Latest Comic Guest Announcement - BOB BUDIANSKY

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Latest Comic Guest Announcement - Bob Budiansky

 

Attending: Sat/Sun

 

Join us at LFCCW for the 30th Anniversary Celebrations of Transformer Comics

 

 

Writer/Artist: Transformers, Sleepwalker

 

ALTHOUGH best-known as the writer who created the foundations for the success of the Transformers franchise, Bob Budiansky actually embarked on a career as a comics artist, In 1975 he worked on a couple of assignments for Marvel before becoming the regular inker on Marvel UK's Captain Britain for a short period two years later.

 

Over the next few years he concentrated on producing a growing number of covers although he also took on an editorial role at the House of Ideas in 1980, a position that only ended in 1996. He became the regular penciller on Marvel's original superhero Ghost Rider comic in 1982, drawing 12 out of the last 14 issues of the title.In collaboration with J.M. DeMatteis, he also wrote seven of those issues, revealing another talent that was to stand him in good stead when Marvel acquired The Transformers license in 1984.

 

Although initially "only" the editor on what was originally intended as a four-issue miniseries, it was Budiansky who wrote the bible for the comic, which was to run 80 issues until 1991. He also authored virtually every issue from #5 to 55 before moving on to create a new Marvel superhero, who debuted in his own title in 1991. Budiansky wrote all 31 issues of Sleepwalker. Forever known as the man who transformed (!) Hasbro's Robots in Disguise into the worldwide franchise they remain to this day, he returned in 2006 to write all 12 issues of IDW's Transformers: Generations as well as its four-part adaptation of The Transformers: The Animated Movie.

 

[SirGeeksalot]

Awesome! I'll definitely be there now! :-)

[pnova]

I'll be over to see Bob & also Jose should be listed on here soon too. Andrew WIldman & Lee Sullivan have confirmed to me that they are both planning on being around so they should appear soon on the guest list. But SM should be sorting out guest tables.