Christy Marx
Marx at the 2015 Game Developers Conference
Occupation	Screenwriter
Nationality	American
Years active	1978–present
Notable works	Jem, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Conan the Adventurer, G.I. Joe, Hypernauts, Captain Power
Spouse	Randy Littlejohn Peter Ledger (1983–1994; his death)

Christy Marx is an American scriptwriter, author, and game designer, especially narrative designer. She is best known for her work on various television series including Jem,^[1] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Conan the Adventurer, G.I. Joe, Hypernauts, and Captain Power. She is also known for her comic book work, including her original comic book series Sisterhood of Steel as well as work on Conan, Red Sonja, and Elfquest. Marx has also authored several biographies and history books.

Career

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Marx's earliest published works in the comics industry included Red Sonja stories.^[2]^[3]

She would make her debut in the gaming industry with both writing and designing with Conquests of Camelot in 1990,^[4] and followed it with Conquests of the Longbow.^[5]

She began working at Zynga in late 2010,^[6] where she continued to work with games such as Hidden Chronicles.^[7] She left the company in 2017.^[8]

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, which was released in August 2013.^[9]^[10]

She has also authored a writing manual, Writing for Animation, Comics, and Games.^[11] The book covers how to write for multiple mediums and formats.

Personal life

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Marx's first husband, Peter Ledger, was an illustrator. The computer game Conquests of Camelot^[12] and the Sisterhood of Steel graphic novel features his art.

Awards

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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.^[13]
Best Computer Adventure game 1990, by Video Games and Computer Entertainment Magazine, for Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Holy Grail ^[14]
Best Adventure game 1991, by Computer Game Review and Enchanted Realms, for Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood^[14]
Marx was part of the team that won a 2006 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers for the Harcourt Achieve Steck-Vaughn IMPACT Graphic Novels series^[15]

Publications

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Books

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Life in the Ocean Depths (Life in Extreme Environments) 2003^[16]
Watson and Crick and DNA (Primary Sources of Revolutionary Scientific Discoveries and Theories) 2005 ^[17]
The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 (Tragic Fires Throughout History) 2004 ^[18]
Jet Li (Martial Arts Masters) 2002 ^[19]
Writing for Animation, Comics, and Games 2007

Comics

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Sword of Sorcery Volume 1: Amethyst, 2013 ^[10]
Birds of Prey #27, 2014 ^[20]
Convergence: Zero Hour Book 1, published in 2015 ^[21]

Filmography

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Television

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(series head writer denoted in bold)

The New Fantastic Four (1978)
Spider-Man (1981-1982)
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981-1982)
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985)
Jem (1985-1988)
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (1988)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1988)
Dino-Riders (1988)
The Twilight Zone (1989)
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1990)
Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars! (1991)
Conan the Adventurer (1992-1993)
Babylon 5 (1994)
Mighty Max (1994)
Darkstalkers (1995)
Hypernauts (1996)
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys (1997)
ReBoot (1997)
Pocket Dragon Adventures (1998)
Beast Wars: Transformers (1998)
Shadow Raiders (1998-1999)
Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends (1999)
Kong: The Animated Series (2000)
X-Men: Evolution (2001)
Ultimate Book of Spells (2001)
Stargate Infinity (2002)
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2003)
Alien Racers (2005)
Zorro: Generation Z (2006)
Legend of the Dragon (2006)
Biker Mice from Mars (2006)
Dork Hunters from Outer Space (2008)

Film

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Video games

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Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail (1990)
Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood (1991)
The Legend of Alon D'ar (2001)
Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus (2003)
CSI: Hard Evidence (2007)
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (2011)

References

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^ Cartoon queen Jem returns on DVD
^ Grand Comics Database
^ Grand Comics Database: Christy Marx (search chronologically)
^ "Christy Marx Conquers Camelot". Sierra News Magazine Volume 3.
^ "A Brief History of Comics, Animation, and Video Games with Christy Marx – Black Gate". 18 December 2012.
^ Marx, Christy. "Christy Marx - writer - scriptwriter - television writer - animation writer - - screenplay writer - game writer - game designer - biographer - comic book writer". christymarx.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
^ Fenlon, Wes (26 June 2013). "From G.I. Joe to Zynga: the three-decade career of Christy Marx". Polygon. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
^ Interview: The creator of the Conquests adventures on what made them special
^ Rogers, Vaneta (June 8, 2012). "DC Adds Four to New 52, Including DiDio's Phantom Stranger". Newsarama. Retrieved June 10, 2012. This new series... will launch with the return of Amethyst to the New 52. Written by Christy Marx with art by Aaron Lopresti, the comic will show how Amethyst finds out she's the lost princess of Gemworld.
^ ^a ^b "SWORD OF SORCERY VOL. 1: AMETHYST". DC. 8 April 2013.
^ Christy., Marx (2007). Writing for animation, comics & games. Amsterdam: Focal Press. ISBN 9780240805825. OCLC 70230693.
^ Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail
^ "The Animation Writers Caucus Animation Award". Archived from the original on 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
^ ^a ^b Meagan, Marie (2018). Women in gaming : 100 professionals of play. Indianapolis, IN. ISBN 9780744019537. OCLC 1077268602.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "Award Programs: Distinguished Achievement Awards Instructional Materials Winners". Association of Educational Publishers. November 1, 2005. Archived from the original on 28 August 2007.
^ Christy., Marx (2004). Life in the ocean depths (1st ed.). New York: Rosen Central. ISBN 082393988X. OCLC 51752018.
^ Christy., Marx (2005). Watson and Crick and DNA (1st ed.). New York: Rosen Central Primary Source. ISBN 1404203125. OCLC 55511322.
^ Christy., Marx (2004). The great Chicago fire of 1871 (1st ed.). New York: Rosen Central. ISBN 0823944875. OCLC 52602712.
^ Christy., Marx (2002). Jet Li (1st ed.). New York [NY]: Rosen Pub. Group. ISBN 0823935191. OCLC 47208405.
^ "BIRDS OF PREY #27". DC Comics. 2013-10-14.
^ "CONVERGENCE: ZERO HOUR BOOK 1". DC Comics. 2015-06-15.

External links

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Adventure games developed by Sierra Entertainment

Hi-Res Adventures

King's Quest

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Mask of Eternity

Space Quest

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Leisure Suit Larry

Police Quest

Quest for Glory

Gabriel Knight

Sierra Discovery Series

Mixed-Up	Mixed-Up Mother Goose Mixed-Up Fairy Tales
Dr. Brain	Castle of Dr. Brain The Island of Dr. Brain The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain The Time Warp of Dr. Brain
EcoQuest	The Search for Cetus Lost Secret of the Rainforest
Other	Pepper's Adventures in Time Slater & Charlie Go Camping Quarky & Quaysoo's Turbo Science

Other series

Disney	Donald Duck's Playground Mickey's Space Adventure Winnie the Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood The Black Cauldron
Manhunter	New York 2: San Francisco
Conquests	Conquests of Camelot Conquests of the Longbow
Laura Bow	The Colonel's Bequest The Dagger of Amon Ra
Phantasmagoria	Phantasmagoria A Puzzle of Flesh
Shivers	Shivers II: Harvest of Souls

Stand-alone titles

Codename: ICEMAN
The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble
Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist
Gold Rush!
The Last Dynasty
Lost in Time
Lighthouse: The Dark Being
Playtoons
The Prophecy
Rama
Sammy Lightfoot
Stay Tooned!
Softporn Adventure
Torin's Passage
Troll's Tale
Urban Runner

Staff

v t e Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award
1990s	Gordon Bressack (1998) Paul Dini (1999)
2000s	Christy Marx (2000) Alan Burnett (2001) Patric Verrone (2002) Mark Evanier (2003) Jack Mendelsohn (2004) Al Jean and Mike Reiss (2005) Jules Feiffer (2006) Brad Bird (2007) Linda Woolverton (2008) Stan Berkowitz (2009)
2010s	Mike Scully (2010) Dwayne McDuffie and Earl Kress (2011) Matt Groening (2012) Sam Simon (2013) Len Uhley (2014) Seth MacFarlane (2015) Mike Judge (2016) Len Wein (2017) Nicole Dubuc (2018) David N. Weiss (2019)
2020s	Craig Miller (2020) No Award (2021) Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley (2022) No Award (2023) No Award (2024) No Award (2025)