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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 21, 2016 21:24:13 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 28, 2017 9:06:57 GMT
The annual is now out.
It's a whirlwind of a comic, no stop for rest as he condenses the series into a 20 page story.
Gorgeous looking book as it always has been.
Hardcover is on the horizon as well...
Andy
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 28, 2017 18:44:16 GMT
My copy is in the post now. Can't decide whether to continue buying all the cover variants as there's a couple of limited ones for this one which will cost a load.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 29, 2017 21:22:20 GMT
I've ordered two of the covers. Tom's and the sub variant.
That will do me.
Andy
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 29, 2017 21:24:36 GMT
Sub variant come today, although I was peeved to note it had been dropped after being bagged and boarded as the corner of the board and the comic are dented. I think I need the regular cover too.
Bit of a swizz this one, when they said 48 pages I was excited - but half of it is just the first layouts. The actual comic stops half way through!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 29, 2017 21:27:39 GMT
Yeah, I was a bit annoyed at that as well, but it was new Scioli goodness so the anger dissipated.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 30, 2017 8:40:55 GMT
Only 20 pages of story in a 48-page publication? I shall pass.
-Ralph
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Post by primenova on Mar 30, 2017 19:22:38 GMT
I could have got #13 for £1 from Leeds to day but I've already got it. (they also had Revo stuff at 50 p each but they didn't have the whole tpb set so didn't get any, Also Optimus Prime #1,2 £1 each)
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Post by KnightBeat on Apr 2, 2017 22:09:26 GMT
I bought a bag of 4 random comics for £1 in Forbidden Planet earlier and have just discovered that I now own a copy of the TF Vs. GI Joe Annual. Yes, the one that was released last week!
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 2, 2017 22:18:46 GMT
I read it this afternoon. I get what it is, but I'm not sure why it exists. I loved the original run, but why did we need a twenty page synopsis of it? Seems a lot of effort to draw a whole comic for the one gag. Still, as ever, the art is great.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 3, 2017 7:16:51 GMT
It's just a synopsis? Glad I skipped it then.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 3, 2017 7:32:28 GMT
It's imagining that the original 13 issue run was turned into a film, and then this comic is the 'comic book adaptation of the film' - so in effect it's a new 20 page version of what took 13 issues to tell previously.
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Post by Benn on Apr 3, 2017 10:08:46 GMT
That sounds ridiculously meta.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 3, 2017 12:55:56 GMT
It's imagining that the original 13 issue run was turned into a film, and then this comic is the 'comic book adaptation of the film' - so in effect it's a new 20 page version of what took 13 issues to tell previously. Oh, when you put it like that it sounds interesting. -Ralph |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 4, 2017 21:45:03 GMT
Oh it is.
I may have a spare copy...
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Post by KnightBeat on Apr 4, 2017 21:52:16 GMT
Don't listen to his trickster words. It may be only 20 pages, but it feels like 200.
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 3, 2017 22:47:29 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 3, 2017 22:53:38 GMT
Unexpected!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 3, 2017 23:02:55 GMT
Totally. But I must have these. From whence can I obtain a box?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 3, 2017 23:10:11 GMT
Totally. But I must have these. From whence can I obtain a box? I imagine BBTS or Entertainment Earth will have them before long. Andy |
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 3, 2017 23:13:51 GMT
A case for the next Hub meet may be required...
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 4, 2017 19:16:25 GMT
Good idea...
Andy
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Post by legios on Dec 11, 2017 20:22:30 GMT
I have finally had the opportunity to read the last three issues of this series. I had to stop picking it up due to financial constraints, and I've only just begun to get back on an even keel - fortunately Comixology threw a sale our way so I grabbed the digital trade so as to break my enforced fast.
Oh, that was worth the wait. I don't think I have enjoyed a Transformers comic that much in quite a while.
If I thought it had been breakneck beforehand, the last few issues simply stomp the pedal through the floor and hurtle along. So much glorious madness as the scope and scale of things expands. It has that sense of grandeur and cosmic scale that makes you expect to see Kirby's New Gods or the Celestials dropping by at any moment. So many mad surprises as well - the sibling of Primus, the secret of General Hawk's tomahawk.The new Cobra Commander and his plans.... So much... head...exploding...
And the art mirrors that demented energy as well - feeling at times like the whole story is tumbling out in a single, breathless sentence, and that the creative team are trying to squash the lid down on a comic that everything won't quite fit into.
All that and a better version of Cybertron versus Earth than the most recent live-action film managed.
I loved it. Pure escapism and full-octane tosh.
I think that in due time I am going to need to get a print collection of this - it is the sort of thing that can sit proudly on my shelves alongside Simonson's Thor.
Karl
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 24, 2017 20:06:57 GMT
I have the Quintessetial HC on order.
A tale of this majesty deserves the best treatment. For fans of Scioli he did a Super Powers back up strip in Cave Carson has a Cybernetic Eye. Trade is out now and I recommend it. Sadly curtailed before it could really build up a head of steam but worth a read.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 16, 2022 15:15:16 GMT
Tom Scioli doing a walkthrough of the series.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 20, 2022 18:03:21 GMT
Tom's rough behind the scenes version of the comic.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 21, 2022 17:38:22 GMT
Issue 1 with Tom Scioli
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 14, 2023 20:13:29 GMT
Tom Scioli on Issue 2.
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