Andrew Wildman

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Andrew Wildman (often credited as Andy Wildman) is a British artist, best known for his work in the comics field in the 1980s, mainly for Marvel Comics. Wildman cut his teeth on Marvel UK's titles in the late 1980s, including Galaxy Rangers, Thundercats, The Real Ghostbusters and, perhaps most notably, Transformers. His first strip work on Transformers came in #198 for the story Cold Comfort and Joy. He would rapidly ascend to being one of the key members of the title's art team, often working with inker Stephen Baskerville.

Wildman and Baskerville would follow writer Simon Furman to the American Transformers title soon afterwards, and would draw issues #69-74 and #76-80 - the final issues. His artwork, which often applied human characteristics to the robotic protagonists, was divisive amongst some fans, but generally lauded for capturing the emotion of Furman's scripts. After the title was cancelled, he continued to work for Marvel on various series, including X-Men Adventures (adaptations of the storylines from the popular 1990s cartoon series) and G.I. Joe. He would only briefly work on Transformers Generation 2, drawing three pages of Transformers: Generation 2 #2 as a favour to Furman and editor Rob Tokar when the original artist, Derek Yaniger, fell behind.

He would return to the franchise in 2002, drawing numerous covers for Titan's series of TPB reprints. This was followed by Wildman signing with Dreamwave Productions in 2003 to draw Transformers - The War Within: The Dark Ages, a six-part mini-series written by Furman. Wildman would later express dissatisfaction with the inking and colouring of his work. He would also contribute art to Panini's Transformers Armada UK series, for issues #3 to #9. At least some of his work went unpublished when the title was cancelled.

Wildman has continued his partnership with Furman. The pair regularly appear at Transformers conventions together including the UK event Auto Assembly, have collaborated on a number of online Macromedia Flash comic including The Engine: Industrial Strength and The Core, and co-run a website with UK New Media expert Adam Jennings.