Rivals. Like now. Literally now.

You convinced me. I'd seen the leaked spoiler poster before, but still this was an interesting first issue of a new series/concept with some familiar tropes. (Not sold on buying anymore of this series though but I'll try the spin-off!)

[JJJ]

Read it. Not impressed, but that's hardly unusual with comics and me.

But the good thing was that the entire TF content is completely inconsequential, and can be referred to in a single throwaway sentence if the real TF series ever needs to make mention of it.

On the other hand, the "millions of years" thing is still with us (it irks me in and of itself, but it also shows Kirkman's lack of understanding of erosion). I just wish we could get writers who a) understand scale, both in terms of distance and time (4 million years of continuous warfare, or 10 million of nearly continuous for IDW's full background, is beyond absurd) and b) are willing to break away from that particular conceit.

Now a little happier than before, but I'd still very much like to know that there won't be any crossover crap.

Mixed feelings now. I've just read an interview with Kirkman that rules out the crossover rubbish, but also this: "updated retellings of your favorite episodes of Transformers". Which is not what I want, at all. That, I think, is even worse than just running with the old ideas and not trying new ones.