TO THE DEATH – EPISODE 16

The end is nigh, as To The Death Episode 16, “The End of the World As We Know It”, goes LIVE and available to download/view WORLDWIDE. What can we say, except OMG. Bloody and downright vicious doesn’t quite cover it. Dryagin and White Noise vs The Dolmen, Scourge Unit vs Killatoa. The bodies… start to pile up. Inevitably, Simon Furman and Geoff Senior did all the dirty work. http://to-the-death.com/episodes/

BANBURY COMIC CON – JAN 28TH!

The TO THE DEATH roadshow hits the road for the first time in 2017, with both myself and Geoff Senior guests at the Banbury Comic, Film and TV Convention on Saturday January 28th. We’ll be handing out FREE signed To The Death stuff, as well as a shed-load of other goodies (such as Transformers/Death’s Head posters, script/comic packs, comics, prints and more) for sale at the event. You might even get Geoff to do a one-off sketch of your favourite character just for you! Come along and meet the co-creators of Death’s Head, Dragons Claws and of course To The Death. https://www.facebook.com/events/865532770249327/

TO THE DEATH EPISODE 15 – LIVE

To The Death Episode 15, “Assault on a Cloudscraper” (from Simon Furman and Geoff Senior) is now LIVE and ready to download/view – AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE. The two-pronged do or die (most likely the latter) assault on the Triumvirate’s Hub Cloudscraper begins, but the heads of Arms, Entertainment and Energy didn’t get where they are today without laying in a contingency plan or two. Meanwhile, Diamond Bill goes ballistic in an attempt to liberate Dryagin’s wife and son, and all manner of other stuff kicks off big-time. If you think it’s been visceral and violent so far… you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. ALL EPISODES are still available to view/download, so it’s not too late to catch up on the hottest sci-fi saga since Fahrenheit 451. And Episode 1 is FREE-TO-VIEW. http://to-the-death.com/episodes/

WE CAME WE SAW WE SIGNED

Thanks to everyone who made it down for yesterday’s Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection signing in London, and special thanks to Steve White& Elise Windmill (both Hachetters) for organising it and Orbital Comics (and James Wilson in particular) for hosting the event. Great to see so many people turn out to get their copies of Target: 2006, Stormbringer and The Primal Scream signed. Left to right below: Jeff Anderson, Geoff Senior, Simon Furman, Lee Sullivan, Stephen Baskerville and John-Paul Bove – stalwart signers all. http://www.transformerscollection.com

TODAY!

TO THE DEATH 14 – IS NOW LIVE!

To The Death Episode 14: “… Plan for the Worst.” is now LIVE and available to view/download – wherever you are in the world. As Simon Furman and Geoff Senior‘s future shocker enters its final phase, Dryagin tries to take back the initiative, sending Diamond Bill on a desperate solo mission. Meanwhile, Dryagin himself sticks his head fully into the lion’s den – the very beating heart of the Triumvirate – knowing full well it’s a one way trip, and the members of Scourge unit prepare for a daredevil assault. The breathless action will leave you panting for more, and that’s an iron-clad, metal-jacketed guarantee! And remember, Episodes 1-13 are still available to view/download either by subscription or individually, with Episode 1 FREE-TO-VIEW. http://to-the-death.com/episodes/

TRANSFORMERS: THE DEFINITIVE G1 COLLECTION REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL PART 4

Bonus materials! Yes – each volume comes with all-new background material created especially for the Definitive Collection. Plenty of behind-the-scenes action with the likes of ‘Meanwhile, in the Offices of Marvel UK’ and ‘Creating The IDW-Verse’, plus Sketchbooks, Cover Galleries, Commentaries, Character Profiles, Story So Fars and more. With new input from the likes of me, Chris Ryall, Andrew Wildman, E.j. Su, James Roberts and many others, and in-depth creator profiles, each collection (as well as being part of the whole) is very much its own self-contained entity (with a contextual introduction). Where possible, we’re sourcing visual materials to go along with these features that are exclusive to the DefG1 collection – like Ted McKeever’s art for an early iteration of Hearts of Steel, part of my original pitch for RG1, or unseen Andrew Wildman cover sketch variants. We’re layering on the extra value with a trowel!

TRANSFORMERS: THE DEFINITIVE G1 COLLECTION REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL PART 3

My personal favourite ‘reason to be cheerful/excited/subscribe immediately. For the first time, all the UK black & white strips – published in Transformers UK #214-289, will be reprinted/collected in glorious full colour. Can’t tell you how long I’ve been pushing and hoping for a publisher to come in and get this material colourised. And thanks to Hachette this is finally happening. John-Paul Bove, he of Regeneration One and many other IDW/Transformers colouring gigs, is bringing his unique (chameleon-like) colouring skills to bear on classic strips like Aspects of Evil, Perchance to Dream, Out To Lunch and many more. And what’s more he’ll be colouring them as if we were back in the late 80s, in the style of the time (albeit fully digitally). Anyone who saw JP’s amazing colour work on Transformers: Regeneration One #0 (a multi-artist/story issue reflecting different eras and iterations of G1) will know how he goes the extra half-mile (and then some) to meld modern colouring techniques with the look and feel of the time. The third release, ‘The Primal Scream’ in the DefG1 series, features the first of this newly colourised material – but there’s more (much more) to come. This is a true exclusive/first for Transformers: The Definitive Collection – so for the whole G1 story, subscribe now! https://www.hachettepartworks.com/transformers-the-definiti…

TRANSFORMERS: THE DEFINITIVE G1 COLLECTION REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL PART 2

Continuing my discourse on what makes Hachette’s Transformers G1 collection so worth having, here’s your next Reason to be Cheerful: all the Dreamwave G1 material that saw print in single-issue form will be collected, including the rare Summer Special story, Welcome to the Jungle, and their ongoing G1 series. These stories have never before been collected. When we say ‘definitive’, we mean it.

To The Death Episode 13 – LIVE

To The Death Episode 13: “Hope For The Best…” is now LIVE and available to download/view. As Dryagin embarks on a fight he knows he can’t win, so he begins to pick at the story spun by the seemingly beneficent Deacon Snow. Trust no one, believe nothing, it’s a credo Dryagin’s lived by. Hope for the Best, plan for the worst. And that’s all she wrote. From Simon Furman and Geoff Senior. All episodes (so far) are available to view, worldwide, here: http://to-the-death.com/episodes/