Trivia / Transformers (2019)

• Creator Backlash: Tyler Bleszinski was openly annoyed that the fourth issue of Transformers Galaxies, the final part of his "Constructicons Rising" story arc, was delayed by three months.
• Creator's Favorite: Brian Ruckley has remarked that Flamewar is his favorite character, mostly due to how much he likes her design.
• Old Shame: 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.
• Series Hiatus: Like all IDW comics, Transformers was placed on nearly three-month-long hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic.
• Troubled Production:
  • The first twelve issues came out on a semimonthly 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.
  • For some reason, the solicitations and main covers for Issues 9 and 10 were swapped.
• Show Accuracy/Toy Accuracy: 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.
• What Could Have Been: Rubble was originally conceived as a human that had somehow been transported to Cybertron, who would've been gradually introduced to the planet's society and characters before the outbreak of war. As the story evolved, the decision was made to make him a newly-forged Transformer instead - his relation with Bumblebee was the result of Hasbro requesting that Bumblebee play a prominent role in the opening arc of the series.