About | Hicks!! Comics

ABOUT!

Ollie Hicks (Hicks!!) is a comics creator and editor. They have a PhD from the University of Dundee in Comics Studies and formerly worked as a Graphic Novels Editor at Rebellion. They are repped by Britt Siess of Britt Siess Creative Management.

Their debut graphic novel, GRAND SLAM ROMANCE, co-created with their wife Emma Oosterhous, was published by Surely Books in 2023, with two more books planned in the series.

COMICS BIBLIOGRAPHY

GRAND SLAM ROMANCE Book 1

The Cover for GRAND SLAM ROMANCE! Art by Emma Oosterhous. Written by me! Out May/June 2023 from Surely Books.

Butch Bros Versus the Skate Park Front Cover

Butch Bros Volume 1: Versus The Skate Park

Debuting during the 2022 Shortbox Comics Fair, Butch Vs The Skate Park is an energetic, bawdy butch adventure about two bros and their attempts to get supernatural h**d at the local skate park.

Butch Bros Versus The Resignation Letter Front Cover

Butch Bros Volume Two: Versus the Resignation Letter

A brand new comic about the butch bros! Can Kale convince Frigatelli to quit his stupid job?!

Sarararara

Writer/Artist
A pastische of Archie comics and 1950s Americana! It began as a webcomic (2018-2021) and was collected in three self-published volumes.
"Homecoming reads like Carry on Archie by way of Flesh Gordon." - Broken Frontier

Leave Room for Cribbage

Writer/Artist
First published in the Good Comics Reader Volume 2 (2021)
Four pages, limited colour.

A Good Memory

Artist
Script by David Robertson
First published in Mount A Rescue (2020).
Two pages, full colour.

'When I Grow Up, I Want To Be...'

Artist
Script by Rebecca Horner
Comic created as part of the Drawn From Experience anthology comic, commissioned by Harris Academy, Dundee (2020).
Two pages, full colour.

The Worst Date Ever

Writer/Artist
Self-published 24 Hour Comic (2019)
24 pages, black and white.

Transforming Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Research Partnerships

Writer/Artist
Comic commissioned by The Indigenous and Non-indigenous Research Partnerships Project (2019).
Six pages, full colour.

The Underwater Rodeo

Writer/Artist
First published in Underwater Worlds Anthology (2019)
Three pages, full colour.

Ghosthunting with Girls Aloud Zine

Writer/Artist
Self-published zine (2019)
Two pages, full colour.
Also performed as a Pecha Kucha at Dundee's PKN26 (March 2020)

Shark Wife

Writer/Artist
Self-published 24 Hour Comic (2018)
24 pages, black and white.

The Legal Deposit And You

Writer/Artist
Public information comic created for the British Library (2018)
4 pages, full colour.

Approved by the Comics Code

Writer/Artist
Self-published 24 Hour Comic (2018)
24 pages, black and white.

FREELANCE WRITING

"The Hockey Sticks of Hell"

2000 AD 2018 Summer Special (Rebellion)

Art by Abby Bulmer

"Daisy Jones' Locket"

Cor!! Buster Easter 2020 Special (Rebellion)

Art by Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb

"Bumps in the Night"

Misty and Scream 2020 Special (Rebellion)

Art by John Charles

"Scare Salon"

Monster Fun 2021 Halloween Spooktacular Special (Rebellion)

Art by Diansakhu

EDITING

From 2020-2023, I worked at Rebellion, first as Junior Graphic Novels editor, and then, from September 2022, following a promotion, as a Graphic Novels Editor. I worked across the 2000 AD, Treasury of British Comics and Roy of the Rovers lines.

Highlights include being lead editor on the collected editions of The Ballad of Halo Jones Full Colour Omnibus Edition, A Very British Affair: The Best of Romance Comics, 2000 AD Encyclopedia, 2000 AD Regened, Megatropolis, Full Tilt Boogie, Misty Presents the Jaume Rumeu Collection and The Best of Cat Girl.

Previously, I have worked as an editorial assistant across DC Thomson's Boys Comics Line, working on Beano, Commando and Epic Magazine.