Comments on: SCRIPT (W)RAP

By: Brett

Brett — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:21:11 +0000

Thanks, SImon. I’m extremely glad to hear that we’ve got more of your work coming. For what it’s worth, I’m eagerly awaiting Spotlight: Grimlock. The 23rd cna’t get here soon enough!

S/F
~Brett L. bass

By: Hasief

Hasief — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:27:55 +0000

Well, that’s a relief. While new blood on TF is always welcome, it just wouldn’t be the same without you aboard. Thanks for the clarification, Simon, and keep up the good work. Can’t wait to see what Maximum Whatever-It-Is is all about!

By: Dawfydd

Dawfydd — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:56:32 +0000

My read was that Shane and the rest of the IDW crew were giving you a well deserved respite from giant stompy robots Simon.
Good to hear you still have projects further down the line though

By: simon furman

simon furman — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:31:10 +0000

Hey. just a quick one to reassure everyone that I ain’t going nowhere in terms of IDW’s Transformers comics. I’m busier than ever, knitting together the four Revelation Spotlights, prepping Maximum— oh, hang on, not supposed to mention that yet, and anticipating two further series. Thank goodness Shane’s doing all the legwork on All Hail Megatron, which only going to open up more possibilities down the line.

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:53:19 +0000

Hello,
I’m a new poster here, and I just wanted to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed your work. I’m looking forward to Revelation (even if it got trimmed to four issues instead of six) quite a lot. With that said, I find myself needing to echo some of the concerns voiced above: Given the preview material for All Hail Megatron, some interviews, the original comic solicit, and the commentary of some of its creators, I really come away with the feeling that it doesn’t mesh with the IDW-verse as has been established in your books.

Coupled with the downsizing of Revelation and announcement that Mr. McCarthy would be getting a full twelve issues, this is somewhat troubling. Moreso considering all of the talk of “taking the [Transformers] license in a new direction”. It really sounds as though this plot is breaking ranks with the established continuity that you and others have done a wonderful job of establishing.

Any input on your part would be greatly appreciated, though I realize and respect that there may be things like nondisclosure agreements and the like that serve to limit your ability to respond freely. Just some sort of reassuring word would be really nice at this juncture.

Thank you for all of your superb work, and thanks for your time spent reading my little blurb.

S/F
~Brett L. Bass

By: partholon

partholon — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:51:00 +0000

i dont think theres any need to be so worried. simons done some of his best stuff messing around with concepts other people have brought to the table. thats why i loved his “what if” and alpha flight stuff. he actually made sense of wild child there. what im dying to see is what parts simons going to nick for himself and evolve. should be fun (still no sign of the preview here though )

By: Danforth

Danforth — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:06:10 +0000

Simon has said previously on this blog that he’s got more “ongoing” TF comics coming up so he’s certainly still writing for the franchise. It seems to me that with the Autobots off planet and the Decepticons sticking around for reasons of their own, we’ll end up with two monthly comics for a while, one by Shane and one by Simon. And yeah, I’d love to see the storylines explosively collide once it’s dramatically appropriate.

By: azurek

azurek — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:00:10 +0000

i hope that simon and shane discussed the overall story ‘all hail’ has a green light from simon. although it would be good to hear an official statement from him

By: azurek

azurek — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:04:29 +0000

i hop that simon and shane discussed the overall story ‘all hail’ has a green light from simon. although it would be good to hear an official statement from him

By: Jon S

Jon S — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:29:51 +0000

It does appear that with Revelation being downsized to 4 issues and branded as character spotlights and Shane McCarthy on ‘All Hail Megatron’ that Simon’s IDW Transformer stories might be put on the backburner, but hopefully there is a reason for all this. Maybe Simon is going to be doing a series with the Autobots that have left Earth and then the two series can meet at the end with a showdown between the Earth-conquering Decepticons and the returning Autobots?