Simon Furman
Writer
UK
See also: Wildfur Productions
Biography:
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), Dreamwave and most recently Transformers: Infiltration, Escalation, Devastation & Revelation, Maximum Dinobots, Beast Wars: The Gathering/The Ascending, Transformers: Stormbringer and Transformers: Spotlight for IDW Publishing. His other comic book credits include Doctor Who, Dragon's Claws, Death's Head, Alpha Flight, Turok, She-Hulk, Robocop and What If? In the TV animation field, Furman has written for shows such as Beast Wars, Roswell Conspiracies, Dan Dare, X-Men: Evolution, Alien Racers and A.T.O.M. Editorially, Furman oversees Titan Books' range of Transformers titles and their 'Comics Creators' series (which includes Comics Creators on X-Men and Writers on Comics Scriptwriting 2). Furman's recent/current writing work includes StarCraft (for Wildstorm), Transformers: Nefarious (for IDW), Terminator - Revolution (for Dynamite), Ronan and Death's Head 3.0 (both for Marvel), Transformers UK, Wallace & Gromit and Torchwood. He is also the author of numerous books, including Rad Robots, Transformers: The Ultimate Guide, You Can Draw Transformers, Transformers: Top Trumps and a Doctor Who audio adventure ('The Axis of Insanity'). Furman is currently lead writer and script supervisor for the upcoming animated TV show The Matt Hatter Chronicles.
Gold Circle in the US has recently optioned a feature script co-written by Simon and film journalist Mark Salisbury: Devil's Due.
Convention Guest Appearances
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2023
- BotCon 2023 - August 24-27, 2023 in East Rutherford, NJ, USA 2022
- BotCon 2022 - August 25-28, 2022 in Nashville, TN, USA
- TFNation 2022 - August 12-14, 2022 in Birmingham, UK 2019
- TFNation 2019 - August 16-18, 2019 in Birmingham, UK 2018
- Island Con 2018 - October 20-21, 2018 in Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK 2017
- TFNation 2017 - August 11-13, 2017 in Birmingham, UK
- London Film & Comic Con 2017 - July 28-30, 2017 in London, UK 2016
- TFNation 2016 - August 19-21, 2016 in Birmingham, UK 2015
- Auto Assembly 2015 - August 21-23, 2015 in Birmingham, UK
- Dublin Comic Con 2015 - August 8-9, 2015 in Dublin, Ireland 2014
- London Film & Comic Con 2014 - October 18-19, 2014 in London, UK
- Auto Assembly 2014 - August 8-10, 2014 in Birmingham, UK
- Glasgow Comic Con 2014 - July 5-6, 2014 in Glasgow, UK
EM-Con 2014 - March 16, 2014 in Nottingham, UKCancelled Appearance 2013- Auto Assembly 2013 - August 9-11, 2013 in Birmingham, UK
- London Super Comic Convention 2013 - February 23-24, 2013 in London, UK 2012
- Nor-Con 2012 - September 2, 2012 in Norwich, UK
- Auto Assembly 2012 - August 3-5, 2012 in Birmingham, UK
- London Super Comic Convention 2012 - February 25-26, 2012 in London, UK 2011
- TFcon 2011 - July 30-31, 2011 in Mississauga, ON 2010
- Auto Assembly 2010 - August 13-15, 2010 in Birmingham, UK 2008
- Auto Assembly 2008 - August 2, 2008 in Birmingham, UK
- BotCon 2008 - April 24-27, 2008 in Cincinnati, OH, USA 2006
- BotCon 2006 - September 28 - October 1, 2006 in Lexington, KY, USA
Iacon One 2006 - July 7-8, 2006 in Fort Wayne, IN, USACancelled Appearance- Auto Assembly 2006 - June 3, 2006 in Birmingham, UK 2005
- Auto Assembly 2005 - June 4, 2005 in Birmingham, UK 2004
- The Official Transformers Collectors' Convention 2004 - July 30 - August 1, 2004 in Rosemont, IL, USA
- Auto Assembly 2004 - May 8-9, 2004 in Birmingham, UK 2003
- Auto Assembly 2003 - August 2, 2003 in Birmingham, UK
- The Official Transformers Collectors' Convention 2003 - July 26-27, 2003 in Chicago, IL, USA 2002
- BotCon Europe 2002 - November 3, 2002 in Cheshunt, UK
- BotCon 2002 - July 27-28, 2002 in Fort Wayne, IN, USA 2001
- BotCon 2001 - July 13-15, 2001 in Durham, NC, USA 1999
- BotCon Europe 1999 - August 13-14, 1999 in South West London, UK 1998
- BotCon 1998 - June 19-21, 1998 in Anaheim, CA, USA 1997
- BotCon 1997 - July 18-20, 1997 in Rochester, NY, USA
35 confirmed guest appearances