Transformers: The Ark
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| 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.
