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|seriesissue=''[[The Ark series|Transformers: The Ark]]'' | |||
|title=A Complete Compendium of Character Designs | |||
|image=Art book final.jpg | |||
|caption=Fingers, Mulligan and Al Capone. | |||
|next=Transformers: The Ark II | |||
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]] | |||
|written by=[[Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster]] | |||
|date=[[May 31]], [[2007]] | |||
|illustrated by= | |||
|continuity=[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] | |||
|pagecount=208 | |||
|ISBN=ISBN 1600100805<br> | |||
ISBN 978-1600100802 | |||
}} | |||
'''''Transformers: The Ark — A Complete Compendium of Character Designs''''' is possibly the most geek-tastic Transformers book ever, collecting 500+ animation [[character model]]s from the 4 [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]] American seasons. Authors [[Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster]] acquired many of the pieces of art through [[Bob Budiansky]]; some had degraded over time and had to be manually and digitally restored. [[Don Figueroa]] penciled and inked the cover, which Bill Forster colored. | |||
A follow up volume, called [[ | A follow up volume, called ''[[Transformers: The Ark II]]'' was released on [[July 10]], 2008, featuring Japanese character models. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* The cover image does not actually ''use'' the character models contained within the book | *Despite its ultra-narrow audience, it broke #30,000 on Amazon.com's sales rankings. | ||
* Early promotional art for this book had the alternate subtitle ''A Complete Compendium of Transformers Animation Models | * The cover image does not actually ''use'' the character models contained within the book. | ||
* Early promotional art for this book had the alternate subtitle ''A Complete Compendium of Transformers Animation Models''. | |||
{{bookstub|a more thorough coverage of the book's content, like on the Ark II's page.}} | |||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ark | {{DEFAULTSORT:Ark}} | ||
[[Category:IDW titles]] | [[Category:IDW titles]] | ||
[[Category:Generation 1 books]] | |||
[[Category:Reference texts]] | [[Category:Reference texts]] | ||
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 Fingers, Mulligan and Al Capone. | |||||||||||||
| A Complete Compendium of Character Designs | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | May 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Generation 1 | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | ISBN 1600100805 ISBN 978-1600100802 | ||||||||||||
| Page count | 208 | ||||||||||||
Transformers: The Ark — A Complete Compendium of Character Designs is possibly the most geek-tastic Transformers book ever, collecting 500+ animation character models from the 4 Generation 1 American seasons. Authors Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster acquired many of the pieces of art through Bob Budiansky; some had degraded over time and had to be manually and digitally restored. Don Figueroa penciled and inked the cover, which Bill Forster colored.
A follow up volume, called Transformers: The Ark II was released on July 10, 2008, featuring Japanese character models.
Notes
[edit]- Despite its ultra-narrow audience, it broke #30,000 on Amazon.com's sales rankings.
- The cover image does not actually use the character models contained within the book.
- Early promotional art for this book had the alternate subtitle A Complete Compendium of Transformers Animation Models.
