Brian Wyrick

Places I Go: Raidious

Brian Wyrick — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:00:29 +0000

I end up lots of places. In my new “Places I Go” series of posts I will sharing photo collections from my visits. For my inaugural post I’ve selected Raidious, the company I co-founded in 2009 and am currently Chief Technology Officer of.

The Henchmen Team Is Celebrating Free Comic Book Day!

Brian Wyrick — Fri, 03 May 2013 13:00:06 +0000

This Saturday (May 4th 2013) is Free Comic Book Day, and the team behind Henchmen has decided to give anyone on our email list a free preview of issue one (this was previously only available to KickStarter backers).

If you missed out on that, be sure to jump over and sign up today!

From FreeComicBookDay.com:

Free Comic Book Day is a single day – the first Saturday in May each year – when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely FREE* to anyone who comes into their stores. *Check with your local comic book shop for their participation and rules.

Be sure to check it out this Saturday by finding a shop near you with their handy store locator. I’ll be stopping by one of my favorite Downtown Comics locations for sure!

The book is coming along very well, by the way – expect to see a lot of updates coming through HenchmenComic.com in the coming weeks. I am super excited for everyone to see the book. Thanks again to everyone for reading, backing, and sharing our KickStarter project, and even helping us overfund and go color!

Be sure to subscribe, retweet our tweets, like our Facebook statuses, forward to friends, call your friends, print out the site and fax it to your friends, and generally do all you can to let people know that they’ll love it!

PhotoStrip: The Loudest Band in the Quietest Town

Brian Wyrick — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:10:55 +0000

Conjurer was asked to play with Jucifer at Be Here Now in Muncie, IN. We where happy oblige. I grabbed some photos while in town and of the band.

Henchmen KickStarter Campaign Wrapping Up!

Brian Wyrick — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 04:32:46 +0000

My last update to this site was thirty days ago, the day we launched the Henchmen KickStarter campaign. It’s been a busy month, to say the last, here are a few photos showcasing it. Be sure to jump over and back if you haven’t already!

Henchmen KickStarter is Live

Brian Wyrick — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:00:17 +0000

I’ve been working on a comic book called Henchmen – we launched our KickStarter on March 1st, and things are off to a great start – please check it out and spread the word!

Henchmen is the story of Gary, an office supply salesman that loses his job and stumbles across a mysterious classified ad.

Conjurer EP is out!

Brian Wyrick — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:30:41 +0000

It’s finally here – the first official recording I have been a part of in a couple of years. We will be playing a show this Saturday, where we will be selling a limited edition of physical copies of the record. It can be purchased at the link below as well, and we will mail one out to you!

PhotoStrip: Arty InstaGram Nonsense

Brian Wyrick — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:00:08 +0000

Some recent photos from my life.

Henchmen is coming.

Brian Wyrick — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:00:50 +0000

I posted recently about a comic book that I am working on. I am excited to post that things are moving along fantastically! We’ve selected Ryan Howe as our artist, and this week Jamison and I got in front of a camera for a video interview for our imminent KickStarter launch. Twitter accounts, Facebook pages, and websites have all been launched – expect lots of things happening very quickly.

We kick off our campaign on March 1st! The book is called Henchmen, and it tells the story of Gary, a regular guy who finds himself without a job. He is lucky to find a new one, but finds out quickly that his new profession requires a different set of skills.

Tweets by @HenchmenComic

Artrageous – Online Video Art Show Needs Your Backing

Brian Wyrick — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 04:23:59 +0000

This is a really great looking KickStarter project – I recently backed it, and the window is closing. If you are reading this, please consider getting involved!

From the KickStarter page:

What is our mission?

Simply put, Artrageous with Nate portrays the arts as approachable and relatable in order to stimulate children’s creativity and foster a generation of innovators.

How was Nate inspired?

When I was a kid, I loved art—drawing, painting, sculpting, you name it. But in college, my love for art was almost drowned by horribly boring art history classes. As an art teacher myself years later, I made it my goal to incorporate art and art history in a way that was interesting…even enticing.

What I developed was a new approach that made art (and even art history) approachable, relatable, and fun. My goal is to turn this approach in to a television series called Artrageous with Nate that can be used by teachers and families across the country. I have made two initial episodes, but I need your help to make more episodes a reality.

Why now?

Art program budgets across the country are being slashed to make way for a greater focus on standardized testing. You’ve all read the headlines. But what school boards often fail to see is how the arts actually improve test scores (see graph below) and college graduation rates and help decrease teen delinquency. The arts are important, now more than ever.

What will we do with the funds?

Great question! Our goal is to raise $15,000, which will cover the cost of travel, equipment rental, filming, editing, and distribution of Episode #3 and 5 short video art lessons.

Conjurer Pre-orders have begun.

Brian Wyrick — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:30:42 +0000

It is time: Conjurer’s first recording is ready to go! We are finishing up a limited edition of physical copies and will be releasing everything very soon (we are holding out until our next show). You can pre-order the record at Music.Conjurer.in now – when you do, you will get an immediate download of “Marauders” and an email to download the rest when the other three tracks are released.

If you’d like to get one of the fifty physical metal tin versions, you can pick one up at a show, or pre-order it as well (the download is free).

I’m excited to have this out the door, but more excited to record again – we have some awesome new stuff that needs to see a proper studio.