{"id":11981,"date":"2023-01-17T16:20:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T16:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/?p=11981"},"modified":"2023-01-23T15:24:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T15:24:44","slug":"writing-the-fish-that-ruined-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/2023\/01\/writing-the-fish-that-ruined-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing ‘The Fish That Ruined Everything’<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Written by Brandon Hicks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019ve always loved mass media. Movies, books, radio, video games, comics, theatre, magazines \u2014 it didn\u2019t really matter what form it took. I was simply taken with the concept of communicating through creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If quality was a factor, I was hardly a discerning consumer. As a child, I was a fan of every movie, and mesmerized by every book. Even flyers and printed newsletters held a bizarre fascination for me. Let’s put it this way \u2014 I list Coffee News <\/em>as an influence. Not so much for its content, but for its proliferation in every cafe, restaurant and auto shop in the greater Saint John area. People would actually pick up that yellow broadsheet overstuffed with advertisements and read their horoscopes while sipping coffee and waiting for their tires to be rotated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As far back as I remember, I have wanted to make something that drew that kind of attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brandon Hicks live-drawing a “James Mullinger & Friends\u201d concert at the KIRA amphitheatre<\/em>. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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See, I turned twenty-nine in December, and so my formative years were spent on the internet during the early aughts, at a time when the internet had become really good at collecting and cataloging media, but not so great at producing it. So, a young aspiring artist could learn all there was to know about comics, films and video games without being overwhelmed by the glut of content that exists today, where incredible entertainment is easily accessible on one\u2019s phone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lest you think I\u2019m harkening back to a \u201cbetter time,\u201d I fully acknowledge that I would have likely floundered and failed in the old media landscape. As it stood, I began finding opportunities in high school \u2014 editing the student paper, producing a college radio show and blogging. Then, at Saint Thomas University, as I was trying to meander my way through a Journalism and\/or English degree, I took up cartooning, online publishing and theatre directing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My approach to these things was not polymathic. It was desperate. I wasn\u2019t so much good at these things as I was eager to be a part of them. Fredericton is a great environment for this. You can try just about everything \u2014 and I did. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brandon Hicks hosting a comics workshop for Festival inspire<\/em>. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While I lacked an innate talent for any particular medium, I was able to determine that writing was the common denominator. I figured that if I zeroed in on that particular skill, then I could continue to \u201cmake things\u201d professionally. Thanks to that \u201cnew media landscape,\u201d this proved to be true. Kind of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After receiving my degree, I began slumming it at a marketing position for six months. I left that for a pair of editorial positions at online publications that lasted for about as long as such things do. Following this, I began a rigorous freelance cycle of copy writing, journalism, playwriting, filmmaking, speech writing, and illustration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing was always at the centre of whatever I did, but it was never the main attraction. It always took some mutated form. Why? Writing for writing\u2019s sake just wasn\u2019t profitable. Who has time to draft their \u201cdream project\u201d when every gig needs to pay through to the next?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Making a mess while animating the short film \u201cCounting Sheep\u201d.<\/em> Photo: Courtesy of the artist.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thank goodness for artsnb.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


In September of 2021, I began tapping out a few chapters of a short novel about a fish who wanted to break into the local industry of a small fishing town. It was silly, weird, and thoroughly unmarketable. It was exactly the book I wanted to write.

But, I also wanted to \u2014 y\u2019know, eat<\/em>. So, I put the book down and got back to the business of freelance. I sent in an application for an artsnb creation grant, and crossed my fingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Concept Drawing for ‘The Fish That Ruined Everything<\/em>‘.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sure enough \u2014 I got it! Two months later, I got the funding and immediately dove back into the project. While I still took on plenty of projects, I was always able to come back to the book, giving it the attention and care it needed without feeling guilty or fearful that it wasn\u2019t going to pay off, financially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drawing at the Saint John Night Market<\/em>. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Promotional image for ‘The Fish That Ruined Everything’. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I finished The Fish That Ruined Everything<\/em> back in August. I added some illustrations, formatted the book to my liking, and released it. It\u2019s out \u2014 finished. The reaction has been positive, and it has received coverage in both the Maritime EDIT<\/em> and Grid City Magazine<\/em>. It might not become a bestseller, but \u2014 worst case scenario \u2014 I could always drop off a few copies at my local auto shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to artsnb<\/strong>, I was able to get a dream project off the ground and ensure that I was putting my best foot forward as both a writer and artist. Because of this, I once again find myself inspired in my work, and I have been able to approach freelance with renewed interest and vigour.

For once, I am creatively satisfied. Until the next project, anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brandon Hicks is a writer and artist based in Saint Stephen. His work has been featured in the Maritime EDIT, Fangoria, National Lampoon, <\/em>CBC and several other publications, including The Rumpus,<\/em> where he served as Comics Editor for seven years. His plays and short films have run in international festivals, and he is the author\/illustrator behind several books, including the Beezle, Buzzle and Barb<\/em> series for New York\u2019s Humorist Books imprint, The Manatee<\/em>\u2019s \u201cThat\u2019s Not True!\u201d and the novel The Fish That Ruined Everything<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stay up to date with Brandon’s practice:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intagram<\/strong>: @brandonhickscomics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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