Bob Budiansky

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Bob Budiansky

Born
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, penciller
Notable works	Transformers: Armada/Energon The Transformers: Evolutions

Bob Budiansky is a comic book writer, best known for his work on Marvel's Transformers comic. He also created the Marvel character Sleepwalker and wrote all 33 issues of that comic.

Budiansky is considered a "father" of Transformers lore. He was part of the birth of the line that celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2004. Responsible for much of writing of the original Marvel Transformer comic, Budiansky went on to become a legend among Transformers fans. Budiansky is also an accomplished penciller as well, his art defining the final years of the Johnny Blaze/Zarathos interpretation of the Ghost Rider.

Amongst his greatest accomplishments, Budiansky created the names of several of the original, most iconic Transformers, including Decepticon leader Megatron, Autobot medic Ratchet, and Decepticon Ravage.^{[citation needed]} Budiansky also wrote the vast majority of the descriptive "tech spec" biographies printed on every Transformers toy package, giving each figure unique personality quirks.

After a long hiatus from the Transformers mythos, Budiansky scripted a new adaptation of the original 1986 The Transformers: The Movie for IDW Publishing in honor of the film's 20th anniversary.

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Budiansky's first published work was Superrunt — a comic strip collaboration with Charles "Sparky" Alzamora. This was published in the University of Buffalo newspaper The Spectrum while he was a student there.

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Preceded by Tom DeFalco	Marvel Comics Group Editor-in-Chiefs, Spider-Man titles; Mark Gruenwald, Avengers titles; Bob Harras, mutant titles; Bob Budiansky, Spider-Man titles; Bobbie Chase, Marvel Edge titles; Carl Potts, licensed-property titles 1994–1995	Succeeded by Bob Harras
Preceded by David Michelinie	Avengers writer 1981 (with Danny Fingeroth)	Succeeded by Jim Shooter