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[[Image:ShaneMcCarthy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Tonight on ''Top Gear'', Richard Hammond will drive a jet-powered dragster...]]
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{{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>}}
{{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]]''.
'''Shane McCarthy''' (born July 24, [[1975]]) is an [[Australia]]n comic book writer. His first major comics work was a back-up story in ''Detective Comics'', and later he was responsible for the temporary reinvention of the Riddler during the five-part "Riddle Me That" storyline in ''[[Batman]]: Legends of the Dark Knight''. Beginning with ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'', a "soft reboot" of [[2005 IDW continuity]], McCarthy has written several ''Transformers'' comics for [[IDW Publishing]].  
 
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>
McCarthy's comics are known for their decompressed storytelling and {{w|Brian Michael Bendis}}-style approach to dialog. The theme that runs through his ''Transformers'' comics is that both the Autobots and Decepticons have lost their grounding in their ideals. McCarthy's most contentious addition to the mythos, the character [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], serves as a mouthpiece for McCarthy's theme.


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>
Outside of comics, one of Shane McCarthy's passions is swing dancing. He is the owner of 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>


==Comic bibliography==
==Comic bibliography==
===IDW Publishing===
===IDW Publishing===
* ''[[All Hail Megatron]]'' #1–12 + some part of issues 13–16.
*''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' #1–12, half of #14.
* ''[[Spotlight (comics)|Spotlight]]'' [[Spotlight: Blurr|#20 ''Blurr'']]
*''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]]'' [[Spotlight: Blurr|#20 "Blurr"]]
* ''[[Spotlight (comics)|Spotlight]]'' [[Spotlight: Drift|#22 ''Drift'']]
*''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|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>''
*''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]]'' [[Spotlight: Cliffjumper|#23 "Cliffjumper"]]
*''[[The Transformers: Drift]]'' (4-issue miniseries)
*''[[Mars Attacks: The Transformers]]''
*''[[The Transformers: Drift - Empire of Stone]]''
 
==Notes==
*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]]s", 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.
*He is not a fan of the [[Transformers (film)|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> nor the new incarnation of [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] depicted in ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'', deeming him a racist stereotype.
*He is a fan of [[Simon Furman]], has read everything he has produced, and would never ever do anything to "piss all over what that man did",<ref>[http://oneshallstand.com/articles/shane-mccarthy.html Q&A with Shane McCarthy at oneshallstand.com]; January, 2009</ref> though this didn't stop him from completely ruining the plans Furman had for the character [[Hunter O'Nion]] and his partner [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]].
*McCarthy reported on his blog that neither he nor artist [[Guido Guidi]] were given complimentary ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] figures from [[Hasbro]]. He considered this to be rather lame and agreed with a reader that Hasbro should be ashamed.<ref>[http://www.smactalk.com.au/?p=292 Samurai For Sale, SMAcTalk, September 1, 2010]</ref>
 
==External links==
*[http://www.shanemccarthy.com/ Shane McCarthy's website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/shane_mccarthy Shane McCarthy's MySpace page]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20150521024606/https://smactalk.com.au/ Shane McCarthy's blog] (archived copy)
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20110218125253/http://www.smactalk.com.au/?p=348 Blog post talking about death in ''All Hail Megatron''] (archived copy)
 
===Interviews===
*April 2008—[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=153048 Newsarama forums] (defunct)
*May 2008—[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/interview-all-hail-megatron-author-shane-mccarthy/12965/ Comixfan] (mirror)
*May 2008—[http://web.archive.org/web/20080516183022/http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=007180 The Pulse]
*July 2008—[http://web.archive.org/web/20081117222107/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080725-SDCCIDWTformers.html Newsarama] (with [[Chris Mowry]] and [[Simon Furman]])
*October 2008—[http://web.archive.org/web/20081028114344/http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18585 CBR]
*June 2009—[https://moonbase2.libsyn.com/the-moonbase-2-presents-an-interview-with-shane-mc-carthy- Moonbase 2]
*2009—[http://web.archive.org/web/20090913075627/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 9am with David & Kim] (defunct)
*September 2010—[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezq28NGYP8E Madman Entertainment]
*October 2010—[https://moonbase2.libsyn.com/the-underbase-interviews-shane-mc-carthy The Underbase]
*November 2014—[https://www.cbr.com/mccarthy-shifts-transformers-into-gear-for-idws-drift-empire-of-stone/ CBR]
*July 2021—[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1WwKv0EqmU Ia-Con] (with [[Andrew Griffith]] and [[Livio Ramondelli]])


==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.shanemccarthy.com/ Official website]
[[Category:IDW Publishing]]
* [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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[[Category:IDW]]
[[Category:Writers]]
[[Category:Writers]]

Latest revision as of 13:02, 17 February 2023

Tonight on Top Gear, Richard Hammond will drive a jet-powered dragster and a comic franchise into the ground.
“ I wouldn't read anything I wasn't enjoying either. ”

—Shane McCarthy[1]

Shane McCarthy (born July 24, 1975) is an Australian comic book writer. His first major comics work was a back-up story in Detective Comics, and later he was responsible for the temporary reinvention of the Riddler during the five-part "Riddle Me That" storyline in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight. Beginning with All Hail Megatron, a "soft reboot" of 2005 IDW continuity, McCarthy has written several Transformers comics for IDW Publishing.

McCarthy's comics are known for their decompressed storytelling and Brian Michael Bendis-style approach to dialog. The theme that runs through his Transformers comics is that both the Autobots and Decepticons have lost their grounding in their ideals. McCarthy's most contentious addition to the mythos, the character Drift, serves as a mouthpiece for McCarthy's theme.

Outside of comics, one of Shane McCarthy's passions is swing dancing. He is the owner of the Swing It! swing dancing school in Perth, Western Australia.[2]

Comic bibliography

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IDW Publishing

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Notes

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  • 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 Autobots", but later retracted his comments, claiming he had been misquoted.[3] 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.
  • He is not a fan of the 2007 Transformers movie,[4] nor the new incarnation of Drift depicted in Age of Extinction, deeming him a racist stereotype.
  • He is a fan of Simon Furman, has read everything he has produced, and would never ever do anything to "piss all over what that man did",[5] though this didn't stop him from completely ruining the plans Furman had for the character Hunter O'Nion and his partner Sunstreaker.
  • McCarthy reported on his blog that neither he nor artist Guido Guidi were given complimentary Generations Drift figures from Hasbro. He considered this to be rather lame and agreed with a reader that Hasbro should be ashamed.[6]
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Interviews

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References

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  1. ↑ Comment made on the Allspark.com forums, on November 2, 2008
  2. ↑ Swing It! About Us/Teachers page
  3. ↑ Shane McCarthy clarifies All Hail Megatron details on February 20, 2008 on the IDW forums
  4. ↑ Based upon his pleasure in a blog post about a fan praising All Hail Megatron while deriding the 2007 Movie
  5. ↑ Q&A with Shane McCarthy at oneshallstand.com; January, 2009
  6. ↑ Samurai For Sale, SMAcTalk, September 1, 2010
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