Peter Andrewes "Andy" Schmidt is a comic book writer and former Senior Editor for IDW Publishing. Before working for IDW, he was an editor at Marvel Comics, where he handled most titles under the "Marvel Heroes" brand as well as numerous other top titles, and oversaw the multi-title "Annihilation" crossover event.
In 2011, he was hired by Hasbro directly to work in their new HasLab division, and has since been replaced as editor on IDW's Hasbro-licensed properties by John Barber. In 2013, it was revealed that he was among the Hasbro employees who were affected by a major layoff wave a few months earlier.