Simon Furman is a writer for comic books and TV animation, his name inextricably linked to Transformers, the 80s toy phenomenon. He has written literally hundreds of stories about the war-torn "robots in disguise," for Marvel Comics (US and UK), Dreamwave, and IDW Publishing. His titles for the latter include
Transformers: Infiltration ,
Escalation ,
Devastation &
Revelation ;
Maximum Dinobots ;
Beast Wars: The Gathering &
The Ascending ;
Transformers: Stormbringer ,
Transformers: Nefarious and
Transformers: Spotlight . His other comic book credits include
Doctor Who ,
Death's Head ,
Death's Head 3.0 ,
Alpha Flight ,
Turok ,
She-Hulk ,
Robocop ,
What If? ,
StarCraft ,
Wallace & Gromit , and
Torchwood .
In the TV animation field, Furman has written on shows including Beast Wars , Dan Dare , X-Men: Evolution , and A.T.O.M. , and served as lead writer and script supervisor on The Matt Hatter Chronicles . Editorially, Furman worked on Titan Books' range of Transformers titles and their "Comics Creators" series. He is also the author of numerous books, including Rad Robots , Transformers: The Ultimate Guide , You Can Draw Transformers and a Doctor Who audio adventure ("The Axis of Insanity").