Talk:Genesis: The Art of Transformers
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G'day again
Yo. PacifistPrime here again. I'm planning to write this article, but if someone else beats me to it, go right ahead. In any case I'd be greaful for any info on it's wierd publication history; it was originally sollicited as being a compendium of original G1 box/techspec art with the Metroplex-year boxback art for its cover, but what we got instead (for better or worse) was a collection of schmick artworks, mostly new and some seemingly made specially for the book. And then there was the whole issue of how it was clearly marked as "volume one", but there never was another. Was this a 3H thing? Later, PacifistPrime.
- I don't know all the details but I remember suzzily something like this: First I heard of it, it was as one volume including BOTH original design/package art and new "fanart." IIRC. Then there were problems with getting some of the original design art (I remember somthing about Dery refusing to be a part of things because of some of his usual wierdness or other). So the book was split into two volumes: first 1) "Fanart" and then when it was ready 2) Designs/production art. Only the first vol. came out though, and even that came out with a LOT of controversy as bookstores got plenty of copies ('s where I got mine. Wish I'd ordered a few more) but folks who ordered it directly from the makers were stiffed. Thier money was in effect stolden, the company stopped communicating, and the book was never shipped to them. Nameless to say after that debackle vol. 2 never materialized. Though IDW now has a book of some design stuff comming out that may fill some of the void. --ZacWilliam 13:38, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- A few months back on eBay, someone listed what appeared to be a mock-up of the full version of Genesis. In addition to the Hasbro/Takara art that was 'specially scanned in', there were also full-color pages of 80s Japanese-commissioned art from Studio OX. Some of the commissioned fanart for the first volume never made print as well. I specifically recall a toy-accurate Jetfire illustration that was omitted (speculation was that it was due to it being a Bandai design). Additionally, although I'm not sure what the present situation is, last I heard there were quite a few artists who were commissioned to do pieces for Genesis that were never paid, a la Dreamwave.Jon T 11:25, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
