Troy Little

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Troy Little
Troy Little au Comiccon de Montreal 2019.jpg
Little in 2019
Born (1973-03-07) March 7, 1973 (age 50)
Prince Edward Island, Canada
Occupation writer, cartoonist
Period2000–present
Notable works Chiaroscuro (vol. 1: 2000-2005/2007)
Notable awards Xeric
Website
pegamoosepress.com

Troy Little (born 7 March 1973 [1] ) is a Canadian cartoonist working in comic books and animation. He began self publishing with Chiaroscuro , a graphic novel that was developed between 2000 and 2005 under his Meanwhile Studios imprint. After winning two grants (Xeric [2] and P.E.I. Council of the Arts [3] ) and being praised by Dave Sim, [4] Chiaroscuro vol. 1 was released in 2007 by IDW Publishing.

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Biography

Troy Little was born on 7 March 1973 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. [1] In 1994, he graduated from the Interpretive Illustration program of Sheridan College, and spent many years working in animation. After living eight years in Ottawa, he moved back to Prince Edward Island, [3] [5] Canada. In the early 2000's he began transitioning out of his job in animation [3] [5] to work full time in comics. He's work on licensed titles and also writes and draws his own graphic novels.

In September 2000, [6] he started work on his self-published black and white comic series Chiaroscuro with which he was awarded in 2001 a Xeric Grant. [2] The comic was published bi-monthly and ran for seven issues ending prematurely in 2003. Little eventually continued to draw the missing issues #8-10 to conclude the first volume. In 2005, he was awarded a P.E.I. Council of the Arts Grants to enable him to continue work on the series. [3] In late 2005, he had completed his first storyline as the graphic novel Chiaroscuro: Patchwork Book 1 (collecting issues #1-10), and started sending out a 100-copy POD run [3] to publishers.

In 2007, this first volume of Chiaroscuro received an excellent review by independent comics legend Dave Sim (creator of Cerebus) written on his Blog & Mail. [4] This review brought the book to the attention of Ted Adams, President of IDW Publishing in San Diego. [3] [5] [7] IDW published a hardcover edition of the graphic novel in October 2007, and its trade paperback edition in October 2008.

In January 2009, Troy Little released Angora Napkin, a standalone graphic novel from IDW Publishing which was nominated for an Eisner Award. Angora Napkin was developed into an animated pilot for Teletoon's late night program "Teletoon at Night" for a series which was broadcast on Halloween night, 2010. But the pilot was never picked up. He later created a second Angora Napkin graphic novel, Harvest of Revenge, which was again nominated for an Eisner. He ventured into webcomics with the online serial Angora Napkin: The Golden McGuffin that ran sporadically from 2011 to 2019.

From 2013 to 2014 he wrote and drew the comic book series The Powerpuff Girls , published by IDW and based on the Cartoon Network animated series.

In 2015 Little was brought on by IDW / Top Shelf to adapt the authorized graphic novel version of Hunter S. Thompson's book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas , published in late October / early November by Top Shelf Productions.

During the Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas book tour Little met Kevin Eastman, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In 2017 Eastman tapped Little to help develop his Drawing Blood / Radically Rearranged Ronin Ragdolls series which was successfully Kickstarted in published in 2018. This was followed by a second volume of Ragdolls that he illustrated and co-wrote with Drawing Blood writer David Avallone.

In 2018, Little teamed up with writers Jim Zub and Patrick Rothfuss for the limited series Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons #1-4, published by IDW. [8] [9] This book was followed up in 2020 (without Rothfuss) with Volume 2: Painscape , published by Oni Press. [10] The Rick and Morty vs Dungeons and Dragons Deluxe Edition, by Rothfuss, Zub, and Little, was nominated for the 2022 "Best Graphic Album—Reprint" Eisner Award. [11]

Also in 2019, Troy and his wife Brenda Hickey ("My Little Pony", "Aggretsuko") formed their own imprint: Pegamoose Press. Their first book, Hickey's "Halls of the Turnip King" was successfully Kickstarted and published in early 2020. The second book, "Angora Napkin: The Golden McGuffin" was published in the fall of 2020. Troy and Brenda collaborated and published the innovative graphic novella "Butterfly House" which was nominated for a Sequential Award and a Doug Wright Award in 2022.

Little and Zub teamed up again on the "Rick & Morty VS Cthulhu" mini series from Oni.

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References

  1. 1 2 See Troy Little, "About".
  2. 1 2 See Xeric Foundation (September 2001).
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 See Journal Pioneer (2007-11-06).
  4. 1 2 See Dave Sim (2007-01-17).
  5. 1 2 3 See CBC News (2007-09-07).
  6. ↑ See Troy Little (October 2002).
  7. ↑ See Dave Sim (2007-07-12).
  8. ↑ Mufson, Beckett; Messman, Lauren (2018-04-09). "Rick and Morty Are Going on a 'Dungeons & Dragons' Adventure". Vice. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  9. ↑ Plante, Corey. "'Rick and Morty vs. D&D' Review: Totally Nails the 'D&D' Newb Experience". Inverse. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  10. ↑ "Rick and Morty D&D Chapter 2 Comic Unveiled at D&D Live 2019". www.bleedingcool.com. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  11. ↑ MacDonald, Heidi (2022-05-18). "2022 Eisner Awards Nominations Announced, led by DC and Image". The Beat. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  12. ↑ Single-issue publishing dates per Diamond Comic Distributors's "Shipping This Week" files: #1 on 2001-09-06, #2 on 2002-01-16, #3 on 2002-04-17, #4 on 2002-08-07, #5 on 2003-01-02, #6 on 2003-03-05, #7 on 2003-05-14.
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