Alex Milne

If Alex is going to ride, he's going to ride — in style!

Alex Milne (born October 13, 1980) is a Canadian artist who has done pencils on numerous Transformers titles.

Milne's Transformers work started with an ill-fated run at the end of Dreamwave's tenure, during which he was ghosting for Superstar Patrick "Pat The Transman" Lee, and unfortunately, not being paid very much (or at all) for his work. Pat Lee owed him more than $4,330.00 as of February 2005—and that was before he started ghosting for Pat.^[1]

After Dreamwave folded, Milne was picked up by IDW, who presumably pay him a living wage. He penciled a number of live-action movie spin-off books and other miscellaneous titles. In 2012, he became the primary artist on IDW's More Than Meets the Eye series, drawing the bulk of its issues.

Milne's linework is noted for its high levels of detail, from complex backgrounds to precisely delineated mechanical greeblies on the Transformers themselves. Stylistically, Milne has shown the ability to emulate other artists' work, such as his Pat Lee-styled lines on Megatron: Origin. For More Than Meets the Eye, Milne designed many of the series' characters and settings, and by extension, much of its distinctive overall look. His work on the book has garnered high praise among fans, owing to his detailed character designs, complex action scenes, and highly expressive characters.

Comic book interior art

Dreamwave Productions

• Transformers: Energon #26–29, #31 (the latter was unreleased)

Devil's Due Press

• G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: The Art of War #4–5

IDW Publishing

Interiors

I told you, NOBODY gets MEGATRON'S milk money!

• The Transformers: Megatron Origin (all 4 issues; #2 pg. 1–11, 20–22 only)
• Transformers Movie Adaptation (all 4 issues)
• The Transformers: Spotlight: Arcee
• Transformers: The Reign of Starscream (all 5 issues)
• Transformers: Alliance (all 4 issues)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation: #3
• Transformers: Tales of the Fallen: #5–6
• The Transformers: Drift (all 4 issues)
• The Art of IDW's Transformers
• The Transformers: #16–18, #22–23
• Alex Milne Sketchbook: The Transformers
• Transformers: Jazz
• Transformers: Arcee
• The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye: #2–5, #7–12, #14–15, #17–21, #27–30, #32–33, #35–38, #41–43, #45–46, #50 (for main story), #51–52, #53 (15 pages), #54–55
• Optimus Prime: #4
• Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor (all 5 issues)
• The Transformers: Lost Light: #13
• Transformers: Unicron: #0–6
• Transformers #13 (10 pages), Annual 2021
• Transformers: Galaxies #5, #6
• Transformers vs. The Terminator (all 4 issues)
• Transformers: Fate of Cybertron pages 20–26 & 34

Covers only

• The Transformers: Spotlight: Kup (Cover B), Blaster (RI Cover)
• Transformers Animated: The Arrival: #1 (Cover A)
• The Transformers vol. 2: #36 (30th Anniversary Cover), #48-50 (RI Covers)
• The Transformers: Windblade: vol. 1 #2 (Subscription Cover)
• The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers: #1 (RI Cover)
• The Transformers: Till All Are One: #1 (RI Cover B and Transmissions Podcast exclusive cover), #3 (Subscription cover)
• Transformers/Ghostbusters #1, #4

Fun Publications

• Transformers Timelines vol. 2 #1 (with Dan Khanna and Marcelo Matere)
• Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #14 (Featured Artist)
• Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #17 (Featured Artist)
• Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #24 (Featured Artist)
• Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #26 (Featured Artist)
• Transformers Timelines #2
• Transcendent Part 1-3
• Transformers Timelines #4 BotCon Edition Cover
• Transformers Timelines #5 Diamond Edition Cover
• Transformers Timelines #6 BotCon Edition Cover

TakaraTomy

• Generations Selects Special Comic "Finale Part 2" (guest artist)

Transformers packaging art

Alternators

• Meister (original release)
• Grimlock

Storybooks

• Transformers Mix & Match (with Rob Ruffolo)
• Transformers Prime Time (with Joe Ng and Rob Ruffolo)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix & Match (with Rob Ruffolo)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Electronic Voice Changer (with Rob Ruffolo)
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon Mix & Match (with Rob Ruffolo)
• Dark of the Moon: Action Pop-ups! (with Rob Ruffolo)

Convention appearances

• BotCon 2006
• BotCon 2007
• BotCon 2008
• BotCon 2009
• BotCon 2010
• BotCon 2013
• BotCon 2015
• BotCon 2016
• Cybertron Con China 2016

Gallery

Notes

• Milne's favourite issues he drew for was the Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor mini series.

References

External links

• Alex Milne's Twitter feed
• Alex Milne' DeviantArt
• Alex Milne's Tumblr

Interviews

• May 2007—Fractal Matter (with Eric Holmes) (defunct)
• June 2007—Cybertron Philippines
• October 2010—The Underbase
• June 2013—Moonbase 2
• August 2013—The Underbase (with James Roberts)
• September 2013—Auto Assembly (with James Roberts, Nick Roche, and Andrew Griffith)
• March 2014—TransMissions
• June 2014—Moonbase 2
• August 2014—Auto Assembly (with James Roberts and Joana Lafuente)
• May 2015—Women Write About Comics
• August 2016—TFNation (with James Roberts)
• August 2016—Moonbase 2
• January 2017—Ontario Collectors Con
• April 2017—TransMissions
• July 2017—TransMissions (with John Barber and Josh Perez)
• September 2017—Moonbase 2 (with Josh Perez)
• September 2017—TFCon (Part 1, Part 2) (with James Roberts)
• March 2018—Free Comic Book Day (with John Barber)
• May 2018—TransMissions (with John Barber) (transcript)
• April 2020—TransMissions
• November 2020—TransMissions