Troy Brownfield is a comic book writer, journalist, and college professor from Indiana. He became widely to the online community as a columnist for Newsarama and the creator/editor of ShotgunReviews.com. In June of 2018, he joined The Saturday Evening Post as a Staff Writer. With the September/October 2022 issues of the Post, Jack & Jill, and Humpty Dumpty, he has been named Executive Editor.
Journalism background Brownfield attended Indiana State University, where he earned a master's degree in English focusing on creative writing. While an undergraduate student, Brownfield wrote a number of items for ISU's Indiana Statesman. This background led to Brownfield's invitation to join the now-defunct ComicKingdom.com. In 1999, Brownfield created ShotgunReviews.com, a site intended to give young writers a place to sharpen their work.
Brownfield's articles have appeared in publications such as Wired, The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis Monthly, INTake Weekly, Street Miami Magazine, Savant online, and Comicon.com's The Pulse.
Brownfield contributed regularly to Newsarama. He formerly edited and co-wrote the Best Shots review feature, as well as the columns "Your Manga Minute" and "Super-Articulate". He remained a frequent columnist through 2011. In 2004, Brownfield accepted an appointment to the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Journalism, and Languages at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, where he taught journalism, English, communications and film. He left the college at the close of the 2010–2011 school year. He taught in central Indiana until 2018, when he joined the writing staff of the Indianapolis-based Saturday Evening Post.https://www.linkedin.com/in/troy-brownfield-a992786/ Brownfield was named Senior Editor of the Post and the Post Society's U.S. Kids Magazines (Jack & Jill and Humpty Dumpty) in 2021; he became Executive Editor in 2022.
On August 20, 2024, Brownfield was announced as the writer for Marvel Comics for Dummies, part of a six-volume set of books for the Dummies brand. The book was released in February 2025. Brownfield was later also confirmed as the writer of X-Men for Dummies.https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/x-men-for-dummies-troy-brownfield/1147120764?ean=9781394362745
Comics and more
In July 2006, Brownfield was announced as one of the first writers with the freshly-minted Fangoria Comics, an offshoot imprint of the horror magazine. He was announced as an associate editor for the line. He stayed with the line when they departed to become The Scream Factory, and again through their relationship with Fangoria Graphix. As of 2010, The Scream Factory again operates on its own, with Brownfield still associate editor. It was announced in February 2010 that Brownfield would be writing "Tales from Wonderland: The White Knight" for Zenescope. In November 2010, Brownfield and former Newsarama editor Matt Brady were announced as the writers of Dynamite's Buck Rogers Annual #1, due in February 2011. Brownfield and Brady co-wrote a story for the Batman 80 Page Giant 2011, released in August. In November, Brownfield announced that he and artist Sarah Vaughn would launch a webcomic, Sparkshooter, in February 2012; Enkaru (Encar Robles) drew #3-13, Kate Frizzell drew #14-15, and Malik O. Smith drew #16. Brownfield was announced as the new regular writer for "Grimm Fairy Tales Myths & Legends" by Zenescope Entertainment Executive Editor Raven Gregory in early summer 2012; Brownfield's first issue, #18, appeared in July. In February 2014, Brownfield was announced as the writer for a new ongoing series from Dynamite Entertainment, The Blood Queen, beginning in June. In May 2014, Dynamite Entertainment published an eBook by Brownfield, a novel titled[Prince Dracula; the paperback version became available in July 2014. He was the editor-in-chief of Imminent Press. Brownfield published a horror short story collection, INHABITED, in 2019. Since 2017, Brownfield has written comics with Brazilian publishers and studios associated with frequent collaborator Paulo Teles Yonami, including House 137 and AllGeek. As Yonami's studios work closely with American publisher TidalWave, Brownfield has also been writing material in collaboration with that publisher and Yonami since 2022.
Comics
Blue Moon Comics
Shotgun Press (at ShotgunReviews.com)
Fangoria Comics
Zenescope Entertainment
Dynamite Entertainment
DC Comics
Sparkshooter
House 137
Imminent Press
TidalWave Comics
Novels, collections, and non-fiction Prince Dracula (2014, Dynamite Entertainment; co-credit given to Bram Stoker) Inhabited (2019) Marvel Comics for Dummies (2025, Wiley Publishing) X-Men for Dummies (2025, Wiley Publishing)
References
External links Newsarama Scene Setters interview with Troy Brownfield Super Hero Speak interview with Troy Brownfield Troy Brownfield Returns to Super Hero Speak Inhabited on Amazon