Comic-Con 2014: ‘Transformers’ Writers Mairghread Scott & John Barber

By Andy Hunsaker

Sadly, the Transformers movies have become synonymous with cinematic stupidity, which hurts the souls of longtime fans. However, there may be some kind of karmic balance at work, because Transformers comics are right now the best they’ve ever been, and that’s thanks in part to John Barber, writer of Transformers: Robots in Disguise with artist Andrew Griffith, as well as the TF editor at IDW,…

Andy Hunsaker
Andy Hunsaker

Comic Channel Editor

Comics Editor Andy Hunsaker has written for Yahoo! Movies, Fancast, XfinityTV and UGO, among others, covering movies and television, and has loved comics ever since he read the giant-sized Marvel Treasury Edition of The Rampaging Hulk #26 four thousand times and grew to love guys with weird heads like M.O.D.O.K. and the Bi-Beast.  Therefore, he will also defend Ang Lee's Hulk, although he understands why you don't like it and won't hold that against you.

As far as reviews go, he believes the main point of being a critic is not to pass yourself off as the final arbiter of quality passing holy judgment on a work of art, but rather just to share opinions so that the reader can decide whether or not the critic is someone whose tastes generally align with theirs.  If so, that reviewer is one whose work you can trust if you're curious about a particular title.  If not, cue loud, angry internet vitriol.

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