Troy Hickman is an American comic book writer. He received two Eisner Award nominations for ''

Common Grounds ''Common Grounds'' is a six-issue comic book limited series created by writer Troy Hickman and published by Top Cow Productions in 2004. The series examined the life of superheroes and villains in and around a chain of coffee shops called ''C ...

'' 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 before getting his break with Top Cow where he wrote ''

'', a series that looked at superheroes gathered in a coffee shop. 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 "

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," a story which was one of the two winnersPilot Season 2008 Winners: Genius, Twilight Guardian

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, September 18, 2008 and was turned into a four issue series which received great critical acclaim. This series has also been optioned for a film.Hickman talks Twilight Guardian Ongoing

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, October 22, 2008 In addition to his comic book work, he is a well-known and award-nominated teacher of Creative Writing and English. Hickman lives in

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, and has a reputation as a proud

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Bibliography

Comics work includes: *''Narcoleptic Man'' (with co-author Shane Simmons and art by Tony Furtado, Magnetic Ink, 2000) *''Turok: Adon's Curse'' (art by Ryan Benjamin, Acclaim Comics, 1998) *''

'' (with pencils by

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, Michael Oeming.

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, Angel Medina,

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, and

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, covers by Rodolpho Migliari, and inks by Al Vey, 6-issue limited series, 2004,

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, tpb, ) * ''

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'' #76–77 (with art by Michael Choi, Top Cow, 2004) * '' City of Heroes'' #4–6 (with pencils by

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and inks by

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, 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) * '' Twilight Guardian: Heroes and Villains#1-4 (with art by Sid Kotian and colors by Bill Farmer, 2011) * ''A Little Night Music'' (City of Heroes MMORPG guest author arc, 2010)

Awards

2005: Nominated for

Eisner Awards The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the comics industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards. They are named in ...

, ''Common Grounds'' (Best Short Story and Best Anthology)

Notes

References

External links

Troy Hickman's blog

Interviews

Interview
at Sequential Tart
Exclusive GEN interview with Twilight Guardian’s Troy Hickman
Girls Entertainment Network, September 22, 2008 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hickman, Troy American comics writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)