Shane McCarthy's SMAcTALK

Leavin’ On A Jet Plane

So in a few days I’ll be leaving my fine, sunny shores and heading out into the scary abyss known as “the rest of the World”.  To those of you that exist in these “other areas” it may not seem like a whole lot, however for those of us used to nothing but beaches, Vegemite and riding Kangaroos around…well, it can be quite a daunting experience.  Nevertheless, I shall persevere…

First off I’ll be spending several weeks in Sweden soaking in the…actually I’m not exactly sure what you soak in when you’re in Sweden.  I expect I’m about to find out.  From there it’s a short jaunt (anything less that a 22 hour flight is a short jaunt to me) over to the States and then over to San Diego for the unmitigated craziness that is the SDCC.

Whilst at the Comiccon I’ll be appearing/signing at the IDW booth along with appearing at the Transformers panel on the Friday afternoon.  If you’re at the Con make sure you drop by and say hello.  If you’re at the panel make sure you ask all those tricky questions you’re (possibly) dying to know.  I’ll be happy to answer as much as I can but, as most of you are realising, I’m not one for spilling the beans on story points.  That being said, we’ll be making some interesting announcements at the panel.

And no, the announcement won’t be who the traitor is in AHM.

June 22, 2008   2 Comments

The Face Of Evil

This is the sensational cover to All Hail Megatron #3 by Guido and Josh.

All Hail Megatron #1 is released next month and we’re all kinds of excited about it. The advance copies are looking sensational. It’s been a long hard slog to get it ready for release (starting almost a year ago) and we couldn’t be happier with how it’s looking.

Right now I’m looking at the incredible cover by Trevor Hutchison for #4 (hidden on my desktop) as I round out the script and he’s perfectly captured the mood of the issue. I tell you what, I’m really feeling sorry for Prime and his Autobots at the moment. They’re looking pretty worse for wear.

Betrayal can do that to you.

June 17, 2008   1 Comment

SMASH!

Just got in from seeing the ‘Incredible Hulk’.  Loved it.  In fact I enjoyed it more than I did ‘Iron Man’.  It’s the film I was hoping to see years ago when I walked into that Ang Lee mess and came away confused and bewildered.

“Hulk Smash!” indeed.

June 12, 2008   No Comments

Revised Cover For AHM #2

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any prettier. Here’s the revised cover for All Hail Megatron #2 done by the ever talented Trevor Hutchison.

May 22, 2008   1 Comment