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The Rest is GIANT ROBOTS
by Simon Furman & Andrew Wildman
THE REST IS GIANT ROBOTS - A PODCAST THAT'S MORE THAN MEETS THE EAR. Writer Simon Furman and artist Andrew Wildman go back to the beginning... Charting a 40-year stint in comics, TV animation, games and more, including - of course - a healthy discourse on the rise and fall and rise again of TRANSFORMERS, also now 40 years old. In a series of roughly chronological, informal chats, Furman and Wildman relive the ups and downs and highs of lows of the creative life, spotlighting key moments in their respective, and joint, careers - many of which, naturally, involve giant, transforming robots. Nothing is off-limits, as Furman and Wildman delve deep into their (unreliable) memories, presenting a humorous but warts and all story of life inside the comics biz that is still... TO BE CONTINUED. For Q&A, additional content and bonus episodes, take a trip to w
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EP 54: TRANSFORM... AND ROLL OUT
We pay tribute to the late, great Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime, who sadly passed away last month. This special edition of The Rest is Giant Robots takes a look back at the stellar career of Peter Cullen, assessing the simply massive impact he made on TRANSFORMERS (and its fandom) as a...
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EP 52: BLOCKBUSTER BUSTERS
It's a movie special, as we round-up a herd of long, hot summer (emphasis on the 'long') blockbusters and put 'em out to pasture. We spill the beans on Disclosure Day, bring it home on The Odyssey, and feel all morning-after-ish coming out of Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Do these big ticket, and…
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EP 51: THE MORNING AFTER THE LOCKDOWN BEFORE
The vaguely chronological recap of our careers enters 2021, and that strange finding-your-feet period after furloughs and social distancing. With no Sunak schemes to support us, it was back to working for a living (not that we actually stopped) for both of us, which was a mixture of...
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EP50: LAST STAND OF THE FECKERS
We're 50! Another millstone... sorry, milestone is reached, with two top-notch TRANSFORMERS guests to boot. And they said it wouldn't last. We're joined by writer extraordinaire James Roberts (More Than Meets The Eye, Lost Light) and writer/artist Nick Roche (Last Stand of the Wreckers, More Than...
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EP49: INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH
Our reboot of Wildfur's The Engine: Industrial Strength is back on the table, and we show our hands (a bit) with some teaser chat about the project. Wildman and Furman - back together! (Were we ever apart?) Our co-created motion comic is getting a fresh coat of paint this year, reimagined…
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EP48: THE MOVIES THAT MADE US
Another wander down movie memory land as we dissect a bunch of movies (all pre-1986) that made a BIG impression on us way back when. Not for the first time, we examine movies that - we like to think - made us the creators we are today, often (very) subliminally. The lasting and sometimes…
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EP47: HOW TO DRAW COMICS THE WILDMAN WAY
We lean into the art side of the process this podcast, and turn the clock back to days of yore when pen, pencil and paper were king, Bristol Board, Sable brushes, Dip pens, Indian Ink, and HB pencils come under scrutiny as, from the dawn of time it feels, we pluck memories of creating comics the...
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EP46: THE ART OF LEAVING OUT
We talks scripts... what goes into 'em, an' what doesn't... and delve into the craft of comic books in depth, both individually and collaboratively. We're going into the deepest, darkest, most arcane corners of what makes a comic book this podcast, drawing a lot on the classic TRANSFORMERS UK…
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EP45: FURLOUGH
We look in on 2020, and you-know-what, as the world locks down but we keep on keeping on... if at somewhat reduced rates of output. It's a dark time for the world at large, but people still need comics and animated TV shows, right? That's what we hoped, and to a certain extent was borne out, but…
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EP44: SUBLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS
We continue our retro workload round-up, circa 2018-19, including Transformers '84 and Shane the Chef, and some more... oddball one-offs. Reimaginations were all the rage, as Transformers '84 delved back into the earliest (Marvel) TRANSFORMERS stories and Titan's Robotech stirred another...
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EP43: SEMPER VIGILIS
EP43: SEMPER VIGILIS That means 'forever vigilant' by the way, which we both are and we discuss, by way of our joint/parallel careers and a large dash of nostalgia. We're back to our pro timelines this episode, circa 2018/2019, as we wax nostalgic about British comics of yore (and their…
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EP42: WE SWEAR!
Actually, we don't. After all, this is a family-friendly podcast. But we do give our verdict on a bunch of movies and TV, including I Swear. We've packed in a few more big and small screen watchings since we last vented (um, critiqued). And we swear to tell the whole, if as spoiler-free as...
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EP41: BEYOND OUR WILDEST IMAGINATIONS
We check back in on Transformers (The Animated) Movie, in its 40th anniversary year, and we're still pretty darn impressed. It's a year of big anniversaries for TRANSFORMERS, and none bigger than the original animated movie. Does it still hold up? Does that 80s metal soundtrack still rock our...
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EP40: THE DEFINITIVE ARTICLE
As our (joint and solo) career credits progress into 2016/2017 those robots in disguise still have a lot to say for themselves! We continue (after a gap) the chronological progression through our joint and respective careers with another couple of years' worth of storyboards, scripts and...
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EP39: ONE PODCAST AFTER ANOTHER
Once again, we take a sideways step into the world of movies (and a little TV), to offer our humble opinions on the latest crop of cinematic offerings. We fight a duel with poisoned blades over Hamnet (well, not quite), dress down Downton Abbey The Grand Finale, dust off The Housemaid, blow hot…
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EP38: NAME, RANK, SERIAL NUMBER...
We turn our attention to our much-neglected mailbag, endeavouring to provide meaningful answers (fat chance!) to your burning questions. It's long overdue trawl through the feedback we rashly suggested you send in (we accept Patreon, social media or via our Wildfur email -...
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EP37: (W)RING OUT THE OLD...
We rehash– um, review 2025's high spots (and low blots) and look forward to what's coming up in 2026 for us both, maybe even a 'team-up'. It's been a year! 2025 gets a thorough shakedown as we consider Kickstarters, signings, live events, and even an award wedged in there somewhere, as well as…
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EP36: TURNING AND TURNING...
We continue our occasionally dizzying journey through our respective self-published works, and just about manage to keep things from falling apart. We go ever deeper into To The Death, Oxygen, Horizon and Five Points (and its' the in-the-works sequel, The Gyre), examining mistakes made and…
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EP35: SELF(PUBLISHING)-ANALYSIS
The perils, pitfalls and perks of self-publishing come under scrutiny, as we delve into our respective creator-owned projects. We go in deep on To The Death, Oxygen, Horizon and Five Points (not to mention the in-the-works sequel to Five Points, The Gyre), both in terms of conception and the...
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EP 34: REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
Another abrupt U-turn sees us back at the tail end of 2004, as the Dreamwave era of TRANSFORMERS implodes. But... it never ends! As TFNation continues to unearth and reconstitute buried (unpublished) treasures from the dying days of Dreamwave, we take a deep dive into those troubled last months…
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EP033 - NEXT GENERATION
Not a Star Trek spin-off, rather life - and workload - after RG1, as we disseminate the art of scaring up new work without looking desperate. We turn the spotlight on the period post-TRANSFORMERS: REGENERATION ONE, circa 2014-15, as TV storyboarding and Titan Comics - in the shape of Dragons:...
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EP32: (RE-) START YOUR ENGINES We loop back again, to get the inside story on our early 2000s shenanigans as Wildfur Productions, and answer other listener questions! The Engine: Industrial Strength - our first foray into creator-owned self-publishing - gets a fuller review, prompted by a…
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EP31: G2 - Too
By popular demand (well, one listener) we U-turn and backtrack to GENERATION 2, and go in-deep on the second coming of TRANSFORMERS. It's 1993 (again) and Marvel unleash TRANSFORMERS: GENERATION 2 on an unsuspecting comics buying public. Something of a continuation of the original TRANSFORMERS...
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EP30: OH... SUPERMAN
We continue our movie round-up from a few podcasts ago, and find that while we believe a man can fly, that was about it. Join us for another savaging of recent silver screen (and small screen) offerings, as we take a step back from the hype and expectations of The Man of Steel's new cinematic...
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EP29: LIVE FROM TFN!
We chat, on stage, in front of an actual live audience, about Kickstarters and the enduring legacy of Marvel's TRANSFORMERS comics. We're at TFNation, bringing you our 29th The Rest is Giant Robots from a never-before-seen vantage point (it seems we have legs, both literally and metaphorically......
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Ep028 - THE REST OF WHAT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THEN
EP 28: THE REST OF WHAT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THEN We delve into other stuff that kept us busy while Regeneration One was in full swing, inc. Death's Head, Doctor Who and The Ramones (??). Join us for a mixed bag of now and then, as we discuss the recent (and best yet?) TFNation (TRANSFORMERS...
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EP 27: THE INDIFFERENT TWO
We go to the movies, again, and do a lot of shoulder-shrugging and mutter 'meh' a lot as we 'review' Fantastic Four and other recent releases. With more than enough movies in our quiver, we take aim at the recent crop of multiplex-friendly summer blockbusters, including Fantastic Four: First…
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EP 26- THE COMIC TO END ALL COMICS
We pick up the threads of our TRANSFORMERS Regeneration One discourse and go all the way to issue #100 in a 4-issue limited series!2013-14 saw us both in full Regeneration One swing, until one of us wasn't. We analyse the whys and wherefores of that, and how the series grew and evolved from a...
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EP25: THE EDITOR WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
It's our RIGR anniversary special - and our very special guest is TRANSFORMERS UK editor and ZOIDS writer Ian Rimmer! We debrief former IPC/Marvel UK editor and writer, Ian Rimmer, the man who shaped TRANSFORMERS UK (from the shadows) into the mid-80s market leader boy's adventure comic fans…
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EP 24: TALKIN' 'BOUT OUR RE-GENERATION
We chart the sometimes rocky and certainly twisty road to Regeneration One, IDW's continuation of the original (Marvel) TRANSFORMERS series. As far back as 2009, discussions with IDW editorial were underway that would reunite us - and inker Stephen Baskerville - as the creative team on Marvel's...
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EP023- HATTER MATTER
Both of us get whisked off into a Multiverse of (Matt Hatter) madness as we join the Pinewood-based production team at Platinum Films. It's a continuation of last episode's chatter, as we delve deeper into our respective roles on the hit animated CITV show The Matt Hatter Chronicles. Four seasons...
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EP22: ON THE CIRCUIT
We talk comic (and TRANSFORMERS) conventions, and how they've changed - for us and for the attendees - from the mid-80s to now. Plus, we kick-off our mutual Matt Hatter recollections. Back in the day, conventions were more about promoting whatever work we were doing at the same, while these days…
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EP21 - TRUNCATION
The full-steam ahead nature of the IDW TRANSFORMERS -ations series gets derailed somewhat, and we reflect on the need for plan Bs. Timetable-wise, it's 2008 (ish), and as All Hail Megatron rears its head, the progress of Infiltration, Escalation, Devastation (and so on) hits the buffers. A lot of...
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EP18- BIG SCREEN BANTER
A couple of complete unknowns consider another clutch of cinematic confections, spoiler-free and, as critics, credential-free.What we've enjoyed - and haven't - on the big screen recently is here for your delectation, from A (Anora) to B (Bridget Jones) to C (Captain America)... and other letters...
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EP20- INTO THE BAY-VERSE!
A live-action TRANSFORMERS movie had us all worked up, and working on spin-off stuff, back in 2007. We assess the impact and legacy of the 'Bay-verse'.All our collective jaws dropped in London's Leicester Square one evening in 2007 as we attended a special screening of Michael Bay's TRANSFORMERS,...
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Episode 19 - OUT OF THIS WORLD
We go cosmic, baby, and creepy, as we dial back the years to Annihilation (for Marvel) and explore the Weird Wild West in Frontier. It's 2005/2006 (or thereabouts) and the feast or famine rule applies to us in different degrees. On the Furman side, there's a veritable flood of work for Marvel,...
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EP017 - ULTIMATE TRANSFORMERS
It's the dawn of the IDW era, and the beginning of what would turn out to be an epic 17-year tenure as publisher of TRANSFORMERS comics. Okay, so the license eluded us (and Titan), but perhaps that was for the best as it turned out. We wind back to the year to 2005, and the humble beginnings of...
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EP016- ANSWERS ON A PODCAST
More listener/viewer questions send us into a tailspin of umm-ing and aah-ing, as we struggle to sound coherent about stuff we really should know about. Join us as we manhandle insightful queries about... Skybound, characters we'd like to have worked on (but haven't), iterations of TRANSFORMERS...
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EP 15- THE DREAM(WAVE) IS DEAD
As the dust settles on the Dreamwave era of TRANSFORMERS we... reassess (i.e. panic) as we hit another of those pesky but oh-so-predictable lean periods. No one ever said being a comics creative would be easy, and into every career some rain must fall. But, wait, actually, there was a LOT going…
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EP14: THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS
As we begin our second half-year of The Rest is Giant Robots, we delve into the virtual mailbag to answer 'some' of your burning questions. There's been a huge response from our loyal listenership to our open door policy on asking us, well, anything (though whether we answer absolutely…
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EP13 - FALL OF DREAMWAVE
All good things come to an end, just some sooner rather than later. The catastrophic crash of Dreamwave and MORE! The up and down, ins and out, topsy-turvy nature of the comics biz is best highlighted by the meteoric rise and subsequent nosedive of Image offshoot (and TRANSFORMERS comics…
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EP12 - RISE OF DREAMWAVE
A new year for the Rest is Giant Robots and a new dig into the archives, excavating the bones of a past publisher of TRANSFORMERS comics. We enter the Dreamwave era of Transformers, circa 2002, as an offshoot of Image Comics grabs the hottest license going - before anyone even knew it was hot!…
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EP011 - THE GREATEST GIFT
Festive fun! Santa hats are donned as we explore the tinsel-clad covers of Transformers comics past. A frivolous, festively-themed diversion sees (or hears) us go in-deep (as much as we ever go in-deep) on the subject of a British comics institution - the Xmas-themed cover and story, and the ones...
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EP10 - RISE OF THE BEASTS
We get animated (finally!) as the Beast Wars era dawns Join us on a journey into the world of TV animation, as Beast Wars: Transformers and a meeting of minds at Botcon’97 opens doors for us both… eventually… after a few twists and turns! There’s connective tissue galore as our parallel courses...
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EP009 - Wild + Fur = Wildfur! Lot of thinking went into our first foray into self-publishing!
Circa 1999. With the bottom well and truly fallen out of the comic book industry we go headlong into IP development and self-publishing, and WildFur is born... somewhat out of desperation. We explore the steampunk world of The Engine: Industrial Strength, the imagination of Monster-Maker and a...
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EP008 - Marvel crashes, Fish Fingers, and the £5M scandal!
A comic creator's survival guide: The mid-90s saw the comic industry crash, and our work from Marvel US dry up. How did we endure? What's Captain Birdseye got to do with it all? And what's the deal with this thing called Beast Wars? Witness the highs and lows (mostly the latter) of being a comic...
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Episode 007 - Movies old a new
In this episode we decided on something a little different. We are talking about movies that we have recently seen, our thoughts about them and where we see the industry at the moment. We also took a look back at some of the movies from out past that have insiped us as creatives. Some you will...
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EP006-Chicklets?!
Into the 90's and all it had to offer. What were we doing and what was the general state of the comics industry back then. And what even is a chicklet? For more information about the podcast and to become a PRIME member with access to additional content and the Videocast, visit WILDFUR.NET
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EP005 - What has FiloFax got to do with Transformers?
The 80's becomes the 90's as we cast our minds back to some of the UK Marvel created output. Homegrown ideas from homegrown talent. That and Wildman taking up the reins on the US Transformers book and how it nearly didn't happen at all!!
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EP004 - Breaking Conventions
Episode 4. The latest - and greatest - TFNation 24. This is the BIG Transformers Convention in the UK. As we discuss this year's amazing even it sparks a conversation about conventions, TRANSFORMERS-centric and otherwise, of yore. Those we attended, those we loved and just when did it all start....
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
THE REST IS GIANT ROBOTS - A PODCAST THAT'S MORE THAN MEETS THE EAR.
Writer Simon Furman and artist Andrew Wildman go back to the beginning... Charting a 40-year stint in comics, TV animation, games and more, including - of course - a healthy discourse on the rise and fall and rise again of TRANSFORMERS, also now 40 years old.
In a series of roughly chronological, informal chats, Furman and Wildman relive the ups and downs and highs of lows of the creative life, spotlighting key moments in their respective, and joint, careers - many of which, naturally, involve giant, transforming robots.
Nothing is off-limits, as Furman and Wildman delve deep into their (unreliable) memories, presenting a humorous but warts and all story of life inside the comics biz that is still... TO BE CONTINUED.
For Q&A, additional content and bonus episodes, take a trip to w
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Simon Furman & Andrew Wildman
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