Andrew Wildman (sometimes credited as Andy Wildman) is a British artist, best known for his work in comics, mainly for
Marvel Comics
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. Wildman worked on numerous
Marvel UK
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's titles in the late 1980s, including ''
Galaxy Rangers'', ''
Thundercats'', ''
The Real Ghostbusters
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'', and ''
Transformers
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''. His first strip work on Transformers came in #198 for the story "Cold Comfort and Joy". He would rapidly ascend to being one of the key members of the title's art team, often working with inker Stephen Baskerville.
Wildman and Baskerville followed writer
Simon Furman
Simon Christopher Francis Furman (born 22 March 1961) is a British comic book writer who is best known for his work on Hasbro's ''Transformers'' franchise, starting with writing Marvel's initial comic book to promote the toyline worldwide, a ...
to the
American Transformers title soon afterwards, providing the art for issues #69-74 and #76-80. His artwork, which often applied human characteristics to the robotic protagonists, was divisive amongst some fans but generally lauded for capturing the emotion of Furman's scripts. After the title was cancelled with #80, he continued to work for Marvel on various series, becoming the regular artist on ''
X-Men Adventures'' (adaptations of the storylines from the popular 1990s cartoon series) and ''
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero''. He briefly provided art for ''
Transformers: Generation 2'', drawing three pages of ''Transformers: Generation 2'' #2 as a favour to Furman and editor
Rob Tokar when the original artist, Derek Yaniger, fell behind. Further work for Marvel US included ''Spider-Man: The Arachnis Project'', ''
Venom: Carnage Unleashed'' (1995) (written by G.I. Joe scribe
Larry Hama
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During the 1970s, he was seen in minor roles on the TV shows ''M*A*S*H'' ...
) and a four issue ''
Black Cat'' mini-series. His final job for Marvel at the time was as the regular artist for ''Spider-Man 2099'' from #33 to 43.
He returned to the Transformers franchise in 2002, drawing numerous covers for
Titan Publishing
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's series of TPB reprints. This was followed by Wildman working for
Dreamwave Productions
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History
Brothers Pat Lee and Roger Lee founde ...
in 2003 to draw ''Transformers - The War Within: The Dark Ages'', a 6-issue mini-series written by Furman. He also contributed art to
Panini's Transformers Armada UK series, for issues #3 to #9; his work for issue #10 went unpublished when the title was cancelled. In 2007, in addition to providing some cover art for IDW, the new publishers of Transformer comics, he provided the artwork for
Devil's Due Publishing
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's ''
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers IV'' 2-issue miniseries.
In 2012, Wildman reunited with Furman and inker Stephen Baskerville on a relaunched ''
Transformers ReGeneration One'' ongoing series, which continues the story and numbering of the original Marvel series.
(While Wildman was succeeded on interior art by
Guido Guidi
Guido Guidi is an Italian comic book artist and penciller. He is best known for his work on Transformers comics.
Dreamwave Productions
A longtime Transformers fan, Guidi was brought in by Dreamwave Productions to be artist for their '' Trans ...
as of #93, he continued to contribute cover art for the remainder of the series, and illustrated several pages of #100, the final issue)
Wildman has continued his partnership with Furman. The pair regularly appear at Transformers conventions together including the UK event
Auto Assembly and created an online
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comic called The Engine: Industrial Strength with UK New Media expert Adam Jennings.
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Further projects include concept work for computer games development company NikNak, as well as the children's 'Paranormal Western' comic book adventure Frontier with cult writer Jason Cobley.
In 2005 after undertaking the
Landmark Education
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'Curriculum for Living' Wildman created the charity projec
Draw the World Together The project continues to go from strength to strength in partnership with computer games company NCsoft as it raises funds to benefit street children around the world and create healthcare and education possibilities.
References
External links
Draw the World TogetherAndrew WildmanThe Engine: Industrial StrengthWildfur Productions2000 AD profile
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
British comics artists