Bob Skir
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| “ | You suck! We hate you! | ” |
—Bob Skir on fandom on Bob Skir[1] | ||
Robert N. "Bob" Skir (born January 3, 1961) is an American writer. He has written for numerous television shows (often with Marty Isenberg), such as Batman the Animated Series, Sam & Max: Freelance Police!, and Extreme Ghostbusters.
Skir and Isenberg were the story editors for the Beast Machines cartoon. Initially, Skir went out of his way to make himself accessible to the fandom, but soon found himself bearing the brunt of fan hostility when the series proved far more controversial than expected, enough to bow out of a BotCon appearance. In particular, his stated preference towards writing heroes who don't use guns has been turned into a notorious misquote that sparks controversy to this day.
Co-story editor Marty Isenberg, who stayed out of the limelight, managed to avoid most of this spectacle. The lesson here reflects badly on us all.
Writer
Beast Machines cartoon
- "The Reformatting" (with Marty Isenberg)
- "Master of the House" (with Marty Isenberg)
- "The Catalyst" (with Marty Isenberg)
- "Fallout" (with Marty Isenberg)
- "Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future"
Transformers Legends anthology
Transformers: Prime cartoon
Notes
- Skir was interviewed as a special feature for Kid Rhino's Beast Machines The Complete Series DVD set. He also provided episode commentary tracks on that set for "Fires of the Past", "Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall" and "Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future".
- There were rumours that he'd received death threats over Beast Machines and this had scared him off from going to a convention. Skir has said that he never received these threats (and if he had, he'd have posted them online).[2] All the general hostility — he did have fans saying 'Bob and his whole family should just die!', quite early into the show when his father really did die (stay classy fandom) — was what made him drop out, something he regrets because it let down the convention organisers.[3]
