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Friday, October 24, 2008 

Current mood:  hyper
Category: Blogging
Writer Troy Hickman has popped up on a few more sites talking about his Pilot Season 2008 win with TWILIGHT GUARDIAN:

Comic Book Resources: http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18534

BludNet: http://www.bludblood.com/content/view/571/1/

Project Fanboy: http://www.projectfanboy.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1659

Comic Geek Speak: http://www.comicgeekspeak.com/episodes/comic_geek_speak-670.php

Newsarama: http://www.newsarama.com/comics/100806-Hickman-Winning-Pilot-Seson.html
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008 

Category: Blogging
Hey Pilot Season fans!

One of 2007's winners, CYBLADE, is launching this week with a new series because you, the fans, voted for it! Here's a note from writer Joshua Hale Fialkov on the new series:

Hi everyone,

We won. It's an amazing feeling to wake up one morning and find out that people were inspired enough to vote literally millions of times for something you've worked long and hard on. In fact, when I got the call from the gang at The Cow that CYBLADE was one of 2007's winning Pilot Season books, I could hardly believe my ears—the thought there are that many people out there anxious for artist Rick Mays and I to keep on delivering.

Man, that is a LOT of pressure. So, when I sat down to script the rest of the series, I knew that not only do I have that expectation to live up to, but, I also have to think of the fans of all the other Pilot Season books. There was really some amazing work being done, and I want to make sure that I lived up to that high benchmark set by all of the gang.

Well, I can't talk to my own writing, because that would be egotistical or crushing depending on my mood that hour. So, instead, I can talk to the amazing work being done by Rick and the rest of the gang. Rick is an amazing talent, someone capable of cranking out some of the most expressive, dynamic art of anybody working in comics today. I've been a huge fan of his work for years now, and, as a fan, I have to say, these are some of the best pages he's ever drawn. His work is fluid, emotional, action-packed, sexy, and, best of all, they take my mundane scripts and make them into something amazing.

You see what I did there? I was self-effacing. But, that being said, I think the work we've done on the series is 10... no, a thousand times better than the pilot, and I really hope each and every one of you give us a chance. I can guarantee it will be stock full of action, adventure, romance and hot pink psychic energy exploding all over the place.

Top Cow has been making some amazing comics the past few years, and, I can only hope that we've added one more.

Thanks for reading, and, please, let your local retailer know you want to give a try to CYBLADE (and, for that matter all of the spectacularly divine bovine books coming from this fine publisher.)

Keep reading 'em, so I can keep writing 'em…

Joshua Hale Fialkov
Los Angeles, CA
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Thursday, October 09, 2008 

Current mood:  artistic
Category: Blogging
Listen to an interview with Twilight Guardian writer Troy Hickman to gain some insight on how he came up with the idea, when the Twilight Guardian actually sleeps and other cool tidbits!

http://www.comicgeekspeak.com/episodes/comic_geek_speak-670.php
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008 
Comic Vine caught up with Twilight Guardian writer Troy Hickman about his win and to talk a little more about his character.

Here is an excerpt:

Comic Vine:  First of all, congrats on the win.  Looks like you were in the lead for pretty much the entire time.  I realize that a lot of my questions may be answered in the upcoming series so feel free to be vague when necessary.  I'm not sure if you plan on going in depth about her background or not.

How much of a story do you have in mind so far to continue the Twilight Guardian's story?  Is it a mini?  Ongoing?

Troy Hickman:  At the moment all I'm promised is a mini-series, and I've certainly been plotting that out. If sales warrant it, though, Top Cow might be willing to do an ongoing, so I've started thinking about ideas all down the line. Twilight Guardian is a story that takes place in the "real world," and as we all know, there's little that can't happen to a person on this planet.

CV:  Will we find out her name?  (We have nothing listed for her name on the site).

TH:  I'm not sure. I do have a name for her if it ever becomes an issue. For now, though, I think it adds to the commonality that the readers share with her if she's only "Twilight Guardian" (and that's almost certainly how she thinks of herself).

CV:  Where did the idea of a character with OCD come from? 

TH:  Twilight Guardian first appeared in a mini-comic trilogy I did in the early 90s called Tales of the Pathetic Club, which was about a doctor who studies people with various forms of OCD (in my opinion still one of the best things I've written). The idea for TG, and all the folks in Pathetic Club, came from my own anxiety-ridden, ritualistic noggin.

CV:  How long has she been patrolling?  I gathered she did have a boyfriend recently and would assume she didn't go patrolling then.

TH:  As far as we know, she's relatively new to this. She may have always been a "night walker" (much like her creator), but she probably donned the hoodie and mask fairly recently.

You can read the rest of the interview here: http://www.comicvine.com/myvine/g_man/comic-vine-interviews-pilot-season-winner-troy-hickman/87-36103/
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