Robert N. Skir is a writer best known for his work in television animation on shows including X-Men

X-Men

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, Gargoyles, Batman: The Animated Series

Batman: The Animated Series

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, and Spider-Man

Spider-Man

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. He co-created and served as Story Editor on programs including Transformers

Transformers

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: Beast Machines

Beast Machines

Beast Machines is an animated television series produced by Mainframe Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures. Hasbro has the full distribution rights to the show as of 2011. It was a direct sequel to Beast Wars taking place within the continuity of the original Transformers series...

, Extreme Ghostbusters

Extreme Ghostbusters

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, Godzilla

Godzilla

is a daikaijū, a Japanese movie monster, first appearing in Ishirō Honda's 1954 film Godzilla. Since then, Godzilla has gone on to become a worldwide pop culture icon starring in 28 films produced by Toho Co., Ltd. The monster has appeared in numerous other media incarnations including video games,...

, and Dino Squad, and co-developed the series X-Men: Evolution

X-Men: Evolution

X-Men: Evolution is an American animated television series about the Marvel Comics superhero team the X-Men. In this incarnation many of the characters are teenagers rather than adults...

.

His work on the series Transformers

Transformers

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: Beast Machines, was highly controversial, gaining favor among new viewers but polarizing longtime Transformer fans. His short story "Singularity Ablyss" was published in the anthology Transformers

Transformers

A transformer is a device that transfers electrical energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling.Transformer may also refer to:* ASUS Eee Pad Transformer, an Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet computer manufacturer by Asus...

: Legends.

Skir's work on the Pocket Dragon Adventures

Pocket Dragon Adventures

Pocket Dragon Adventures was a short-lived 1998 syndicated cartoon series, based on the Pocket Dragon character created by artist Real Musgrave, best known from Pocket Dragons figurines also based on his work. The cartoon was about the Pocket Dragons who live with a kindly old wizard, and their...

episode "Festival of Lights" earned him a nomination for the Humanitas Award.

Skir has taught numerous classes in Animation Writing at UCLA's Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media.

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