Rye Hickman

@ryehickman.bsky.social

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They/them. I make comics! Portfolio: ryehickman.com

A nine-grid of comic illustrations, each one featuring 1-2 nonbinary characters
A photo of an inking WIP, featuring a pair of tree frogs
A black and white comic about veins
An illustration of Utena kneeling in roses, gripping a cross/sword
A photo of a tablet screen. On it is an inked panel of a figure in armor looming over another figure
Color illustration of an Executor in the foreground framing Burakh in the midground. The steppe is the background. Artemy looks gutted, the executor looks inscrutable as always
A black, white, and red illustration of Burakh lying amongst the sacred herbs. He holds two bottles of blood and looks generally unwell
A photograph of mile marker 69 on the High Line Canal trail
Two hands open a cat’s mouth to show missing teeth
The ‘friendship ended’ meme. In this case, friendship ended with moleskin. Leukotape P is my best friend
A black and white illustration of North 2.0 sitting. They hold their eyeballs in their hands, and two cords run from their eye sockets to a record player behind them
A photo of a tablet screen, featuring part of an inked panel in which two npcs are kissing. Rye’s hand and pen are slightly visible on the left side of the photo
A screenshot of Rye’s phone. The hevy app asks if it really was a 5.8 hour workout, and informs the user that the max time is 6 hours
The poster for DeCAF, Saturday May 9th, 2026. An illustration of a rad group of comics readers, with the venue illustrated behind. By Karl Krumpholz
A photo of a Metropolis dog on a plate, set halfway on a poster for Galaxy 2: As The World Falls Down
A crop of the book’s cover illustration without trade dress, focusing on Galaxy
An illustration of Galaxy with her hands on her head, looking distressed
A graph with 4 axes, going clockwise is ‘work smarter not harder’, ‘find things to love in everything you draw’, ‘it will take as long as it takes’, and ‘draw what you love’
A photo of a tablet, Rye’s hand is in the photo, and on the tablet is the same panel of a figure sitting on a bed, now completely inked
A photo of a tablet. Rye’s left hand is in the photo. On the tablet is a partially-inked panel of a figure sitting on a bed, looking at his phone
An illustration of a bottle of beer in shibari
A photo of a screen, featuring a half-inked panel of a girl taking another girl’s bra off
A screencap of Rye’s most recent workout in the Hevy app, with a little gold medal icon for four sets!
A photo of a black, white, and gold illustration of Poison Ivy, surrounded by plants and some skulls
The cover of Galaxy 2: As the World Falls Down
A brand-new bv500 bear canister with a fair number of stickers on it
A photograph of part of a sign saying, “WEIGHT ROOM RULES, AGES 12+ ONLY, FEEL FREE TO USE THE WEIGHT ROOM TO WARM UP OR WHILE YOU WAIT, THE WEIGHT ROOM IS STRICTLY FOR CONVENTIONAL EXERCISES ONLY”
Two unlettered panels from Mark’s and my short. Both feature the same character and perspective- a blonde woman in a car tears into a rotisserie chicken
Graphic that says “2026 CREATOR THE ARIZONA COMICBOOK ARTS FESTIVAL SAT. FEB. 28TH” and features my profile pic as well as a crop of the Dreamer cover
A photograph of Pacifica and the Pacific (chock full of little black dots that are in fact surfers)
Five pages of thumbnails, laid out how the reader will see them: in spreads
Endpapers from The Harrowing, featuring a pink illustrated pattern of gloves, worms, a syringe, and a prescription bottle
A photo of a comic page
A pencilled illustration of a frog, close up
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
Rye’s favorite little guy from el museo de antropología en CDMX
Rye’s hand holds the front cover of a book: fix de Eva, by Carla Lamoyi
A photo of Rye’s ipad. The text on it reads: “—Just for one day The bubbles of a lava lamp curve slow through pink light. Then North’s worried, reflected face, warped by the bubbles. North sits on a pleather couch in the main area of the airstream, bare feet sunk into white shag carpet, FIDO curled up at their feet. They’re clean and dressed in new clothing- all retro. A wide-collared black polyester shirt, shiny black latex pants, and a red kerchief tied around their neck. Their eyes are vacant and unmoving. North(int): Ruthven. Are you kidding me. There’s coincidences and then there are coincidences. Apparently The Vampyre was published without its author’s consent. North(int): What a legacy.”
A bust illustration of my character Nadir, wearing the “pride month demon” shirt
A verso page listing creators by their role, each in a big ole soupy list. It’s not done alphabetically or anything
An illustration of a half-faced figure with four hands, two out in either supplication or a shrug, the other two together in a prayer position
Me sending three texts. First says: “I took the marc train to the DC metro and like…DC vibes are rancid. Everyone looks like they’re a gov grunt or intern, I walked past the fucking national guard just standing around in fucking camo staring blankly at everyone commuting, and the subway was full of ads for bitcoin” Second says, “Khaki pants, samsonite bags, and lanternflies everywhere once I exited the subway.” The third text is the melting smiley-face emoji
A photo of a tablet screen, which features an illustrated pair of elongated, clawlike hands
A photograph of a napkin dispenser with a sticker on its side. The sticker features a photo of a dog and the text, “Have you seen Tahoe Blu? Now you have”
A photo of a tablet screen. On it is a head from a 3/4 angle
Illustration of a figure in a folding chair facing a figure with a very large head who is behind a desk
A photo of Rye’s tablet: on it is a pixelated zoom of pencils, focusing on Argus (a corgi) making literal heart eyes
An infographic- the title says “RYE @ CONS 2025” and the info is Flame Con (August 16-17) BCAF (August 30-32) SPX (Sept 13-14) the graphic is Rye’s profile illustration
A black and white illustration of two nigh-identical white haired characters entering water, their faces blurring together in what could be called a kiss
A screencap of a search result from Australian Geographic that states: Did you know kangaroos have three vaginas?
ALL THE GOOD IN YOU When all the good in you starts arguing with all the bad in you about who you really are, never let the bad in you make the better case.
A photo of a digital sign that says CANCELLED DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER ISSUES TONIGHT’S SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED
A selfie of Rye’s 16 eyelet steel-toed docs, which have sone fun wet dust on them to accompany their general wear and tear
Photo of Rye holding the Roomies comic open with a focus on the left hand page, on which Disease for Rats has started playing a banger
Screenshot that reads: My average writing experience: “Alright I think I’m almost done actually-“ *Google doc grows a second health bar and a choir starts singing in latin*
A black and white illustration of a massive statue with a half-face and four hands. Standing in its lap is a human-size character, conversing
BCAF (Aug 30-31)poster announcing Ben Kahn, Bre Indigo, Cassie Anderson, David DB Andry, Jose Pimienta, Marcus Kwame Anderson, Ryan North, Rye Hickman, Sebastian Girner, and Steenz