John Barber Archives

On the 4th of December, Bleeding Cool reported on John Barber leaving comic book publisher IDW as its Editor-In-Chief He has now confirmed that tomorrow will be his last day, posting on LinkedIn. John Barber from LinkedIn Hi all… I'm not much of a poster here (I plan to turn that around in the new year) but[...]

Bleeding Cool understands that John Barber, editor-in-chief of IDW Publishing – is no longer EIC of IDW John Barber was a former IDW Hasbro Group Editor who IDW rehired as new Editor-in-Chief in 2018 after he spent a two-year stint as a writer This followed Chris Ryall getting dropped by IDW as EIC back in[...]

The game of executive musical chairs continues at IDW Publishing, where former Hasbro Group Editor John Barber has been hired as new Editor-in-Chief (after a two-year stint as a writer) THR first reported the news, which follows the departure of former Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall in March Additionally, Anita Frazier has joined the company as Vice[...]

Last month, we learned that IDW plans to end their Transformers comic book universe in the only way they know how: with a super-mega-crossover event. Transformers: Unicron by John Barber, Alex Milne, and Sebastian Cheng will run for six-issues bi-weekly this summer, kicking off with a #0 issue for Free Comic Book Day. And now, as announced during IDW's presentation at the[...]

What can have caused such a divergence? The answer is to be found in "An Unexpected Yesterday." FC • 48 pages • $7.99   Optimus Prime #20—Cover A: Kei Zama John Barber (w) • Kei Zama (a & c) "The Falling," Part 5 Optimus Prime has faced defeat before and come back… but he's never seen anything like this[...]

Marvel has announced a new six-issue digital series by writer John Barber, artist Todd Nauck, colorist Rachelle Rosenberg, and cover artist David Nakayama Called Spidey: School's Out, sees Peter Parker, one year into his tenure as Spider-Man, spending the Summer at Tony Stark's science camp Marvel media partner CBR has the EXCLUSSSIVE announcement, along with quotes from the creative[...]

After Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo left and the usually excellent Dennis Hopeless put in a subpar stint on the book, I wasn't sure if the book could recover. John Barber swooped in and put together an excellent 25th issue to the book, and, with #26, he shows that he has an eye for the adventures[...]

Can he discover the cause for this mass-possession before he gets torn limb from limb? We have another writer and artist shift for Doctor Strange, as John Barber grabs the writing wheel and a horde of artists, Juan Frigeri, Java Tartaglia, Kevin Nowlan, Scott Hanna, Dexter Vines, Mark Morales, Terry Pallot, Tom Palmer, and Dan Brown,[...]

Joe, a man of action, and a few Cybertronians. This series will reunite Revolution writer John Barber and artist Fico Ossio and will team Action Man, Blackrock (Transformers), Mayday (G.I Joe), and Kup (Transformers) along with a rotating cast of teammates from issue to issue These characters will team over the course of the unraveling central storyline, a mysterious[...]

He edits X-Files, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Judge Dredd and the upcoming Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside Me. With the two promotions come one exit as Group Editor John Barber leaves his role but won't be going far as he will be writing a secret project coming out of Revolution. [...]

Anyone who thinks they know what to expect from a Transformers event will have to think again. John Barber's epic arc for the ongoing Transformers series will welcome artist Livio Ramondelli For the first time ever in IDW Comics, The arms race of Combiners will bring fan-favorite Transformers characters to the pages, and will introduce a[...]

On April 22nd, IDW hosted a live panel online with questions gathered ahead of time from fans and comics news sites to generate discussion among John Barber, James Roberts, and Mairghread Scott about Transformers: Dawn of the Autobots. IDW promise "more to come" like these live panels, so stay tuned It's an excellent opportunity for interaction[...]

But I have faith that writer John Barber can turn things around and pile on power plays and plot reversals Issue #2 of Robots in Disguise is still one of the best single TF issues in history, given its backdoor politics, secret murders and role reversal for Starscream. Repair: Parts and labor both at a minimum,[...]

Writers James Roberts and John Barber, especially Roberts, have put a lot of thought into how a millions-year-old robot society would evolve, function and acculturate The stories, even when they misfire, are full of big ideas. The big crossover between both titles, Dark Cybertron, launched with three chapters in November, revealing Shockwave's master plan to unleash[...]

JOE, will be going head-to-head in a brand-new ongoing series debuting next summer! Written and drawn by comic luminary Tom Scioli (Godland, American Barbarian) with co-writer and TRANSFORMERS veteran John Barber (TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE, FALL OF CYBERTRON), these classic characters will explode off the page like never before! Based on the iconic Hasbro brands, this stand-alone series is set to explore the intriguing[...]