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IDW's John Barber Talks About Transformers Prime Rage of The Dinobots

With the Dinobots DLC about to drop in just hours. IDW's John Barber, the editor and writer behind the Rage of The Dinobots Mini-series, sits down with Aint It Cool News. They talk about the series due in November, and how he's working the leveer behind the Transformers Prime levers comic series folding in prehistoric history to make the Dinobots rage in the latest Transformers continuity, the new Prime cartoon series on The Hub.

When asked the back story to the Transformers Prime universe and how it is different classic Transformers Universe, Barber wants us to know this is not just a G1 homage, but a major cross medium event:

The Transformers story has been going on continuously for a very long time, and I think it’s fair to say the Prime universe is working to take the best elements of every expression and build a world. What’s really exciting is that what we’re doing in the comic is going to impact this world across various mediums. So, it isn’t a case where we’re doing a book that’s subservient to the TV show—we’re doing an all-new story set in that same universe, and the stories we tell are going to be reflected in the shows and the novels and everything else. It’s “canon.” Which is cool, and sort of rare and unique.

When asked about what's different about these Dinobots and what are they "Raging" about, John answers with why they just had to bring them back:
No, seriously, they have been messed with pretty badly by Shockwave, and their world is falling apart under their dino-feet. They have a lot of rage. And a lot of targets to take their rage out on. The FALL OF CYBERTRON game trailer has offered a major build up to the Dinobots appearance in the Prime universe - is this something fans have been waiting to see in the Prime Universe?

I think so. A year ago, when I became the senior editor at IDW, I remember fielding a question at San Diego Comic-Con about the Dinobots. We hadn’t seen them—in any medium—for a long time, and I was saying how much I wanted to see them back. The truth was that James Roberts and I had already planned to get them back in the comics. We didn’t know about the video game at that point. So, for me personally, as a fan, yeah—I was absolutely ready to see them back.


Read the complete interview with IDW's John Barber, the editor and writer behind the Rage of The Dinobots Mini-series now at Aint It Cool News.

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