Shane McCarthy
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| Shane McCarthy | |
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| Born | 24 July 1975 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Area(s) | Writer |
| http://www.mccarthyshane.com | |
Shane McCarthy (born 24 July 1975) is an Australian writer best known for his comic book work.
Career
[edit]A comic book fan from an early age, McCarthy's first widely published work was the three-part Batman backup story Low for DC Comics in 2004, beginning in Detective Comics #797. McCarthy later was responsible for a reinvention of the Riddler character in the five-part Riddle Me That beginning in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #185 (2005) and followed it up with Victims in Detective Comics #816 (2006), pitting Batman against Zsasz.[1]
Other published works include Zombies: Feast for IDW Publishing and contributions to Event Horizon for Mam Tor Publishing, and Star Wars Tales for Dark Horse.
McCarthy completed a twelve-part Transformers series entitled All Hail Megatron for IDW Publishing.[2] He is the creator of the character Drift.
His work appears in Marvel's Dark X-Men: The Beginning #1.
McCarthy formerly ran a swing dancing school in Perth, Western Australia.[3]
Bibliography
[edit]Transformers for IDW Publishing
- All Hail Megatron (12 issues, 2008–2009)
- Spotlight: Blurr (one-shot, 2008)
- Spotlight: Drift (one-shot, 2009)
- Spotlight: Cliffjumper (one-shot, 2009)
- The Transformers: Drift (4 issues, 2010)
- Mars Attacks: The Transformers (one-shot, 2013)
- The Transformers: Drift - Empire of Stone (4 issues, 2014–2015)
- Low "Detective Comics" #797 - #799 (2004)[4]
- Riddle Me That "Batman: Legends of The Dark Knight" #185 - #189 (2005)
- Victims "Detective Comics" #815 - #816 (2006)
Others:
- "Black Eight" in Star Wars Tales #21 (2004)
- Event Horizon #1 (2005)
- Event Horizon #2 (2005)
- Zombies! Feast (2006)[5]
- Dark X-Men: The Beginning #1 (2009)
References
[edit]- ^ Silver Bullet Comic Books Line of Fire Reviews 6 February 2006 Archived 23 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Shane McCarthy personal website
- ^ Swing It!: About Us / Teachers
- ^ "Comic Books Database: Detective Comics" #797 Archived 20 January 2013 at archive.today
- ^ IDW Publishing: IDW Titles Archived 18 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Interview with Pulse News 11 January 2006
- Interview about All Hail Megatron with Newsarama April 2008[permanent dead link]
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