All good points Gok.

I understand what you're saying about buying the comic to find out if you like it. But we're six issues in. Consider the horse flogged. Its not going to get up now.

Am I the only one on this board that actually likes AHM? I find this thread embarrasing for OTCA because its so negative. Its like Macrossworld!

And the 'its not as good as G1' is so tedious. Nothing is or ever will be as good as G1 because for most of us fans it is an emotionally valuable aspect of all our lives. We are all comparing what we thought was good when we were 8 to what is available now. Our brains have changed (hopefully ). The relativity doesn't match.

Yes official sources say its in the same canon as tion's, official sources also say we went to the moon.

"Roller pass me those gloves"

"Why?"

"I'm going start pushing this sh...stuff...uphill"






Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
How else are we to know what the comics is like unless we buy it and read it? Unlike Japan, we don't have places like libraries, cafés, restaurants etc. where we can borrow and read comic books for free - so if you're interested in reading the comic you can either:
1/ Wait for someone else to buy it and read it yourself, then if you do like it, hope that it's not sold out otherwise wait for the TPB.
2/ Buy it, read it and form an opinion.

I don't think anyone here is collecting this series expecting to dislike it. I know I bought this series hoping to enjoy it, but finding myself somewhat disappointed. Now that I've started I feel obliged to finish it - read it all the way through and give the story the benefit of the doubt that once I've finished reading it the whole series that it will make sense and be more enjoyable. Who knows, the story might redeem itself in the end... I for one am reserving judgement about this series one way or the other until I finish reading the whole thing.


Unless official sources specifically state that it is within the same canon, which is what IDW and Shane McCarthy have said about this series on this very board.


Or maybe expecting it to be like other TF comic series that have come before... like G1.


+1 QFT. And I don't agree that a comic has to be "watered down" in order to succeed like this. A lot of Furmans' other series within IDW feature a lot of lesser known characters (like Skram!) yet I wouldn't say that those comics are worse than AHM (I prefer them). I don't know what the sales for those are like compared to AHM though.

AHM will win big bonus points with me though if they continue to make an attempt to make further character development with Thundercracker, something no TF writer has ever done before.