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The Rest is GIANT ROBOTS

Simon Furman & Andrew Wildman

THE REST IS GIANT ROBOTS - A PODCAST THAT"S MORE THAN MEETS THE EAR.Writer Simon Furman and artist Andrew Wildman go back to the beginning... Charting a 40-year stint in comics, TV animation, games and more, including - of course - a healthy discourse on the rise and fall and rise again of TRANSFORMERS, also now 40 years old. In a series of roughly chronological, informal chats, Furman and Wildman relive the ups and downs and highs of lows of the creative life, spotlighting key moments in their

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EP016- ANSWERS ON A PODCAST

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2025/03/08

More listener/viewer questions send us into a tailspin of umm-ing and aah-ing, as we struggle to sound coherent about stuff we really should know about. Join us as we manhandle insightful queries about... Skybound, characters we'd like to have worked on (but haven't), iterations of TRANSFORMERS we'd like to have dipped our toes into (but failed to do so), the creative process, post-11-page/colour UK TRANSFORMERS stories and what they might have been, and some sure-to-see-us cancelled issues with

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EP 15- THE DREAM(WAVE) IS DEAD

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2025/03/05

As the dust settles on the Dreamwave era of TRANSFORMERS we... reassess (i.e. panic) as we hit another of those pesky but oh-so-predictable lean periods. No one ever said being a comics creative would be easy, and into every career some rain must fall. But, wait, actually, there was a LOT going on in early 2005. And we even dip back into 2004 for some - non-Dreamwave - stuff we forget to even mention in previous podcasts! It's another painstaking trawl through our unreliable memories, as stuff that

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45:37

EP14: THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS

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2025/02/08

As we begin our second half-year of The Rest is Giant Robots, we delve into the virtual mailbag to answer 'some' of your burning questions.There's been a huge response from our loyal listenership to our open door policy on asking us, well, anything (though whether we answer absolutely everythingis another matter). And here we lay back on the digital couch and, prompted by your enquires, lay bare the innermost mechanics of our working minds... Which accounts for 2 mins at least! Then we get on with

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EP13 - FALL OF DREAMWAVE

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2025/01/25

All good things come to an end, just some sooner rather than later. The catastrophic crash of Dreamwave and MORE!The up and down, ins and out, topsy-turvy nature of the comics biz is best highlighted by the meteoric rise and subsequent nosedive of Image offshoot (and TRANSFORMERS comics publisher) Dreamwave, who dreamed big, bought Porsches, then crashed and burned. But what happened after? Now it can be told (a bona fide Rest is Giant Robots exclusive!)For exclusives and more check out

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EP12 - RISE OF DREAMWAVE

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2025/01/10

A new year for the Rest is Giant Robots and a new dig into the archives, excavating the bones of a past publisher of TRANSFORMERS comics.We enter the Dreamwave era of Transformers, circa 2002, as an offshoot of Image Comics grabs the hottest license going - before anyone even knew it was hot! We, of course, are dragged into this new flurry of TF comics storytelling, but the road ahead is bumpy to say the least. Part 1 of 2, with a BIG revelation to come in that second instalment!!!For News and all

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37:12

EP011 - THE GREATEST GIFT

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2024/12/23

Festive fun! Santa hats are donned as we explore the tinsel-clad covers of Transformers comics past.A frivolous, festively-themed diversion sees (or hears) us go in-deep (as much as we ever go in-deep) on the subject of a British comics institution - the Xmas-themed cover and story, and the ones we've contributed to in Christmases past. Plus we wrestle with the greatest ever seasonal conundrum - is Die Hard a Christmas movie???S&ATo become a PRIME member for added bonus material and to see the

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45:16

EP10 - RISE OF THE BEASTS

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2024/12/14

We get animated (finally!) as the Beast Wars era dawnsJoin us on a journey into the world of TV animation, as Beast Wars: Transformers and a meeting of minds at Botcon’97 opens doors for us both… eventually… after a few twists and turns! There’s connective tissue galore as our parallel courses converge. Screen credits ahoy!for more and extra etc visit wildfur.net

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46:45

EP009 - Wild + Fur = Wildfur! Lot of thinking went...

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2024/11/30

Circa 1999.With the bottom well and truly fallen out of the comic book industry we go headlong into IP development and self-publishing, and WildFur is born... somewhat out of desperation. We explore the steampunk world of The Engine: Industrial Strength, the imagination of Monster-Maker and a Geoff Senior project that never was - Ms. Matador. Plus a whole bunch of other stuff... Some of which went nowhere, some of which is still around today!S&ATo become a PRIME member for added bonus material

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55:41

EP008 - Marvel crashes, Fish Fingers, and the £5M...

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2024/11/16

A comic creator's survival guide: The mid-90s saw the comic industry crash, and our work from Marvel US dry up. How did we endure? What's Captain Birdseye got to do with it all? And what's the deal with this thing called Beast Wars? Witness the highs and lows (mostly the latter) of being a comic book creator and how, from lean times, we emerged into a brave new world of... fandom?Simon and AndrewIf you would like to have your episodes as a Videocast with extra content, visit us at wildfur.net to

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Episode 007 - Movies old a new

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2024/11/02

In this episode we decided on something a little different. We are talking about movies that we have recently seen, our thoughts about them and where we see the industry at the moment. We also took a look back at some of the movies from out past that have insiped us as creatives. Some you will like, others you may not but rest assured, we have plenty to say about them :-)For more information about the podcast and to become a PRIME member with access to additional content and the Videocast,

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50:10

EP006-Chicklets?!

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2024/10/19

Into the 90's and all it had to offer. What were we doing and what was the general state of the comics industry back then. And what even is a chicklet?For more information about the podcast and to become a PRIME member with access to additional content and the Videocast, visit WILDFUR.NET

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EP005 - What has FiloFax got to do with Transformers?

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2024/10/05

The 80's becomes the 90's as we cast our minds back to some of the UK Marvel created output. Homegrown ideas from homegrown talent. That and Wildman taking up the reins on the US Transformers book and how it nearly didn't happen at all!!

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EP004 - Breaking Conventions

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2024/09/20

Episode 4.The latest - and greatest - TFNation 24. This is the BIG Transformers Convention in the UK. As we discuss this year's amazing even it sparks a conversation about conventions, TRANSFORMERS-centric and otherwise, of yore. Those we attended, those we loved and just when did it all start. Come back with us for a trip down convention memory lane.

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Ep003-THIS IS IT?

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2024/09/07

Okay, maybe now we'll get to that auspicious meeting with Bob Budiansky in 1989. Or maybe not. There was a LOT going on!

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EP002 - he early days of Marvel/Transformers UK and more

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2024/08/23

The early days of Marvel/Transformers UK and more, including - maybe - a certain fateful meeting with US TF scribe Bob Budiansky.

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EP001- It's back to 1984

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2024/08/10

It's back to 1984, baby, as the seeds of the burgeoning careers of Simon Furman and Andrew Wildman take root, and giant, transforming robots ruled the world.

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