Andy Schmidt

He's not smug, he just photographs that way!

Andy Schmidt 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.

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.

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 ;)Andy Schmidt

If I could go back to the 70s and 80s and stop Marvel and DC from ingraining in comics fans[sic] brains that continuity is paramount, I would.Andy Schmidt

Comic bibliography

IDW Publishing

Writer

• The Transformers: All Hail Megatron #14 ("Rebirth")
• The Transformers: Spotlight #24 "Metroplex"
• 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): all issues thus far.
• Transformers: War for Cybertron
• Transformers: Prime
• Transformers: Sector 7
• Transformers: Foundation
• Transformers: Rising Storm
• Transformers: Jazz

External links

• Comics Experience
• November 16, 2009 interview with TFW2005.com
• November 23, 2009 interview with Tformers.com, where he addresses criticism about Transformers: Continuum
• November 24, 2009 interview with Seibertron.com