He received two Eisner Award nominations for Common Grounds and in 2008 was one of the winners of the Top Cow Pilot Season competition for his comic, Twilight Guardian.
Hickman spent a decade in independent comics[1] before getting his break with Top Cow where he wrote Common Grounds, a series that looked at superheroes gathered in a coffee shop.
Hickman entered the second Top Cow Pilot Season competition with "Twilight Guardian,"[3][4][5] a story which was one of the two winners[6] and was turned into a four issue series which received great critical acclaim.
[7][8] In addition to his comic book work, he is a well-known and award-nominated teacher of Creative Writing and English.
Comics work includes: 2005: Nominated for Eisner Awards, Common Grounds (Best Short Story and Best Anthology)