Andrew Wildman

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“	he said “do you want to do some Transformers”? I was like “what robots? Not really!” (Laughs) But ok, money, alright them”!	”
— Wildman to Fractal Images, 2007[1]

Andrew Wildman's artistic association withTransformersbegan when he did several covers for the MarvelUK comic.His first strip work came in issue#198,which was scripted byIan Rimmerfrom a plot bySimon Furman.He thought it was just going to be a minor job likeBraveStarrorRealGhostbusters...^[2]

After Furman took up writing for the Marvel US version of theTransformerscomic, Wildman came aboard 13 issues later, simultaneously penciling the cover and interior of#69.He would pencil the book to the end of its 80-issue run, only skipping#75(which was illustrated byGeoff Senior). His style was noted for its fluid 'people in costumes' approach to the robots, partly to show off how he could potentially draw superheroes (artists got rent to pay!) and partly to fully show that the Transformers were emotional people. A big influence here was Barry Windsor Smith's work onMachine Man^[3](which coincidentallywas a back-up stripin Marvel UK'sTransformers).

AfterTransformers,though the collaborations between Wildman and Furman would continue on and off over their years at Marvel, Wildman would go off on his own for lengthy stints, such as pencillingLarry Hama'sG.I. Joeand Peter David'sSpider-Man2099.

Simon Furman and Andrew Wildman would be brought together again years later forBotCon 1997's convention comic, "Ground Zero".Wildman was also tapped to do the box art for that year's exclusives,FractylandPackrat.Wildman did the package art forBotCon 1998'sAntagonyandVice Gripas well, and later supplied colors for 2000's "Terminus".

The two Britons stayed together following their creative reunion, subsequently forming Wildfur Productions as a joint venture.

While Andrew Wildman was not quite as active as Simon Furman in the 2000sTransformerscomic revivals, he was still a visible presence. On the British side of things, he provided the retail covers to all of theTitanreprints of Generation 1 comic material, and pencilled eight of the nine issues ofPanini's short-livedArmadacomic series. Over in North America, he pencilled theThe War Within: The Dark Agesminiseries forDreamwave Productions,and has done several covers forIDW Publishing'sInfiltration.

While at Marvel, Wildman worked extensively with inkerStephen Baskerville,whose talents greatly complemented Wildman's own. After not working together for some time, they briefly reunited for the final issue of the PaniniArmadacomic.

Everything old became new again with the production ofThe Transformers: Regeneration One— IDW's modern-day continuation of the US Marvel comic. Wildman teamed not only with Simon Furman again, but also with Stephen Baskerville for the production. This came about after Wildman worked on several covers for IDW, intended as his "absolute final goodbye note" to the franchise and with no plans to do interior work, until he learned that work would be with Simon and finishing the old run "with real gravitas".^[4]He dropped out from#92but returned to draw part of thegrand finale.

In recent years, Wildman has founded a UK-based charity organization,Draw The World Together;done storyboards for episodes of the revivedDoctor Who;written and drawn the graphic novelHorizon,which got plaudits fromDave Gibbonsand everything;^[5]and, for fun, life-drawing sketches andnaturalistic paintings.

Contents 1Interiors 1.1Marvel UK 1.2Marvel US 1.33H Productions 1.4Panini 1.5Titan 1.6Dreamwave Productions 1.7Devil's Due 1.8IDW Publishing 2Covers 2.1Marvel UK 2.1.1Covers 2.2Marvel US 2.33H Productions 2.4Titan 2.5Dreamwave 2.6Devil's Due 2.7IDW 3Other 4Gallery 5Convention appearances 6Other trivia 6.1Visual gags 7References 8External links 8.1Interviews

Interiors

Marvel UK

• The Transformers#198,#199,#215,#216,#217,#218,#225.#228,#234,#240,#241,#242,#248,#255,#257,#260,#262,#265
• Destiny of the Dinobots!fromTransformers Annual 1990

Marvel US

• The Transformers#69,#70,#71,#72,#73,#74,#76,#77,#78,#79,#80
• Generation 2#2

3H Productions

• Ground Zero
• "Terminus"(colours)

Panini

• Armada#2–#9

Titan

• Transformers#3

Dreamwave Productions

• The War Within: The Dark Ages#1,#2,#3,#4,#5,#6

Devil's Due

• Black Horizon#1,#2

IDW Publishing

• Transformers: Movie Prequel Special"Interlude","Planetfall"(pages 10–22)
• The Transformers: Regeneration Oneissues#80.5-92and pages 1–10 of#100

Covers

Marvel UK

Covers

• The Transformers#183,#185,#186,#187,#193,#198,#202,#203,#205,#206,#208,#210,#211,#230,#238,240,#243,#245,#250,#259,#266,#286,#307,#315,#317,#323,#325,#328,#331

Marvel US

• The Transformers#69,#70,#71,#72,#73,#74,#76,#77,#78,#79,#80
• G.I. Joe and the Transformerstrade paperback

3H Productions

• Ground Zero
• Terminus(CGI artwork)

Titan

• Paperback covers forTransformers: Primal Scream,Transformers: Matrix Quest,Transformers: All Fall Down,Transformers: End of the Road,Transformers: Dark Designs,Transformers: Rage in Heaven,Transformers: Beginnings,Transformers: New Order,Transformers: Cybertron Redux,Transformers: Showdown,Transformers: Breakdown,Transformers: Treason,Transformers: Trial By Fire,Transformers: Maximum Force,Transformers: Dark Star,Transformers: Last Stand.

Dreamwave

• The War Within: The Dark Ages#1 Dynamic Forces exclusive cover

Devil's Due

• Black Horizon#2 cover B

IDW

• Infiltration#1 cover B and Retailer Incentive cover C,#2 cover C,#3 cover C,#4 cover C and Retailer's Exclusive cover A,#5 cover C,#6 Retailer Incentive cover A
• Transformers: Movie Prequelissue#3 Retailer Exclusive cover.
• The TransformersCovers B issues#2-7.
• The Transformers: Regeneration Oneall Covers A, plus issue#100convention exclusive cover and the100-Page Spectacularcover A.
• The Transformers Classics UKcovers.

Other

• MetrodomeHeadmastersDVD art, along with exclusive post cards forThe Transformersfor Season 2 Part 2 and Season 3 and 4 sets.
• BotCon 2009Skyquakebio card art.

Gallery

• Extended Andrew Wildman gallery

Convention appearances

• BotCon 1997
• BotCon 1998

Other trivia

• Wildman cheekily nodded to hisGhostbusterswork when he outright drew three of them into "Race with the Devil"!

Visual gags

Quite the wag in his Marvel career, Wildman frequently drew amusing Easter eggs into his artwork:

• His cover toissue #186includes a dustbin and milk bottle outside one ofMetroplex'sdoors.
• AtoasterTransformer is seen being built byAuntyinissue #198.
• His cover toissue #205features another appearance by a toaster, as well as a cute little un-Transformers-y robot (dubbed "Teenytron"by the letters page).
• Issue #217'shorrifying close-up ofzombieStarscreamdepicts him with exposed wires reading messages like "HELLO!" and "MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!"
• A control panel on theArkinissue #242reads "YOUR[sic]MAD ".
• The artwork forUS issue #74features multiple gags on the page 4-5 splash—includingApefacepeeling a banana,Triggerhappygetting distracted, and a background Autobot taking aim atSoundwave—as well as ladies and gents restroom signs under Unicron's left pec.

References

External links

• Draw The World Together
• Wildfur Productions,original properties by Andrew Wildman and Simon Furman.
• Wildwords, Andrew Wildman's blog

Interviews

• August 2011—Auto Assembly(withSimon Furman,Nick RocheandJames Roberts)
• August 2012—Auto Assembly(withSimon Furman,Stephen Baskerville,John-Paul BoveandJason Cardy)
• August 2013—Auto Assembly(withSimon Furman,Stephen Baskerville,John-Paul Bove,Jason Cardy,andGeoff Senior)
• August 2014—Auto Assembly(withSimon Furman,Stephen Baskerville,John-Paul Bove,andJason Cardy)