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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 3, 2009 19:54:05 GMT
 Art by the talented Gav Spence and myself. The magazine is 64 pages for the princely sum of £2.00, naturally anyone who contributed get's a complimentary copy. Those of you not going to AA I'll post your copies out when I get back. Contents include: IN THE BEGINNING - welcome to a world transformed as Karl Thurgood and Andy Turnbull look back at the comic origins of the Transformers. BOB THE BUILDER - for any comics fan this is the year Bob Budiansky made a massive impact on the Transformers HOT ROD BLOG - Transformers The Movie hit the screens this year and the Autobot chosen one liveblogged through it! SUNBOW - Tony Baker gives a comic strip which hints at what could have followed at the end of the Sunbow cartoon MASTER, MASTER - Martin McV tells us why he thinks the Masterforce anime was the best thing from 1988. DEATH’S HEAD- no need for questions, yes? STANDBY FOR ACTION - The Action is Alive, Action Masters get some much deserved appreciation. WHO IS THE NEXT HOST OF THE LETTERS PAGE - Matt Dallas gives us the fight we were all denied when Marvel UK ceased publishing the Transformers comic. G 1.5 - Nick Davidson and Ralph Burns talk of the garishly coloured “European Exclusives” THE SECRET DIARY OF GENERATION 2 JAZZ - Matt Marshall let’s us see Jazz’s secret diary. IT NEVER ENDS - Chris Lawton looks at the short-lived Fleetway Generation 2 comic book. G2 COMICS- The unreleased Laser Rods feature in this G2 Japanese Manga inspired tale. THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST - Ken Flatt looks at the year the Beast Wars started BEAST WARS TV TRUKK NOT MUNKY - Simon Plumbe tells us how the Beast Wars cartoon drew him into the world of Transformers (B)EAST WARS ! FIGHT! - insight into the Japanese Beast Wars show from Karl Thurgood. Illustrations by Ben Pirrie PETAL TO THE METAL - The Hub’s Graham Thomson gives us his thoughts on the Beast Machines cartoon. PHIL’S CAR ROBOT ARTICLE - an article about Car Robots from Philip Ayres SKY BYTE SAVES THE DAY - Gav Spence tells us how RID got him back into Transformers. SMALL SOLDIERS - for better or worse the little guys defined several years worth of toys - Philip Ayres talks a bit about them. COMIC CUTS - two pages that could have come from Panini Armada had it not been cancelled. BEE SEEING YOU - the cast of Dreamwave’s Transformers comics in their last hurrah. INFILTRATED - how the IDW comics snared in the somewhat jaded Karl Thurgood into giving the comics another go. TARGET: 1986 - Eugenesis author James Roberts takes a look at how the Decepticons perfected time-travel in this excellent tale.. Illustration by Ed Pirrie. LIVE ACTION MOVIE - Gavin Merrifield looks at the 2007 film. TFA is OK - Gav Spence tells us why we should all learn to love Transformers Animated. CAN YOU SPARE A QUARTER (CENTURY)? - A look back at the year so far and ahead to the next 25 Andy |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2009 17:11:17 GMT
Excellent work there. A good cover usually draws in the buyers.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 4, 2009 17:13:30 GMT
Yay! One of my ideas got used. Hurray.
-Ralph
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Post by Kingoji on Aug 4, 2009 21:46:05 GMT
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 4, 2009 21:57:17 GMT
Cheers!
Quite chuffed with how it came out, plus the fact we have a few less than obvious choices on the cover makes me happy.
Andy
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Post by Kingoji on Aug 4, 2009 22:00:51 GMT
Yeah... I never saw that Galvatron coming!  |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 4, 2009 22:07:25 GMT
Hah!
Andy
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Post by grahamthomson on Aug 5, 2009 6:52:53 GMT
That. Cover. Looks. Awesome.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 5, 2009 8:17:30 GMT
Thanks very much G.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 6, 2009 9:53:06 GMT
The magazine files are now in the hands of Royal Mail and on their way to the printers as we speak!
I feel like I can relax a little!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 6, 2009 11:41:46 GMT
Ah. Royal Mail.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Aug 6, 2009 11:44:04 GMT
T'is a very nice looking cover there.
Karl
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Post by grahamthomson on Aug 6, 2009 12:29:15 GMT
The magazine files are now in the hands of Royal Mail and on their way to the printers as we speak! I feel like I can relax a little! Andy I am now in position to receive from the postman. |
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Post by grahamthomson on Aug 6, 2009 12:30:51 GMT
Hn. I could have phrased that better.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 6, 2009 12:33:38 GMT
Hah!
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 7, 2009 10:03:08 GMT
The disc is at the printers now!!!
Andy
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Post by grahamthomson on Aug 7, 2009 10:51:43 GMT
Ohshit.
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Post by kayevcee on Aug 7, 2009 11:17:31 GMT
Oo-er missus!
I'm picking up Toy-fu's banner from the printers today. My nerves are all a-jangle.
-Nick
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Post by KoshNaranek on Aug 8, 2009 1:30:54 GMT
That's a very nice cover indeed Andy, have some karma!
- Tony
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Post by grahamthomson on Aug 8, 2009 8:40:16 GMT
Printing of T-25 is proceeding a pace, steady as she goes, so far so good.
Stage 1 is 63% done already... that's the easy part; printing the pages.
Next, Stage 2 (funny, that) will be to collate all the sheets in the right order. This is the bit I hate. It requires counting and the risk of paper cuts!
But I am already ahead of myself as the staples have been loaded in the "saddle stitcher". That's my favourite part. Mount the pages over the "saddle", press down on the foot peddle and BLAM!
After that, the most tedious part of the process, Trimming the Creep. Each copy goes under the guillotine to remove the outer edges of the inner-most pages that "creep" out after folding.
Not that anyone asked, but that's the process in a nutshell.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 8, 2009 17:19:52 GMT
Sounds very time-consuming.
It is greatly appreciated though!
Andy
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 9, 2009 6:47:59 GMT
Yes, "trimming the creep" is something that I've never considered before but which I now see is one of those things that contributes (unconsciously) to why your fanzines 'feel' more professional than everyone else's. Hmmm... almost tempted to look back through my archive of Graham Thomson fanzines to see if I can spot when you started doing it... But I won't. Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 9, 2009 9:19:34 GMT
Do it! Do it!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 9, 2009 19:40:33 GMT
The first post is updated with the issue's contents.
Andy
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Post by grahamthomson on Aug 12, 2009 7:07:26 GMT
T-25 is all boxed up, labeled and ready for the courier to collect today. NOT Parcelforce, I hasten to add!!!
I've already rung the hotel to arrange for reception to take receipt of the boxes and keep them safe for either Nick or Andy to collect (whoever gets there first).
It's in the hands of the mighty DHL gods now.
*KRAKA-DOOM!!!!!!*
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 12, 2009 7:26:44 GMT
CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
-Ralph
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Post by grahamthomson on Aug 12, 2009 8:55:14 GMT
Erk! I hope DHL don't use Mass Displacement. A couple of bellhops may disappear inexplicably prior to the magazines arriving.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 12, 2009 8:56:58 GMT
But what happens to them when the magazines are sold, their mass scattered throughout the country? They'll be trapped in Limbo FOREVER!!!
Andy
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Post by Gav on Aug 12, 2009 9:44:22 GMT
I am now rather frightened that the Transformer fandom will see me for the hack that I am.
I mean, I don't mind you guys knowing that - but...
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 12, 2009 10:11:05 GMT
Well I've been pimping this on a few other boards and the reaction has been quite good, and people have been pleasantly surprised by the choice of Megatron's they got on the front cover.
Andy
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