Tyson Hesse

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Tyson Hesse is an American artist. He used to contribute to Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs, and has contributed to IDW Publishing's Sonic the Hedgehog comic series. He has also animated for the opening cutscene and the pre-order trailer of Sonic Mania and has directed for Sonic Mania Adventures.

History

Archie Comics

Tyson Hesse first approached an editor of Archie Comics at one of the annual Comic Cons, presenting his fan comic, "Sonic's Big Fat Adventure". He was soon employed by the company to work on the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series.^[1]

IDW Publishing

After the license cancellation of the Sonic the Hedgehog series held previously, Hesse was commissioned for cover artwork of the new Sonic the Hedgehog series comic run published by IDW Publishing.

Bibliography

Hesse is notable for his work in the The Amazing World of Gumball and Bravest Warriors comic series.

Credits

Animation

Chao In Space (director, writer, storyboarding)
Sonic Mania:
- Opening animation (art direction, storyboarding, producer)
- Ending animation
- Pre-order trailer
Sonic Mania Plus
- Pre-order trailer
Sonic Mania Adventures (director, storyboarding, art director, production design)
Team Sonic Racing Overdrive (director, storyboarding, art director, production design, audio mixing)

Writing

Sonic Mania Adventures
- "Sonic Returns"
- "Sonic and Tails"
- "& Knuckles"
- "Mighty and Ray"
- "Metal Mayhem"
- "From: A. Rose"

Cover artwork

Archie Comics

Sonic the Hedgehog:
- #258 (regular)
- #277 (variant)
- #281 (regular)
- #282 (regular)
- #294 (regular)
Sonic: Mega Drive:
- Sonic: Mega Drive (regular, variant 2 and variant 3)
- Sonic: Mega Drive - The Next Level
- Sonic: Mega Drive - Overdrive
Sonic Universe:
- #75 (variant 3)
Sonic Super Special Magazine:
- #15
Sonic Super Digest:
- #14-#15

IDW Publishing

Sonic the Hedgehog:
- #1 (cover A, second printing cover, cover RE (Diamond Retailer Summit), cover RE (Dynamic Forces), and Box Set - Virgin Variant)
- #2-#3 (cover A, second printing cover, and Box Set - Virgin Variant)
- #4 (cover A, cover RI-B, SEGA Shop cover, and Box Set - Virgin Variant)
- #25 (cover A)
Sonic the Hedgehog: Tangle & Whisper:
- #0 (regular cover)

Lineart

Archie Comics

Sonic: Mega Drive:
- Sonic: Mega Drive ("Mega Drive Act One")
- Sonic: Mega Drive - The Next Level ("Mega Drive Act Two: The Next Level")
- Sonic: Mega Drive - Overdrive (Canceled)

Pencils

Archie Comics

Sonic the Hedgehog:
- #264-#265 ("Control")
- #275 ("Worlds Unite Part Eleven: Killing the Giant")
Sonic Universe:
- #78 ("Worlds Unite Part Nine: Infinite Possibilities")
Sonic Boom:
- #10 ("Worlds Unite Part Ten: Justice Across Worlds")
Mega Man:
- #52 ("Worlds Unite Part Twelve: Last Rights")

Miscellaneous

Sonic Mania (manual sketches)
Sonic the Hedgehog (film) (lead designer)^[2]

Video

Sonic The Hedgehog (2020) - How To Draw Sonic - Paramount Pictures

Trivia

Hesse's favorite character is Knuckles the Echidna.^[1]
Hesse is married to Mariel Cartwright.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sonic Official - 23 - Hidden Things. YouTube. Sonic the Hedgehog (28 September 2017). Retrieved on 28 September 2017.
↑ Tyson Hesse on Twitter. Twitter (12 November 2019). Retrieved on 12 November 2019.

External links

Tyson Hesse at Mobius Encyclopaedia, the Archie Sonic wiki.
Tyson Hesse on Twitter
Tyson Hesse on DeviantArt

Archie Comics staff members

Writers	Bailey \| Baker \| Bollers \| Cacace \| Castilglia \| Chacon \| DeCesare \| Edkin \| Emery \| Enos \| Esposito \| Esquivel \| Fingeroth \| Flynn \| Gallagher \| Gray \| 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 \| Pacheco \| 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 \| Merlin \| 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 \| Chu \| Gaccione \| Ham \| Harris \| Hatori \| Jo \| Kiyotaki \| Leffler \| Lopez \| T. Penders \| Reyes \| Sega Licensing

IDW Publishing staff members

Writers	Ata \| Barnes \| Dutreix \| Flynn \| Galligan \| Goellner \| Graley \| Hammerstrom \| King \| Kochalka \| C. McElroy \| G. McElroy \| J. McElroy \| T. McElroy \| Mutchler \| Phegley \| Scott \| Stanley \| Swift
Pencils	Bryce Thomas \| Bulmer \| Curry \| Fonseca \| Gray \| Haines \| Hammerstrom \| Hernandez \| Lawrence \| Peppers \| Skelly \| Stanley \| Rothlisberger \| Tramontano \| Wells \| Yardley
Inks	Amash \| Bryce Thomas \| Bulmer \| Curry \| Dutreix \| Fonseca \| Froese \| Graham \| Gray \| Haines \| Hammerstrom \| Hernandez \| Keane \| Lawrence \| Mack \| Peppers \| Rothlisberger \| Smith \| Stanley \| Tramontano \| Wycough \| Yardley
Colors	Bove \| Breckel \| Bryce Thomas \| Bulmer \| Curry \| Dutreix \| Fourdraine \| Graham \| Herms \| Hernandez \| Ito \| Lafuente \| Pinto \| Pirrie \| Stanley \| Tramontano \| Unger
Letters	Breen \| Lee \| Widick
Covers	Arq \| Baker \| Bates \| Breckel \| Bryce Thomas \| Bulmer \| Cruz \| Curry \| Delgado \| Dell'Otto \| Dutreix \| Elson \| Fonseca \| Fourdraine \| Fuji \| Gates \| Gibson \| Graham \| Gray \| Haines \| Hammerstrom \| Herms \| Hernandez \| Hesse \| Huang \| Hughes \| Ito \| Jampole \| Karasuno \| Kim \| Kingdom \| Knight \| Kraft \| Lafuente \| Lawrence \| Lide \| Neofotistou \| Oz \| Peppers \| Pinto \| Rothlisberger \| Sakai \| Sarkaria \| Schoening \| Skelly \| Smith \| Spaziante \| Stanley \| Starling \| Takeyama \| Tramontano \| Uekawa \| Unger \| Wells \| Yardley
Editors	Barber \| Boone \| Brown \| Eisinger \| Farmer \| Hughes \| LaPera \| Mariotte \| Niño \| A. Simon \| K. Simon
Art directors	Lee \| Levesque \| Robbins
Publishers	Goldstein \| Marsham \| Ryall
Presidents	Bennington \| Goldstein \| Ryall
Production	Nattalie
Licensing	Cisneros \| Jo \| Kiyotaki \| Sonic Team \| Tsai \| Webber

[THonSTH-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sonic Official - 23 - Hidden Things. YouTube. Sonic the Hedgehog (28 September 2017). Retrieved on 28 September 2017.

[TysonM-2] Tyson Hesse on Twitter. Twitter (12 November 2019). Retrieved on 12 November 2019.

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Tyson Hesse

Contents

History

Archie Comics

IDW Publishing

Bibliography

Credits

Animation

Writing

Cover artwork

Archie Comics

IDW Publishing

Lineart

Archie Comics

Pencils

Archie Comics

Miscellaneous

Video

Trivia

References

External links

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