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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. His first major comics work was a back-up story in in ''Detective Comics'', and later he was responsible for the 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 [[IDW Generation 1 continuity]], McCarthy has written several ''Transformers'' comics for [[IDW Publishing]].
'''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 nearly immediately ignored). He writes ''Transformers'' comics for [[IDW Publishing]], with his first series being ''[[All Hail Megatron]]''.


McCarthy's comics are known for their decompressed storytelling and [[wikipedia:Brian Michael Bendis|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.  
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.


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>
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>
 
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>
 
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>  This explains why  ''[[All Hail Megatron]]'' fits so [[Spotlight: Optimus Prime|seamlessly]] and [[Hunter O'Nion#Notes|respectfully]] into [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|previously established canon]].


==Comic bibliography==
==Comic bibliography==
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==Notes==
==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 (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>
* 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> 
*McCarthy reported on his blog that neither he nor artist [[Guido Guidi]] were given complimentary ''[[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>
*McCarthy reported on his blog that neither he nor artist [[Guido Guidi]] were given complimentary ''[[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>


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Tonight on Top Gear, Richard Hammond drives 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 is an Australian 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 nearly immediately ignored). He writes 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 Autobots", but later retracted his comments, claiming he had been misquoted.[2] 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 the owner of the Swing It! swing dancing school in Perth, Western Australia.[3]

He is not a fan of the 2007 Transformers movie.[4]

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] This explains why All Hail Megatron fits so seamlessly and respectfully into previously established canon.

Comic bibliography

IDW Publishing

Notes

  • 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]

References

  1. ↑ Comment made on the Allspark.com forums, on November 2, 2008
  2. ↑ Shane McCarthy clarifies All Hail Megatron details on February 20, 2008 on the IDW forums
  3. ↑ Swing It! About Us/Teachers page
  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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