Simon Furman
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Simon Christopher Francis Furman (born 22 March 1961[1]) is a British comic book writer who is best known for his work on Hasbro's Transformers franchise, starting with writing Marvel's initial comic book to promote the toyline worldwide, as well as foundations for both Dreamwave Production's and IDW Publishing's takes on the Generation 1 minifranchise.
Career
Furman was born in Carshalton, Surrey, and had no tertiary education.
Furman is best known for his work on the
Furman started his run in the US comic cautiously at first, but later invented an origin story for the Transformers that involved an ancient struggle between the colossal godlike creator,
Aside from the creation myth, mythological underpinnings can be found in several of his stories such as the
Furman's Transformers: Generation 2 plot-line in 1993 introduced the characters Jhiaxus and Liege Maximo, one of the first Transformers. Liege Maximo had killed the first Prime to steal the Matrix and claimed that the Decepticons descended from him. Since Transformers Generation 2 was cancelled after 12 issues, the Liege Maximo storyline was concluded in the convention exclusive novella Alignment.
Over ten years later, Furman was brought in by the now-defunct independent comics publisher
Furman has released a novella/comic serial, The Omega Point, which was available only at conventions.[citation needed]
Furman collaborates with regular Marvel UK Transformers artist, Andrew Wildman, as WildFur Productions.[3] Their most recent collaboration was on the Macromedia Flash online, interactive comic The Engine: Industrial Strength, which they produced with UK New Media expert Adam Jennings.
Away from Transformers, Furman wrote a
Furman wrote a new continuity of "Generation 1" Transformers comic books for IDW Publishing. Furman likes to tell his stories realistically with maps helping out his locations.[4] Furman often focuses his stories on responsibility.[5] He also wrote a Maximum Dinobots mini-series in 2008.[6]
Furman is also widely known as the co-creator and chief writer of
Furman's other work at
In June 2007, he began writing
On 9 April 2011 Furman was one of 62 comics creators who appeared at the
In 2019 Furman and Geoff Senior started their own company, Forged By Fire Productions, for the purpose of publishing their own comic, To the Death.
In 2020, his comic Brute Force became the subject of an episode of Marvel 616 on Disney+. Actor and comedian Paul Scheer sets out to have it adapted into an television series for the streaming service, resulting in a 2 minute pilot animated by 6 Point Harness. Furman himself is briefly interviewed by Scheer to explain his reason for working on the comic in the first place.
Comics
Comics work includes:
- Scream! No. 3 (1984)
- The Transformers (UK)#13–21, 29–32, 45–50, 59–65, 74–88, 96–104, 113–120, 125, 130–138, 146–153, 160–161, 164–173, 182–189, 198–205, 213–332
- Doctor Who Magazine #111–113, 117, 130–135, 140
- ThunderCats (UK) No. 10, 30–35
- Action Force (UK) No. 1, 2, 8, 14–17, 24–27, 47–50
- Action Force Monthly#2–6, 8–10, 14
- Action Man: A.T.O.M. (2006)
- Dragon's Claws #1–10
- Death's Head #1–7, 9, 10,
- Death Metal#1–4
- The Transformers (USA) #56–80
- Brute Force#1–4
- RoboCop #12–23
- Sensational She-Hulk#24–27, 47
- Alpha Flight #110–112,114–130
- What If...? Vol.3 #51,53,54,59,64–66,72,74,76
- Transformers: Generation 2 (UK) #1–12
- Northstar#1–4
- Transformers: The War Within vol.1 #1–6,vol.2 #1–6,vol.3 #1–3
- Transformers: Armada #6–18
- Transformers: Energon #19–30
- DOLL (English translation)
- Necrowar #1–3
- Transformers Summer Special Energon story
- The Transformers: Infiltration #0–6
- The Transformers: Stormbringer #1–4
- Beast Wars: The Gathering#1–4
- The Transformers: Spotlight vol.1 #1–5, vol.2 #1,3,4, vol.3 #1,2,4,5
- Amazing Fantasy # 16–20
- Toxic Crusaders Vol. 1
- Power Rangers SPDcomic strip)
- The Transformers: Escalation #1–6
- Transformers: Movie Prequel#1–4 (with Chris Ryall)
- Terminator 2: Infinity#1–5
- Transformers Comic UK #1-current
- The Transformers: Devastation #1–6
- Beast Wars: The Ascending#1–4
- Beast Wars: Sourcebook#1–4 (with Ben Yee)
- Annihilation: Ronan (4-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, 2005)
- The Transformers: Revelation #1–4
- The Vigilant (2018-2020)
- To the Death #1–10 (2019)
- Monster Fun Halloween Spooktacular (2021): Furman scripted the first new The Leopard from Lime Street story since 1987 (the story is called "Totem" and was illustrated by Laurent Lefeuvre )[13]
Television
- Beast Wars: Transformers (1999)
- Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends (1999)
- X-Men: Evolution (2000–2001)
- Alien Racers (2005)
- A.T.O.M. (2006)
- Legend of the Dragon (2006)
- Matt Hatter Chronicles (2011–2015)
Notes
- ^ Interview with Simon Furman at www.bwtf.com. Accessed on 22 May 2020.
- ISBN 1 84576 910 4
- ^ "wildfur productions". Wildfur.net. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
- ^ "Simon Furman creating history Q&A". TFormers.com. Retrieved 14 October 2006.
- ^ Singh, Arune (19 October 2006). "Simon Furman keeps rollin out with "Transformers" at IDW". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 16 February 2007.
- ^ Furman Talks “Maximum Dinobots” Archived 11 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Comic Book Resources, 9 December 2008
- ISBN 1-905239-34-3
- ^ Furman on Ronan The Accuser[permanent dead link], Newsarama, 17 February 2006
- ^ Pniccia on Death's Head 3.0 & Amfan Things to Come Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Newsarama, 21 November 2006
- ^ "Furman on Making Dynamite's Terminator Revolutionary". Comic Book Resources. 20 October 2008
- ^ a b "Kapow! '11: Comic History Rewritten On The IGN Stage". IGN. 14 April 2011
- ^ "Guinness World Records at Kapow! Comic Con" Archived 15 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Guinness World Records. 9 April 2011
- Rebellion Publishing, ISBN 9781786184764.
Sources
- Simon Furman at the Grand Comics Database
- Simon Furman at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- 2000 AD profile
External links
- WildFur Productions
- "The Engine: Industrial Strength" Online Comic, written by Furman
- Simon Furman convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
- Simon Furman Interview at www.sci-fi-online.com