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Simon Furman
January 24, 2005

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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), plus convention comics (including the current Transformers: Universe) and, most recently, Transformers: The War Within and Transformers Energon for Dreamwave.  His other comic book credits include Dragon's Claws, Death's Head, Alpha Flight, Turok, She-Hulk, Robocop and What If?  In the TV animation field, Simon has written for shows such as Beast Wars, Roswell Conspiracies, Dan Dare, X-Men: Evolution and Legend of the Dragon.  Editorially, Simon oversees Titan Books' range of Transformers and Wallace & Gromit graphic novels and their Comics Creators series (which includes Comics Creators on Spider-Man and Writers on Comics Scriptwriting 2).  Simon's recent writing work includes Doll, a manga title for Tokyopop; Transformers: The Ultimate Guide, a lavish twentieth anniversary hardcover for Dorling Kindersley; and a Dr. Who audio adventure (The Axis of Insanity) for Big Finish.

Name: Simon Furman
Occupation: Writer
Domain: Digital/Print
Location: England