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The Tick is an American television series created for Amazon Prime Video by Ben Edlund, based on his comic book character of the same name.It is the second live-action series based on the character on which Edlund worked, after the cancelled 2001 series that aired on Fox.
The UK edition of the first season, released the following year, presented all 13 episodes. The second season of The Tick, titled The Tick vs. Season Two, was released on August 7, 2007. [7] This DVD release is not the complete set, however, as it is missing the episode "Alone Together."
Arthur is the Tick's sidekick. He is formally introduced in The Tick #4, but appears as a mysterious flying figure in the background of earlier issues of that series. Trained as an accountant, Arthur purchased his moth suit at an auction and decided to pursue the life of a superhero (resulting in indefinite "psychiatric leave" from his accounting firm).
Tick creator Ben Edlund states on one of the DVD commentary tracks that he hoped the sales of the DVD might spur development of either a revived series or a movie, similar to the fates of other cult TV series such as Firefly (for which he was a writer and producer). As of 2013, this release has been discontinued and is out of print.
The origins of Tick, Tick... Boom! are quite fascinating, but is it based on a true story? Well, the movie is an adaptation of a stage musical of the same name, created by Jonathan Larson
The Tick's sidekick, Arthur, was introduced in The Tick #4 (April 1989). Spin-offs followed featuring characters such as Paul the Samurai, Man-Eating Cow, and Chainsaw Vigilante. Edlund continued to write and illustrate these projects initially through his years as an undergraduate film student at the Massachusetts College of Art .
Patrick Warburton (born November 14, 1964) [1] is an American actor. On television, he has played David Puddy on Seinfeld, [3] the title character on The Tick, Jeb Denton on Less than Perfect, Jeff Bingham on Rules of Engagement and Lemony Snicket on A Series of Unfortunate Events. [4]
In 2014, he played Logan Sanders in the fourth season of Suits. [20] [21] He has also appeared in several episodes of Scorpion [22] and the second season of Secrets and Lies. [23] [24] In August 2017, Amazon Video released the first season of The Tick, a television series based on the comic book of the same name written by Ben Edlund. Among the ...