It’s a double review this week as we check in with two of IDW’s newest Transformers books: see below for a review of Lost Light #3 and Optimus Prime #4!
“The planet reeks of concession. It’s time to wipe the slate clean. Tear down, so that we might rebuild.“ Hot off the presses, it’s the latest IDW graphic novel, Transformers: Titans Return. A tyrannical leader from Cybertron’s past has returned from the dead, and he’s looking to make a few changes to the home world of
All Hail Optimus part 3! Optimus Prime has declared the Earth to be his territory… but even he can’t go it alone. Now he reaches out across the galaxy to form a coalition — of old friends and older enemies. Click the jump for preview pages and a review of Transformers #52!
If you’re looking for one of those sappy, cheesy, awkward holiday specials, this is not that book. If you’re looking for serious, gut-wrenching, intense drama…this is also not that book. The Transformers Holiday Special is ridiculously fun. It pokes fun at itself and any other holiday trope it can reach, but the writing and artwork
INTO THE WILD! The Dinobots engaged in some of the most brutal missions of the war—which made them damaged goods in the peace. Now, a mission to change the face of Cybertron offers a chance for something they never imagined… redemption. The Dinobots, Slug especially, have been walking around with chips on their shoulders for
CONQUERORS part 1! Optimus Prime struggles to find his place on Cybertron where half the population hates him and the other half worships him. Meanwhile, on Earth, Galvatron doesn’t care what anybody thinks. No matter where you are (Cybertron, Caminus, Earth, a disintegrating Ark) tensions are high and getting worse. Click the jump for a review
With only two more issues left of IDW’s Transformers: Combiner Wars, Pixelated Geek was lucky enough to sit down with writer and editor John Barber at a signing on Free Comic Book Day at the Villainous Lair, and talk about writing for Transformers, what we can expect to see in the final chapters of Combiner