Transformers, G.I. Joe, and Void Rivals from San Diego Comic-Con 2025

🥣 Season 13, Episode 4
Remember your first happy hour? Saturday mornings — when you’d wake up with the sun, grab a bowl of chocolatey cereal, and lose yourself in a world of cartoons, commercials, and pure, unfiltered joy. We’re still chasing that feeling, one episode at a time.

And this week? We brought the whole damn toy box.

Straight from San Diego Comic-Con 2025, Saturday Morning Cereal goes inside the Energon Universe with exclusive roundtable conversations featuring ROBERT KIRKMAN — yes, that Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible, Void Rivals, TRANSFORMERS) — alongside an all-star creative lineup:

Daniel Warren Johnson (TRANSFORMERS)
Joshua Williamson (G.I. Joe)
Sean Mackiewicz (SVP & Publisher, Skybound)

We crack open the packaging and dig into Transformers, G.I. Joe, Void Rivals, and the bold new shared comic book cosmos that’s striking the perfect balance between nostalgia and next-level storytelling.

Hosting duties fall to Grim Shea, Marke, Johnny Heck, and Jimmy “The Gent” from Retro Cool Nerd, with a special assist from guest host and friend of the show Slick McFavorite of the Open Your Toys Podcast — our resident expert on the four greatest action figure franchises of the ’80s and beyond: G.I. Joe, Transformers, Star Wars, and Masters of the Universe.

We break down what makes the Energon Universe work, where new readers should jump in, and why this feels like the kind of shared universe that’s absolutely begging to leap from comics to streaming, animation, or the big screen. (Seriously, Hollywood… are you watching?)

This episode was recorded immediately following Skybound’s SDCC panel “Transformers & G.I. Joe: All Out War in the Energon Universe”, and you can feel the energy, excitement, and creative momentum pouring off the page.

So pour another bowl, open your toys, and join us as we celebrate giant robots, real American heroes, and the creators who are redefining what shared universes can be.

Stay crunchy, my friends. 🥣

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ROBERT KIRKMAN Sparks the Energon Universe