The Energon Universe is here! Skybound, Hasbro, and Invincible creator Robert Kirkman just launched a new Transformers/G.I. Joe shared continuity. Screen Rant sat down with RobertKirkman to discuss what's coming next.
Warning: contains MAJOR spoilers for Void Rivals #1!Today sees the launch of Void Rivals - the hotly anticipated new series from Robert Kirkman - however readers who pick up the comic will be shocked to see a cameo from Transformers' Jetfire, officially launching the new Energon Universe. This shared comic universe combines Transformers, G.I. Joe, and Void Rivals.
For me, the Void Rivals stage came from 'what's the most exciting way that we could announce a Transformers and G.I. Joe line of books?' And I thought, as a fan, if I was reading a Brian K. Vaughan comic, and the Smurfs showed up out of nowhere on page twelve, it would be the weirdest, craziest, coolest thing ever. Robert Kirkman: We're working on that.
Close Previous versions of Transformers and G.I. Joe have often embraced the idea of a binary war between the good guys and the bad guys, with no real end in sight. But Void Rivals’ first issue seems to already be deconstructing that idea, with two people who aren’t as different as they think.
Robert Kirkman: Issue to issue it's going to expand, so by issue 3, things are pretty big, and even in issue 2, we start to see more of the Sacred Ring through flashbacks and things like that. By issue 6, this is going to be an absolutely massive world. But I like starting with bite-size chunks, so if you're going to be telling a world-spanning story, if you can narrow the first issue down to two people alone on a planet, that's a great entry point.
You’ve talked before about listening to different music to capture the mood of a series - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds for The Walking Dead, and Presidents of the United States for Invincible - does Void Rivals have a soundtrack? "The Coolest Comic Book Ever Made" Close With what you said about reading Void Rivals - reading a comic and suddenly a Transformer turns up - that feels like something that’s pretty uniquely 'comics.
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