Comments on: ANIMATED A-GO-GO!

By: Aesir

Aesir — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:19:52 +0000

I liked the new comic, but Afterburn doesn’t seem right to me, plus I’d have thought his alt mode should be a more sporty design or something, like a race car, or even a speedbike of sorts, like Afterburner (G1)
I hope the decepticons get stuff to do soon, and the Starscream clones

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:34:09 +0000

Well i’ll try to keep this constructive, late as it is..I found the comics main story a little sub-par. Dont get me wrong Simon, im a massive fan of all your previous work, the war within being my favourite. (hope im not dredging up any bad memories of dreamwave..) But i did’nt care for this…Afterburn was cliché, and Sari’s reaction to him was utterly out of character. Maybe Animated just is’nt your style? I’ve always thought you did the gritty storylines best with the traditional black humour thats just so perfectly British.

By: Donut Prime

Donut Prime — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:45:36 +0000

Getting Grmlock on the/a Letters Page would be a reference to the old Marvel UK comics. Also, does the name of the US President (Movie comic 15) being THEodore F.ALLEN have anything to do with a Herald of Unicron who is on fire?

By: Sekhmet

Sekhmet — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:49:08 +0000

Disregard the haters, Simon – I found the new comic immensely entertaining, and I’m sure many others do, too. Afterburn and Quake-Maker are interesting new additions to the cast, and I hope to see more of them as the title progresses. Without dropping spoilers, could you tell us if additional new characters (Cybertronians, especially) will be popping up in future strips? Also, can we hope for any collaboration between the UK Animated crew and the US Animated crew? Thanks in advance, and more power!

By: simon furman

simon furman — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:45:07 +0000

I hope they get Grimlock to do the letters too.

My next issue is #4.

And yeah, I’m pretty sure Titan plan to do digest-sized collections of the Animated material (though I imagine it’ll be UK only).

By: simon furman

simon furman — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:43:29 +0000

Hey, just so everyone’s clear, I welcome positive and negative feedback. If I’m doing something people dislike I want to know, but more importantly I want to know why. “It sucks, you suck” is hardly what I’d called constructive criticism. It’s just rude, especially here on what is my virtual doorstep.

By: Aesir

Aesir — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:29:13 +0000

Grimlock would be great, or maybe Soundwave?
I don’t trust Afterburn, but I found the comics enjoyable enough

By: Charles RB

Charles RB — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:28:02 +0000

I second the call for Grimlock doing the letters!

By: Gareth

Gareth — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:47:04 +0000

I also had trouble tracking it down. Fortunately I found a single copy in Borders.

The lead strip is an enjoyable read. Fan reaction to the new character, Afterburn has been a bit negative during the last few weeks. I quite like him, though I wouldn’t be surprised if he turns out to have an agenda of his own. I was also amused by the three panel ‘bits and bobs’ strip (I have a childish sense of humour, I know). It reminds me of the fantastic Robo Capers that appeared in the first 100 or so issues of the Marvel Transformers comic.

Of course, there are complaints. I’m not a great fan of the episode screen captures, even if they are well done. I also found the letters page a bit dull in comparison to Starscream’s sarcastic wit in the Movie comic. The responses didn’t ’sound’ like the characters that they were portraying (if that makes any sense). If given the choice I’d vote for Grimlock (ably assisted by his other dinos) as official letter answerer. Besides being a Furman favourite, he has a distinct personality and an appealing ‘beast’ mode that kids will enjoy.

By: matthessey

matthessey — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:17:36 +0000

Man, took me 2 hours to track this down and I have to say that I quite enjoyed it The strip was quite ‘animatedy’ in its general tone and was a good set up for future stories. Don’t know if u can say, but which is the next issue of Animated to be written by you?