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| Denyer wrote: | | "Will the previously established Earth plot threads of facsimiles, seeded Energon and Shockwave being trapped come up during the twelve issues [and if not, and someone's prepared to say, where and when will they be picked up on]?" |
I won't be touching on those three plot threads in AHM no. |
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| DanielW wrote: | | Okay - Will we see more Headmaster-y action (maybe as Earth's desperate attempt to fight the Decepticons...)? |
Oh, Daniel, you should know by now that I never answer questions about the storyline itself.
But no.
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| polystyleneman wrote: | I guess my question is, should we be afraid that the promised new character will function as a deus ex machina that saves the earth from the decepticons?
Is there a story reason for why some characters have been redesigned? Aside from the whole F-22 and F-15 controversy. |
1. No, you have no need to worry about that.
2. As far as I'm concerned (and it will find its way into the story) the Cybertronians are able to alter their forms when they see fit. They're all about change and transformation, to do otherwise would seem against their nature. |
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| Moth_Ball wrote: | | Just a clarification of why the decision was taken into making AHM part of the main the continuity, rather than say having two sister primary continuities running? |
A third (or fourth? Fifth?) continuity would have been nothing but confusing. The point of this was to tell a huge, game-changing story in the main continuity.
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| GeO wrote: | Haven't picked it up yet, but I do have a question for Shane or whomever that has been on my mind for some time now.
Did you get the title 'All Hail Megatron' from the live action movie, more specifically the Decepticon roll call scene which ends with the infamous shot of Blackout flying off saying "All Hail Megatron"? Did that inspire you or was it just coincidence? |
Trust me when i say that absolutely nothing in that film inspired me. The "All Hail" line came from "All Hail Caesar". |
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| Denyer wrote: | | "Does IDW consider Focus On Decepticons to have succeeded in its aims? Did reception here and elsewhere surprise at all?" |
The reception doesn't surprise me. In fact, Shane and I predicted almost exactly the reaction we've gotten months ago. The only part that's dismaying for me is that some people seem so resistant to any change at all that they almost disliked this sight unseen. And that people want so many answers spelled out right at the start.
The Focus On thing does seem to have evoked an oddly negative reaction that I don't get.
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| AutobotWarrior wrote: | | First off let me say that so far I enjoy McCarthy's stuff. I had jumped ship along time ago (not a fan of Furman's writing) but after picking this issue up today I'm back on board. |
Welcome back and thank you.
| AutobotWarrior wrote: | | 1. Will we see an IDW version of Spike? |
Hmmm
| AutobotWarrior wrote: | | obotWarrior"]2. Where is Hot Rod? |
You'll see.
| AutobotWarrior wrote: | | 3. Will it be explained why Sunstreaker is shown with the other Autobots? |
Yes.
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| Cattleprod wrote: | Hmm, this is kind of about AHM... will the rumored 3 issues by Simon Furman to be set after Maximum Dinobots function sort of like DC's 52, to help fill in the gaps before the 'one year later' jump at the start of AHM? That is, answering any lingering questions?
Edit: Specifically to smooth out the shift from what came before into AHM, to help clarify the relation to the series being discussed in this thread. |
I don't really see the point any longer in doing stories right up to the start of AHM, since AHM isn't even fully the start of the story. So Dinobots will likely be the final point of Simon's current story.
For clarification, yes, we'll still be working with Simon on numerous things. I love the guy, am not at all unhappy with him or his work, and have many plans to continue working with him on some great projects. I'd like to put a quick stop to the scuttlebutt that there's been any sort of falling-out.
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| Predacons wrote: | I've noticed that sub-numbers have been missing off of the recent Revelation Spotlights and AHM. Does that mean the sub-numbering has been dropped leaving more freedom to place as many issues as needed to fill in the gaps between Devastation and AHM as opposed to 'painting yourself in a corner' with 12 issues?
Enjoyed the first ish of AHM. Would have liked a little more prose but overall I'm excited for the rest of this series.
Thanks Mr. Ryall!!
-RK |
The sub-numbering was just getting too confusing, so we decided it best to stop that before everyone's heads exploded trying to keep track. Overlapping storylines set at different points in the continuity seemed confusing enough.
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| Oracle1984 wrote: | | Given Furman's mosaic is supposed to be in-continuity, this shouldn't be a spoiler, but is Sunstreaker still a headmaster? (When does the "Hail and Farewell" mosaic occur in relation to the beginning of AHM?) |
I think it should be pointed out that, no, "Hail and Farewell" is not in-continuity. I know it had been announced as such but that announcement didn't come from Chris, Denton or myself. I mean no disrespect to those involved in that particular story but we need to be clear about this due to how it will impact events in AHM.
That being said, I'm not ignoring what has gone before or the Headmaster storyline involving Sunstreaker. The direction I'm steering the continuity in is one that follows on from the main IDW books.
| Oracle1984 wrote: | | Will there be an in-story explanation for the change in 'bot designs (as its been suggested there will be for the F-22 to F-15 change)? Or is this just a change based on taste (or Hasbro's urging) that we're to notice but not think anything of? |
Something will be mentioned but you're not going to have every single thing explained in absolute detail.
| Oracle1984 wrote: | | Is Cybertron in the condition we saw it last (during the -ation arc) or has something happened to change planetary conditions? |
Cybertron is still uninhabitable. |
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| Bubbalou21 wrote: | ok. initial irritation aside. I'll attempt a level of professionalism.
obviously, if this is to be a part of your cannon, you'll have to do flashbacks to tie things back in.
here's what I'm wondering, though.
1. Why the sudden change in designs? I was VERY content with the ones you had.
2. Are you folks done with furman or will he still be doing work on all of this? So far (that I can tell) it's been his vision and I think it would be very questionable to suddenly turn the reigns over to another writing person/team. I was very happy with the direction all this was going before revelations started (which seems great so far) and hope to see more of the way his mind has put their universe together.
Thanks for you time! |
Again, as far as us explaining things, it was issue 1. Does everyone really want everything explained right away? What happened to good, involved mysteries?
1. Not only are there story reasons (the 'bots are Transformers, they can take any forms they want, as evidenced most recently in the movie) but I also remain firmly in favor of letting artists have the freedom to make tweaks as they see fit.
2. As reiterated above and as many times as I can say it, we're absolutely not done, or unhappy at all, with Simon. I can't say this loudly enough.
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| Duo Maxwell wrote: | 1 - With the sub-numbering's spark having gone offline, is there any chance that a rudimentary timeline will be included in future issues?
2 - Will the volume numbers for the trades continue as they have been, and when All Hail Megatron is collected in trade format (whether it be one massive omnibus or separated into smaller portions) will it be released after a Maximum Dinobots trade to ensure the volume number matches the chronological order? (or will the volume number match the chronological order regardless of whether it is released before or after Maximum Dinobots?)
I think one of the biggest complaints I have seen in regards to the Transformers series is with so many minis with their own title, people could have difficulty knowing what the best order to read them is, particularly with the Revelation/Maximum Dinobots and All Hail Megatron stories being published concurrently. |
1. Nothing rudimentary about this timeline, actually. That would be a bit of a task at this point.
2. AHM trade numbering will be ALL HAIL MEGATRON, VOL. 1 and so on.
And the difficulty you mention at the end of your question is another reason why we needed a back-to-basics approach.
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| pipes wrote: |
1. How do you see AHM being used? As a jumping on point for new readers? A chance to bring some new TFs (or ones we haven't seen yet) into the fold? Or something else? |
All of them.
| pipes wrote: | | 2. How much did the story play into the artist you chose? Did you think, "Hmmmm... Guido would be great because _______fill in the blank_______." |
All I know is there was a particular look I was going for and Chris and I were discussing who would best fill those shoes. Chris was the one that suggested Guido and he was absolutely right; Guido's the man.
| pipes wrote: | 3. No blood on shoes: Whose call was it to remove? Did the original script call for it?
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No this is Hasbro. Hasbro is very cautious about showing blood or vioence. We wanted to make this as hard as possible but Hasbro wants that side of things toned down. |
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| Predacons wrote: | | That's great news. One question on that. I've really been wanting to hear the words (or read them) "...issue sold out, 2nd print coming" for a TF title. Is it doing well enough to earn that? |
Not yet but we're keeping a good eye on things. We did overprint this one pretty significantly to make sure there were copies for everyone.
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| Richter wrote: | | I asked this question over in the thread about Casey Coller, but I'll try here. With AHM being aimed at new readers, do you think it may be risky having a spotlight issue tie into the main story? New readers to IDW may not understand the concept of the spotlights? Or will you be advertising it in a way so that new peeps know it's important. |
The Spotlight will stand alone, actually. If it has echoes that later come to play in AHM, that'll just be a bonus.
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