Transformers: The Ark

Transformers: The Ark »
Fingers, Mulligan and Al Capone.
A Complete Compendium of Character Designs
Publisher	IDW Publishing
First published	May 31, 2007
Written by	Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster
Continuity	Generation 1
ISBN	ISBN 1600100805 ISBN 978-1600100802
Page count	208

Transformers: The Ark — A Complete Compendium of Character Designs is possibly the most geek-tastic Transformers book ever, collecting 500+ animation character models from the 4 Generation 1 American seasons. Authors Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster acquired many of the pieces of art through Bob Budiansky; some had degraded over time and had to be manually and digitally restored. Don Figueroa penciled and inked the cover, which Bill Forster colored.

A follow up volume, called Transformers: The Ark II was released on July 10, 2008, featuring Japanese character models.

Notes

• Despite its ultra-narrow audience, it broke #30,000 on Amazon.com's sales rankings.
• The cover image does not actually use the character models contained within the book.
• Early promotional art for this book had the alternate subtitle A Complete Compendium of Transformers Animation Models.

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