Ricky Church reviews Optimus Prime #19… Optimus Prime continues to fire on all cylinders as Shockwave continues to make his big move that’s been millions of years in the making. Optimus Prime #19 makes great use of Shockwave’s return and emphasizes Starscream’s role in whatever the former Decepticon is planning, showing how much of a tool he […]
Comic Book Review – Optimus Prime #18
Ricky Church reviews Optimus Prime #18… After the shocking revelation at the end of Optimus Prime #17, the latest issue wastes little time exploring the ramifications of Shockwave’s return and what it means to the whole history of Cybertron. Optimus Prime #18 is a densely packed issue as John Barber uses this interlude to explain how Shockwave has […]
Comic Book Review – Optimus Prime #17
Ricky Church reviews Optimus Prime #17… Its safe to say not only did Optimus Prime #17 raise the stake’s of Cybertron’s survival, but delivered one of the most shocking twists in Transformers history. John Barber crafts an intriguing tale that places readers in the place of the characters as things go from bad to worse in a chaotic manner […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 7
Ricky Church reviews Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Volume 7… Throughout the history of Transformers, there are several tropes which are often repeated no matter the interpretation of the franchise: Optimus Prime dies and returns at least once, Unicron plays a role of some kind and the Decepticons, in almost every case, start the […]
Comic Book Review – Optimus Prime #16
Ricky Church reviews Optimus Prime #16… Even though Optimus Prime #16 is a relatively quiet issue, things are never quite dull on Cybertron. The feared and mythical Onyx Prime has returned to the planet in ‘The Falling Part 2’, but rather than outright attacking it the majority of the issue features a parlay between him, Optimus, Windblade […]
Comic Book Review – Optimus Prime Annual 2018
Ricky Church reviews Optimus Prime Annual 2018… Its funny that considering this issue is the special annual for IDW’s Optimus Prime series, the title hero is only featured in one or two quick panels at the very beginning. The rest of the issue is devoted to Starscream and Thundercracker, taking place in between the final issues of Tranformers: […]
Comic Book Review – Optimus Prime #15
Ricky Church reviews Optimus Prime #15… The big threat IDW has been building up in Optimus Prime and Transformers: Till All Are One has arrived as Onyx Prime comes to Cybertron with an apparently captured Liege Maximo in tow. Two of the biggest threats they’ve faced in the last year showing up at the same time is not a […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Volume 6
Ricky Church reviews Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Volume 6… While the Transformers film franchise has struggled in the way of audience and critical reception and treating its characters like actual characters, IDW has had plenty of success over the years with its handling of the franchise in the comic medium. For the last few […]
Comic Book Review – Optimus Prime: First Strike #1
Ricky Church reviews Optimus Prime: First Strike #1… Its not unusual for a big comic book event to have several tie-in issues to the main series, telling companion stories with some of the supporting characters to either help expand the event’s scope or fill in some gaps. What is unusual, however, is to have an […]
Exclusive Interview with Transformers’ John Barber and Steve Kurth
Ricky Church chats with Transformers’ John Barber and Steve Kurth… If you’ve seen the commercials with a transforming razor, that’s the latest addition to the vast Transformers mythology, Hydrobot. He was introduced earlier this summer through IDW’s one-shot comic, Schick Hydrobot and the Transformers, written by John Barber and drawn by Steve Kurth. Barber is the writer […]