Ian Flynn

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Ian Flynn, also known by his Internet pen name Ian Potto, is an American comic writer. He is currently the head writer for the IDW Publishing Sonic the Hedgehog comic series.^[2]

Flynn was previously the chief writer for the Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its various spin-offs. His tenure began in 2006 with Sonic the Hedgehog #160, and lasted until the comics' cancellation in 2017. He has also written a couple of episodes for the second season of Sonic Boom, and a number of stories for the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series and its spin-offs.

History

Flynn obtained the writing position on Archie Comics by sending in unsolicited proposals, after a long participation in unofficial creation of comics about Sonic. He is notable for being a rare case of making a transition from active amateur to pro.^[3]^[4]

He has not only been active with the fan community since his hiring at Archie Comics, but even prior to that with the now defunct site TSIC (The Sonic Info Center). He gained initial recognition for a fan comic known as Other M. His stories contain heavy usage of prior continuity and returning characters. One of his focuses seems to be guiding the comic to better fit in with Sega's games while still retaining the best elements of the comic's original material.

Bibliography

Ian Flynn was the head writer for two of Archie's comics: Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Universe. He was also the main writer for Sonic Boom and every issue of Archie's Mega Man comic series, the latter of which had two crossovers with Archie's Sonic titles.^[5]^[6] He also writes for Dark Circle Comics' New Crusaders and is currently writing for Cosmo, the revival of Archie's Cosmo the Merry Martian character.^[7]^[8] He has also contributed to the comics within Archie's mainline comic series, including co-writing the final two issues of the third Jughead series.

Before IDW Publishing acquired the Sonic license, Ian had also provided writing duties for the publisher's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic series.

Credits

Writing

Archie Comics

Sonic Boom:
- #1-#4
- #6-#10
Sonic the Hedgehog:
- #160-#161 ("Birthday Bash!")
- #162-#165
- #166 ("The Chaotix Connection"; dialogue)
- #166-#167 (Mobius 25 Years Later)
- #168-#169
- #170 ("Comings & Goings")
- #171-#184
- #185 ("Mogul Rising Part One: Needful Things")
- #186-#231
- #232 ("Dark Tidings")
- #233-#263
- #264-#265 (Control)
- #266-#293
Sonic the Hedgehog Free Comic Book Day:
- 2007
- 2009-2016
Sonic X:
- #16-#20
- #22-#23
- #25-#27
- #30-#32
- #34-#35
- #37-#40
Sonic Universe:
- #1-#32
- #37-#54
- #59-#70
- #71-#74 ("Spark of Life"; plot)
- #96

IDW Publishing

Sonic the Hedgehog:
- #1-#4 ("Fallout")
- #5-#6 ("The Fate of Dr. Eggman")
- #7 ("Meet the New Boss")
- #8 ("Silent Support")
- #9-#11 ("The Battle for Angel Island")
- #12 ("The Cost of the Battle for Angel Island")
- #13 ("Calling Card")
- #14
- #15 ("Patient Zero")
- #15 ("Infection!")
- #16 ("Plague!")
Sonic the Hedgehog Annual 2019 (story one)
Sonic the Hedgehog: Tangle & Whisper:
- #0

Miscellaneous

Sonic Boom (TV series):
- "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Worse-er"^[9]
- "Og Man Out"
Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal (prologue comic)
Sonic the Hedgehog series:
- Sonic and the Secret Rings ("Sand, Spirit and Sonic Speed")
- Sonic Forces digital comic
  - Sonic Forces: Moment of Truth ("Moment of Truth")
  - Sonic Forces: Stress Test ("Stress Test")
  - Sonic Forces: Looming Shadow ("Looming Shadow")
  - Sonic Forces: Rise of Infinite ("Rise of Infinite")

Trivia

Flynn and Tracy Yardley joined Archie Comics at the same time, that being Sonic the Hedgehog #160.
In an interview in Sonic Super Special Magazine #1, Flynn stated that his influences as a writer are "Shakespeare, Stephen Crane, Kurt Vonnegut, E. E. Cummings, Chris Claremont, Robert Kirkman, Brian M. Bendis, Mark Miller, Dr. Seuss, Jeff Smith, Don Rosa and so many more."
Flynn is married to Aleah Baker.
According to an interview with Sonic Fan Games HQ, his favorite Dr. Eggman quote stems from his dialog with Lien-Da in Sonic the Hedgehog #220.^[10]

References

↑ IDW Publishing and SEGA® Welcome Veteran Sonic Writer Ian Flynn. IDW Publishing (8 October 2017). Retrieved on 8 October 2017.
↑ IDW Publishing and SEGA® Welcome Veteran Sonic Writer Ian Flynn. IDW Publishing (8 October 2017). Retrieved on 8 October 2017. “Sonic the Hedgehog™ and IDW Publishing are excited to reveal today that fan favorite scribe, Ian Flynn, has come on board to take the blue blur and his friends in a fresh, exciting direction.”
↑ http://www.dreamflint.com/dcd/DisplayFeat.asp?FeatureID=19
↑ http://www.heroesonline.com/newsletter/cow-archive/cow-archive-4.htm
↑ Sims, Chris (23 December 2015). Looking Back On 'Mega Man' With Ian Flynn [Interview]. Comics Alliance. Retrieved on 19 March 2017.
↑ Carter, Chris (22 May 2015). Destructoid chats with Archie's Ian Flynn about Mega Man and Sonic's second 'Worlds Unite' crossover. Destructoid. Retrieved on 19 March 2017.
↑ Goellner, Caleb (4 November 2011). 'New Crusaders' Writer Ian Flynn on the Return of Archie Comics' Red Circle Heroes [Interview]. Comics Alliance. Retrieved on 19 March 2017.
↑ http://www.cbr.com/excl-archie-comics-sonic-team-reuniting-on-cosmo-revival/
↑ Bill Freiberger on Twitter. Twitter (5 December 2016). Retrieved on 5 December 2015. “Bill Freiberger: Episode 206: Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Worse-er. Written by @IanFlynnBKC. Storyboards by Gael Leroux & Jeremy Klein.”
↑ An Interview With Ian Flynn!. YouTube. SAGExpo (25 August 2018). Retrieved on 4 September 2018.

External links

Ian Flynn at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Ian Flynn on Twitter
Bumbleking Comics Forum Ian Flynn's personal message board

Archie Comics staff members

Writers	Baker \| Bollers \| Cacace \| Castilglia \| Chacon \| DeCesare \| Edkin \| Emery \| Enos \| Esposito \| Esquivel \| Fingeroth \| Flynn \| Gallagher \| Kanterovich \| Oliveras \| Penders \| del Rio \| Rolston \| Skolnick \| Slott \| Spivey \| Stanley \| Strom \| Taylor \| D. Tipton \| S. Tipton \| T. Rex \| Yardley
Pencils	Allan \| Axer \| Bates \| Bedell \| Best \| Bigley \| Butler \| DeCarlo \| De Liz \| Diamond Rose Studios \| Doran \| Fry \| Hands \| Herbert \| Herms \| Higgins \| Huang \| Hunter \| Hutchison \| Galan \| Golliher \| Graphic Color Works \| Gray \| Greene \| Hernandez \| Hesse \| Hill \| Jampole \| Lim \| Manak \| Mawhinney \| Maxwell \| McCarthy \| Mercadoocasio \| Ortega \| Paddock \| Parent \| Penders \| Peppers \| POWREE \| Ribeiro \| del Rio \| Schoening \| Shaw \| Skelly \| Smith III \| Spaziante \| Stanley \| Strom \| Brian Thomas \| Bryce Thomas \| C. Thomas \| Underwood \| Valentino \| Wahnish \| Wells \| Yardley
Inks	Amash \| Archer \| Austin \| Bates \| Bollers \| Crawford \| D'Agostino \| Diamond Rose Studios \| Eklund \| Gray \| Higgins \| Koslowski \| Martin \| McCarthy \| Mercadoocasio \| Milgrom \| Oliveras \| Parent \| Penders \| Pepoy \| Powell \| A. Ray \| J. Ray \| Ribeiro \| Scarpelli \| Schoening \| Sheehy \| Stanley \| Thomas \| Tomas \| White \| Wiacek \| Woodruff \| Yardley
Colors	D. America \| L. America \| Baker \| Bollers \| Cassata \| Chher \| Chu \| Delgado \| Diamond Rose Studios \| Dillon \| Downer \| Gray \| Felix \| Gagliardo \| Gopher \| Grossman \| Herms \| Hunzeker \| Ieraci \| Jensen \| Kaminski \| Lisefski \| Mason \| Namlede \| O'Quinn \| Parent \| Penders \| A. Ray \| J. Ray \| Stanley \| Tsetsekas \| Vozzo \| Yardley
Letters	Davidson \| Deering \| Diamond Rose Studios \| Eisman \| Gagliardo \| Gallagher \| Higgins \| Liu \| Money \| Morelli \| Nakrosis \| Orzechowski \| Powell \| Penders \| Williams \| Workman \| Yoshida
Covers	Amash \| Austin \| Bates \| Best \| Brown \| Bryant \| Bryce Thomas \| Butler \| Capps \| D'Agostino \| Delgado \| Downer \| Evans \| Fry \| FT \| Galan \| Greene \| Harder \| Herms \| Hernandez \| Heroic Age Colors \| Hesse \| Horn \| Hunzeker \| Jampole \| Jensen \| Knight \| Lovallo \| Ly \| Manak \| Martin \| Mawhinney \| McCarthy \| Mercadoocasio \| Moore \| Novin \| Parnell \| Penders \| Peppers \| Piperberg \| A. Ray \| J. Ray \| T. Rex \| Ribeiro \| Riley \| Robinson \| Robinson \| Rodríguez \| Sega \| Scarpelli \| Schoening \| Shaw \| Skelly \| Spaziante \| Stanley \| Thomas \| Unger \| Wells \| Yardley
Assistant Editors	Gabrie \| Lovallo \| Pellerito \| Spaziante
Editors	Castiglia \| Edelman \| Fulop \| Gabrie \| Kaminski \| Pellerito
Editor-In-Chiefs	Goldwater \| Gorelick
Presidents	Goldwater \| Pellerito
Publishers	Archie Comics \| J. Goldwater \| R. Goldwater \| Silberkleit
Licensing	Castiglia \| Chau \| Gaccione \| Harris \| Hatori \| Jo \| Kiyotaki \| Leffler \| Lopez \| S. Penders \| T. Penders \| Reyes \| Sega Licensing

IDW Publishing staff members

Writers	Dutreix \| Flynn \| Goellner \| Kochalka \| Scott \| Stanley
Pencils	Bryce Thomas \| Gray \| Hernandez \| Lawrence \| Peppers \| Skelly \| Stanley \| Yardley
Inks	Amash \| Bryce Thomas \| Hernandez \| Smith \| Stanley \| Yardley
Colors	Breckel \| Bryce Thomas \| Herms \| Ito \| Unger
Letters	Breen \| Lee
Covers	Breckel \| Bryce Thomas \| Dutreix \| Fourdraine \| Gates \| Graham \| Gray \| Herms \| Hernandez \| Hesse \| Huang \| Knight \| Kraft \| Lawrence \| Peppers \| Skelly \| Stanley \| Uekawa \| Wells \| Yardley
Editors	Barber \| Brown \| Hughes \| Mariotte
Publishers	Goldstein \| Ryall
Licensing	Cisneros \| Jo \| Kiyotaki \| Tsai \| Webber

[0] IDW Publishing and SEGA® Welcome Veteran Sonic Writer Ian Flynn. IDW Publishing (8 October 2017). Retrieved on 8 October 2017.

[1] IDW Publishing and SEGA® Welcome Veteran Sonic Writer Ian Flynn. IDW Publishing (8 October 2017). Retrieved on 8 October 2017. “Sonic the Hedgehog™ and IDW Publishing are excited to reveal today that fan favorite scribe, Ian Flynn, has come on board to take the blue blur and his friends in a fresh, exciting direction.”

[2] ttp://www.dreamflint.com/dcd/DisplayFeat.asp?FeatureID=19

[3] ttp://www.heroesonline.com/newsletter/cow-archive/cow-archive-4.htm

[4] Sims, Chris (23 December 2015). Looking Back On 'Mega Man' With Ian Flynn [Interview]. Comics Alliance. Retrieved on 19 March 2017.

[5] Carter, Chris (22 May 2015). Destructoid chats with Archie's Ian Flynn about Mega Man and Sonic's second 'Worlds Unite' crossover. Destructoid. Retrieved on 19 March 2017.

[6] Goellner, Caleb (4 November 2011). 'New Crusaders' Writer Ian Flynn on the Return of Archie Comics' Red Circle Heroes [Interview]. Comics Alliance. Retrieved on 19 March 2017.

[7] ttp://www.cbr.com/excl-archie-comics-sonic-team-reuniting-on-cosmo-revival/

[8] Bill Freiberger on Twitter. Twitter (5 December 2016). Retrieved on 5 December 2015. “Bill Freiberger: Episode 206: Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Worse-er. Written by @IanFlynnBKC. Storyboards by Gael Leroux & Jeremy Klein.”

[9] An Interview With Ian Flynn!. YouTube. SAGExpo (25 August 2018). Retrieved on 4 September 2018.

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