Chris Ryall has revealed the cover art for volume 8 of Transformers: The IDW Collection, via his Tumblr account. The hardcover comic collection feature a portrait of Hot Rod by the artist E.J Su.  You can view the image below.

IDW's Chris Ryall has updated his blog with an image and a bit of information for the upcoming Transformers Spotlight Metroplex comic.

The preview image contain one frame which spans two pages.

In a thread over on the IDW message board regarding All Hail Megatron issue 1, Chris Ryall posted a little comment regarding the upcoming Transformers Animated comic

"There's also the TF Animated Series we're doing. We got advances of issue 1 today, and man, it came out great. That book's gonna be a lot of fun."

Remember that you can view the latest topics that Chris posts in by using the In The News page at Transformers At The Moon

Chris Ryall has updated his blog again, this time with the cover and another preview page from their up coming Transformers The Ark II book.

The book features original Hasbro / Takara designs for the Generation One Transformers, taken from the series bibles.

Chris McFeely has reported that the IDW trade paper back version of the Beast Wars Sourcebook is going to feature updated artwork, colouring and corrected spelling.

You can see the original report on TFormers

Chris Ryall updated his blog twice yesterday with the second update about a Apocalypse Comics exclusive cover for IDWs All Hail Megatron issue 1. The cover is drawn by Casey Coller with colours by Josh Perez. The cover is a homage to the classic Brian Bolland BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE image. The cover has extra meaning for Casey as he had to draw this in the wake of the death of his sister through Cancer. Our condolences go out to Casey and his family.

Credit goes to FirstGen of Seibertron.com for letting us know

When asked whether the Transformers Movie "Search for Starscream" series was still in the pipeline, after the announcement of the second Transformers Movie, Chris Ryall replied with the following comment.

"[snip]There are multiple Spotlight issues in the works, this series, some other series set in the past, and one big thing coming. For starters. 2008's gonna be a lot of fun."

Over on the IDW message board, Chris Ryall has responded to some of the negative feedback that IDW have received over last weeks release of the Beast Wars Sourcebook issue 1. Here's what Chris had to say

Hey, everyone--

In the time we've been doing Transformers comics, there have been highs and lows for the fans, I know. As there's going to be on anything -- some projects work better than others, for various reasons.

This one seems to be ranking somewhere near the first issue of the TF Animated Series for most of you, from the responses I've seen.

Which sucks all around--the last thing we want to do is release product that doesn't work for you. Especially since this particular book took so long to finally arrive. And because so many artists and colorists labored over it. And because Simon and Ben Yee did the same, and then waited patiently for the book to finally be assembled and released.

So for the person who just e-mailed me very angry and said "once again, IDW screws its fans," well, that's hardly true and hardly a sound approach to business, I would think. And nothing we would ever set out to do.

So what happened?

That's a good question. But there's really no need for me to make excuses or air any beasty-smelling laundry, so I'll just say that the book is, like everything we publish, ultimately my responsibility. This book was one that sort of slipped through the crack while I was dealing with an editorial shift, and it went out with some errors. Book Two was completed during this same period. But Andrew is here as the TF Editor now, and is extremely competent and he and I will do what we can to ensure the rest of the books are produced as they should be. As many errors are able to be corrected in the collected version will be fixed, too.

I know that this book was a bit of a disappointment for fans who waited so long. Transition with art teams or editorial teams can cause hiccups that are evidenced in the finished product, but certainly not on purpose.

So know that I share your pain on this--maybe moreso, since so many people have shared their pain with me--but also know that putting out something you don't love is never our intent. We'll get 'em next time.