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Rye Hickman
@ryehickman.bsky.social
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They/them. I make comics!
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planetx.bsky.social
Just two days left to back WITCHING SEASON!

You want to read @matthtaylor.com and my story about TRANS WITCHES battling MONSTERS don't you?!? Of course you do! So back this book!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
THE WITCHING SEASON cover by Jessica Fong A panel from "The Three Pillars," a story in WITCHING SEASON by Jadzia Axelrod and Matt Aych Taylor, that shows a young witch hiding from two monsters.
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
ryehickman.bsky.social
As someone who once received a comics page template in .xls format I hesitate to complain, but why make pdf templates that don’t have ps guides? This has happened twice in the last couple of months and like, I’ll do it myself but I also 100% will just eyeball it, which somewhat defeats the purpose
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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alexsegura.bsky.social
Graphic Novel Review: HEY, MARY! charmingly explores questions of faith and queer identity www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-nove... @andrewwheeler.bsky.social @ryehickman.bsky.social @oni-press.bsky.social
Graphic Novel Review: HEY, MARY! charmingly explores questions of faith and queer identity
Hey, Mary! is brave and honest work that tackles a profound challenge facing many, doing so with stunning comics imagery.
www.comicsbeat.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
ryehickman.bsky.social
Does anyone else pick new brushes to try based on how notable they’d be as sex toy descriptions or
A screenshot of brushes in PS: Kyle’s Paintbox - Natural Feel 1 Kyle’s Paintbox - Natural Feel 2 Kyle’s Paintbox - Natural Feel Dry Kyle’s Paintbox - Natural Feel Hurry Kyle’s Paintbox - Natural Feel Super Kyle’s Paintbox - Rough Dry Fun Big! Kyle’s Paintbox - Spatter Kyle’s Paintbox - Supreme Spatter & Textu A screenshot of brushes in PS: KYLE Ultimate Inking Thick ‘n Thin KYLE Ultimate Oil Color Jitter KYLE Ultimate Oil Detail Brush 30px KYLE Ultimate Oil Flat Wonky KYLE Ultimate Oil Lush KYLE Ultimate Oil Soft and Smooth KYLE Ultimate Oil Thicker
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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heatherantos.bsky.social
ONE WEEK TO GO!!!

We're SO CLOSE to hitting our funding goal for WITCHING SEASON!

Featuring @morganbeem.bsky.social @alexsegura.bsky.social @tillybridges.bsky.social @susanlbridges.bsky.social @cerealpancake.bsky.social @stephwilliams.bsky.social & many more!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
November 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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zoewithasword.bsky.social
GO BACK WITCHING SEASON

150 pages of INCREDIBLE comics from names like @planetx.bsky.social, @laurenknight.bsky.social, @heatherantos.bsky.social, @lengog.bsky.social, @ryehickman.bsky.social and MORE all edited by @cerealpancake.bsky.social

You've got ONE WEEK

www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
An ad for Witching Season saying it has 1 week left
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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tillybridges.bsky.social
one week left to help make this amazing anthology a reality! it’s jammed with amazing creators, including a super trans comic by me, @susanlbridges.bsky.social, and @ryehickman.bsky.social!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
WITCHING SEASON A 154-page Horror Anthology filled with stories about WITCHES, WARLOCKS, and FAMILIARS from some of the biggest names in comics! 1 WEEK TO GO!!!
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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alexsegura.bsky.social
WITCHING SEASON is sooooo close to being funded! Excited to have a story in this amazing anthology. Please support if you can. www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi... @cerealpancake.bsky.social @comicuno.bsky.social @philfalcowrites.bsky.social @tench.bsky.social
WITCHING SEASON - A Witch Horror Comic Anthology
A 150+ page Horror Anthology filled with stories about WITCHES, WARLOCKS, and FAMILIARS from some of the biggest names in comics!
www.kickstarter.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
ryehickman.bsky.social
Final day!
keithfrady.bsky.social Keith Frady @keithfrady.bsky.social · 11d
Good morning and Happy Halloween! Today is the last full day to back The Usual Choices! We are at 88 backers, and it would be incredible to get that number to 100 by closing time at noon tomorrow!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/kei...
The Usual Choices
A collection of short comics, from Lovecraftian sci-fi to existential autobiography, in the vein of Black Mirror or The Twilight Zone.
www.kickstarter.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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filthyfigments.bsky.social
Devotion and divination...
Woman speaking to a demon woman Woman speaking to demon woman and then kissing
October 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
ryehickman.bsky.social
Happy Halloween! Check out DIVINATION if you haven’t already. It’s an older comic of mine, but I really pushed myself to make experimental/unconventional panelling choices and I’m still really proud of it
filthyfigments.bsky.social Filthy Figments 🔞🏳️‍🌈 @filthyfigments.bsky.social · 11d
🎃 SPOOKY & SPICY READS 🔞

A witch uses sex magick to get an answer to a very important question, and an ancient goddess answers as best she can.

Read DIVINATION by @ryehickman.bsky.social

PDF: strawberrycomics.itch.io/divination
Subscribe: FilthyFigments.com
Woman sitting in front of a glowing chalice. A dark figure smiling behind her.
October 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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cerealpancake.bsky.social
Cute little weekend reminder that Witching Season is on kickstarter now.
cerealpancake.bsky.social michele abounader @cerealpancake.bsky.social · 28d
WITCHING SEASON is live now on kickstarter!

A 150+ page horror comic anthology from me and Lifeline Comics. Excited for everyone to see what we've been building for most of this year🩸🌙

Cover A by @skyepatridge.bsky.social

More info here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
Witching Season cover A by Skylar Patridge
October 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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lukewhenderson.bsky.social
The Usual Choices by @keithfrady.bsky.social . Come on guys, get on this book. It's got so many artist I love like @michiums.bsky.social @lanedraws.bsky.social & @ryehickman.bsky.social and it's going to be great!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/kei...
The Usual Choices Cover
October 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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mmmlysaght.bsky.social
Y'all aren't ready for Goblin Town, but Goblin Town is ready for you (kindly threat) 👸🌑💖 I'm so proud of @ryehickman.bsky.social and @planetx.bsky.social who have absolutely LEVELED UP with this pitch. Congrats also to @hitzhusenlauren.bsky.social for being the one to snap it up ✨
planetx.bsky.social Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · 18d
Here's some good news: who's coming with me and @ryehickman.bsky.social to GOBLIN TOWN!?!?!!!!
Chris Fernandez at Mad Cave has acquired Princess Nightmare, a YA fantasy graphic novel by Jadzia Axelrod (I.) (Hawkgirl: Once Upon a Galaxy) and Rye Hickman (Hey, Mary!), about a trans teen prophesied to become the Ruler of Darkness who runs away from home and falls in with a lovingly accepting goblin community that teaches her that what other people consider "dark" may not actually be something to run away from. Lauren Hitzhusen will edit: a publication date has not been set. Maeve MacLysaght at Aevitas Creative Management did the deal for world rights.
October 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
ryehickman.bsky.social
YESSSSSSS!!!
planetx.bsky.social Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · 18d
Here's some good news: who's coming with me and @ryehickman.bsky.social to GOBLIN TOWN!?!?!!!!
Chris Fernandez at Mad Cave has acquired Princess Nightmare, a YA fantasy graphic novel by Jadzia Axelrod (I.) (Hawkgirl: Once Upon a Galaxy) and Rye Hickman (Hey, Mary!), about a trans teen prophesied to become the Ruler of Darkness who runs away from home and falls in with a lovingly accepting goblin community that teaches her that what other people consider "dark" may not actually be something to run away from. Lauren Hitzhusen will edit: a publication date has not been set. Maeve MacLysaght at Aevitas Creative Management did the deal for world rights.
October 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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larsenproject.bsky.social
Teef
Watercolor and in sketchbook page of various toothed creatures
October 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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fiyahlitmag.bsky.social
We up! In a day FULL of stellar releases to celebrate, behold our latest issue of FIYAH! Gods and Monsters. Six stories. Three poems. All we're missing are your grabby hands! 🥰
fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...
FIYAH No 36 Gods and Monsters Cover art by Odera Igbokwe
October 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
ryehickman.bsky.social
Don’t miss this one!!!
fjbarb.bsky.social Frank J. Barbiere @fjbarb.bsky.social · 22d
We've also got two incredible variants for Author Immortal #2. The first is by @ryehickman.bsky.social and the Youngblood variant is by Jim Towe and @jpjordan.bsky.social, both with logo/design by @sievish.bsky.social! FOC today! @imagecomics.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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tillybridges.bsky.social
our short in this is deeply trans and extra gay, and is about the ways society tells us we can be whoever we want to be... unless that's trans, and we get told "no not like that"

and look at @ryehickman.bsky.social's art, it's so good!

this anthology is overflowing with amazing creators. back it!
cerealpancake.bsky.social michele abounader @cerealpancake.bsky.social · 25d
"A young witch struggles to accept herself because of harsh actions and vitriol from her mother. Through the help of a friend, she finds a way to express who she truly is."

Whatever You Want
by @tillybridges.bsky.social @susanlbridges.bsky.social @ryehickman.bsky.social

WITCHING SEASON🔗⬇️
Whatever You Want logo from Witching Season panels from the story Whatever You Want from Witching Season
October 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
ryehickman.bsky.social
CHECK IT OUT!!!
cerealpancake.bsky.social michele abounader @cerealpancake.bsky.social · 25d
"A young witch struggles to accept herself because of harsh actions and vitriol from her mother. Through the help of a friend, she finds a way to express who she truly is."

Whatever You Want
by @tillybridges.bsky.social @susanlbridges.bsky.social @ryehickman.bsky.social

WITCHING SEASON🔗⬇️
Whatever You Want logo from Witching Season panels from the story Whatever You Want from Witching Season
October 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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planetx.bsky.social
We're live, folks! @matthtaylor.com and I have a blood-curdling body-horror story in this talent-packed anthology, about TRANS WITCHES hunting a MONSTER. Of course, that mission goes horribly, horribly wrong.
Panels from "The Three Pillars" story in THE WITCHING HOUR anthology, by Jadzia Axelrod, Matt Aych Taylor and Jodie Troutman, where a witch turns into a monster to the horror of their apprentice.
October 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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tillybridges.bsky.social
WITCHING SEASON is on kickstarter!

@susanlbridges.bsky.social and I are in this, with magnificent art by @ryehickman.bsky.social!

WHATEVER YOU WANT is super gay and VERY trans

it's about people who claim to love you and say you can be whoever you want... until that's not who they thought you were
Whatever you Want logo in purple text on a white background, but the last few letters are decaying, fraying, turning black, and dripping A small child at a party, in a purple witch hat, with a creepy adult woman behind her. the woman's dress is turning into tendrils on the bottom, and her fingers are creepy, elongated, and claw-like Two women holding hands and touching foreheads, eyes closed, candles in the foreground, with wisps of candlelight arcing through the darkness around them
October 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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fjbarb.bsky.social
Was wonderful to celebrate The Author Immortal #1 with @morganbeem.bsky.social at NYCC this week! Our FOC for #2 is coming up next Monday, and we'd love if you'd join us for more along with fantastic artists @ryehickman.bsky.social Jim Towe @jpjordan.bsky.social and design by @sievish.bsky.social!
October 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ryehickman.bsky.social
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kaleb-bishop-art.bsky.social kaleb-bishop-art.bsky.social @kaleb-bishop-art.bsky.social · 28d
While I am in the midst of writing the script for my next comic, please enjoy this random comic I made a few weeks back.

Also, don't forget to come say howdy at Zina Warrior Print Fest this Saturday!

#comic #gay
A pair of eyes looking towards the camera with love hearts for pupils. They are also blushing. The title reads "Eyeball". Also, 15+ and "by Kaleb Bishop" is written on the panel. A panel of one woman grabbing the face of another woman. The woman being grabbed is looking at the other with great joy, The first woman has lent in and is about to kiss the second woman's eye The first woman has slid her tongue under the second woman's eye. We are now seeing an X-ray view of the first woman's tongue moving to the back of the second woman's eye. The first woman has started to retrieve her tongue and by doing so has revealed that she tied the second woman's optic nerve into a knot. We pull back out to see the two women looking at each other. The second woman is stunned and lets out a "Whoa." Second panel: Text: Where to find the creator. Instagram: @kaleb.Bishop.art. Bluesky: @Kaleb-Bishop-Art.bsky.social.
October 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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pseudonymjones.bsky.social
a quick comic to dispel the demon of having not made a comic
Emma sits peacefully with a cup of coffee. “It’s nice to take a few days where I’m not pushing myself to make something,” she thinks. She takes a sip of coffee. Her shadow lurches out from behind her and yells PURPOSE NOT BEING FULFILLED
June 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM