Bob Budiansky

Bob Budiansky
Budiansky at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan, October 17, 2009.
Born	March 15
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, Penciller, Editor
Notable works	The Transformers Sleepwalker

Bob Budiansky (born March 15) 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.

Career

Budiansky's first published work was Superrunt — a comic strip collaboration with Charles "Sparky" Alzamora. This was published in the University at Buffalo newspaper The Spectrum while he was a student there.

Budiansky is responsible for much of the writing of the original Marvel Transformer comic, and conceived the names of most of the original Transformers, including Decepticon leader Megatron, Autobot medic Ratchet, and Decepticon Ravage. He also wrote the vast majority of the descriptive "tech spec" biographies printed on the Transformers toy packages that Hasbro produced in the 1980s, giving each figure unique personality quirks.^{[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 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, including drawing the majority of Ghost Rider covers from 1978 to 1983.

From 1983 till 1996, Budiansky was on staff at Marvel as an editor. During this period, Budiansky oversaw such titles as Fantastic Four and Daredevil and the Spider-Man Clone Saga.

Honors

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

Personal life

Budiansky married Angela Goldman in August 1991. They have two children, Emma and David.

Partial bibliography

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

References

• Furman, Simon (2004). Transformers: The Ultimate Guide. DK Publishing Inc.. p. 43. ISBN 1405304618. 
• "Bullpen Bulletins" "Pro File on: BOB BUDIANSKY," The Incredible Hulk #340 (Feb. 1988)

External links

• Official Representative for commissions
• Bob Budiansky at the Comic Book DB
• Interview at Transfans.net
• 2007 retrospective interview
• Bob Budiansky at the Transformers Wiki

Preceded by Tom DeFalco	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 Bob Harras
Preceded by David Michelinie	Avengers writer 1981 (with Danny Fingeroth)	Succeeded by Jim Shooter
Preceded by Don Perlin	Ghost Rider penciler 1981–1983	Succeeded by N/A