History Trivia / Transformers2019

* FanNickname: Fans often call the series "[=IDW2=]" in order to distinguish it from its predecessor, which has sometimes received the retroactive nickname of "[=IDW1=]".

** There's good reason for this: in the original IDW comics, the fact that characters so drastically changed appearance during the post-All Hail Megatron ongoing was mocked. One artist would draw the Transformers in a Michael Bay-inspired style, while another would stick to the Sunbow Generation One cartoon's appearance. Worse, this sometimes resulted in their alternate modes being changed between issues (e.g. Bumblebee would transform into a Movie-verse inspired muscle car in one issue, and into a G1-inspired hatchback in another), despite a lack of resources being a key plot point.

** There's good reason for this: in the original IDW comics, the fact that characters so drastically changed appearance during the post-All Hail Megatron ongoing was mocked. One artist would draw the Transformers in a Michael Bay-inspired style, while another would stick to the Sunbow Generation One cartoon's appearance. Worse, this sometimes resulted in their alternate modes being changed between issues (e.g. Bumblebee would transform into a Movie-verse inspired muscle car in one issue, and into a G1-inspired hatchback in another), despite a lack of resources being a key plot point.

* ShowAccuracyToyAccuracy: Skews to the "toy accuracy" side of things. Most characters are directly based on their ''Siege'' toys, if available (with some, like Quake, based off older toylines), to such a degree that the 5 mm sockets for accessories are prominently visible in scenes such as the discussion between Orion, Megatron, and Ironhide in Issue 1. Interestingly enough, according to Alex Milne this was not a mandate from Hasbro, but an effort from the art teams to maintain a consistent style.

* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: An unfortunate aversion occurred for issue 20, which was delayed to June 2020 after being finalized in April of the same year... which meant there were no changes done to its imagery of protestors and Prowl attacking a suspect in custody when the comic was released during the George Floyd protests, which called out police brutality. The issue's writer, editor, and artist all apologized for the unintentional mirroring of then-current events and promised to be more attentive from then on.

* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: An unfortunate aversion occurred for issue 20, which was delayed to June 2020 after being finalized in April of the same year... which meant there were no changes done to its imagery of protestors and Prowl attacking a suspect in custody when the comic was released during the George Floyd protests, which called out police brutality. The issue's writer, editor, and artist all apologized for the unintentional mirroring of then-current events and promised to be more attention from then on.

* InternetBackdraft: Issue 20 depicted mass protests with many protesters holding signs demanding justice and police prosecution and had Prowl act in a brutal manner with a suspect in custody. As a result of the issue's release being delayed, Issue 20 had the unfortunate coincidence of being dropped ''right in the middle'' of the George Floyd protests. Writer Brian Ruckley, artist Anna Malkova and editor David Mariotte all apologized, remarking that the issue was finalized months prior to the protests and they had never intended for the story to be reflective of real-world politics and promising to be more attentive to social issues in the future.

* FanNickname: Fans often call the series "[=IDW2=]" in order to distinguish it from its predecessor, which has sometimes recieved the retroactive nickname of "[=IDW1=]".
* SeriesHiatus: Like all IDW comics, ''Transformers'' was placed on nearly three month long hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic.
* OldShame While the story was written months ahead of time, Issue 20, which depicts large protests containing signs demanding justice and police prosecution and portrays police violence in a positive light, had the misfortune of being delayed into June 2020 during the George Floyd protests. Writer Brian Ruckley, artist Anna Malkova and editor David Mariotte all apologized, remarking that they had never intended for the story to be reflective of real world politics and promising to be more attentive to social issues in the future.

* OldShame While the story was written ahead at least a year ahead of time, Issue 20, which depicts large protests containing signs demanding justice and police prosecution and portrays police violence in a positive light, had the misfortune of being delayed into June 2020 during the George Floyd protests. Writer Brian Ruckley, artist Anna Malkova and editor David Mariotte all apologized, remarking that they had never intended for the story to be reflective of real world politics.

* SeriesHiatus: Like all IDW comics, ''Transformers'' was placed on a months long hiatus due to Covid-19 pandemic, with the release of the Issue 20 through 22 being delayed and production on further issues was temporarily suspended.

* SeriesHiatus: Like all IDW comics, ''Transformers'' was placed on a months long hiatus due to Covid-19 pandemic.

** The first twelve issues came out on a bi-monthly schedule. This often required having needing 2-3 artists in order to stay on schedule, occasionally leading to some notable shifts in art styles between pages.

* ShowAccuracyToyAccuracy: Skews to the "toy accuracy" side of things. Most characters are directly based on their ''Siege'' toys, if available (with some, like Quake, based off older toylines), to such a degree that the 5 mm sockets for accessories are prominently visible in scenes such as the discussion between Orion, Megatron, and Ironhide in Issue 1. Interestingly enough, according to Alex Milne this was not a mandate from Hasbro, but an effort from the art teams to maintain

* ShowAccuracyToyAccuracy: Skews to the "toy accuracy" side of things. Most characters are directly based on their ''Siege'' toys, if available (with some, like Quake, based off older toylines), to such a degree that the 5 mm sockets for accessories are prominently visible in scenes such as the discussion between Orion, Megatron, and Ironhide in Issue 1.

* FanNickname: Fans often call the series "IDW2" in order to distinguish it from its predecessor, which has sometimes recieved the retroactive nickname of "IDW1".

* TroubledProduction: The first twelve issues came out on a bi-monthly schedule. This often required having needing 2-3 artists in order to stay on schedule, occasionally leading to some notable shifts in art styles between pages.
* ShowAccuracyToyAccuracy: Skews to the "toy accuracy" side of things. Most characters are directly based on their ''Siege'' toys, if available (with some, like Quake, based off older toylines), to such a degree that the 5 mm sockets for accessories are prominently visible in scenes such as the discussion between Orion, Megatron, and Ironhide in Issue 1.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Issue 9 was originally solicited as the issue where Starscream, Nautica and Sentinel Prime were to introduced into the comic. They even appeared prominently on the issue's cover. However, they must have been some last minute changes by the creative team as the three do not appear in the issue whatsoever. They instead debut in issue 10, suggesting the two stories were swapped at one point. Luckily this doesn't impact the narrative either way.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Issue 9 was originally solicited as the issue where Starscream, Nautica and Sentinel Prime were to introduced into the comic. They even appeared prominently on the issue's cover. However, they must have been some last minute changes by the creative team as the three do not appear in the issue whatsoever.

* ShowAccuracyToyAccuracy: Skews to the "toy accuracy" side of things. Most characters are directly based on their ''Siege'' toys, if available (with some, like Quake, based off older toylines), to such a degree that the 5 mm sockets for accessories are prominently visible in scenes such as the discussion between Orion, Megatron, and Ironhide in issue 1.