Troy Hickman Explained

Nationality:American
Area:Writer
Notable Works:Common Grounds

Troy Hickman is an American comic book writer. He received two Eisner Award nominations for Common Grounds and in 2008 was one of the winners of the Top Cow Pilot Season competition for his comic, Twilight Guardian.

Biography

Hickman spent a decade in independent comics[1] before getting his break with Top Cow where he wrote Common Grounds, a series that looked at superheroes gathered in a coffee shop.[2]

It was revealed at the 2009 Comicon International that Common Grounds had been picked up by Starz Media for a television series.

He wrote issues 4–6 of the Top Cow run of the City of Heroes comic book. The story for these issues would prove popular enough to later become playable content in the City of Heroes MMORPG in Issue 11, and he scripted this as well. Hickman was also an active member of the City of Heroes forums until the game and its forums were closed on November 30, 2012.

Hickman entered the second Top Cow Pilot Season competition with "Twilight Guardian,"[3] [4] [5] a story which was one of the two winners[6] and was turned into a four issue series which received great critical acclaim. This series has also been optioned for a film.[7] [8]

In addition to his comic book work, he is a well-known and award-nominated teacher of Creative Writing and English.

Hickman lives in Lafayette, Indiana, and has a reputation as a proud Hoosier.

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

Awards

2005: Nominated for Eisner Awards, Common Grounds (Best Short Story and Best Anthology)

External links

Interviews

Notes and References

  1. http://www.comicsbulletin.com/news/106973067625155.htm Troy Hickman's Common Grounds: SBC Q&A
  2. http://www.comicsbulletin.com/news/109021029232227.htm Common Grounds’ Troy Hickman: Q&A
  3. http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?aid=21907 Pilot Season: Twilight Guardian #1 – The FULL Issue
  4. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16568 Hickman talks "Pilot Season: Twilight Guardian"
  5. http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=157172 Shedding Light on the Twilight Guardian with Troy Hickman
  6. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090818-PilotSeason2008.html Pilot Season 2008 Winners: Genius, Twilight Guardian
  7. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/100806-Hickman-Winning-Pilot-Seson.html Pilot Season Winner's Circle: Troy Hickman
  8. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18534 Hickman talks Twilight Guardian Ongoing