| Industry | Comics |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| Founder | Pat Lee and Roger Lee |
| Defunct | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Canada |
Dreamwave Productions was a Canadian art design studio and comic book publisher founded in 1996 which is best known for their multiple Transformers comic book series. The company shut down on January 4, 2005.
History[]
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Brothers Pat Lee and Roger Lee founded Dreamwave Productions in Toronto, Canada in 1996 as an imprint under Image Comics,[citation needed] publishing their first mini-series Darkminds.[citation needed] Pat maintained artistic control while Roger managed the business operations.[citation needed] Dreamwave split off from Image Comics in April 2002.[1]
Dreamwave acquired the license for the Transformers toyline from Hasbro in December 2001.[2] The first mini-series, written by Chris Sarracini & drawn by Pat Lee and based on the Transformers: Generation 1 characters, was the top-selling book on the sales charts for its entire run.[citation needed] Various Transformers ongoing and limited series followed, covering various continuities within the Transformers franchise.[citation needed]
Writers James McDonough and Adam Patyk left the company in November 2004 over pay disputes.[3][4] On January 4, 2005, Dreamwave announced that they had gone out of business and closed down, citing "the shrinking comic book market combined with a weak U.S. dollar" as the reason for their closure.[5]
In late April 2005, freelancers who were still owed money by Dreamwave discovered they were also liable for debts incurred by Dreamwave.[citation needed] According to the terms of the contract the company had with Federal Express, the freelancers were left liable for the cost of shipping their unpublished, unpaid for work to Canada. Guido Guidi and Don Figueroa were two such freelancers affected.[6]
After the company's bankruptcy in January 2005, Dreamwave's assets were auctioned off on August 2, 2005 and purchased by Canadian entrepreneur Christian Dery, who planned to relaunch its original properties.[7] However, the new Dreamwave have not published nor announced the publishing of any titles since the 2005 announcement.
IDW Publishing acquired the Transformers license in May 2005 and began publishing new Transformers comics in 2006.[8]
List of Dreamwave comics[]
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Original series[]
- Arkanium
- Darkminds
- Echo
- Fate of the Blade
- NecroWar
- Neon Cyber (set in the same world as Darkminds)
- Sandscape
- Shidima (set in the same world as Warlands)
- Warlands
Licensed series[]
- Custom Robo (Nintendo Power Issues #184, #185, and #186)
- Duel Masters (cancelled after issue #8)
- Devil May Cry (bankrupt before final issue and TPB were released)
- Killzone (bankrupt before issue #1)
- Maximo (cancelled after issue #1)
- Mega Man (cancelled after issue #4)
- Metroid Prime comic series; debuted in Nintendo Power
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (canceled after issue #7)
- Transformers
- Xevoz
See also[]
- List of Transformers comic book series
References[]
- ↑ "Dreamwave Ankles Image". ICv2. 2001-11-25. Retrieved 2013-06-02.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Tformers.com (2001-12-12). "New Transformers Comic Transformers News Reviews Movies Comics and Toys". Tformers.com. Retrieved 2013-09-16.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Tformers.com (2004-11-16). "Writers McDonough & Patyk Leave Dreamwave Transformers News Reviews Movies Comics and Toys". Tformers.com. Retrieved 2013-09-16.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Tformers.com (2004-11-17). "McDonough & Patyk Comment on Departure Transformers News Reviews Movies Comics and Toys". Tformers.com. Retrieved 2013-09-16.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Dreamwave Productions Closes Up Shop". CBR. 2005-01-04. Retrieved 2013-09-16.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Stump, Greg (July 2005). "Transformers Line Picked Up by IDW, Though Creators Still Have Reason to Gripe". The Comics Journal (269): 53. ISSN 0194-7869.
- ↑ "Christian Dery Acquires Dreamwave". CBR. 2005-08-11. Retrieved 2013-09-16.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "IDW's Transformers - New Opportunities In Disguise". CBR. 2005-05-26. Retrieved 2013-09-16.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
Bibliography[]
- Comic Book Resources - Dreamwave's financial debts
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| Transformers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Autobots | Main | Optimus Prime • Ultra Magnus • Rodimus • Blaster • Blurr • Brawn • Bumblebee/Goldbug • Cliffjumper • Drift • Fireflight • Grapple • Hoist • Hound • Jazz • Jetfire • Kup • Metroplex • Mudflap • Omega Supreme • Perceptor • Powerglide • Ratchet • Red Alert • Roadbuster • Seaspray • Sentinel Prime • Sideswipe • Skids • Sky High • Sky Lynx • Skydive • Smokescreen • Sunstreaker • Wheelie • Wreck-Gar |
| Subgroups | Thirteen Primes (Vector Prime) • Spy Changers (Hot Shot • Ironhide) • Dinobots (Grimlock • Sludge • Snarl • Strafe) • Protectobots (Blades • Streetwise • First Aid) • Throttlebots • Technobots (Afterburner • Lightspeed • Nosecone • Scattorshot) • Wreckers (Bulkhead • Springer • Wheeljack • Omnibots • Monsterbots • Female Autobots (Arcee • Flareup • Windblade | |
| Decepticons | Main | Megatron/Galvatron • Steeljaw • Starscream • Barricade • Blackout • Blitzwing • Bludgeon • Deathsaurus • Demolishor • Dirge • The Fallen • Frenzy • Laserbeak • Lugnut • Motormaster • Octane • Over-Run • Ramjet • Ratbat • Ravage • Rumble • Scorponok • Skyquake • Skywarp • Slipstream • Shockwave • Soundwave • Thunderwing • Wildrider |
| Subgroups | Insecticons (Bombshell • Kickback • Shrapnel • Ransack) • Constructicons (Hook • Scrapper) • Combaticons (Blast Off • Brawl • Onslaught • Vortex) • Predacons • Seacons (Overbite) • Firecons • Duocons • Horrorcons | |
| Maximals | Optimus Primal | |
| Predacons | Scorponok • Thrust • Waspinator • Inferno | |
| Supporting characters | Primus • Unicron (Scourge) • Circuit Breaker • Spike Witwicky • Sparkplug • Carly Witwicky • Marissa Faireborn | |
| Subgroups | Gobots • Mini-Cons • Powermasters • Pretenders • Quintessons • Targetmasters • Triple Changers • Star Seekers | |
| Character lists | Autobots • Primes/Matrix holders • Decepticons • Female Transformers | |
| Technology and physiology | Cybertron • Matrix of Leadership • Spark • Techno-organic material • List of planets • List of spacecraft | |
| Toy lines | Transformers: Generation 1 • Battle Beasts • Action Masters • Turbomasters • Transformers: Generation 2 • Machine Wars • Beast Wars • Beast Machines • Transtech (unreleased) • Robots in Disguise • Armada • Robot Masters • Energon • Alternators • Masterpiece • Cybertron • Legends • Titanium • Classics • Film • Animated • Revenge of the Fallen • Alternity • Generations • Power Core Combiners • Dark of the Moon • Prime • Rescue Bots | |
| Crossovers | Built to Rule • Transformers Label • Star Wars Transformers | |
| Comic series | Marvel | The Transformers • Headmasters • Generation 2 • New Avengers/Transformers |
| Dreamwave | Generation 1 • Armada/Energon • The War Within • Micromasters | |
| IDW | The Transformers (Spotlight • Revolution) • Beast Wars (The Gathering • The Ascending) • Generations • Evolutions • Transformers (film comic series) | |
| Lists | Comics characters • UK comics | |
| Animated series | Main group | Generation 1 (Characters • Episodes • Scramble City) • Generation 2 • Beast Wars (Characters • Episodes) • Beast Machines (Episodes) • Robots in Disguise (2001 series) (Characters) • Armada (Characters • Episodes) • Energon (Characters • Episodes) • Cybertron (Characters • Episodes) • Animated (Characters • Episodes) • Prime (Characters • Episodes) • Rescue Bots (Characters • Episodes) • Robots in Disguise (2015 series) (Characters • Episodes |
| Japanese exclusive | The Headmasters (Characters) • Super-God Masterforce (Characters) • Victory (Characters) • Zone (Characters) • Beast Wars II (Characters) • Beast Wars Neo (Characters) • Robot Masters • Go! | |
| Web series | Cyber Missions • Prime Wars Trilogy (Combiner Wars) | |
| Feature films | Animated films | The Transformers: The Movie • Beast Wars II: Lio Convoy's Close Call! • Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising |
| Live-action films (characters) |
Transformers • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen • Transformers: Dark of the Moon • Transformers: Age of Extinction • Transformers: The Last Knight | |
| Audio releases | The Transformers: The Movie • Theme Song Collection • History of Music 1984–1990 • The Album • Song Universe • The Score • Revenge of the Fallen – The Album • Revenge of the Fallen – The Score • Dark of the Moon – The Album • Dark of the Moon – The Score • Age of Extinction - The Score | |
| Video games | The Transformers (1986) • Battle to Save the Earth • Mystery of Convoy • Beast Wars • Beast Senshi Saikyō Ketteisen • Beast Wars Transmetals • DreamMix TV World Fighters • Transformers (2003) • Transformers (2004) • The Game (Autobots • Decepticons) • Animated: The Game • G1: Awakening • Revenge of the Fallen (Autobots • Decepticons) • War for Cybertron (DS version • Cybertron Adventures) • Dark of the Moon • Universe • Fall of Cybertron • Prime – The Game • Rise of the Dark Spark • Angry Birds Transformers • Transformers: Devastation • Transformers: Earth Wars | |
| Novels | Ghosts of Yesterday • The Veiled Threat • Exodus • Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel • Exiles • Retribution • The Covenant of Primus | |
| Engagement | BotCon (Fun Publications • BotCon characters) • Transformers: The Ride • The Transformers Experience • HASCON | |