| Bob Budiansky | |
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 Budiansky at the 2015East Coast Comicon inSecaucus, New Jersey | |
| Born | March 15, 1954 (1954-03-15) (age 71)[1][2] New York City, U.S. |
| Area | Writer,Penciller, Editor |
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| Spouse | Angela Goldman(m. 1991) |
| Children | 2 |
Bob Budiansky (/bʌdiˈænski/;[3][4] born March 15,[1] 1954[2]) is an Americancomic book writer, editor, andpenciller, best known for his work onMarvel'sTransformers comic. He also created the Marvel characterSleepwalker and wrote all 33 issues of that comic.
Budiansky was born inthe Bronx, New York,[2][5] where he attended public school, then went on to theState University of New York at Buffalo.[5] He was "reintroduced" to comics while in college during the early 1970s.[6] His first published work wasSuperrunt — a comic strip collaboration with Charles "Sparky" Alzamora, published in theUniversity at Buffalo newspaperThe Spectrum while he was a student there.[citation needed]
Budiansky worked at Marvel Comics for approximately 20 years.[7] He is responsible for much of the writing of the original MarvelTransformers comic, and conceived the names of most of the original Transformers, includingDecepticon leaderMegatron,Autobot medic Ratchet, Starscream, Sideswipe,[8] and the Decepticon Ravage. He also wrote the vast majority of the descriptive "tech spec" biographies printed on the Transformers toy packages thatHasbro produced in the 1980s, giving each figure unique personality traits.[9]
After a long hiatus from theTransformers mythos, Budiansky scripted a new adaptation of the original 1986The Transformers: The Movie forIDW Publishing in 2006 in honor of the film's 20th anniversary.
Budiansky is also apenciller. He drew the final years of the Johnny Blaze/Zarathos version ofGhost Rider, as well as drawing the majority ofGhost Rider covers from 1978 to 1983 and co-plotting the series with its final writer,J. M. DeMatteis. Following the cancellation ofGhost Rider, Budiansky and DeMatteis continued this method of collaboration in the limited seriesPrince 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 theGhost Rider stories we worked on together, so I think I contributed less to theSub-Mariner plots."[10] Budiansky's covers forPrince Namor are an early example of interlocking covers; when the covers are placed together in two rows, the backgrounds flow into each other.[10]
Starting in 1985 he taught comic book illustration at theParsons School of Design.[11]
From 1983 till 1996, Budiansky was on staff at Marvel as an editor. During this period, Budiansky oversaw such titles asFantastic Four,Daredevil[12] andSpider-Man.
AtBotCon 2010, Hasbro named Budiansky as one of the first four human inductees in theTransformers Hall of Fame for his contributions to the creation of the franchise.[13]
Budiansky married Angela Goldman in August 1991.[14]
| 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 (withDanny Fingeroth) | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Ghost Rider penciler 1981–1983 | Succeeded by N/A |
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