he was a writer for most of the classics: My Little Pony, GI Joe, Challenge of the Gobots, Jem and Garbage Pail Kids, to name a few!
Crucially to our interests however, he wrote multiple episodes of the original Transformers animated series, alongside its sibling show, G.I. Joe – and served as producer too!
Michael’s Transformers episodes include; The Gambler; Starscream’s Brigade; The Killing Jar; Ghost in the Machine; The Burden Hardest to Bear; and The Return of Optimus Prime.
During his “tour of duty” with Sunbow Productions, he was primarily a writer/producer on both the original G.I Joe and Transformers animated TV series.
List of writing credits for G.I. Joe include:
COLD SLITHER (episode & song)
NINJA HOLIDAY
INTO YOUR TENT I WILL SILENTLY CREEP
Plus the G.I. Joe PSAs.
He also created the following
- SPECIAL MISSION: BRAZIL & CAPTAIN CLAYMORE Toys’R Us Exclusive Box Set (also wrote the “radio drama” script for the audio tape)
- “THE COIL” — a secret society within Cobra created by Cobra Commander in his attempt to usurp Serpentor’s reign.
- AN OFFICER AND A VIPERMAN
- SHADOW OF DOUBT
- List of writing credits for the Transformers:
- THE GAMBLER (and creator of DEVCON – the bounty hunter & Slizardo)
- STARSCREAM’S BRIGADE (creator of the origin story for Bruticus & the Combaticons)
- THE KILLING JAR
- THE BURDEN HARDEST TO BEAR
- GHOST IN THE MACHINE (creator of “Ghost Starscream”)
- THE RETURN OF OPTIMUS PRIME, PART 2
Before and after Sunbow, was freelance writer on various animated TV series, including:
- DRAGON’S LAIR
- GARBAGE PAIL KIDS
- ROBOCOP
- C.O.P.S.
- CENTURIONS
- SABER RIDER & THE STAR SHERIFFS
- SAILOR MOON
- JEM
- MY LITTLE PONY
- CHALLENGE OF THE GOBOTS
- SPACE ADVENTURE COBRA (anime feature)
- SPACE USAGI
- TEEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
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