Shane McCarthy

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[[Image:ShaneMcCarthy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Tonight on ''Top Gear'', Richard Hammond will drive a jet-powered dragster...]]
{{bigquote|I wouldn't read anything I wasn't enjoying either.|Shane McCarthy<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=51978&view=findpost&p=1053581 Comment made on the Allspark.com forums, on November 2, 2008]</ref>}}

'''Shane McCarthy''' is an [[Australia]]n comic book writer. He has written for DC Comics's Batman in ''Detective Comics'' and was responsible for the reinvention of the Riddler during the five-part "Riddle Me That" storyline in ''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' (which was subsequently ignored by the "One Year Later" event). He has recently started writing ''Transformers'' comics for [[IDW Publishing]], with his first series being ''[[All Hail Megatron]]''.

The first details of ''All Hail Megatron'' were revealed by McCarthy in a television interview on the disreputable Australian tabloid current affairs programme ''Today Tonight'' on January 16, 2008. He was quoted saying that the story would be about a "world without the [[Autobot|Autobots]]", but later retracted his comments, claiming he had been misquoted.<ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=3076&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=90S Shane McCarthy clarifies ''All Hail Megatron'' details on February 20, 2008 on the IDW forums]</ref> Considering the quality of ''Today Tonight's'' journalism (trust us, it's terrible), it's hard not to give Shane the benefit of the doubt on this one.

One of Shane McCarthy's passions is swing dancing. He is a regular instructor at the Swing It! swing dancing school in Perth, Western Australia.<ref>[http://swingit.com.au/?page_id=6 Swing It! About Us/Teachers page]</ref>

He is not a fan of the [[Transformers (2007)|2007 ''Transformers'' movie]].<ref>[http://www.smactalk.com.au/?p=64 Based upon his pleasure in a blog post about a fan praising ''All Hail Megatron'' while deriding the 2007 Movie]</ref>

==Comic bibliography==
===IDW Publishing===
* ''[[All Hail Megatron]]'' #1–12 + some part of issues 13–16.
* ''[[Spotlight (comics)|Spotlight]]'' [[Spotlight: Blurr|#20 ''Blurr'']]
* ''[[Spotlight (comics)|Spotlight]]'' [[Spotlight: Drift|#22 ''Drift'']]
* ''[[Spotlight (comics)|Spotlight]]'' [[Spotlight: Cliffjumper|#23 ''Cliffjumper'']]<ref>[http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090301-wondercon09-IDW-movies.html Cliffjumper announced at Wondercon]</ref>''

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.shanemccarthy.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.smactalk.com.au/ Shane McCarthy's blog]
* [http://9am.ten.com.au/video.htm?vxSiteId=4a40990c-a06c-401b-8663-6f890bb8f3dc&vxChannel=9am%20Books&vxClipId=1427_9am-774LG1-220509&vxBitrate=300&CMP=LEC-DANCEgetVideoLink Television interview on 9am with David & Kim]

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