History Dreamwave Productions







brothers pat lee , roger lee founded dreamwave productions in toronto, canada in 1996 imprint under image comics, publishing first mini-series darkminds. pat maintained artistic control while roger managed business operations. dreamwave split off image comics in april 2002.


dreamwave acquired license transformers toyline hasbro in december 2001. first mini-series, written chris sarracini & drawn pat lee , based on transformers: generation 1 characters, top-selling book on sales charts entire run. various transformers ongoing , limited series followed, covering various continuities within transformers franchise.


writers james mcdonough , adam patyk left company in november 2004 on pay disputes. on january 4, 2005, dreamwave announced had gone out of business , closed down, citing shrinking comic book market combined weak u.s. dollar reason closure.


in late april 2005, freelancers still owed money dreamwave discovered liable debts incurred dreamwave. according terms of contract company had federal express, freelancers left liable cost of shipping unpublished, unpaid work canada. guido guidi , don figueroa 2 such freelancers affected.


after company s bankruptcy in january 2005, dreamwave s assets auctioned off on august 2, 2005 , purchased canadian entrepreneur christian dery, planned relaunch original properties. however, new dreamwave have not published nor announced publishing of titles since 2005 announcement.


idw publishing acquired transformers license in may 2005 , began publishing new transformers comics in 2006.








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