Jim Sorenson

This article is about the real world human. For his negative universe counterpart, see Jim Sorenson (Animated). For a list of other meanings, see James (disambiguation).

Awaiting James Roberts' next move in Fanwank Chess.

James M. Sorenson, better known as Jim, (born July 15, 1976) is a Los Angeles-based Transformers fan who freelances with IDW Publishing. Along with Bill Forster, he restored and did layouts of character designs in the Ark books. He also wrote the copy and compiled the material from fans and professionals like Andrew Hall (aka Hydra) and Bob Budiansky. In the course of compiling this material, he came across several original series notes, some of which (nicknames and extended biographies) he has made available to online forums. He is also an active participant on this wiki.

Prior to making the leap to pro, he had been a longtime fan, contributing to alt.toys.transformers as early as 1994. He was perhaps best known for deciphering the Maximal and Predacon languages as used in the Beast Wars show and making the text, in canonical order, available as a true-type font. In the late '90s, Sorenson created fonts based on writing in "Cosmic Rust" and "Decepticon Graffiti!"; in 2007, these fonts were retroactively made official when they were incorporated into the AllSpark Wars Mini-ARG (Alternate Reality Game). The Autobot language was subsequently used by Burger King's Transform Your Way contest. He also provided material used by Shout! Factory in their DVD releases.

He has frequently stated that he believes authorial intent has no place in canon. Despite this, or perhaps because of it, he frequently uses his stories to canonize the semi-canon ideas of other creators.

IDW

• Transformers: The Ark
• Transformers: The Ark II
• Transformers: The Complete Ark
• Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac
• Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II
• The Complete AllSpark Almanac
• Transformers: The Art of Prime
• Legacy: The Art of Transformers Packaging

Transformers Collectors' Club

• "Broken Windshields"
• "Head Games" (with David Bishop)
• Ask Vector Prime
• Renegade Rhetoric
• Transformers: Spacewarp's Log
• Numerous TCC Magazine articles.

Convention appearances

• BotCon 2008
• BotCon 2009
• BotCon 2010
• BotCon 2012
• BotCon 2013
• BotCon 2015

Voice roles

Transformers Animated

• Sentinel Prime Magnus ("The Return of Blurr" script reading only.)

External links

• Jim Sorenson's blog
• Jim Sorenson's belt