Buzz Dixon (December 7, 1953) is an American writer of comic books, film, and

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s. He has written comics for multiple companies, including

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, and a ''

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'' adaptation for

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His cartoon work includes both writing and editing credits. He wrote numerous episodes of '' GI Joe: A Real American Hero'', '' The Transformers'', ''

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'', '' Jem'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' (the

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installments), '' Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light'', ''

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'' and ''

Teen Wolf ''Teen Wolf'' is a 1985 American coming-of-age romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Rod Daniel and written by Jeph Loeb and Matthew Weisman. Michael J. Fox stars as the title character, a high school student whose ordinary life is changed ...

''. He also served as a story editor for the ''GI Joe'' and ''Teen Wolf'' series, and was a story consultant on '' G.I. Joe: The Movie'' and '' My Little Pony: The Movie''.

Screenwriting credits

* series head writer denoted in bold

Television

* ''

'' (1978) * '' The Freedom Force'' (1978) * ''

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'' (1979) * ''

The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show ''The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show'' is an animated television series produced by Ruby-Spears Productions from 1979 to 1981; it was shown right after ''Super Friends'' on the ABC Network. The show featured various adventures of the DC Comic ...

'' (1979-1980) * '' Heathcliff'' (1980) * ''

'' (1980-1981) * ''

Goldie Gold and Action Jack ''Goldie Gold and Action Jack'' is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises that aired for one season on ABC from September 12 to December 5, 1981. The show was rerun on Cartoon Network in 1994, and Boom ...

'' (1981) * ''

'' (1983) * ''

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'' (1983) * ''

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'' (1984) * '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' (1985-1986): season 2 head writer * '' The Transformers'' (1985-1986) * ''

'' (1986) * ''

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'' (1987) * ''

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'' (1987) * '' Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light'' (1987) * ''

BraveStarr ''BraveStarr'' is an American space Western animated series that aired 65 episodes from September 1987 to February 1988 in syndication. The show was created a year after Mattel had released a line of action figures. ''BraveStarr'' was the last a ...

'' (1988) * ''

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'' (1988) * '' Jem'' (1988) * ''

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'' (1988) * '' Chip'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'' (1989) * ''

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' is an American media franchise created by the comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Leonardo, Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Miche ...

'' (1989) * ''

'' (1990) * '' Batman: The Animated Series'' (1992) * '' Conan the Adventurer'' (1992) * ''

My Little Pony Tales ''My Little Pony Tales'' was an American animated television series produced by Sunbow Productions and Graz Entertainment with animation being produced by AKOM. The series, based on the My Little Pony toys by Hasbro, weekly aired for 26 episodes f ...

'' (1992) * '' Transformers: Generation 2'' (1993) * '' G.I. Joe Extreme'' (1995)

Film

* '' G.I. Joe: The Movie'' (1987)

References

External links

Interview with Dixon, at ComicsReporter.com

Dixon comics bibliography
*
Buzz Dixon's personal blog

Snokie, Buzz Dixon's company blog2001 interview with Dixon
at JoeHeadquarters (via

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