If even Swoop's toy is tiny next to Simon Furman, what chance, then, do we have?
Probably the most well-known of all Transformers comics writers, Simon Furman was editor and author for much of the Marvel UK run, and began writing for the Marvel US comic after writer Bob Budiansky left.
Since then, Furman has also written Transformers comics for Dreamwave, IDW, and 3H, and scripted the final episode of the Beast Wars cartoon, "Nemesis, Part 2".
He has also written and created many non-Transformers characters, including Death's Head with Geoff Senior and "Brute Force" with Jose Delbo. He is an editor at Titan Books, which publishes collections of Transformers comics, among other material.
Furman is a highly prolific writer, and well-regarded in the fandom. As a result he is often the first, last, and occasionally only resort in penning Transformers literature, with a deep involvement a wide variety of product. Notably, he penned Transformers: The Ultimate Guide, a book which described the background of several continuities of which he was not particularly involved in crafting. This book has seen significant criticism for being biased towards comic canon (particularly that which he penned) and in places inventing continuity wholecloth without any precedent in prior fiction. In such instances it has since been assumed that Furman was filling in neglected areas of the (at the time underdeveloped) Dreamwave continuity.
Furman enjoys drinking Corona and killing off hordes of background characters.
Fiction
Unicron Trilogy continuity
The flesh creature known as Simon Furman pleases Unicron with his accurate depiction of his omnipotent magnificence.
(In the final issue of Dreamwave's Transformers Armada, Unicron used his ability to gaze across parallel dimensions into a world where he was only a comic-book character, and answer letters from readers. He was unaware this issue ended with his defeat.)
Bibliography
- Marvel UK #13-21, 29-32, 45-50, 59-65, 74-88, 96-104, 113-120, 125, 130-139, 146-153, 160-161, 164-173, 182-189, 198-205, 213-332
- Marvel US #56-80
- Generation 2 #1-12
- The War Within vol.1 #1-6,vol.2 #1-6,vol.3 #1-3
- Armada #6-18
- Energon #19-30
- Infiltration #0-6
- Stormbringer #1-4
- The Gathering #1-4
- Spotlight #1-6,8,9
- Escalation #1-6
- Prime Directives #1-4 (with Chris Ryall)
Trivia
- Simon recorded a DVD commentary track for "Nemesis, Part 2" as part of Madman Entertainment's Beast Wars Season 3 DVD set.