New IDW editor John Barber, Hasbro’s Senior Global Publishing Manager Michael Kelly and IDW’s Director of Marketing and Public Relations AnnaMaria White recently held a press conference to discuss upcoming plans for IDW’s Transformers series. Spoilers abound in the article, so if you don’t want to know what’s coming, avoid reading any further.

IDW Publishing and Hasbro held a press conference call Wednesday to present the future of “Transformers” comics — a future that, it would appear, does not include the famed leader of the Autobots. Following the two-stream “Chaos” arc now running biweekly in the “Transformers” ongoing series, December will see a one-shot titled “The Death of Optimus Prime,” after which the series will relaunch as two separate, ongoing series, “Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye” and “Transformers: Robots in Disguise.” New IDW editor John Barber led the discussion, with Hasbro’s Senior Global Publishing Manager Michael Kelly and IDW’s Director of Marketing and Public Relations AnnaMaria White also on the call.

Follow the link to read the full article at comicbookresources.com.

From this year’s SDCC comic panel comes various tidbits of information about upcoming Transformers comics from IDW.

December – Transformers #125
The “big event” issue. The current ongoing comes to an end. Death of Optimus Prime!

January – All Digital Comic: Autocracy
By Flint Dille and Livo Ramondelli – will be an enhanced comic, with more than just scans of the comics. Likely will be a print version available as well.
Release date is TBD

Two New Ongoing Series – Robots in Disguise and More Than Meets The Eye. These two comics will run in parallel.

Robots In Disguise is written by John Barber, with art by Andrew Griffith

More Than Meets the Eye is written by James Roberts, with art by Nick Roche

See the link for more information and some Q & A with the panelists.