Nick Bryan

@nickbryan.com

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Writer of comics like Death of a Necromancer, Courier Z and StoneCop. Author of online bios like this one. Buy my work: https://nickbryan.gumroad.com More: https://nickbryan.carrd.co/ Avatar: @johntucker.bsky.social | Header: Appley/Jordan/Lettersquids

A nice photo of my duck and blackberry pizza, including visible blackberries.

me holding my used "VOLUNTEER" sticker.

a mid-game screenshot of the Heat game board

Panel by Len Gogos and DC Hopkins - Courier Z leans on a bar, smiling and looking unusually relaxed.

Dialogue:

Computer narration: "Clarification: are we still trying to make contacts and work less red jobs?"

Courier Z: "Right now, I'm trying to enjoy myself for once in my life."

Courier Z volume 2 cover by Lender Shell and DC Hopkins

Feral v1 cover by Trish Forstner and Tone Rodriguez

a photo of various comics laid out on my sofa

A wide photo of ARC festival comic convention, featuring loads of stalls selling comics

a hot cup of coffee, the probable cause of my death

SoulD character Julian Schrago at his computer, working hard. Art by Phil Appley and JP Jordan from SoulD #2.

cover of Stray Dogs cover by Trish Forstner

A man sits naked in the middle of his school classroom, as everyone laughs at him. Art by Elena Artese.

my page numbering for my current script, featuring duplicate A variants of many pages. it's a mess, I've played myself.

Supergirl movie poster

Movie poster for Superman (2025).

B&W Spider-Noir promo image.

screenshot from a Google AI summary in which it tells me that the first line of wedding vows is the groom saying "something went wrong with this response"

cover of Batman: Dark Patterns by Hayden Sherman

A biro drawing of a sad Batman sitting on top of a building saying "Nick, you missed the Batman question."

Stamp-style sticker sheet, featuring a bunch of Courier Z panels as stamps.

Azrael wearing his bad second costume which looks like he's just taped foil to himself.

Courier Z pinup by Tango, in which our hero is annoyed by an exploding building. Obviously it's amazingly drawn.

First page of the Courier Z story Music Fascism. Art by Flo Woolley, colours A.H.G., letters DC Hopkins.

Cover of Courier Z v1 by Lender Shell featuring Courier Z smugly floating through space on her umbrella.

screenshot of the concluded Courier Z v2 Kickstarter

Courier Z kickstarter, with the countdown now in minutes rather than days. 108 minutes left!

Covers of both volumes of Courier Z by Lender Shell, design by DC Hopkins.

First volume - Courier Z descending smugly towards the camera with the caption "How it started"

Second volume - Courier Z swamped by crime detritus with the caption "How it's going".

Cover of The Collected Letters of Courier Z v1 by Lender Shell, showing Courier Z descending smugly towards the camera.

Covers of both volumes of Courier Z by Lender Shell, design by DC Hopkins.

First volume - Courier Z descending smugly towards the camera with the caption "How it started"

Second volume - Courier Z swamped by crime detritus with the caption "How it's going".

Screenshot of the Courier Z v2 Kickstarter, showing that there's only 71 hours left!

Me (a white dude in his 40s) sat in front of a big picture of a stag, trying and failing to copy its facial expression. And a copy of Twister, for no real reason.

Cover of Courier Z v1 by Lender Shell, featuring our hero smugly descending towards the camera.

Cover of Courier Z v2 by Lender Shell, showing Courier Z drowning in crime garbage.

Cover to The Hunger And The Dusk #1.

Promo image - a picture of Courier Z feeling sad (by Jordi Pérez + A.H.G.) and the following captions:
"Volume Two! Final few days on Kickstarter!"

"Don't end up sad like this. Back now while there's still time."

Cover to Courier Z v1 featuring her descending smugly towards the camera. By Lender Shell, with design by DC Hopkins.

a pack of six limited edition Peter Kay placemats

Illustration by Laura Helsby of Courier Z standing sadly outside a party, under her umbrella, in the rain.

Stickersheet of stamps made up of moments from Courier Z v2.

my hand holding a copy of "COMICS! The Magazine"

Covers of both volumes of Courier Z by Lender Shell, design by DC Hopkins.

First volume - Courier Z descending smugly towards the camera with the caption "How it started"

Second volume - Courier Z swamped by crime detritus with the caption "How it's going".

A still from the video showing me opening an envelope containing a copy of Courier Z v1 and looking baffled by everything.

Screenshot of an email from Kickstarter telling me that Courier Z v2 is now a "Project We Love"

Headline of article: "New data centers will be powered by human brain cells"

The cover of The Power Fantasy #16 by Caspar Wijngaard.

The two Courier Z covers by Lender Shell - first one showing her smugly flying towards the camera with the caption "How it started".

Second one showing her drowning in crime junk with the caption "How it's going".

Covers of both volumes of Courier Z by Lender Shell, design by DC Hopkins.

First volume - Courier Z descending smugly towards the camera with the caption "How it started"

Second volume - Courier Z swamped by crime detritus with the camption "How it's going".

Rough panel by Phil Appley of the three main characters of SoulD lurking in a forest.

Promo image - an image of Courier Z looking grumpy by Flo Woolley and A.H.G., with the text:

"The Collected Letters of Courier Z - Volume Two live on Kickstarter now!

Story #1 artist: Flo Woolley (Black Dools, Souvenir)

Cover of The Collected Letters of Courier Z volume one, with a cover by Lender Shell featuring our hero smugly floating towards the camera on her flying umbrella.

Set of Courier Z v1 stamps, featuring art by Lender Shell, Jim Lavery, Giulia Lalli, Steve Gregson and Gustaffo Vargas.

Cover of Courier Z v1 by Lender Shell featuring the lead character smugly descending towards camera.