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Easton was not informed of the changes in the book because of alleged miscommunication with the production staff at Dreamwave. Easton continued writing the series as if it was going to have the original amount of time to develop. After Easton finished issue #4, Easton learned that ''Arkanium'' was to be shortened. He was forced to go back to completed scripts to condense almost five issues of material into only two issues. Since ''Arkanium'' was going to be only 6-issues, the story had to be dramatically altered in order to have it make sense for the readers. ''Arkanium'' was cancelled on the basis of low sales after issue #5 was released. Fallout With ''Arkanium'' cancelled, Easton lobbied heavily for more work from the company. During the ''Arkanium'' incident, Easton was commissioned to write one issue of for distribution into the national comic book retail program known as Free Comic Book Day . Since Easton was a life-long fan of the Transformers comic books and TV shows, he considered it a dream come true. Despite positive responses from the target audience, Easton was not given any more work from the company. Easton set his sights on getting work at other established comic book companies like Marvel Comics and DC Comics , but editorial decisions and a shrinking marketplace hampered Easton's chances at achieving more work in the industry. CREATOR-OWNED WORK Easton adapted a previous screenplay of his into ''Shadowlaw'', a four-issue limited series to be released in January 2006. SEE ALSO |
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