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Christy Marx (born October 20, 1952)[citation needed] is an American screenwriter, comic book writer, video game designer, and showrunner. She is best known for her work on various television series, mainly those that originally aired during the 1980s and 1990s, many for the production company Sunbow Entertainment. Her writing credits include popular series like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Conan the Adventurer, G.I. Joe, Hypernauts, Captain Power, and others. She is the creator of the Jem franchise and wrote various episodes of its animated series.

Marx is also known for her original comic book series Sisterhood of Steel, as well as her work on Conan, Red Sonja, and Elfquest.

Career[]

Christy Marx's work in Jem comprises development for the series for all three seasons (65 episodes), story editor for the second and third seasons, and head writer.[2]

She is also a game designer, making her debut with Conquests of Camelot and following it with Conquests of the Longbow. She wrote the game bible and most dialogue for The Legend of Alon D'ar for the PlayStation 2 console, and has worked on PC, console and MMO games. She wrote the Babylon 5 episode "Grail" which, like Conquests of Camelot, has to do with the discovery of the Holy Grail.

Her husband, Peter Ledger (1945-1994), was an illustrator. The computer game Conquests of Camelot and the Sisterhood of Steel graphic novel feature his art.

In 2000, Marx won the Animation Writers Caucus Animation Award from the Writers Guild of America for her contributions to the field of animation writing.

In June 2012, it was announced that Marx would be writing the character of Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld in a revival of the comic book series Sword of Sorcery.

Marx as in the film.

Marx as Lindsey Pierce in the Jem and the Holograms film.

In 2015, she had a brief cameo in the film, Jem and the Holograms, in which she portrayed Lindsey Pierce, editor of Rolling Stone magazine.

She currently works on Zynga, where she continues to work with games.

Jem episodes written by Christy Marx[]

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References[]

  1. ↑ Christy Marx Biography at IMDb.
  2. ↑ Animation: Television series at the Christy Marx official website.
  3. ↑ JemCon 2018 Guest Panel with Keith Tucker, Stefanie Eskander, Christy Marx and Samantha Newark at Jem Con's official YouTube channel.

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