UK getting a second TF Comic focusing on Animated!

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  1. Trek, Jun 16, 2008
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    My copy of the UK Transformers magazine arrived this morning and the big news is:

    The UK is getting a Transformers Animated Comic!

    *EDIT*

    They've also requested people to send letters in and the email address is GRIMGRAMS@titanemail.com!
     
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  2. Draven, Jun 16, 2008
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    Sweet! The return of Grim-Grams!
     
  3. Fit For natalie, Jun 16, 2008
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    Awesome!
     
  4. Big Bot, Jun 16, 2008
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    Good to see some confirmation. This was hinted at in Hasbro's latest press release. Seems France may be getting something as well:

    Rounding out the TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED adventure is a just-released series of four titles from HarperCollins and pending publishing deals with Titan Publishing Group in the UK and Hemma in France. IDW will also release four digest-sized comic books targeting the younger audience and American Greetings will develop both stickers and greeting cards to ship this fall.

    I wonder how in-continuity Titan's stuff will be.
     
  5. Jedah, Jun 16, 2008
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    Wow thats awesome news! the return of grim grams too :rock 
     
  6. Sledgehammer, Jun 16, 2008
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    Heh, awesomeness on both counts. :thumb 
     
  7. Gingerchris, Jun 16, 2008
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    I might try one to see how it turns out. I'm not a huge fan of the Animated designs, and I imagine the comic will probably be aimed far more kiddy than the show already is.
    I do collect the current UK TF comic, which at least has more variety.
    I guess I'll just suck it and see.
     
  8. Takara_destron, Jun 16, 2008
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    Excellent news!
     
  9. knook, Jun 16, 2008
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    This will be great, I loved what they did with the movie :D 
     
  10. Omnius, Jun 16, 2008
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    Grim-Grams? Nice one! :D  I wonder if he'll be deposed by Soundwave on the letters page at some point...
     
  11. Optimus Sledge, Jun 16, 2008
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    He'd be deposed by Dreadwind. ;) 
     
  12. Omnius, Jun 16, 2008
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    If he was in Animated. ;) 
     
  13. SilverDragon, Jun 16, 2008
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  14. Optimus Sledge, Jun 16, 2008
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    Maybe this is a subtle clue that Dreadwind will show up in Animated, followed by Blaster.:D 
     
  15. Bumblethumper, Jun 16, 2008
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    A second comic? I would think they'd be better off just expanding the regular comic. Anytime I've seen it, it's been fairly sparse on original material, and heavy on fluff. But I'm glad it's out there.

    And it seems they just don't have the budget for polishing the artwork to the level that the IDW team manage. The artists seem competent enough, but the colours are usually hideous/rushed. I'll be interested in seeing how they fair with Animated.
     
  16. Gingerchris, Jun 17, 2008
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    I'm sure they'll fill it out nicely with half a dozen 'how to draw' pages.

    Putting both titles into one would've been a better idea for readers. But I guess two separate comics means more cash for the makers.
     
  17. BB Shockwave, Jun 17, 2008
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    Even better news from Simon Furman's blog...

    This comic is looking more and more promising by the hour... :) 
     
  18. Optimus Sledge, Jun 17, 2008
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    That is not good news.
     
  19. BB Shockwave, Jun 18, 2008
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    Umm... why? From your Dreadwing/Blaster comment it seemed as you are familiar with Marvel UK...
     
  20. Gingerchris, Jun 18, 2008
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    I wonder how Animated would turn out after being Furmanised?
     
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