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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> | 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> | ||
Putting out a total of thirty five issues across his two year run, he ranks behind only [[Simon Furman]] and [[Bob Budiansky]] in terms of number of ''Transformers'' comics written. | |||
In addition to ''Transformers'', he has also written for ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]''. | In addition to ''Transformers'', he has also written for ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]''. | ||
Revision as of 19:03, 9 December 2011
Mike Costa is a comic book writer for IDW Publishing, and the main Transformers scribe from November 2009 to December 2011. Costa followed Shane McCarthy as the predominant Transformers writer, and his work preceded two ongoing titles by John Barber and James Roberts. His work focused on the Transformers' relationship with humanity, via a "decompressed" style of storytelling.
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]
Putting out a total of thirty five issues across his two year run, he ranks behind only Simon Furman and Bob Budiansky in terms of number of Transformers comics written.
In addition to Transformers, he has also written for G.I. Joe.
Comic bibliography
IDW Publishing
Writer
- All Hail Megatron #13 ("Uneasy Lies the Head"), #16 ("The Man of Steel")
- The Transformers ongoing series #1-21, 24-31
- Spotlight: Prowl
- The Transformers: Ironhide
