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'''Mike Costa''' is a comic book writer for [[IDW Publishing]], and the main ''Transformers'' scribe from 2009 to December 2011. | '''Mike Costa''' is a comic book writer for [[IDW Publishing]], and the main ''Transformers'' scribe from 2009 to December 2011. | ||
He has stated that during his first year, he found the job "tough and not fun" and the immortal, robotic nature of the characters difficult to get a handle on: aside from the general ''oddness'' of the concept, he didn't see how they could have personalities like humans and felt they lacked the usual motivations of an action-adventure character. He also cited that "they | He has stated that during his first year, he found the job "tough and not fun" and the immortal, robotic nature of the characters difficult to get a handle on: aside from the general ''oddness'' of the concept, he didn't see how they could have personalities like humans and felt they lacked the usual motivations of an action-adventure character. He also cited that "they don't have [[Female Transformers|women]], they don’t have [[Transformer romance|relationships]] that they value because they don’t have females that they can love; maybe brotherly love but how, they don’t have parents?"<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/idw-transformers-comic-writer-mike-costa-reflects-on-transformers-173922/ Mike Costa reflects on ''Transformers'', TFW2005.com summary of Underbase interview.]</ref> | ||
In addition to ''Transformers'', he has also written for ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]''. He's mentioned that in the comic book world, ''G.I. Joe'' tends to get taken more seriously as a concept than ''Transformers''. | In addition to ''Transformers'', he has also written for ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]''. He's mentioned that in the comic book world, ''G.I. Joe'' tends to get taken more seriously as a concept than ''Transformers''. | ||
Revision as of 01:57, 9 December 2011
Mike Costa is a comic book writer for IDW Publishing, and the main Transformers scribe from 2009 to December 2011.
He has stated that during his first year, he found the job "tough and not fun" and the immortal, robotic nature of the characters difficult to get a handle on: aside from the general oddness of the concept, he didn't see how they could have personalities like humans and felt they lacked the usual motivations of an action-adventure character. He also cited that "they don't have women, they don’t have relationships that they value because they don’t have females that they can love; maybe brotherly love but how, they don’t have parents?"[1]
In addition to Transformers, he has also written for G.I. Joe. He's mentioned that in the comic book world, G.I. Joe tends to get taken more seriously as a concept than Transformers.
Comic bibliography
IDW Publishing
Writer
- All Hail Megatron #13 ("Uneasy Lies the Head"), #16 ("The Man of Steel")
- The Transformers ongoing series
- Spotlight: Prowl
- The Transformers: Ironhide
