Shane McCarthy
| “ | I wouldn't read anything I wasn't enjoying either. | ” |
—Shane McCarthy[1] | ||
Shane McCarthy is an Australian comic book writer. His first major comics work was a back-up story in in Detective Comics, and later he was responsible for the reinvention of the Riddler during the five-part "Riddle Me That" storyline in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight. Beginning with All Hail Megatron, a "soft reboot" of IDW Generation 1 continuity, McCarthy has written several Transformers comics for IDW Publishing.
McCarthy's comics are known for their decompressed storytelling and Brian Michael Bendis-style approach to dialog. The theme that runs through his Transformers comics is that both the Autobots and Decepticons have lost their grounding in their ideals. McCarthy's most-contentious addition to the mythos, the character Drift, serves as a mouthpiece for McCarthy's theme.
Outside of comics, one of Shane McCarthy's passions is swing dancing. He is the owner of the Swing It! swing dancing school in Perth, Western Australia.[2]
Comic bibliography
IDW Publishing
- All Hail Megatron #1–12, half of #14.
- Spotlight #20 "Blurr"
- Spotlight #22 "Drift"
- Spotlight #23 "Cliffjumper"
- The Transformers: Drift (4-issue miniseries)
Notes
- The first details of All Hail Megatron were revealed by McCarthy in a television interview on the disreputable Australian tabloid current affairs programme Today Tonight on January 16, 2008. He was quoted saying that the story would be about a "world without the Autobots", but later retracted his comments, claiming he had been misquoted.[3] Considering the quality of Today Tonight's journalism (trust us, it's terrible), it's hard not to give Shane the benefit of the doubt on this one.
- He is not a fan of the 2007 Transformers movie.[4]
- He is a fan of Simon Furman, has read everything he has produced, and would never ever do anything to "piss all over what that man did".[5]
- McCarthy reported on his blog that neither he nor artist Guido Guidi were given complimentary Generations Drift figures from Hasbro. He considered this to be rather lame and agreed with a reader that Hasbro should be ashamed.[6]
References
- ↑ Comment made on the Allspark.com forums, on November 2, 2008
- ↑ Swing It! About Us/Teachers page
- ↑ Shane McCarthy clarifies All Hail Megatron details on February 20, 2008 on the IDW forums
- ↑ Based upon his pleasure in a blog post about a fan praising All Hail Megatron while deriding the 2007 Movie
- ↑ Q&A with Shane McCarthy at oneshallstand.com; January, 2009
- ↑ Samurai For Sale, SMAcTalk, September 1, 2010
