TO-DO LIST: Drop kids at preschool/ Grab coffee with other parents/ Go ghost-hunting in woods/ Fight demonic entity/ Collect kids/ Naptime.
Pre-order SCARENTHOOD, coming this October from
@IDWPublishing
, by me,
@ChrisOHalloran
&
@robutoid
. And check that
@declanshalvey
cover!
Betcha didn't see this coming...
@jcburcham
makes magic once again. Check out his astonishing colours on my
#Transformers
#Earthspark
'Good Guys' and 'Bad Guys' pieces. He's just incredible. Never misses.
And you can buy these as prints this weekend at...
@tfnationltd
!
Just in case I allowed anyone forget for ONE SECOND that I'm a Bot Designer on
@Nickelodeon
's
#Transformers
#Earthspark
, here are some expressions from our version of Bumblebee (yellow robot car guy).
I love my job.
I wish I had the mental bandwidth right now to properly mark the passing of IDW's
#Transformers
. The threads you guys are putting together are wonderful.
To the editors, fellow creators and readers: Thank you.
Together, all of us, we achieived something.
The first batch of
@NickAnimation
's
#Transformers
#EARTHSPARK
SEASON 2 eps have dropped on
@paramountplus
!
I'm one of the Bot character designers on the show, and am so proud of the entire team. So, to whet your appetite, here's some head turns of Earthspark PROWL!
It's an exciting new time for TRANSFORMERS!
But let's not forget all the other talent that for years have created amazing stories and entire new Universes, keeping the All-Spark alive and thriving throughout different companies.
The fan will never forget you.
This is SHARPCLAW, my 5 year old daughter's meticulously described fan character. She's an ex-Decepticon and former friend of Steeljaw who has been waiting ten years for them jerk Autobots to let her join.
Also: Think my kid might end up a mechfurry.
If YOU'RE a mass murderer and are feeling a bit "I'M SOWWEE" about it, why not quell your guilt by kissing a little policeman with a moustache on his face today. All better.
Megatron/Minimus Ambus MiniMegs commission from
@tfnationltd
!
This has winded me. An edit on the Children's BBC
@cbbc
showing of Transformers Earthspark to remove the phrase 'non-binary'.
The work that CBBC and Cbeebies do to show a better and more inclusive world can't be understated, and THAT'S why this stands out a mile. Just unkind.
It is done, ROTB Unicron transformation animation!
This is my first ever transformation sequence I've animated so some parts aren't as how I'd want it :P
(Sorry for quality, my computer can only handle so much)
#Transformers
#RiseOfTheBeasts
#Unicron
#3d
#Blender
I took on some rare, cover-sized commissions at the end of last year that I never got round to showing you guys. Here's a post-Wreckers pic that says... it all, really...
My professional comic career is 18 years old today - old enough to be crippled by raging anxiety about the oncoming apocalypse and furious with its parents for fucking up any chance of survival it or the planet has.
Handed in this sucker on this date in THE YEAR 2005.
When you're hustling on a creator-owned book, sometimes you have to take on a couple of commissions to keep the lights on. I'm not taking on any more right now, but here's a recent fave: IDW RODIMUS: GENERATIONS!
BANGBANGBANG AND BEAT THE DRUM
I don't want any guff from you about you missing the notice, I KNOW what you're like.
Online print store open until midnight Hallowe'en UK time. Spooky bargains!
The first-ever
#Transformers
x RSVLTS Collection is more than meets the eye!
Optimus Prime, Megatron, Bumblebee, and the rest of the robots in disguise have descended from Cybertron to bring you the coolest gear this side of the Alpha Centauri system.
Here is another section I storyboarded on the season 1 finale of
#TransformersEarthspark
.
Most of this seq was storyboarded by the amazing
@verororoni
, but during revisions there was a rewrite so I had to storyboard a new ending to the fight.
#Transformers
#Earthspark
Lots of difference in the surface detail, but... I tried REALLY hard to keep the basic shapes from my IDW Comics Tarantulas design and bring them over to the
#EarthSpark
look. And I think you'll be pleasantly surprised when you get a closeup on his mush...
This Arcee made the biggest impact on my two-year-old last year. She still talks about "going on a plane on her Transformers holiday" and meeting the real Arcee who said hello to her. My little girl always mentions that she gave Arcee a little kiss on her helmet too. The best!
Just had reason to flip through old files, and found these original design sketches for Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye
#1
! You can really see how I leaned into Red Alert's paranoia and position as security guard with all the OTT padding and protection.
Just mentioned to my wife that 26 years ago, Transformers was cancelled.
She wearily looks around our house.
"Yeah. They really cancelled the shit out of it."
I'm making a new comic! It's called SCARENTHOOD, and it's about some parents who go ghosthunting while their kids are in preschool, but have to be back by lunchtime to collect them. It's The Goonies, grown-up and with mortgages. Or: Catastrophe meets Stranger Things. In Ireland.
Hello! If you were the original commissioner of this slice of despotic affection, could you contact John-Paul Bove (
@wordmongerer
) who's working on your coloured version? (I have your first name here, but didn't want to share it publicly, just in case.)
Ta!
Finally, my aunties can see what my job actually involves! I still can't believe that Wexford Arts Centre -
@wexfordarts
- are giving over the whole building to my daftness. Come see a load of Marvel artwork, a ton of robots, and buy some signed prints, from next week!
My wife says that whe-- sorry, IF I do a Decepticon version, that there needs to be a fresh burger in Fluffy Ears' place.
Just warning you.
#Transformers
#EarthSpark
I find the fact that our national Irish language TV station has changed its profile picture tonight to a Batman: The Animated Series icon an insanely touching gesture.
Fuck all that pilot and running shit, the most impressive thing the 60 year old Tom Cruise does in Top Guns: The Mavericks is smoothly bend down to pet a dog and smoothly get up again without flinching or making a sound.
I need to share some of my
@TFconTweets
commissions from last week! First up, here's a batch of three Tarantulas and Prowl shiptastic sketches I pumped out. S'weird. No idea how you guys came up with this pairing.
This is the same person who wrote the pronoun scenes in Transformers Earthspark.
You can't deny there's an agenda being pushed when they outright admit and even brag about it.
It's International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia! The drawing can't say or cover everyone or everything, but equality means equality -- for everyone.
🏳️🌈
#IDAHOBIT
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
While you guys are still buzzing on new
#Earthspark
, here's the character designs for Old Man Rodimus as featured in the collected LAST BOT STANDING, a sci-fi western about "The End" of the Transformers Saga, available from
@idwpublishing
while stocks last!😬
Tried bigging up the Transformers telly show I work on by sharing some SEARING storyboards/animatics from its finale, and been getting variations of this since.
You guys.
(I don't mean YOU guys, obvs.)
And here's the line art to three of my revealed covers so far. I cannot convey the joy I felt drawing Straxus, Marvel Thunderwing, and Black 'Elmet Megatron.
New DEATH'S HEAD series from Marvel arriving this April! Written by
@TiniHoward
, drawn by
@kei_zama
and co-starring Wiccan and Hulkling from YOUNG AVENGERS! I'm on cover duty, with
@therealsobreiro
colouring my lines! But here's the naked version of
#1
's cover. HORNS UP!
Evidently today saw the release of IDW's final Transformers comic, bringing to an end a run that, for me, began in 2006, when
@NickRoche
unleashed this metallic abomination on an unsuspecting world.
Another commission from
@TFNationltd
: Tarantulas and Prowl doing their thing. I'm so sorry I cursed our timeline by teaming them up for your entertainment in 2016. I have a lot to answer for.
6pm UK time, head to where you can own some original A5 character portraits, for €55 including shipping!
I'll also be moving these, FULL COLOUR EARTHSPARK PRINTS! Plenty of stock available there!
See you in little over an hour!
So here's a little look at what will be for sale! These are €40 plus shipping. Shipping is topping out at €15, but is less nearer to home (Ireland/UK). Max you'll pay for an A5 original to your door is €55!
Store open until October 31. Items dispatched in time for Christmas!
While you were sleeping,
@jcburcham
broke the internet with his colours for my big IDW Girls piece. We must never let the internet be repaired again.
Available as a print next week at
@tfnationltd
!
You're amazing, Josh.