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Dylan Horrocks

Dylan Horrocks is a cartoonist, writer and illustrator. He is the author of three graphic novels and far too many comic books. He has also written prose fiction, illustrated children’s books and scripted monthly series for DC Comics and Vertigo, including Hunter: The Age of Magic, Batgirl and Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight.
(Photo by Grant Maiden)

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Selected bibliography:

  • Batgirl #39– 57, art by various (DC Comics).
  • Hunter: the Age of Magic #1–25, art by various (DC Comics/Vertigo)
  • Spin (Mental Health Foundation 1998).
  • Highway Robbery, text by Joy Watson (Scholastic 2000).
  • The Names of Magic #1–25, art by Richard Case (DC Comics/Vertigo 2002)
  • Hicksville (Black Eye 1998, Drawn & Quarterly/Victoria University Press 2010).
  • Incomplete Works (Victoria University Press 2014).
  • Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen (Victoria University Press 2014).

Awards:

  • Ignatz Awards Shortlist 1997, 1999.
  • Harvey Awards Shortlist 1999, 2002.
  • Eisner Award 2002.
  • Prix d’Alph’Art Shortlist 2002.
  • Premio Micheluzzi Shortlist 2004.
  • Barcelona Comics Festival Awards Shortlist 2004.
  • University of Auckland Literary Fellowship 2006
  • Sir Julius Vogel Award 2011.
  • New Zealand Book Design Awards 2015.
  • Eisner Award Shortlist 2016.

Other Resources:

Dylan’s Hicksville Comics website

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