Bob Budiansky (; born March 15, 1954) is an American

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writer, editor, and penciller, best known for his work on Marvel's '' Transformers'' comic. He also created the Marvel character Sleepwalker and wrote all 33 issues of that comic.

Early life

Budiansky was born in

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, New York, where he attended public school, then went on to the State University of New York at Buffalo. He was "reintroduced" to comics while in college during the early 1970s. His first published work was ''Superrunt'' — a comic strip collaboration with Charles "Sparky" Alzamora, published in the

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newspaper ''The Spectrum'' while he was a student there.

Career

Budiansky worked at Marvel Comics for approximately 20 years. He is responsible for much of the writing of the original Marvel '' Transformers'' comic, and conceived the names of most of the original Transformers, including Decepticon leader Megatron, Autobot medic Ratchet, Starscream, Sideswipe, and the Decepticon Ravage. He also wrote the vast majority of the descriptive " tech spec" biographies printed on the Transformers toy packages that

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produced in the 1980s, giving each figure unique personality traits. After a long hiatus from the ''Transformers mythos'', Budiansky scripted a new adaptation of the original 1986 '' The Transformers: The Movie'' for IDW Publishing in 2006 in honor of the film's 20th anniversary. Budiansky is also a penciller. He drew the final years of the Johnny Blaze/ Zarathos version of Ghost Rider, as well as drawing the majority of '' Ghost Rider'' covers from 1978 to 1983 and co-plotting the series with its final writer, J. M. DeMatteis. Following the cancellation of ''Ghost Rider'', Budiansky and DeMatteis continued this method of collaboration in the limited series '' Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner''. Budiansky recalled, "Marc would typically map out the story arc, discuss it with me, I'd give him feedback, maybe come up with a few extra plot twists and turns, and suggest some scenes that might juice up the story visually. ... Marc had this four-issue story arc more nailed down than some of the ''Ghost Rider'' stories we worked on together, so I think I contributed less to the ''Sub-Mariner'' plots." Budiansky's covers for ''Prince Namor'' are an early example of interlocking covers; when the covers are placed together in two rows, the backgrounds flow into each other. From 1983 till 1996, Budiansky was on staff at Marvel as an editor. During this period, Budiansky oversaw such titles as '' Fantastic Four'', '' Daredevil'' and Spider-Man.

Honors

At BotCon 2010, Hasbro named Budiansky as one of the first four human inductees in the Transformers Hall of Fame for his contributions to the creation of the franchise.

Personal life

Budiansky married Angela Goldman in August 1991."Bullpen Bulletins", Marvel Comics. March 1992.

Partial bibliography

As artist

* '' Ghost Rider'' #68–81 (also co-plotter) * '' Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner'' #1–4 (also co-plotter and cover colorist)

As writer

* '' The Avengers'' #204, 205, 207 & 208 * '' Captain Britain'' #38 & 39 (UK) * '' Ghost Rider'' #77–81 * ''Marvel Adventures'' #13 * ''Marvel Super Special'' #25 * '' Sleepwalker'' #1–33 (1991–1994) * '' Spider-Man Comics Weekly'' #231 (UK) * '' The Transformers'' #22–28; 33–40; 51–56; 66–73; 174 & 175 (UK) * ''Transformers Universe'' #1–4 * ''The Transformers'' #1–15; 17–32; 35–42; 44–55 * '' The Transformers: The Movie'' #1–4 * ''The Transformers: Generations'' #1–3; 4–10 & 12 * ''The Transformers: Headmasters'' #1–4 * ''Uncanny Origins'' #7 & 13 * '' What If?'' #34 * ''X-Men And Captain Universe'' #1

As inker

* '' Captain Britain'' #36 (UK) * ''Essential Marvel Two-In-One'' trade paperback volume 3 * '' Marvel Two-In-One Annual'' #4 * '' What If?'' #34

As colorist

* '' The Punisher'' #36 & 42 * '' Sleepwalker'' #1–3

As letterer

* '' Spider-Man Adventures'' #10

Notes

References

* * "Bullpen Bulletins" "Pro File on: BOB BUDIANSKY," '' The Incredible Hulk'' #340 (Feb. 1988)

External links

Official Representative for commissions
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Interview at Transfans.net

Bob Budiansky at the Transformers Wiki
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