Seibertron.com regrets to inform you that Earl Kress, a Transformers Generation One writer, along with a myriad of other attributes to the world of animation, has passed on at the age of 60 after a battle with cancer that was discovered at the beginnging of the year.
Mr. Kress is credited with penning G1 episodes: The Ultimate Doom, Part 2, The Immobilizer, Desertion of the Dinobots, Parts 1 and 2, along with a couple others. Aside from writing, Earl also performed voice acting, puppeteering, producing and was an animation historian.
You can find a great piece on the life of Earl Kress and the impact he's had on the world of animation posted at Newsfromme.com.
Seibertron.com wishes to extend our sincerest condolences and thoughts to the family of Mr. Kress and offer our deepest sympathies.
Earl Kress - Transformers Generation One Writer - Passes on at the age of 60
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Re: Earl Kress - Transformers Generation One Writer - Passes on at the age of 60
Don't know much about you but RIP
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I believe the only other two he wrote were "Hoist Goes Hollywood" and the pre-movie era finale "B.O.T." An interview with him was an extra on one of the Rhino season 2 sets, but I can't remember if it was part 1 or 2. It was actually quite informative, explaining that which voice actors could be budgeted for any given episode determined which characters the writers could use, and that part 1 of "Desertion of the Dinobots" was so padded because he originally wrote it as a single episode until the producers told him they liked it so much he had to stretch it into two. While his other episodes weren't quite the greatest, that one gave us a first look inside of Cybertron that made it seem truly ancient and awe inspiring, a solid foundation for David Wise and Flint Dille to really build the mythology of the show upon, and for that he deserves to be remembered as one of it's best recurring writers.
Especially sad to hear he was only 60; not THAT young, but somehow from the interview I thought he was a few years older. He will be missed.
Especially sad to hear he was only 60; not THAT young, but somehow from the interview I thought he was a few years older. He will be missed.
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My condolences to his family.

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may he rest his spark.he will be missed.
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Desertion of the Dinobots was one of my favorite stories. RIP Mr. Kress, you master storymaker, you.
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The man may be gone but the work will live on. New Transformer fans discover and enjoy G1 all the time so he will go on entertaining people for some time to come.
How about we all watch an ep or two of his.
How about we all watch an ep or two of his.

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bluecatcinema wrote:Desertion of the Dinobots was one of my favorite stories. RIP Mr. Kress, you master storymaker, you.
Agreed, Desertion of the Dinobots was an awesome two part episode, one of my all time favourites. R.I.P Mr Kress and thank you.
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He also created Carly, the original stand-in character for TF fangirls.
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