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UDON Entertainment

2024-06-05T18:02:23Z

MattMoylan:

[[Image:UDON Entertainment logo.jpg|right]]
'''UDON Entertainment''' is a Canadian comic book studio, most noted for their comics based on Capcom's video games, including ''[[Street Fighter II × Transformers|Street Fighter]]'' and ''Mega Man''. It was founded in [[2000]] by Erik Ko, Arnold Tsang, Ken Siu-Chong, and Shane Law. In addition to producing their own comic books, UDON artists have supplied work to other comics publishers, including [[Marvel Comics]] and [[Devil's Due Press]].<ref>[http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=1969 UDON Studios] on ComicBookDB</ref> The company has also compiled and translated art books based on various media properties, and produced promotional or in-game artwork for several video games, most prominently ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix''.

In [[2001]], when Hasbro were seeking a comics publisher to create new ''Transformers'' comics, UDON was part of a joint bid with Marvel, and would have supplied the art for the title. The work instead went to [[Dreamwave Productions]]. <ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14153 Lying in the Gutters Transformers Special]</ref> UDON did eventually get ''Transformers'' comics work, providing limited edition covers for Devil's Due's ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' crossover comics. Following the collapse of [[Dreamwave Productions]], many of the orphaned artists were picked up by UDON.

==Comic covers==
*[[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3]] (cover B)
*[[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4]] (cover B)
*[[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: The Art of War]] #1-#5 (variant covers that combined into a single image, available through their Club UDON online store)

==External links==
*[http://www.udonentertainment.com/ UDON Entertainment]
*{{w|UDON}} on Wikipedia

==References==
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[[Category:Companies|Udon Entertainment]]

Spotlight: Sixshot

2024-06-05T18:00:52Z

MattMoylan:

{{disambig3|Sixshot}}

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Spotlight]]'' #4
|prev=Spotlight: Hot Rod
|next=Spotlight: Ultra Magnus
|image=Spotlight Sixshot cvrA.jpg
|caption=Sixshot and his playmates
|title="The Transformers: Spotlight: Sixshot"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[December 20]], [[2006]]
|coverdate=December 2006
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|art by=[[Rob Ruffolo]]
|inks by=[[Matt Moylan]]
|colors by=[[Rob Ruffolo]]
|letters by=[[Robbie Robbins]]
|edits by=[[Chris Ryall]] & [[Dan Taylor (IDW)|Dan Taylor]]
|continuity=[[2005 IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[2005 IDW timeline#Infiltration|Various]]
}}

'''Sixshot, an engine of destruction, meets a group just like him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] is stationed on a [[Decepticon]] orbital outpost waiting for his next assignment, reflecting on destroying the planet [[Ys'devian]]. With no more carnage to distract him, time crawls.

The other Decepticons stationed on Sixshot's outpost are scared of him, and Sixshot misses the camaraderie of battle. The exceptions are the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], who look up to Sixshot as a kind of role model. Sixshot hasn't seen them around in a while and misses their company, so he interrogates [[Squawkbox]] about their whereabouts, rationalizing that this is a way of easing his boredom. Squawkbox, terrified, informs him that they went missing on the planet [[Mumu-Obscura]], which has fallen to the [[Reaper|Reapers]]. Sixshot immediately leaves to investigate.

Upon arrival at Mumu-Obscura, Sixshot easily fights his way through the Reapers' automated perimeter defenses, finding that Mumu-Obscura is completely devastated. He is met by the Reapers and the [[Deathbringer (IDW)|Deathbringer]] welcomes him to their planet and reveals that they've been watching him, but Sixshot is only interested in recovering the Terrorcons. The Deathbringer claims Sixshot will have to fight his way through them.

Sixshot calmly fights the Reapers one by one, believing that he's holding his own, but when the Reapers kick the fight up a notch, he guesses that the Reapers were testing him. The Reapers, unharmed, teleport in the Terrorcons, and the Deathbringer tells Sixshot about the mission of the Reapers: they seek to end war by totally obliterating any location that has strategic importance, so that there will be nothing worth fighting over. The Deathbringer offers to let Sixshot join them if he will first destroy the Terrorcons, demonstrating that he has left his old life behind.

Sixshot considers the offer long enough for the Terrorcons to get nervous and plead with him out of friendship. Sixshot then takes off into the air, shooting the ground around the Terrorcons but sparing their lives. The Deathbringer allows them to leave, but vows that they will find Sixshot again. Sixshot watches them leave mournfully, but recognizes that he has some of his old flame back: there's enough left for him in the Decepticons to make his life worth it.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c2=
* [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] (1)
* [[Spectro]] (2)
* [[Spyglass]] (3)
* [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] (4)
* [[Squawkbox]] (5)
* [[Pounce]] or [[Wingspan]] (6)
* [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]] (7)
* [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]] (14)
* [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]] (15)
* [[Blot (G1)|Blot]] (16)
* [[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]] (17)
* [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] (18)

|h4=[[Reaper]]s|c4=
* [[Deathbringer (IDW)|Deathbringer]] (8)
* Invertebrate Reaper (9)
* [[Ravenous]] Reaper (10)
* Designer weapon of mass destruction Reaper (11)
* [[Klaxa]] (12)
* Hooded Reaper (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Where I consider myself something of an apt pupil when it comes to the gospel of apocalypse...clearly the Reapers wrote the original covenant."
:—'''Sixshot'''

"I remind myself that these six beings laid waste to an entire planet. So nothing fancy, just get the job done."
:—'''Sixshot'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Spectro and Spyglass appear in toy-based character models. In ''[[Spotlight: Wheelie]]'', they have adopted character models based on the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]].
* '''First appearances:''' Sixshot, the Terrorcons, and the rest of the Decepticon cast; the Reapers

===Transformers references===
* On the first page, Sixshot's guns make a ZARAAAK sound, possibly an in-joke reference to [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s [[Nebulan]] partner [[Zarak (G1)|Mo Zarak]], who appears in the following ''Spotlight'' comic.

===Errors===
* There's some wonky composition going on in the first group shot of the Reapers. The Tank Reaper is behind the Deathbringer, yet in front of one of its wings, basically occupying the very limited space between the Deathbringer's arm and its wing when it is clearly too bulky to do so.
* When he first meets the Reapers and transforms, Sixshot is drawn without most of his altmode kibble.

===Other trivia===
* Sixshot changes form 18 times this issue, which is almost certainly a record of some sort. He never uses his "armored car" mode, but it does appear on Rob Ruffolo's cover.
* This marks the first time that Simon Furman has used the Sixshot character in his fiction.

===Covers (4)===
* '''Cover A:''' Sixshot with Terrorcons; art by [[James Raiz]].
* '''Cover B:''' Sixshot, multiple modes, with the robot mode pose being an homage to the original toy's [[:Image:SixshotBoxArt.jpg|package art]]; art by [[Rob Ruffolo]].
* '''Cover RI-A:''' cover A, uncolored
* '''Cover RI-B:''' cover B, uncolored

<gallery>
Image:Spotlight Sixshot cvrA.jpg|Terrorcons, terrorize!
Image:Spotlight Sixshot cvrB.jpg|6 toys in one!
Image:Spotlight Sixshot cvrRIA.jpg|Cover RI-A
Image:Spotlight Sixshot cvrRIB.jpg|Cover RI-B
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
* ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'' TPB
* ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' 20th Anniversary Special Edition DVD
* ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]]'' (first 5 issues)
* Transformers posters
* IDW trade paperbacks of ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'', ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]'', ''[[Prime Directive]]'', ''[[War and Peace]]'', and ''[[The Transformers: Generations (comic)|Generations]]''
* ''[[The Transformers: Escalation|Escalation]]'' series
* Manga editions of ''Stormbringer'' and ''The Gathering''
* ''Generations'' series
* ''CSI: Dying In the Gutters'' comic miniseries
* ''24: Nightfall''
* [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] with Kung Fu Grip (back cover)

===Reprints===
* '''''[[The Transformers: Spotlight]] Volume 1''''' ([[May 30]], [[2007]]) ISBN 1600100686 / ISBN 978-1600100680
* '''''[[The Transformers: The Premiere Collection]] Volume 1''''' ([[December 5]], 2007) ISBN 1600101186 / ISBN 978-1600101182
* '''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Two]]''''' ([[October 6]], [[2010]]) ISBN 1600107516 / ISBN 978-1600107511
* '''''[[The Transformers: Spotlight]] Omnibus Volume 1''''' ([[April 15]], [[2015]]) ISBN 1631402463 / ISBN 978-1631402463
* '''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Compendium, Vol. 1]]''''' ([[July 6]], [[2016]]) ISBN 163140637X / ISBN 978-1631406379
* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 37: Escalation''''' ([[March 8]], [[2017]])

<gallery>
File:TF Spotlight v1.jpg|'''''Spotlight Volume 1''''' – cover art by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Rob Ruffolo]]
File:Premier Collection 1.jpg|'''''Premiere Collection'' Vol 1''' – cover art by [[Klaus Scherwinski]]
File:IDWCollection2.jpg|'''''The IDW Collection Volume Two''''' – cover art by [[E. J. Su]]
File:TF Spotlight Omnibus v1.jpg|'''''Spotlight Omnibus Volume 1''''' – cover art by [[Jeffrey Veregge]]
File:IDWCollectionCompendiumV1.jpg|'''''The IDW Collection Compendium, Vol. 1''''' – cover art by Jeffrey Veregge
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v37.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 37: Escalation''''' – cover art by [[Don Figueroa]] (Starscream) and E. J. Su (retro)
</gallery>

[[Category:Spotlight issues|Sixshot]]

Matt Moylan

2024-06-05T17:59:54Z

MattMoylan:

[[Image:MattMoylan headshot.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Matt ponders yet again... "Where DOES Optimus's trailer go?"]]
'''Matt Moylan''' is a former editor and staffer for [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s Generation 1 comics. Currently, Matt works as Director of Publishing for comic, manga, and art book publisher/creative services studio [[UDON Entertainment]]. He is also a contributor to [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club]] magazine, providing ''[[Lil Formers]]'' strips.

Matt also designed the logo for [[Fun Publications]].

He doesn't like the [[Live-action film series|film]] and [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|television]] franchises that launched in 2007.

In 2006, Moylan made several claims about Dreamwave's plans that have entered fan lore: that a guest writer would be doing uncredited work finishing off the '[[James McDonough|Brad Mick]]' stories ("since he was stuck finishing off MC-Patyk's and didn't want to be associated with it"), [[Simon Furman]] would do a one-off about [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] not being dead and the Fallen coming back, and [[Chris Sarracini]] would take over,<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/dws-g1-story-speculation-thread.89879/page-2#post-760490 TFW2005 August 6th 2006]</ref> as well as that [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] was gay in Dreamwave continuity.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/dws-g1-story-speculation-thread.89879/page-2#post-760517 TFW2005.com]</ref> A few days later he claimed continuity flubs under [[James McDonough]] and [[Adam Patyk]] were because they "didn't really care" about other's writing and they'd burned their bridges with Furman.<ref>[http://tfarchive.com/community/showpost.php?p=510408&postcount=53 TFArchive.com "Where was DW headed? " #53]</ref> McDonough and Patyk then disputed every single claim, as well as accusing Moylan of having slandered them anonymously before and sent them threatening emails; in particular, Sunstreaker being gay was called "an especially juvenile way for you to try to rile up the fandom".<ref>[http://tfarchive.com/community/showpost.php?p=512360&postcount=66 TFArchive.com "Where was DW headed? " #66]</ref> Moylan did not respond.

==Works==
===Dreamwave Productions===
*''[[Transformers: Generation 1 (Dreamwave)|Transformers: Generation 1]]''
*''[[Transformers: The War Within]]''
*''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages]]''
*''[[Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath]]''
*''[[Transformers: Micromasters]]''
*''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]''
*''[[More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada]]''
*''[[20th Anniversary Transformers Summer Special]]''
*''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe]]''
*''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front]]''
*''[[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|Transformers: Armada]]''
*''[[Transformers: Energon (comic)|Transformers: Energon]]''
*''[[Transformers: Armada (mini-comic)|Transformers: Armada]]''
*''[[Transformers: Energon (mini-comic)|Transformers: Energon]]''

===Devil's Due/UDON===
* ''[[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: The Art of War]]''

===IDW Publishing===
* "[[Spotlight: Sixshot]]"
* "[[Spotlight: Wheelie]]"
* ''[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]'' [[Matrix Quest!|#4]]

===Fun Publications===
* [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 14|''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' #14]]
* [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 15|''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' #15]]
* [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 16|''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' #16]]
* [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 17|''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' #17]]
* [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 18|''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' #18]]
* [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 20|''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' #20]]
* [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 21|''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' #21]]

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon 2009]]
* [[BotCon 2010]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://MattMoylan.deviantart.com/ Matt Moylan at deviantART]
* [http://www.lilformers.com/home.php/ Lil Formers website]

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[[Category:Dreamwave Productions]]
[[Category:Editors]]
[[Category:Fun Publications]]
[[Category:IDW Publishing]]
[[Category:Illustrators]]
[[Category:Writers]]

Matt Moylan

2009-04-29T06:14:06Z

MattMoylan:

[[Image:MattMoylan headshot.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Matt ponders yet again... "Where DOES Optimus' trailer go?"]]
'''Matt Moylan''' is a former editor and staffer for [[Dreamwave]]'s Generation 1 comics. Currently, Matt works as Managing Editor for comic publisher and art house UDON Entertainment. He is also a contributor to [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club]] magazine, providing ''[[Lil Formers]]'' strips.

Matt also designed the logo for [[Fun Publications]].

==Works==
===Dreamwave Productions===
*''[[Prime Directive|Prime Directive (G1 Volume 1)]]''
*''[[War and Peace|War and Peace (G1 Volume 2)]]''
*''[[Generation 1 (Dreamwave comic)|Generation 1 Ongoing (G1 Volume 3)]]''
*''[[The War Within]]''
*''[[The War Within: The Dark Ages]]''
*''[[The War Within: Age of Wrath]]''
*''[[Micromasters]]''
*''[[More Than Meets The Eye]]'' (G1)
*''[[More Than Meets The Eye]]'' (Armada)
*''[[Dreamwave Summer Special|20th Anniversary Transformers Summer Special]]''
*''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe Vol. 1]]''
*''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe Vol. 2]]''
*''[[Armada (Dreamwave comic)|Armada]]''
*''[[Energon (comic)|Energon]]''
*''[[Armada (mini-comic)]]''
*''[[Energon (mini-comic)]]''

===Devil's Due/UDON===
* [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: The Art of War]]

===IDW Publishing===
* [[Spotlight: Sixshot]]
* [[Spotlight: Wheelie]]
* [[Transformers: The Animated Movie]] [[Matrix Quest!|#4]]

===Fun Publications===
* [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 21]]
* [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 20]]
* [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 18]]
* [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 17]]
* [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 16]]
* [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 15]]
* [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 14]]

==Convention appearances==
* [[TransformersCon]] (2005, 2007, 2008)

==External links==
* [http://MattMoylan.deviantart.com/ Matt Moylan at deviantART]
* [http://www.lilformers.com/home.php/ Lil Formers website]

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[[Category:Dreamwave]]
[[Category:Editors]]
[[Category:Illustrators]]
[[Category:Writers]]