Ian Flynn

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Ian Flynn
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Flynn at a September 8, 2012 signing for
New Crusaders #1 at Midtown Comics in Manhattan
BornJames Ian Flynn
(1982-05-31) May 31, 1982 (age 43)
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Canadian (2023–present)
AreaWriter
Notable works
 Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics)
Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW)
Mega Man (Archie Comics)
New Crusaders
TMNT (IDW)
http://www.bumbleking.com

James Ian Flynn [1] (born May 31, 1982), also known by his Internet pen name Ian Potto, is an American and Canadian comic book writer. He was chief writer for Archie Comics's Sonic the Hedgehog since issue #160, after the departure of the previous chief writer Ken Penders, until Archie's cancelation on the run at issue #290. [2] As of April 4, 2018, he is the lead writer of IDW Publishing's Sonic the Hedgehog comic series. He is also known for Archie's Mega Man , New Crusaders , Archie (2015) , as well as IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles .

Contents

Starting with Sonic Frontiers , Ian Flynn has contributed to the writing of multiple mainline Sonic games. [3] [4]

Early life

Flynn was born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. [5]

Career

Flynn was hired as a writer on Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog after sending in unsolicited proposals. [6] He subsequently wrote Sonic Universe ; the Capcom series, Mega Man ; and New Crusaders , a superhero title published by the Archie Imprint Red Circle Comics. [7] [8] [9] In the Sonic the Hedgehog series, he collaborated with Tracy Yardley, the penciller for the series since issue #160. Flynn made his television writing debut with the Sonic Boom episode "Anything You Can Do I Can Do Worse-er". [10] In December 2021 he was reported to have been writing the script for Sonic Frontiers ; [11] he also wrote the scripts for the prologue comic and animation released in the lead-up to Frontiers' release. [12] [13] [14] [15] Flynn also wrote the story scenes for the Sonic Origins compilation. [16] In 2023, a mobile game released titled Sonic Dream Team , which was another title Flynn was part of the writing team for. [17] Flynn is also a host on a Q&A podcast, known as the Bumblekast, where he previously answered [a] questions from fans concerning the Sonic franchise and his work on the series. [19] [20] [21]

Although Sega canceled their Sonic the Hedgehog comic series, Archie Comics brought back Flynn, alongside collaborating colleagues Tracy Yardley and Matt Herms, to revive their Cosmo the Merry Martian intellectual property. [22] The first issue of Cosmo was released in January 2018.

Personal life

As of 2018, Flynn lives in Toronto. [5] He is married to Aleah Baker, who has worked as a writer and colorist on Archie books such as Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Universe. [23] [24] [25] Flynn became a naturalized Canadian citizen in May 2023. [26]

Works

Comics

Archie Comics

Source: [27]

  • Archie #624
  • Archie & Friends #153
  • Archie Comics Double Digest #295 (The Case of the Long Con), 339 (Chain of Command), 343 (story one), 345 (story one), 348 (story one)
  • Archie & Friends: Blockbuster Movies (story one)
  • Archie and Friends: Level Up! (Servers You Right)
  • Archie & Friends: Superheroes
  • Archie Christmas Spectacular (2024) (story one)
  • Archie Halloween Spectacular (2022) (Spirits of Halloween), (2024) (Party Hardly!)
  • Archie Valentine’s Day Spectacular (2024) (story one)
  • Archie's Superteens Versus Crusaders #1-2
  • Betty and Veronica: Summer Spectacular (story two)
  • Cosmo (2018) #1-5
  • Cosmo The Mighty Martian #1-5
  • Josie Annual Spectacular (2024) (Encore No More!)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog Free Comic Book Day (Archie) 2007, 2009-2011, 2012 (Genesis Awakenings segments), 2013-2015
  • New Crusaders: Dark Tomorrow Special
  • New Crusaders: Rise of the Heroes #1-6
  • New Riverdale:
    • Archie (2015) #28-32 (with Mark Waid), 699
    • Jughead vol. 3 #15–16 (co-written by Flynn and Mark Waid, art by Derek Charm, 2017) collected in Jughead Volume 3 (tpb, 144 pages, 2017, ISBN   1-68255-956-4)
  • Mega Man (Archie) #1-55
  • Mega Man: Worlds Unite Battles #1
  • Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Vol. 2) #101-104
  • Sabrina the Teenage Witch Annual Spectacular (2024) (Awakening)
  • Sonic Boom (Archie) #1-4, 6-10
  • Sonic: Mega Drive
  • Sonic: Mega Drive - The Next Level
  • Sonic Super-Sized Comics Digest #11 (Sonic Comic Origins short story)
  • Sonic Super Digest #8-9, 12, 15 (Sonic Comic Origins short stories)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie) #160-290
  • Sonic the Hedgehog Halloween ComicFest 2013
  • Sonic Universe #1-32, 37-54, 59-70, 71-74 (Co-Writer), 75-78, 83-90, 91-94 (Co-Writer)
  • Sonic X (Archie) #16-17, 23, 25-27, 30-32, 34-35, 37-40
  • Super Duck #1
  • The Mighty Crusaders: Lost Crusade Special
  • Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest #305 (The Doctor is In Vogue), 310 (What's in a Name? and Clowning Around), 312-314 (Real Horse Power, The Foxy New Kid, On the Web, Dr. Zardox’s Revenge & Evil is as Evil Does), 317-319 (Weird, Weird West, Masque-Raiding! & Holiday Heist), 324 (The Best for Last)
  • World of Archie Double Digest #85 (The Case of Hiding in Plain Sight), 97 (Scaredy Cat), 123 (Case of the Party Crasher)
  • World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest #21-24 (Expensive Stuffing, The Ultimate Test, Yacht's Wrong with You? & Foxy Ladies), 26-27 (Flagging Resolve & No Time for Justice), 31 (Reindeer of Terror)

Dark Horse Comics

Source: [28]

  • Free Comic Book Day 2018: All-Ages (ARMS)
  • Minecraft: Stories from the Overworld

DC Comics

Source: [29]

IDW Publishing

Source: [30]

  • My Little Pony: Feats of Friendship #1-3
  • My Little Pony/Transformers
    • My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise! (trade paperback, 2021, IDW, ISBN   978-1684057597) includes:
      • My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise! #1-2, 4
    • My Little Pony/Transformers: The Magic of Cybertron (trade paperback, 2021, IDW, ISBN   978-1684058709) includes:
      • My Little Pony/Transformers: The Magic of Cybertron #2, 4
  • Sonic Superstars: Fang's Big Break [b]
  • Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW) #1-32, 41-44, 50-51, 57-58, 62-66 (Co-Writer), 67, 76-80, 84-86 (Co-Writer), Annual 2019-2020, 2022, 2024
  • Sonic the Hedgehog: Amy Rose 30th Anniversary Special
  • Sonic the Hedgehog: Bad Guys #1-4
  • Sonic the Hedgehog: Fang the Hunter #1-4
  • Sonic the Hedgehog Free Comic Book Day (IDW) 2022
  • Sonic the Hedgehog: Imposter Syndrome #1-4
  • Sonic the Hedgehog: Knuckles' 30th Anniversary Special
  • Sonic the Hedgehog: Tails 30th Anniversary Special
  • Sonic the Hedgehog: Tangle & Whisper #1-4
  • Sonic The Hedgehog #1: 5th Anniversary Edition (five-page story: “Familiar Territory”)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Special
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's 900th Adventure (intro, outro and basic plot; pages 1-6 and 37-40)
  • Star Wars Adventures (2017) #23-24
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Amazing Adventures #5, 7-8
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Macro-Series: Michelangelo
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #19-20, 25

Udon Entertainment

Source: [31]

  • Mega Man Zero Timelines #1

Other publishers

  • Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal (Sonic Boom – Prelude prologue in-game comic)
  • Sonic Forces digital comic (Sega)
  • Sonic Frontiers Prologue: Convergence (Sega)
  • Sonic X Shadow Generations X Chao (Sega)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog Blue Racer (Sega)
  • Tales of Aether #1-4 [32]
  • Uncanny Valley High (Space Goat Publishing) #1-4 [33]
  • Drogune:
    • Drogune: Fortune's Lap
    • Drogune: Outlaw
  • The Nine Lives of Klaws McGee #1-2 [34]
  • Eternal Quest
  • sparkFLAME: Comic Anthology (Drogune and The Nine Lives of Klaws McGee short stories)

Books

Animation

Source: [36]

Video games

Source: [38]

Podcasts

Notes

  1. ↑ On December 20, 2024, Flynn announced that beginning in 2025, the Bumblekast would no longer accept questions about the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, citing conflict of interest concerns; the podcast remains ongoing and questions unrelated to Sonic are still accepted. [18]
  2. ↑ Originally published digitally by Sega, later published physically by IDW.

References

  1. ↑ "BumbleKast Mini! for May 17, 2024 - Ian Flynn Q&A Podcast". YouTube. BumbleKing Videos. May 17, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  2. ↑ Paulson, Andrew (July 25, 2006). "Interviews - Ian "Potto" Flynn" Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine . Sonic Scene.
  3. ↑ "Ian Flynn Writing Sonic Frontiers Provides Hope For Fans". Game Rant. 18 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "IDW". Archived from the original on 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  5. 1 2 Polan, Jonathan (April 18, 2018). "Interview: Ian Flynn, Writer for Sonic the Hedgehog Comic". Gaming Boulevard. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  6. ↑ Peal, Alex (April 6, 2006). "Interview: Ian Flynn" Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine . dreamflint.com
  7. ↑ Sims, Chris (23 December 2015). "Looking Back On 'Mega Man' With Ian Flynn [Interview]". Comics Alliance. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  8. ↑ Goellner, Caleb (4 November 2011). "'New Crusaders' Writer Ian Flynn on the Return of Archie Comics' Red Circle Heroes [Interview]". Comics Alliance. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  9. ↑ Carter, Chris (22 May 2015). "Destructoid chats with Archie's Ian Flynn about Mega Man and Sonic's second 'Worlds Unite' crossover". Destructoid. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  10. ↑ Bill Freiberger [@BillFreiberger] (5 December 2016). "Episode 206: Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Worse-er. Written by @IanFlynnBKC. Storyboards by Gael Leroux & Jeremy Klein" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ↑ Stewart, Marcus (December 9, 2021). "Sonic Frontiers Drops The Blue Blur Into His First Open World Game". Game Informer . Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  12. ↑ Puc, Samantha (2022-11-07). "The Sonic Frontiers comic book prologue takes place immediately before the game". gamesradar. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  13. ↑ "Sonic Frontiers to set the scene with prologue cartoon and comic". Destructoid. 2022-10-17. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  14. ↑ Greif, Zackari (2022-11-01). "Sonic Frontiers Prologue: Divergence Sets the Stage for Sonic Lore to Change Forever". Game Rant. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  15. ↑ Flynn, Ian (2022-11-01). Sonic Frontiers Prologue: Divergence (Credits) (Animation). SEGA (via Sonic the Hedgehog official YouTube channel). Event occurs at 5:40. Written by Ian Flynn
  16. ↑ Flynn, Ian (April 20, 2022). "Sonic Origins Revealed!". BumbleKing. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  17. ↑ https://twitter.com/IanFlynnBKC/status/1719717813873410133 [ bare URL ]
  18. ↑ Flynn, Ian (2024-12-20). BumbleKast UPDATE regarding 2025 and beyond! (Video). Retrieved 2024-12-22– via YouTube.
  19. ↑ Saltzman, Mitchell (2022-06-22). "Sonic Frontiers Writer Talks Open-Zone Story, Dr. Eggman, and More – IGN First". IGN. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  20. ↑ Puc, Samantha (2022-11-07). "The Sonic Frontiers comic book prologue takes place immediately before the game". gamesradar. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  21. ↑ "Sonic the Hedgehog Timeline Explained, Kind Of". Gameranx. 2022-11-06. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  22. ↑ Couto, Anthony (September 20, 2017). "EXCL: Archie Comics' Sonic Team Reuniting on Cosmo Revival". CBR.com. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  23. ↑ "Guest Announcements: Ian Flynn and Aleah Baker". SEGAbits. 5 September 2016. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  24. ↑ Peagler, Seth (April 3, 2012). "HEROESCON 2012 :: GUEST LIST UPDATE! MARK BAGLEY! IAN FLYNN! BUDD ROOT! ANDY SMITH!". Heroes Online.
  25. ↑ Long, Aaron (16 November 2015). "Preview: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #278". Comicosity. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  26. ↑ Ian Flynn [@IanFlynnBKC] (18 May 2023). "Still need the final paperwork, but I said the oath and sang the song. I'm official. #OCanada" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  27. ↑ "Archie Comics | BumbleKing".
  28. 1 2 "Dark Horse Comics | BumbleKing".
  29. ↑ "DC | BumbleKing".
  30. ↑ "IDW Publishing | BumbleKing".
  31. ↑ "UDON Entertainment | BumbleKing".
  32. ↑ "Small Press & Indie Comics | BumbleKing".
  33. ↑ "Small Press & Indie Comics | BumbleKing".
  34. ↑ "The Nine Lives of Klaws McGee | BumbleKing".
  35. 1 2 "Insight Editions | BumbleKing".
  36. ↑ "Video | BumbleKing".
  37. ↑ "Sonic the Hedgehog | BumbleKing".
  38. ↑ "Videogames | BumbleKing".
  39. ↑ Mateo, Alex (January 20, 2026). "Sonic the Hedgehog Franchise Gets New Chaotix Audio Drama". Anime News Network . Retrieved January 20, 2026.
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