Andy Schmidt

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

Andy Schmidt is a comic book writer and Senior Editor for IDW Publishing, as well as a pretty frequent goofer. But he's doing his best to improve.

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 of their top titles.

He also edited IDW's G.I. Joe and Star Trek titles before moving on to the Transformers brand, first as assistant editor, and then replacing Denton J. Tipton as lead editor. To say that he was overwhelmed with how obsessive Transfans are with the continuity would be an understatement.

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 *wink*Andy Schmidt

Comic bibliography

IDW Publishing

Writer

• All Hail Megatron #14 ("Rebirth")
• Spotlight #24 "Metroplex"
• The Transformers Continuum: The Definitive Chronology

Editor

(many with Denton J. Tipton)

• All Hail Megatron #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #15, #16
• The Transformers: Bumblebee: all issues thus far.
• Last Stand of the Wreckers: all issues thus far.
• Spotlight #22 "Jazz"
• The Transformers (ongoing): all issues thus far.
• Transformers: War for Cybertron
• Transformers: Prime

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