Josh Hicks
@joshhicks.bsky.social
BAFTA Cymru-nominated animation person. Never-nominated comics person. Person person. Glorious Wrestling Alliance (2021) Hotelitor (2024) more stuff (The Future)
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Josh Hicks
@joshhicks.bsky.social
· Nov 23
SPECTRE OF THE BEAR, the BAFTA Cymru-nominated short I directed, is on BBC 2 Wales Dec 3rd, 11pm!! iPlayer afterwards!! Shout out @ffilmcymruwales.bsky.social, writer Ioan Morris, producer @aloofness.bsky.social, Bill Nighy, Craig Roberts and everyone else who helped make it happen.
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Enjoy an afternoon of anime and manga at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff on Saturday 29th November 3pm, join the brilliantly creative workshop where you’ll learn all the skills required to create your very own manga comic with local cartoonist and animator Josh Hicks! ✏️
🎟 bit.ly/4pqF2JP
🎟 bit.ly/4pqF2JP
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Enjoy an afternoon of anime and manga at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff on Saturday 29th November 3pm, join the brilliantly creative workshop where you’ll learn all the skills required to create your very own manga comic with local cartoonist and animator Josh Hicks! ✏️
🎟 bit.ly/4pqF2JP
🎟 bit.ly/4pqF2JP
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Carp Shooter!
Friend art for @joshhicks.bsky.social's Glorious Wrestling Alliance - one of the best wrestling comics ever.
Friend art for @joshhicks.bsky.social's Glorious Wrestling Alliance - one of the best wrestling comics ever.
April 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Carp Shooter!
Friend art for @joshhicks.bsky.social's Glorious Wrestling Alliance - one of the best wrestling comics ever.
Friend art for @joshhicks.bsky.social's Glorious Wrestling Alliance - one of the best wrestling comics ever.
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No order. No balance. NO SYMMETRY!
Dare to build your own way in the new graphic novel Minecraft: Out of Order Vol. 1. Available wherever you buy books. Details: bit.ly/4jC5mOg
By @joshhicks.bsky.social and @tayloresposito.bsky.social
Dare to build your own way in the new graphic novel Minecraft: Out of Order Vol. 1. Available wherever you buy books. Details: bit.ly/4jC5mOg
By @joshhicks.bsky.social and @tayloresposito.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
No order. No balance. NO SYMMETRY!
Dare to build your own way in the new graphic novel Minecraft: Out of Order Vol. 1. Available wherever you buy books. Details: bit.ly/4jC5mOg
By @joshhicks.bsky.social and @tayloresposito.bsky.social
Dare to build your own way in the new graphic novel Minecraft: Out of Order Vol. 1. Available wherever you buy books. Details: bit.ly/4jC5mOg
By @joshhicks.bsky.social and @tayloresposito.bsky.social
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Minecraft: Out of Order Volume 1 is new today, just in time for the #Minecraft movie! More: bit.ly/409D9rt
Riley and his friends are forced to stop the militant Province of Perfect Sameness, embarking on an adventure.
With Mojang, Minecraft, by @joshhicks.bsky.social, @tayloresposito.bsky.social
Riley and his friends are forced to stop the militant Province of Perfect Sameness, embarking on an adventure.
With Mojang, Minecraft, by @joshhicks.bsky.social, @tayloresposito.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Minecraft: Out of Order Volume 1 is new today, just in time for the #Minecraft movie! More: bit.ly/409D9rt
Riley and his friends are forced to stop the militant Province of Perfect Sameness, embarking on an adventure.
With Mojang, Minecraft, by @joshhicks.bsky.social, @tayloresposito.bsky.social
Riley and his friends are forced to stop the militant Province of Perfect Sameness, embarking on an adventure.
With Mojang, Minecraft, by @joshhicks.bsky.social, @tayloresposito.bsky.social
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ICYMI: Minecraft: Out of Order Volume 1 is new this week, just in time for the #Minecraft movie! Get your copy: bit.ly/409D9rt
With Mojang, Minecraft, by @joshhicks.bsky.social and @tayloresposito.bsky.social
With Mojang, Minecraft, by @joshhicks.bsky.social and @tayloresposito.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
ICYMI: Minecraft: Out of Order Volume 1 is new this week, just in time for the #Minecraft movie! Get your copy: bit.ly/409D9rt
With Mojang, Minecraft, by @joshhicks.bsky.social and @tayloresposito.bsky.social
With Mojang, Minecraft, by @joshhicks.bsky.social and @tayloresposito.bsky.social
Emerging from my darkened office to shout about the fact that MINECRAFT: OUT OF ORDER is now available in stores. Thanks to everyone at @darkhorse.com @mojangstudio.bsky.social and @tayloresposito.bsky.social for bringing this thing to life.
March 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Emerging from my darkened office to shout about the fact that MINECRAFT: OUT OF ORDER is now available in stores. Thanks to everyone at @darkhorse.com @mojangstudio.bsky.social and @tayloresposito.bsky.social for bringing this thing to life.
Lots going on at the moment, not least of all running Masks of Nyarlathotep. I love games!!!!!
January 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Lots going on at the moment, not least of all running Masks of Nyarlathotep. I love games!!!!!
Back from France and at the desk, ready to work. Busy year of making books (and maybe other things) ahead. This sort of thing. Godzilla GIFs appreciated for power.
January 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Back from France and at the desk, ready to work. Busy year of making books (and maybe other things) ahead. This sort of thing. Godzilla GIFs appreciated for power.
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Check out my latest column on sci-fi graphic novels for young readers, including work by @benkahncomics.bsky.social, @hotelfred.bsky.social, @danjolley.bsky.social, @ssnyder1835.bsky.social and @jamaligle.bsky.social, @joshhicks.bsky.social, and more! www.slj.com/story/Out-of...
Out of This World: Eight Sci-Fi Graphic Novels | Stellar Panels
New planets, secret headquarters, extraterrestrial creatures, and other cosmic delights fill the pages of these works for elementary through high school readers.
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December 12, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Check out my latest column on sci-fi graphic novels for young readers, including work by @benkahncomics.bsky.social, @hotelfred.bsky.social, @danjolley.bsky.social, @ssnyder1835.bsky.social and @jamaligle.bsky.social, @joshhicks.bsky.social, and more! www.slj.com/story/Out-of...
A reminder that you can see SPECTRE OF THE BEAR, the animated short film I made with @ioanmorris.bsky.social, @aloofness.bsky.social and a host of other talented artists TONIGHT on BBC TWO WALES at 11PM. Also iPlayer. A star-studded cast! A snack-based conspiracy! A tight eleven-minute runtime!
December 3, 2024 at 11:29 AM
A reminder that you can see SPECTRE OF THE BEAR, the animated short film I made with @ioanmorris.bsky.social, @aloofness.bsky.social and a host of other talented artists TONIGHT on BBC TWO WALES at 11PM. Also iPlayer. A star-studded cast! A snack-based conspiracy! A tight eleven-minute runtime!
banner year for standing next to big lads. what big lads will 2025 hold???
November 29, 2024 at 9:40 PM
banner year for standing next to big lads. what big lads will 2025 hold???
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Four new Short Films from Wales produced through our #Beacons scheme will premiere on BBC Cymru Wales next week!
Hounds of Annwn (dir. Beth B Hughes & Bryony Evans)
Being Seen (dir. Ren Faulkner)
Spectre of the Bear (dir. Josh Hicks)
Seven (dir. Krystal S Lowe)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Hounds of Annwn (dir. Beth B Hughes & Bryony Evans)
Being Seen (dir. Ren Faulkner)
Spectre of the Bear (dir. Josh Hicks)
Seven (dir. Krystal S Lowe)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
November 26, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Four new Short Films from Wales produced through our #Beacons scheme will premiere on BBC Cymru Wales next week!
Hounds of Annwn (dir. Beth B Hughes & Bryony Evans)
Being Seen (dir. Ren Faulkner)
Spectre of the Bear (dir. Josh Hicks)
Seven (dir. Krystal S Lowe)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Hounds of Annwn (dir. Beth B Hughes & Bryony Evans)
Being Seen (dir. Ren Faulkner)
Spectre of the Bear (dir. Josh Hicks)
Seven (dir. Krystal S Lowe)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Due to a combination of professional (research) and personal (fun) reasons I have fully leaned into being a TTRPG nerd the last 6 months. Mothership is GREAT and I want basically everything here:
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MOTHERSHIP MONTH 👽 on BackerKit
What is Mothership Month?
Brace yourself for Mothership Month—a group-collab project led by Tuesday Knight Games featuring some of the brightest stars from the Mothership third-party publishing (3P...
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November 26, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Due to a combination of professional (research) and personal (fun) reasons I have fully leaned into being a TTRPG nerd the last 6 months. Mothership is GREAT and I want basically everything here:
www.backerkit.com/c/collection...
www.backerkit.com/c/collection...
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I have a lot more followers on here since I posted this so just FYI... I have a superhero book about autism and kaiju coming out next year!
Go-Man is gonna be big! Literally...
Go-Man is gonna be big! Literally...
⚡ANNOUNCEMENT TIME!⚡
Coming in 2025!
GO-MAN: CHAMPION OF EARTH is book one in a brand new comic series!
Meet TOBI, an autistic kid who transforms into a giant superhero to fight monsters! Being a hero makes him popular... but is GO-MAN just a mask he puts on for others?
Coming in 2025!
GO-MAN: CHAMPION OF EARTH is book one in a brand new comic series!
Meet TOBI, an autistic kid who transforms into a giant superhero to fight monsters! Being a hero makes him popular... but is GO-MAN just a mask he puts on for others?
November 26, 2024 at 10:30 PM
I have a lot more followers on here since I posted this so just FYI... I have a superhero book about autism and kaiju coming out next year!
Go-Man is gonna be big! Literally...
Go-Man is gonna be big! Literally...
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Pleased to say that Spectre of the Bear - the animated short film I wrote, designed and scored - will be on BBC Two Wales on Tuesday 3 December at 11pm!
If that's past your bedtime (it is mine), it will then be available across the UK on iPlayer.
If that's past your bedtime (it is mine), it will then be available across the UK on iPlayer.
November 26, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Pleased to say that Spectre of the Bear - the animated short film I wrote, designed and scored - will be on BBC Two Wales on Tuesday 3 December at 11pm!
If that's past your bedtime (it is mine), it will then be available across the UK on iPlayer.
If that's past your bedtime (it is mine), it will then be available across the UK on iPlayer.
SPECTRE OF THE BEAR, the BAFTA Cymru-nominated short I directed, is on BBC 2 Wales Dec 3rd, 11pm!! iPlayer afterwards!! Shout out @ffilmcymruwales.bsky.social, writer Ioan Morris, producer @aloofness.bsky.social, Bill Nighy, Craig Roberts and everyone else who helped make it happen.
November 23, 2024 at 12:55 PM
SPECTRE OF THE BEAR, the BAFTA Cymru-nominated short I directed, is on BBC 2 Wales Dec 3rd, 11pm!! iPlayer afterwards!! Shout out @ffilmcymruwales.bsky.social, writer Ioan Morris, producer @aloofness.bsky.social, Bill Nighy, Craig Roberts and everyone else who helped make it happen.
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It's Mothership Month and of the 21 projects I contributed to 3 !
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November 22, 2024 at 10:21 PM
It's Mothership Month and of the 21 projects I contributed to 3 !
www.backerkit.com/c/collection...
www.backerkit.com/c/collection...
Got to speak about the great Tokyo These Days by Taiyo Matsumoto at a panel at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social last weekend!! Here are some choice Matsumoto bits and bobs (all mag covers for consistency). I love him!!!!
November 22, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Got to speak about the great Tokyo These Days by Taiyo Matsumoto at a panel at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social last weekend!! Here are some choice Matsumoto bits and bobs (all mag covers for consistency). I love him!!!!
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One of my favourite comics. Comfort food for the spirit, just like its namesake.
(Las empanadas de mi suegra también son unas de mis favoritas.)
(Las empanadas de mi suegra también son unas de mis favoritas.)
Second printing of Empanada is now available and shipping. Im proud of how this one turned out.
Pick one up here: bensears.bigcartel.com/product/empa...
Pick one up here: bensears.bigcartel.com/product/empa...
November 21, 2024 at 10:36 PM
One of my favourite comics. Comfort food for the spirit, just like its namesake.
(Las empanadas de mi suegra también son unas de mis favoritas.)
(Las empanadas de mi suegra también son unas de mis favoritas.)
DID YOU KNOW you can instantly buy HOTELITOR: LUXURY-CLASS DEFENSE AND HOSPITALITY UNIT at multiple places worldwide?? All you need is the will and a search engine. What a FUN FACT. Perfect for the hotel robot fan in your life
November 21, 2024 at 1:46 PM
DID YOU KNOW you can instantly buy HOTELITOR: LUXURY-CLASS DEFENSE AND HOSPITALITY UNIT at multiple places worldwide?? All you need is the will and a search engine. What a FUN FACT. Perfect for the hotel robot fan in your life
Hello. this is where I'll be forgetting to post from now on
November 18, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Hello. this is where I'll be forgetting to post from now on