Brian Wickman

@bmwickman.bsky.social

Librarian/Comic Writer from Baltimore. GRIT | BIG WHITE brianwickman.com

Hey, amid all of the big comics news last week, our messy little fantasy book called GRIT re-released with @madcavestudios.com. We spent years clawing this book back, and we’re really glad to see it out there again. If you check it out, I hope you dig it. madcavestudios.com/product/grit...

Grit - Vol. 1 - Mad Cave Studios

GRIT is southern-fried sword and sorcery: a pulp fantasy romp as gleeful as it is grisly. When a simple hunt spirals into an occult war, Barrow and Ari must put aside their grudges—or be crushed by th...

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I JUST CAME FROM HELL #1 is live on Kickstarter! Check out our wares! All of our reward tiers are comics! Digital, physical, and bundles including the previous books in our trilogy: EAT MY FLESH, DRINK MY BLOOD and WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW? Come on over, say hello, and support indie horror comics!

I Just Came From Hell #1

A 40 page horror comic full of cults, body horror, and mystery. For fans of 70s Giallo, John Carpenter, and drive-in movies.

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hey 👋 I'm looking to take on more design work this Summer! if you need a custom-made logotype for your comic, videogame, TTRPG or other project — I'd be glad to help! I'm also open to lettering, UX/UI and other design gigs 🙂 you can reach out to me via DMs or my updated website: andriylukin.com

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Hey, surprise: GRIT is back this July with a shiny new coat of paint, courtesy of @madcavestudios.com. We’ve done some tidying up and loaded this sucker with never before seen concept art, and I’m very proud to see this gnarly little beast of a book heading back to print.

Mad Cave Studios@madcavestudios.com · 2mo ago

NEWS: GRIT returns to print this July! Return to the brutal, off-kilter world from Brian Wickman, Kevin Castaniero, Simon Gough, and Micah Myers. Details: https://bit.ly/3PAwW57 For readers who like their fantasy mean, weird, and a little unhinged, balancing brutality and dark humor.

GRIT, the title of the comic, in large red letters appears on the left side of a banner image. On the right, a figure stands in front of a tree trunk with a symbol cut into it, holding a bloody axe in one hand and a bloody sword in the other hand.

Hey, surprise: GRIT is back this July with a shiny new coat of paint, courtesy of @madcavestudios.com. We’ve done some tidying up and loaded this sucker with never before seen concept art, and I’m very proud to see this gnarly little beast of a book heading back to print.

Mad Cave Studios@madcavestudios.com · 2mo ago

NEWS: GRIT returns to print this July! Return to the brutal, off-kilter world from Brian Wickman, Kevin Castaniero, Simon Gough, and Micah Myers. Details: https://bit.ly/3PAwW57 For readers who like their fantasy mean, weird, and a little unhinged, balancing brutality and dark humor.

GRIT, the title of the comic, in large red letters appears on the left side of a banner image. On the right, a figure stands in front of a tree trunk with a symbol cut into it, holding a bloody axe in one hand and a bloody sword in the other hand.

Early yesterday morning, I had to say goodbye to my best friend. Roscoe and I were near-inseparable from the moment he came home. Every night, I told him, “I can’t believe I get to have another sleepover with my best friend,” and it’s breaking my heart to wake up without him this morning. Rest easy.

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I attended an old friend’s funeral today. When we were kids, I rode my skateboard and hung onto the back of his wheelchair, and he’d slingshot me down the hill by my grandparents’ house, and more often than not, I’d eat shit, and we’d cackle about it. I am grateful for joyful, stupid memories.

2026 marks 15 years working in public libraries for me. I cannot stress enough that your support and advocacy are essential in protecting these bastions of access and intellectual freedom in your communities.

American Library Association@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It's #NationalLibraryWeek! Take time to discover what brings you joy at your library: browse the shelves, join a book club, attend a program, or get started on your next creative project in a makerspace. Be sure to visit your library or ilovelibraries.org and celebrate your library all week long!

A colorful illustration of the front of a library with a librarian at the door waving to members of the community outside. A banner over the library reads "FIND YOUR JOY!" Logos for American Library Association and Library Champions in top right. Text below the illustration reads "Celebrate NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, April 19-25, 2026"

Its not a hot take but man the way the word "content" is used these days. A vile bit of late stage capitalist propaganda, lumping all forms of human creativity and expression into a single wastebin teaching the public to treat all art as disposable.

This week, the world lost one of its kindest. April was a close family friend, an incredible advocate for animal rights, and a source of unending joy to the community that grew around her. If you are able, please consider helping do some good in her name. gofund.me/ccb4345fc

Donate to April DeManss Memorial Scholarship Fund, organized by Kimberly Winter

We are honored to begin the April DeManss Memorial Scholarship Fund, an effort… Kimberly Winter needs your support for April DeManss Memorial Scholarship Fund

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