Not so exciting news:
Firstly, that jackass Commander Shockwav finally asked a decent question. Secondly, you have two writers writing for the same continuity....and they don't communicate. At least not directly.7. Simon, quite a few people (Brett_bass, Commander Shockwav amongst others) have asked if there has been any collaboration or communication between yourself and Shane McCarthy, regarding All Hail Megatron and December’s “Maximum Dinobot’s” – so, I guess one of the big questions is – has there?
SF) The short answer is “no.” Shane’s taken his leap forward and pretty much rolled from there. My job has mostly been to tie up my own storylines, though I will be leaping back into the fray for another more ongoing Spotlight soon. In the end, apart from tying things up in Maximum Dinobots, Revelation and maybe another arc, it’s down to IDW editorial (that’s you, Denton!) to make sure the two bits stick together with minimum join showing, and Denton does seem to be keeping a careful eye on things.
I mean, okay, Denton's the middle man, but can one guy get them on the same page and coordinate effectively? That's an almost impossible task.
Then again, I guess Joe Q does it. It's really up to Denton now to keep Shane and Simon on the same page, and not incur the wrath of the fandom.
Not too keen on seeing the Quints myself. Was hoping we could have avoided that. But I guess if the Matrix is in play, so too has to be the Quints. And the Junkions, etc. etc. etc.The Quintessons do have a big role to play,
The exciting news, IMO:
After Max Dino's, we have another story from Simon spinning off from that as well as some potential spotlights.After I wrap Maximum Dinobots, the next thing, Transformers-wise, is a series I pitched to Denton that is suitably epic and sweeping but doesn’t clash with what Shane is doing over on All Hail Megatron at all. It’s still core continuity, spinning out of characters and situations in my ‘ongoing’ run, but kind of has its own distinct framework. It also promises to introduce a character in the IDW/TF-verse I honestly didn’t think we’d get to, but fits here. Oh, and I have a new Spotlight tentatively scheduled as well,
Other things. The Thirteen, also written by Simon, will like have the Liege Maximo, Vector Prime, and Alpha Trion.
Simon will be writing the movie adaption for Revenge of the Fallen.
