We talk comic (and TRANSFORMERS) conventions, and how they've changed - for us and for the attendees - from the mid-80s to now. Plus, we kick-off our mutual Matt Hatter recollections.

Back in the day, conventions were more about promoting whatever work we were doing at the same, while these days - while that remains true - they're also a revenue stream for us freelance writers and artists. Good thing? Bad thing? If you're expecting us to reach any hard and fast conclusions, you really haven't been paying attention thus far. And we turn back the clock to 2011 (ish) for part 1 of... The 'Matt Hatter Chronicles' era!

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The full-steam ahead nature of the IDW TRANSFORMERS -ations series gets derailed somewhat, and we reflect on the need for plan Bs.

Timetable-wise, it's 2008 (ish), and as All Hail Megatron rears its head, the progress of Infiltration, Escalation, Devastation (and so on) hits the buffers. A lot of radical condensing is required as multiple storylines are tied up ahead of this not-so-soft reboot. Meanwhile, in the Wildman sidings, Draw The World Together comes... together... and other seeds are sown, as the need for having alternate journey plans on the rail network of life and career comes to the fore.

EXTRAS: 
A link to the TF MOSAIC book - https://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/mosaic-a-go-go/

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A couple of complete unknowns consider another clutch of cinematic confections, spoiler-free and, as critics, credential-free.What we've enjoyed - and haven't - on the big screen recently is here for your delectation, from A (Anora) to B (Bridget Jones) to C (Captain America)... and other letters of the alphabet too. We spare no one's blushes as we gushes, pontificating on the highs and lows of our cinematic outings, but generally it's a big thumbs up!

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A live-action TRANSFORMERS movie had us all worked up, and working on spin-off stuff, back in 2007.
We assess the impact and legacy of the 'Bay-verse'.All our collective jaws dropped in London's Leicester Square one evening in 2007 as we attended a special screening of Michael Bay's TRANSFORMERS, introduced by Bay himself and members of the cast. Live-action, big-screen... The toy line had truly come of age. We go deep into the movie's legacy, its prequel comics and cinematic sequels, and what, if anything, it did to our careers... and the public perception of TRANSFORMERS as a whole.

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We go cosmic, baby, and creepy, as we dial back the years to Annihilation (for Marvel) and explore the Weird Wild West in Frontier. 

It's 2005/2006 (or thereabouts) and the feast or famine rule applies to us in different degrees. On the Furman side, there's a veritable flood of work for Marvel, Dynamite and IDW, while on the Wildman side it's more in the way of tumbleweed. That said, Andrew dredges up some forgotten creative endeavours and seeds that will grow into Shane the Chef and Horizon are planted.

As promised here are some links to some of the things discussed.WEBTOON HORIZON - tinyurl.com/horizonweb
GI JOE SKETCHBOOK CHALLENGE - andrewwildman.art
SKYBOUND KICKSTARTER - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/skyboundent/transformers-compendium-set?ref=5wenmg

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It's the dawn of the IDW era, and the beginning of what would turn out to be an epic 17-year tenure as publisher of TRANSFORMERS comics. 

Okay, so the license eluded us (and Titan), but perhaps that was for the best as it turned out. We wind back to the year to 2005, and the humble beginnings of what would go on to become an epochal era of TRANSFORMERS comic publishing. Find out how we both got involved in those formative, lore-laying days, and how Infiltration, Stormbringer and Spotlight: Shockwave came to fruition. We had the ideas, the designs, and it worked!

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More listener/viewer questions send us into a tailspin of umm-ing and aah-ing, as we struggle to sound coherent about stuff we really should know about. 

Join us as we manhandle insightful queries about... Skybound, characters we'd like to have worked on (but haven't), iterations of TRANSFORMERS we'd like to have dipped our toes into (but failed to do so), the creative process, post-11-page/colour UK TRANSFORMERS stories and what they might have been, and some sure-to-see-us cancelled issues with question-asker gender! Overall, we cope (just about). 

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As the dust settles on the Dreamwave era of TRANSFORMERS we... reassess (i.e. panic) as we hit another of those pesky but oh-so-predictable lean periods. 
No one ever said being a comics creative would be easy, and into every career some rain must fall. But, wait, actually, there was a LOT going on in early 2005. And we even dip back into 2004 for some - non-Dreamwave - stuff we forget to even mention in previous podcasts! It's another painstaking trawl through our unreliable memories, as stuff that even surprises us gets an airing. 

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As we begin our second half-year of The Rest is Giant Robots, we delve into the virtual mailbag to answer 'some' of your burning questions.

There's been a huge response from our loyal listenership to our open door policy on asking us, well, anything (though whether we answer absolutely everythingis another matter). And here we lay back on the digital couch and, prompted by your enquires, lay bare the innermost mechanics of our working minds... Which accounts for 2 mins at least! Then we get on with who our favourite TRANSFORMER is!

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All good things come to an end, just some sooner rather than later.
The catastrophic crash of Dreamwave and MORE!

The up and down, ins and out, topsy-turvy nature of the comics biz is best highlighted by the meteoric rise and subsequent nosedive of Image offshoot (and TRANSFORMERS comics publisher) Dreamwave, who dreamed big, bought Porsches, then crashed and burned. But what happened after? Now it can be told (a bona fide Rest is Giant Robots exclusive!)

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