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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.
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," Pilot Season: Twilight Guardian #1 – The FULL Issue, Newsarama, August 29, 2008 Hickman talks "Pilot Season: Twilight Guardian", Comic Book Resources, May 28, 2008 Shedding Light on the Twilight Guardian with Troy Hickman, Newsarama, May 15, 2008 a story which was one of the two winners Pilot Season 2008 Winners: Genius, Twilight Guardian, Newsarama, 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. Pilot Season Winner's Circle: Troy Hickman, Newsarama, October 6, 2008 Hickman talks Twilight Guardian Ongoing, Comic Book Resources, 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 Lafayette, Indiana, and has a reputation as a proud Hoosier.
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