Andy Schmidt

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Peter Andrewes "Andy" Schmidt (born August 3, 1976) is a comic book writer and former Senior Editor for IDW Publishing.

Before working for IDW, he was an editor at Marvel Comics, where he handled most titles under the "Marvel Heroes" brand as well as numerous other top titles, and oversaw the multi-title "Annihilation" crossover event.

He moved to IDW Publishing in 2008, starting out editing their G.I. Joe and Star Trek titles before leaving Star Trek to work on the Transformers brand, first as co-editor, and then taking over as full editor when Denton J. Tipton moved on to other projects. To say that he was overwhelmed with how obsessive Transfans are with the continuity would be an understatement. He would create a short-lived "brain trust" of Transformers writers, modelled on the Spider-Man "Brand New Day" team, in large part to keep the continuity on track.<ref>Guernsey GeekOut interview with James Roberts, 1:12:30 to 1:17:10</ref>

In 2011, he was hired by Hasbro directly to work in their new HasLab division, and has since been replaced as editor on IDW's Hasbro-licensed properties by John Barber. In 2013, it was revealed that he was among the Hasbro employees who were affected by a major layoff wave a few months earlier.

He also owns and teaches at the Comics Experience school of comics in California.

I'm just constantly surprised at how you guys keep track of all this stuff. It's really impressive. And yes, it's a part of my job, but it's not how my brain works naturally. I have to really work at it. This is part of the job that doesn't come easily to me. ... Back at Marvel we just didn't care ;){{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:|{{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}|}}|}}

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Bibliography

IDW Publishing

Writer

• The Transformers: Spotlight #24 "Metroplex"
• The Transformers: All Hail Megatron #14 ("Rebirth")
• The Transformers Continuum
• Unit:E Special Edition Comic Book

Editor

(many with Denton J. Tipton)

• The Transformers: All Hail Megatron #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #15, #16
• The Transformers: Bumblebee: all issues.
• The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers: all issues.
• The Transformers: Spotlight #22 "Jazz", #25 "Prowl".
• The Transformers (ongoing): #1–22
• Transformers: War for Cybertron
• Transformers: Prime
• Transformers: Sector 7
• Transformers: Foundation
• Transformers: Rising Storm
• Transformers: Jazz

Games

• Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)
• Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
• Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark
• Transformers: Battle Tactics
• Transformers: Devastation

Notes

Stealth bomber Megatron controversy

We're sure it was all just a misunderstanding...

• According to Don Figueroa via his now-defunct Deviant Art account, he designed the stealth bomber Megatron which appeared in IDW's The Transformers #13 comic. However, he originally designed it as part of a story pitch which editor Andy Schmidt rejected. Schmidt later told Figueroa he wanted the pitched concept and the two made plans to work out a deal at the Long Beach Comic-Con. Schmidt stood Figueroa up, not attending the Comic-Con, and then proceeded to use the pitched design in The Transformers #13 with no compensation to Figueroa whatsoever. When Figueroa heard about this, and that Hasbro would be turning the design into a toy (again, with no compensation or credit), Figueroa was less than thrilled.<ref>DeviantArt message from Figueroa, archived via Seibertron messageboard post</ref>

• Presumably, Schmidt doesn't teach any ethics courses at his Comics Experience school.

External links

• Comics Experience

Interviews

• June 2009—CBR
• September 2009—USA Today
• October 2009—Moonbase 2
• November 2009—CBR
• November 2009—TFW2005
• November 2009—TFormers (addressing criticism about Transformers: Continuum)
• November 2009—Seibertron
• July 2010—San Diego Comic-Con (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) (with Larry Hama, Robert Atkins, Mike Costa, Denton J. Tipton, Michael Kelly, and Alex Irvine)
• October 2010—Silver Cheese
• April 2011—Seibertron
• April 2011—The Underbase
• April 2011—CBR
• June 2011—BotCon (with Chris Ryall, Mike Costa, Livio Ramondelli and Flint Dille)
• March 2016—Nerd For A Living

Reference

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