Bring Furman Back with G1 # 81!

DecepticonsRule · Post by **DecepticonsRule** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:47 pm

In a recent Q&A Simon Furman indicated he would be interested in continuing the original Transformers continuity that ended in 1991 with # 80.

6. The GI Joe fans are thrilled that Hama has continued the original ARAH continuity and that has sparked some of us here to ask Andy if the same could be done for TF’s. Have you given any thought to continuing the original TF continuity from the Marvel run? And an even better question is, are you even interested in going down that road?

SF) I actually would like to pick up the baton from Marvel issue #80 and run with it again. There was a lot we never got to do, that I’d like to revisit or just to take the next big steps with all that we’d set up in the previous 20 or so issues. I’d certainly rather do G1 #81 than G2 #13, as, strangely, and for no good reason I can formulate into words, I think the time has passed for G2. It was very, well… 90s.

A couple of members at the IDW forums are trying to mobilize fans to show support for this title so that IDW hears we want this!

For more information and to show support please visity:

http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopi ... sc&start=0

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:27 pm

That's fascinating, though dropping G2 entirely won't be to everyone's taste.

Hot Shot · Post by **Hot Shot** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:24 pm

Dear IDW:

PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE!!

Love,
Hot Shot

Post by **Kaylee** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:25 pm

Ooh I like the prospect of more things being rent asunder and becoming god like

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:58 pm

I reckon Furman'll have Bludgeon rebuild his Decepticon army, have a massive mobile battle station ('War World' sounds good, don'tcha think?), and maybe bring back Megatron along with a new faction of Transformers who could be a threat to both the existing factions.

Yeah, that sounds sweet.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:43 pm

Saying G2 was too 90s is like saying G1 was too 80s.

C'mon Simon. G3 #1... you know it makes sense.

inflatable dalek · Post by **inflatable dalek** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:09 am

Wouldn't there be some conflict there with the fan club comic thing that continues from 80 but ignore G2 and the UK stuff? Even with a much smaller audience I'm not sure Hasbro would want something to encroach on one of the unique selling points of their attempts to get fans to send them money for a crappy magazine and eye wattering exclusives.

Plus, it's worth having a read of Furman's sign off on the letters page to 80. It basically reads "Hey I'm awesome! And writing Robocop! Sure, that Benny Bladerinsky guy wrote a lot of issues but if you count the UK stuff I'm the best! Buy Robocop! I brought all the UK artists with me, that was my idea that was, not just a case of them not being able to find any Americans who wanted to drawn the book. ROBOCOP. look out for the Neo Knights comic! IT NEVER ENDS ROBOCOP!!!!!".

It could not be more blanent that despite some crocodile tears he's pretty much glad it's over as he's going on to newer and better things (we all loved the Neo Knights right?), and I really doubt he'd have stuck with it much longer if the comic had continued, it was only supposed to be his foot in the door at Marvel US, not his lifetimes work.

DecepticonsRule · Post by **DecepticonsRule** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:55 pm

Hi All,

Thanks to everyone who responded in support. We're trying to take this to next level.

Bassbot of the IDW forums has developed an online petition. The purpose is to collect all signatures of support in one central location. If you posted in support of this title, go to the following site, read the petition and sign!

http://www.petitiononline.com/tf81idw/petition.html

Thanks Again!

Hot Shot · Post by **Hot Shot** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:38 pm

Signed.

Post by **Kaylee** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 8:13 am

Signaturised.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:46 am

Post by **Best First** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:37 am

not keen on the sacking off of g2.

And if you want people to forget about it - don't resurrect Jhiaxus in your IDW continuity Mr F!

still, signed anyway

edit - i'm in the 70's - this has a long way to go if IDW are gonna pay any attention...

DecepticonsRule · Post by **DecepticonsRule** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:36 pm

From: http://wildwords.wordpress.com/2011/04/ ... ormers-81/

Will there be a Transformers #81
April 4, 2011
by wildman
.There is a bit of a buzz at the moment on the interenet about there being a Transformers #81. Thought I would add my perspective on this.

A while ago myself and Simon Furman considered the idea of picking up where we left off with the old Marvel Comics run of Transformers. For me it came about because after doing a series of six covers IDW asked me to do some interior art for their Transformers book. I wasn’t particularly interested in doing any so they asked me what it would take to do some. Well the obvious amswer would be copious amounts of dallar but to be honest it wasn’t about that. It was more to do with the fact that I was happy to just do cover art for Transformers and that I am busy doing other stuff these days. I gave it some thought though and put to them that it would be possible under a couple of conditions. First was that I would want to work with Simon Furman. Second was that we would want to do something that had a point. Something that felt like it was really saying something. I came up with the gist of an idea and put it to Simon. He ran with it and things began to take shape. What was clear was that it fitted well into the continuity of our old Marvel run. IDW agreed that there is precedent for this with the fact that GI Joe recently picked up on Larry Hama‘s old Marvel story threads. So. An idea took shape and we almost had it until the current economic siutation put the breaks on it.

So where are we now? Well it is clear that IDW are not resistant to the idea but in these current times of relatively low comics sales they would need to feel confident that it would sell.
So what can be done about it? If you are interested, sign the petition that is going about. Get enough names on that and it would clearly be a viable project. Of course it remains to be seen who would draw it as there are other interested parties but I think it is safe to say that Simon would love to get his teeth into it.

Roll Out!

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:46 pm

So IDW can make the decision to release less popular licensed comics but can't take a chance with the continuation of Furman's Marvel run, despite the fact that Hama's continuation of the Marvel run of G.I.Joe has outsold or sold as well as the current IDW G.I. Joe stuff?

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:10 pm

Signed even though I would rather see G2 continued.

Someone needs to recruit Geoff Senior for this as well. For when Andy gets tired.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:17 pm

signed.

never gonna happen though, sadly...

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:21 pm

269 and counting...

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:21 pm

Signed... Besides, Galvy needs to fight Magnus!

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:03 am

650....

(is this helping?)

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 5:29 am

In case you didn't see it yet, Bleeding Cool has picked up the story:

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/04/08/ ... ontinuity/

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:28 pm

Newsarama as well. I'm signature #1642!

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:39 pm

Done!

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:40 pm

Link here: http://www.newsarama.com/comics/transfo ... 10425.html

Chris Ryall wants 10,000 signatures...

This would get me collecting TF comics again.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Tue May 10, 2011 2:19 pm

Is there a deadline to this?

inflatable dalek · Post by **inflatable dalek** » Tue May 10, 2011 2:26 pm

spiderfrommars wrote: Chris Ryall wants a damn good bitch slap.

Fixed that.

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:05 pm

Ah, if only petition signing was as effective against world poverty and global warming as it is against comic book publishing companies.

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