Dylan Horrocks

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Dylan Horrocks
Eisner Award (2002)
http://hicksvillecomics.com

Dylan Horrocks (born 1966) is a New Zealand

.

His works are published by the

Fantagraphics Books
. He currently serialises new work online at Hicksville Comics.

Early life

In an interview with Comics Bulletin, Horrocks claimed that his first words were 'Donald Duck'.[1]

Career

internet piracy
, drawn in a similar style to Pickle and 'Milo's Week'.

Horrocks has been involved in the New Zealand comic scene since the mid-1980s, when he co-founded

Black Eye Comics, in which the "Hicksville" story originally appeared. Hicksville
was published in book form in 1998, achieving considerable critical success. French, Spanish and Italian editions have since been published.

In the last decades Horrocks has written and drawn a wide range of projects including scripts for

Batgirl series, and Atlas, published by Drawn & Quarterly. His graphic novel Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen, featuring one of the main characters from Hicksville, was published by Fantagraphics
in 2014. He currently serialises new work online at Hicksville Comics.

Activism

In support of the 2009

Spectrial
.

Displays

Horrocks's work has been displayed at the Auckland Art Gallery and Wellington's City Gallery.

Awards and fellowship

In 2002 Hicksville won an

Harvey Award for Best Single Issue or Story in 2002.[6] In 2006 he was appointed University of Auckland/Creative New Zealand Literary Fellow.[7]

In 2016 Horrocks was recognised as a Laureate by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand.[8]

References

  1. ^ Lemon, Craig (May 22, 2011). "Dylan Horrocks: The First Name In Magic". Comics Bulletin. Archived from the original on Oct 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Singh, Arune (August 6, 2002). "Wizard of Hicksville: Horrocks talks 'Hunter: Age of Magic'". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on Oct 10, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2009.
  3. ^ "Scoop Coverage: Blackout Against Section 92A". Scoop News. 20 February 2009. Archived from the original on 22 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  4. ^ Horrocks, Dylan (23 February 2009). "The blackout is over - now it's time to get rid of s92". Vox. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  5. ^ 2002 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, Comic Book Awards Almanac
  6. ^ 2002 Harvey Award Nominees and Winners, Comic Book Awards Almanac
  7. ^ Award-winning graphic novelist appointed Literary Fellow - The University of Auckland Archived 2008-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "2016 New Zealand Arts Awards Recipients Announced". Arts Foundation of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 November 2016.

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