# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ian-flynn
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:07:44.162Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ian-flynn"
name: "Ian Flynn"
slug: "ian-flynn"
description: "James Ian Flynn, also known by his Internet pen name Ian Potto, is an American and Canadian comic book writer. He was chief writer for Archie Comics's Sonic the Hedgehog since issue #160, after the departure of the previous chief writer Ken Penders, until Archie's cancelation on the run at issue #290. As of April 4, 2018, he is the lead writer of IDW Publishing's Sonic the Hedgehog comic series. He is also known for Archie's Mega Man, New Crusaders, Archie (2015), as well as IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."
tagline: "American-Canadian comic book writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/9.8.12IanFlynnByLuigiNovi1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1982-05-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           60.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.596045333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 10200
platforms:
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    handle:    "ianflynnbkc"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/ianflynnbkc/"
    handle:    "ianflynnbkc"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8652300/"
    handle:    "nm8652300"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://bumbleking.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHBS8k00Ip8YSO2M7w42RFQ"
    handle:    "@bumblekast"
    followers: 10200
sources:
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    title: "이언 플린"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إيان فلاينن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Flynn"
    title: "Ian Flynn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "ایان فلین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Flynn"
    title: "Ian Flynn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Flynn"
    title: "Ian Flynn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5981541"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1354909"
    title: "Ian Flynn"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump