Marty Isenberg

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[[Image:MartyIsenberg.jpg|right|250px|thumb|That's the beard he has. In the... present.]]
'''Marty Isenberg''' (born [[July 30]], 1959) is an American television writer responsible for co-story editing ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' alongside [[Bob Skir]] and story editing ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]''. When he joined the ''Animated'' production staff his first task was to revise the [[production bible]]. Later on, he would pen the original-story ''Animated'' comic series for [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]. It is his goal to make ''Animated'' "the most fun Transformers series ever". Rock on, Marty.

Marty has also dabbled with voice acting, providing the voice of ''Animated'' [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] for the series' test-track to get early animation before [[David Kaye]] was cast for the role.

He has also contributed a significant amount of work for [[Cartoon Network]] and other properties. His highest profile non-Transformers work has been as a writer for the revival of ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''. Other works include such comic-to-cartoon properties as ''Batman the Animated Series'', ''[[Spider-Man]]'', ''[[Wolverine (superhero)|X-Men]]'' and ''Sam & Max: Freelance Police!'', as well episodes from ''Godzilla: The Series'', usually in partnership with Bob Skir. From 2010 he started to create shows for [[The Hub]], starting with the ''Animated''-feeling ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: Renegades]]''.

==Transformers credits==
===Story editor===
* ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''
* ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]''

===Writer===
====''Beast Machines''====
* "[[The Reformatting]]" (with [[Bob Skir]])
* "[[Master of the House]]" (with Bob Skir)
* "[[The Catalyst]]" (with Bob Skir)
* "[[Fallout]]" (with Bob Skir)

====''Transformers Animated''====
* "[[Transform and Roll Out]]" (triple-length episode)
* "[[Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec]]"
* "[[Along Came a Spider]]"
* "[[Megatron Rising - Part 2]]"
* "[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]"
* "[[A Bridge Too Close, Part II]]"

* "[[The Arrival]]" (IDW Publishing miniseries)

*"[[Transformers Animated: The Game]]" (Nintendo DS game)
*"[[Transformers Animated: The Adventure Continues! Volume 1]]" (IDW Publishing)

===Voice actor===
* [[Isaac Sumdac]] ("[[Bee in the City]]" only)
* [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]] guard
* Drive-through speaker

==Convention guest==
* [[BotCon 2008]]

==Notes==
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*According to the convention's magazine advertisement, Bob Skir and Marty Isenberg were invited to [[BotCon 2000]], but did not end up attending.
* On the ''Transformers Animated'' season 2 DVD set, Marty provides episode commentary on "[[Mission Accomplished]]" and "[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]" alongside [[Eric Siebenaler]], [[Derrick Wyatt]] and [[Matt Youngberg]].
* Marty has said he prefers to do self-contained episodes and then build on them in later episodes, than to do multi-ep story arcs: "I'd rather not have everything planned out for the entire season."
* Someone who looks suspiciously like him appears at the [[Burger Bot]] in "[[Human Error, Part I]]", alongside the Decepticon-allied humans [[Cancer]] and [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] from ''[[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]]''. (Marty, is there something you need to tell us?)
* The sidebar of a newspaper article in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The Allspark Almanac]]'' reports an interview with a "Hannah and Sarah Rose Isenberg" about their best-selling father.

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410810/ Marty Isenberg at the Internet Movie Database]
*[http://tformers.com/transformers-interview-transformers-animated/8992/news.html Interview with Isenberg about ''Transformers Animated'' at tformers.com]
*[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/interviews-27/tfw2005-interviews-transformers-animated-story-editor-marty-isenberg-165509/ Interview with Isenberg about ''Transformers Animated'' at TFW2005]

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