Adam Beechen
Born (1968-12-21) December 21, 1968 (age 55)
Illinois, U.S.
Area(s)Writer
Notable works
Hench, Robin, Countdown to Final Crisis

Adam Beechen (born December 21, 1968) is an American comic book writer who wrote Countdown to Adventure and co-wrote Countdown for DC Comics.

Career

Animation

Beechen has written scripts for various cartoons, such as Teen Titans, The Wild Thornberrys, Rugrats, Pink Panther and Pals, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Transformers: Power of the Primes, The Batman, Edgar and Ellen, Littlest Pet Shop, Little Bill, The VeggieTales Show, Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go and the Ben 10 franchise.[1] He was also the story editor on Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi for Cartoon Network.[2] He was an executive producer on The Adventures of Chuck and Friends. He was also the head writer for the Transformers: Robots in Disguise robot superhero TV series which ended in 2017.

Beechen has written for the Nickelodeon live-action series, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, and for the short-lived drama Savannah.

Comics

Beechen wrote several Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys and Rocket Power comic strips for Nickelodeon Magazine.

Beechen's first credited published work was a graphic novel named Hench, with artist Manny Bello, was published by AiT/Planet Lar in 2004. He's also written scripts for Teen Titans Go! and Justice League Unlimited for DC Comics.

Currently, Beechen freelances for DC. He wrote issues of DC's weekly mini-series Countdown to Final Crisis [3] and the mini-series Countdown to Adventure, featuring Animal Man, Starfire and Adam Strange, for DC. He wrote a Batgirl mini-series that detailed why she acted out of character in previous appearances written by Beechen.

His follow-up original graphic novel with Bello, Dugout, was released by AiT/Planet Lar in 2008. At the New York Comic Con, Wildstorm announced he would be writing a new series, Killapalooza, with Trevor Hairsine on art duties.[4][5] Also at Wildstorm he took over writing Wildcats during the World's End storyline.[6]

Bibliography

AiT/Planet Lar

DC Comics

Komikwerks

WildStorm Productions

Screenwriting

Television

Film

References

  1. ^ "Adam Beechen Interview". Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved April 16, 2007.
  2. ^ What I did on my... Interstellar Summer Vacation - Bios - Adam Beechen Archived June 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Countdown Interview with Paul Dini Archived June 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ NYCC '09 - Wildstorm Panel with Jim Lee, Newsarama, February 7, 2009
  5. ^ NYCC | Adam Beechen on Killapalooza, Comic Book Resources, February 8, 2009
  6. ^ Adler, Matt (October 27, 2009). "WildStorm-Berries: Adam Beechen Talks WildCats". Broken Frontier. Archived from the original on October 31, 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2009.

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Preceded byBill Willingham Robin writer 2006–2007 Succeeded byBrandon Thomas Preceded byGeoff Johns Teen Titans writer 2007 Succeeded bySean McKeever Preceded byAndersen Gabrych Batgirl writer 2008–2009 Succeeded byBryan Q. Miller Preceded byHilary J. Bader Batman Beyond writer 2010–2013 Succeeded byKyle Higgins
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