The Energon Pub

Wizards of the Coast: To start with, can you kindly introduce yourself and your current slate of projects (as much as we all love Dungeons & Dragons, you work on additional titles at IDW, correct?)—who are you and what's your role in IDW's upcoming D&D comic series?

Denton: Thanks. I go by Denton J. Tipton, and I’m lucky enough to edit comics for a living. It’s a ton of hard work, and hardly as glamorous as some misguided souls imagine, but there are few things I’d rather be doing. Among the licenses I handle are Transformers and Doctor Who. Other titles include Tank Girl, and various other creator-owned series. But after more than two years, I’ll be stepping away from the Robots in Disguise to concentrate on producing the best Dungeons & Dragons comics possible on this Earthly plane. My partner in crime for the past year on Transformers, Andy Schmidt, will be lending a hand, providing his extensive expertise for the launch. It all starts in August with Dungeons & Dragons #0 in comic stores and available digitally.

“I'm just constantly surprised at how you guys keep track of all this stuff. It's really impressive. And yes, it's a part of my job, but it's not how my brain works naturally. I have to really work at it. This is part of the job that doesn't come easily to me. ... Back at Marvel we just didn't care”

GEEWUN wrote:Dungeons and Dragons or Transformers...... To me it is a no-brainer TRANSFORMERS

vegetacron wrote:He isn't "retiring".

If he was retiring, he would'nt be an editor anymore. Article should read 'he is moving on as editor to another series'. lol

Denton J. Tipton retires from Transformers to work with Dragons and Elves

retire

retire (rî-tìr´) verb
retired, retiring, retires verb, intransitive
1. To withdraw, as for rest or seclusion.
2. To go to bed.
3. To withdraw from one's occupation, business, or office; stop working.
4. To fall back or retreat, as from battle.
5. To move back or away; recede.

gigazarak wrote:

GEEWUN wrote:Dungeons and Dragons or Transformers...... To me it is a no-brainer TRANSFORMERS

Yeah kinda makes you wonder why you'd move on, to mis-quote Laurie Anderson, "Did he fall or was he pushed"? Maybe more ca$h in a new release of a potentially flag-ship brand? Not that I know much about it, but wasn't D&D popular in the 80's roughly around the same period as TF? I remember kids my age were into it pretty heavily, the whole RPG thing, I gave it a go if I recall, but it didn't do it for me.