Bob Budiansky

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Bob Budiansky
The Transformers
Ghost Rider
Sleepwalker
Spouse(s)Angela Goldman (m. 1991)
Children2

Bob Budiansky (/bʌdiˈænski/;[4][5] born March 15,[1] 1954[2]) is an American comic book 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

State University of New York at Buffalo.[3] He was "reintroduced" to comics while in college during the early 1970s.[6] His first published work was Superrunt — a comic strip collaboration with Charles "Sparky" Alzamora, published in the University at Buffalo newspaper The Spectrum while he was a student there.[citation needed
]

Career

Budiansky worked at Marvel Comics for approximately 20 years.

tech spec" biographies printed on the Transformers toy packages that Hasbro produced in the 1980s, giving each figure unique personality traits.[citation needed
]

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

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."[9] 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.[9]

From 1983 till 1996, Budiansky was on staff at Marvel as an editor. During this period, Budiansky oversaw such titles as Fantastic Four, Daredevil[10] 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.[11]

Personal life

Budiansky married Angela Goldman in August 1991.[12]

Partial bibliography

As artist

  • Ghost Rider #68–81 (also co-plotter)
  • Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner #1–4 (also co-plotter and cover colorist[9]
    )

As writer

As inker

As colorist

As letterer

Notes

  1. ^ a b Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "Bob Budiansky". Comic Book DB. Archived from the original on December 4, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Best, Daniel (September 24, 2007). "Looking Back With Bob Budiansky".
  4. ^ Circuit 42 and Geeks4Comics Presents Bob Budiansky interview
  5. ^ Interview with Bob Budiansky
  6. ^ Karpowich, Matthew; Sorohan, Andrew (July 26, 2004). "A Little Q&A With... Bob Budiansky". AlteredStatesMag.com. Archived from the original on February 22, 2012.
  7. ^ "Transcript of Bob Budiansky/Don Figueroa pannel at Iacon One". July 8, 2006.
  8. ^ Hassan, Chris (April 14, 2017). "The Man Who Named Megatron: An Interview With 'Transformers' Writer Bob Budiansky". AIPT. Confirms Ratchet, Starscream, Sideswipe and Megatron.
  9. ^ a b c Lantz, James Heath (September 2016). "Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner: Scion of the Deep or Royal Pain?". Back Issue! (91). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 51–52.
  10. ^ Shooter, Jim. "Bullpen Bulletins", Marvel comics cover-dated November 1983.
  11. ^ "Transformers Hall of Fame Humans". Hasbro.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2010.
  12. ^ "Bullpen Bulletins", Marvel Comics. March 1992.

References

External links

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Preceded by Marvel Comics Group Editor-in-Chiefs, Spider-Man titles;

Mark Gruenwald, Universe titles; Bob Harras, mutant titles; Bob Budiansky, Spider-Man titles; Bobbie Chase, Marvel Edge titles; Carl Potts, licensed-property titles
1994–1995

Succeeded by
Preceded by Avengers writer
1981
(with Danny Fingeroth) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Ghost Rider penciler
1981–1983 		Succeeded by
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