The Rest is GIANT ROBOTS
THE REST IS GIANT ROBOTS - A PODCAST THAT'S MORE THAN MEETS THE EAR.
Writer Simon Furman and artist Andrew Wildman go back to the beginning... Charting a 40-year stint in comics, TV animation, games and more, including - of course - a healthy discourse on the rise and fall and rise again of TRANSFORMERS, also now 40 years old.
In a series of roughly chronological, informal chats, Furman and Wildman relive the ups and downs and highs of lows of the creative life, spotlighting key moments in their respective, and joint, careers - many of which, naturally, involve giant, transforming robots.
Nothing is off-limits, as Furman and Wildman delve deep into their (unreliable) memories, presenting a humorous but warts and all story of life inside the comics biz that is still... TO BE CONTINUED.
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- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 29
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
EP29: LIVE FROM TFN!
We chat, on stage, in front of an actual live audience, about Kickstarters and the enduring legacy of Marvel's TRANSFORMERS comics.
We're at TFNation, bringing you our 29th The Rest is Giant Robots f…
We're at TFNation, bringing you our 29th The Rest is Giant Robots f…
00:52:38 |
Sat 06 Sep 2025
Ep028 - THE REST OF WHAT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THEN
EP 28: THE REST OF WHAT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THEN
We delve into other stuff that kept us busy while Regeneration One was in full swing, inc. Death's Head, Doctor Who and The Ramones (??).
Join us for a…
We delve into other stuff that kept us busy while Regeneration One was in full swing, inc. Death's Head, Doctor Who and The Ramones (??).
Join us for a…
00:49:41 |
Sat 23 Aug 2025
EP 27: THE INDIFFERENT TWO
We go to the movies, again, and do a lot of shoulder-shrugging and mutter 'meh' a lot as we 'review' Fantastic Four and other recent releases.
With more than enough movies in our quiver, we take aim a…
With more than enough movies in our quiver, we take aim a…
00:51:07 |
Sat 09 Aug 2025
EP 26- THE COMIC TO END ALL COMICS
We pick up the threads of our TRANSFORMERS Regeneration One discourse and go all the way to issue #100 in a 4-issue limited series!2013-14 saw us both in full Regeneration One swing, until one of us …
00:48:06 |
Wed 30 Jul 2025
EP25: THE EDITOR WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
It's our RIGR anniversary special - and our very special guest is TRANSFORMERS UK editor and ZOIDS writer Ian Rimmer!
We debrief former IPC/Marvel UK editor and writer, Ian Rimmer, the man who shaped …
We debrief former IPC/Marvel UK editor and writer, Ian Rimmer, the man who shaped …
01:03:40 |
Sat 12 Jul 2025
EP 24: TALKIN' 'BOUT OUR RE-GENERATION
We chart the sometimes rocky and certainly twisty road to Regeneration One, IDW's continuation of the original (Marvel) TRANSFORMERS series.
As far back as 2009, discussions with IDW editorial were un…
As far back as 2009, discussions with IDW editorial were un…
00:44:27 |
Sat 28 Jun 2025
EP023- HATTER MATTER
Both of us get whisked off into a Multiverse of (Matt Hatter) madness as we join the Pinewood-based production team at Platinum Films.
It's a continuation of last episode's chatter, as we delve deeper…
It's a continuation of last episode's chatter, as we delve deeper…
00:42:30 |
Sat 14 Jun 2025
EP22: ON THE CIRCUIT
We talk comic (and TRANSFORMERS) conventions, and how they've changed - for us and for the attendees - from the mid-80s to now. Plus, we kick-off our mutual Matt Hatter recollections.
Back in the day,…
Back in the day,…
00:49:40 |
Sat 31 May 2025
EP21 - TRUNCATION
The full-steam ahead nature of the IDW TRANSFORMERS -ations series gets derailed somewhat, and we reflect on the need for plan Bs.
Timetable-wise, it's 2008 (ish), and as All Hail Megatron rears its h…
Timetable-wise, it's 2008 (ish), and as All Hail Megatron rears its h…
00:44:38 |
Sat 17 May 2025
EP18- BIG SCREEN BANTER
A couple of complete unknowns consider another clutch of cinematic confections, spoiler-free and, as critics, credential-free.What we've enjoyed - and haven't - on the big screen recently is here for…
00:44:51 |
Wed 07 May 2025
EP20- INTO THE BAY-VERSE!
A live-action TRANSFORMERS movie had us all worked up, and working on spin-off stuff, back in 2007.
We assess the impact and legacy of the 'Bay-verse'.All our collective jaws dropped in London's Leic…
We assess the impact and legacy of the 'Bay-verse'.All our collective jaws dropped in London's Leic…
00:40:57 |
Sat 03 May 2025
Episode 19 - OUT OF THIS WORLD
We go cosmic, baby, and creepy, as we dial back the years to Annihilation (for Marvel) and explore the Weird Wild West in Frontier.
It's 2005/2006 (or thereabouts) and the feast or famine rule applie…
It's 2005/2006 (or thereabouts) and the feast or famine rule applie…
00:43:47 |
Sat 19 Apr 2025
EP017 - ULTIMATE TRANSFORMERS
It's the dawn of the IDW era, and the beginning of what would turn out to be an epic 17-year tenure as publisher of TRANSFORMERS comics.
Okay, so the license eluded us (and Titan), but perhaps that w…
Okay, so the license eluded us (and Titan), but perhaps that w…
00:39:17 |
Sat 22 Mar 2025
EP016- ANSWERS ON A PODCAST
More listener/viewer questions send us into a tailspin of umm-ing and aah-ing, as we struggle to sound coherent about stuff we really should know about.
Join us as we manhandle insightful queries abo…
Join us as we manhandle insightful queries abo…
00:46:42 |
Sat 08 Mar 2025
EP 15- THE DREAM(WAVE) IS DEAD
As the dust settles on the Dreamwave era of TRANSFORMERS we... reassess (i.e. panic) as we hit another of those pesky but oh-so-predictable lean periods.
No one ever said being a comics creative woul…
No one ever said being a comics creative woul…
00:42:55 |
Wed 05 Mar 2025
EP14: THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS
As we begin our second half-year of The Rest is Giant Robots, we delve into the virtual mailbag to answer 'some' of your burning questions.
There's been a huge response from our loyal listenership to …
There's been a huge response from our loyal listenership to …
00:45:37 |
Sat 08 Feb 2025
EP13 - FALL OF DREAMWAVE
All good things come to an end, just some sooner rather than later.
The catastrophic crash of Dreamwave and MORE!
The up and down, ins and out, topsy-turvy nature of the comics biz is best highlighted…
The catastrophic crash of Dreamwave and MORE!
The up and down, ins and out, topsy-turvy nature of the comics biz is best highlighted…
00:47:13 |
Sat 25 Jan 2025
EP12 - RISE OF DREAMWAVE
A new year for the Rest is Giant Robots and a new dig into the archives, excavating the bones of a past publisher of TRANSFORMERS comics.
We enter the Dreamwave era of Transformers, circa 2002, as an …
We enter the Dreamwave era of Transformers, circa 2002, as an …
00:50:19 |
Fri 10 Jan 2025
EP011 - THE GREATEST GIFT
Festive fun! Santa hats are donned as we explore the tinsel-clad covers of Transformers comics past.
A frivolous, festively-themed diversion sees (or hears) us go in-deep (as much as we ever go in-dee…
A frivolous, festively-themed diversion sees (or hears) us go in-deep (as much as we ever go in-dee…
00:37:12 |
Mon 23 Dec 2024
EP10 - RISE OF THE BEASTS
We get animated (finally!) as the Beast Wars era dawns
Join us on a journey into the world of TV animation, as Beast Wars: Transformers and a meeting of minds at Botcon’97 opens doors for us both… eve…
Join us on a journey into the world of TV animation, as Beast Wars: Transformers and a meeting of minds at Botcon’97 opens doors for us both… eve…
00:45:16 |
Sat 14 Dec 2024
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