TFcon is very pleased to welcome Generation 1 writer Donald F. Glut as a guest at TFcon Los Angeles 2019 for his first ever TFcon. In addition to The Transformers, he wrote many scripts for other ’80s cartoons, including G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Masters of the Universe, Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, DuckTales and The Mighty Orbots. He also wrote the bestselling novelization of The Empire Strikes Back. Donald F. Glut is presented by The Chosen Prime.
LOS ANGELES TO HOST TRANSFORMERS GENERATION 1 REUNION EVENT
Thousands of fans from around the world will converge on the Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel & Convention Center to participate in TFcon USA 2019; a 3-day colossal Transformers event to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Transformers franchise (March 15-17, 2019).
The TFcon LA 2019 hotel block is now available, you can book your room via the TFcon Los Angeles 2019 hotel reservation website.
GWolfv2
“\"No one, not even the story editors, looked at these scripts very carefully. I seem to remember the show being on a really tight schedule, and we had to crank these scripts out fast. I wrote some of them in a single day, first draft, and they went almost immediately to the storyboard artists after Bryce or an assistant gave them a rather cursory read. We were not trying to create art, just get them done fast, and get paid… None of the writing on this series, in my opinion, was good or passionate or, sometimes (my own included, like The Autobot Run) even adequate. But we got paid well for writing them fast…. I was never a fan of any of the characters.\"[1]
JonnyT
Yes, bit surprised at this one. I like Don Glut’s Transformers episodes and many of the other things he’s written for, particularly his 1980s Spider-Man episodes, but he’s always had a very disdainful opinion of all the toy-based animated series he ever wrote for, specifically including Transformers.
As I recall, he said elsewhere the only reason he ever wrote for such series was for “$$$$”; maybe that’s also why he’s appearing at TFcon?
deadgiveaway
He thinks very little of the whole thing I thought.
turbobluestreak
Wow he wrote a lot of good G1 episodes!
tbs
Super_Megatron
Transformers writer Donald F. Glut joins the G1 Reunion at TFcon Los Angeles 2019