Troy Hickman

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name = Troy Hickman

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Troy Hickman is a comic book writer. He received two Eisner Award nominations for "Common Grounds" and in 2008 was one of the winners of the Top Cow competition "Pilot Season".

Biography

Hickman spent a decade in independent comics [ [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/news/106973067625155.htm Troy Hickman's Common Grounds: SBC Q&A] , Comics Bulletin, November 24, 2003] before getting his break with Top Cow where he wrote "Common Grounds", a series that looked at superheroes gathered in a coffee shop. [ [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/news/109021029232227.htm Common Grounds’ Troy Hickman: Q&A] , Comics Bulletin, July 18, 2004]

Hickman wrote issues 4-6 of the Top Cow run of the "City of Heroes" comic book. The story for these issues would later become playable content in the City of Heroes MMORPG in Issue 11, and he scripted this as well. Hickman is also an active member of the City of Heroes forums.

He entered the second Pilot Season competition with "Twilight Guardian" [ [http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?aid=21907 Pilot Season: Twilight Guardian #1 - The FULL Issue] , Newsarama, August 29, 2008] [ [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16568 Hickman talks "Pilot Season: Twilight Guardian"] , Comic Book Resources, May 28, 2008] [ [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=157172 Shedding Light on the Twilight Guardian with Troy Hickman] , Newsarama, May 15, 2008] and a story which was one of the two winners [http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090818-PilotSeason2008.html Pilot Season 2008 Winners: Genius, Twilight Guardian] , Newsarama, September 18, 2008] and will be worked up into a series. [ [http://www.newsarama.com/comics/100806-Hickman-Winning-Pilot-Seson.html Pilot Season Winner's Circle: Troy Hickman] , Newsarama, October 6, 2008]

Hickman is known for doing stories that are equal parts comedy and drama, and his stories tend to be very rich in characterization. Much of his work has dealt with unconventional takes on superheroes, such as Common Grounds and Twilight Guardian.

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

*"Narcoleptic Man" (with co-author Shane Simmons and art by Tony Furtado, Magentic Ink, 2000)
*"Turok: Adon's Curse" (art by Ryan Benjamin, Acclaim Comics, 1998)
*"Common Grounds" (with pencils by Dan Jurgens and inks by Al Vey, 6-issue limited series, 2004, Top Cow, tpb, ISBN 1582404364)
* "Witchblade" #76-77 (with art by Michael Choi, Top Cow, 2004)
* "City of Heroes" #4-6 (with pencils by Wilson Tortosa and inks by Sonia Oback, Top Cow, 2006)
*"ACTOR Comics Presents" (Incredible Hulk story, with William Messner-Loebs and Armando Gil, Marvel Comics, 2006)
* "Pilot Season": "Twilight Guardian" (with art by Reza, Top Cow, 2008)

Awards

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

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References

*comicbookdb|type=creator|id=2214|title=Troy Hickman

Exteranl links

* [http://troyhickman.blogspot.com/ Troy Hickman's blog]
*myspace|troyhickman|Troy Hickman
* [http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/apr04/thickman.shtml Interview] , at Sequential Tart
* [http://girlsentertainmentnetwork.com/comics/exclusive-gen-interview-with-twilight-guardians-troy-hickman/ Exclusive GEN interview with Twilight Guardian’s Troy Hickman] , Girls Entertainment Network, September 22, 2008