Transformers vs. G.I. Joe
Transformers vs. G.I. Joe is an ongoing comic book series published by IDW Publishing. It represents the first crossover between the two brands since IDW gained control of both licenses, and takes place in a separate continuity unrelated to either of the "main" universes the company has developed for the 'bots and Joes. The series is distinguished by its retro-styled artwork and storytelling, emulating the look and feel of the Silver Age of Comic Books.
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Overview
The series begins with issue #0, released on Free Comic Book Day 2014, which acts as a prologue for the ongoing
Creative team
IDW senior Transformers editor John Barber co-writes the series with artist Tom Scioli. Scioli's artwork is heavily inspired by comic book legend Jack Kirby, and the artist previously made his name emulating Kirby on the Image Comics series Gødland. While Kirby's kinetic artistic style is the primary influence on the look of title, it is not carbon-copied; many other artistic influences shape the book, including Jim Steranko, Herb Trimpe, and Frank Miller. In terms of writing and tone, the cast is populated with bombastic Silver Age characters and over-the-top dialogue, while the plots are a steady flow of Kirby-style wild, outlandish cosmic sci-fi ideas delivered with escalatingly frenetic pace. Characters are reinvented with the thought process of a child playing with toys, stripped of their usual fictional context and reimagined—Soundwave's opening chest, for example, is used as a prison to hold Joes, while Destro's metal mask is reinterpreted as indicative of his being a cyborg. Scioli heavily researched Transformers and G.I. Joe lore during production, and includes multiple references to both in the book.
The series is carving out an identity for itself as one with a visual style entirely unlike past Transformers and G.I. Joe comics; in-keeping with that, a variety of atypical artists provide variant covers for the series, including noted alternative comics artist Ed Piskor and 1990s trend-setter Rob Liefeld.
Collections
- Transformers vs. G.I. Joe Volume 1 TPB (December 24, 2014) ISBN 1631401904 / ISBN 978-1631401909
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