Adam Szym

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Adam Szym is a cartoonist living in Brooklyn, New York. His graphic novel A Cordial Invitation was nominated for the 2021 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Comic and longlisted for the 2021 Bram Stoker Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel.

A Cordial Invitation is included as one of three graphic novellas in his collection Little Visitor & Other Abductions, releasing on September 23rd, 2025 from Oni Press.

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Adam Szym In 2018 I made a short comic called BARGE which was inspired by a real life mystery from near my home town. In a town bordering mine there was a long …moreIn 2018 I made a short comic called BARGE which was inspired by a real life mystery from near my home town. In a town bordering mine there was a long neglected industrial area by the water witch a huge empty lots slowly becoming stifled with weeds.

For years there was nothing there, but one day seemingly out of nowhere there was a suburban looking house sitting there beached on the lot and attached to a barge. Nobody I knew had any idea why it was there or why a house like that would be attached to a barge or whether it was being shipped somewhere to eventually be put onto a normal residential lot or was always destined to stay on the barge.

The house sat there moldering for (as far as I can recall) years, and then suddenly one day it was gone. I never heard any information about it, and to this day have no idea why it was there.

It seemed the perfect set up for a scary story, and so I made BARGE, which you can read for free here:
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Release Events!

We're less than one month out from the release of my graphic novel Little Visitor & Other Abductions and there are a bunch of events around the release and beyond that I'll be tabling at.

Here's a schedule of events you can come meet me and grab a copy of the book at:

Spooktastic Book Fair in Framingham, MA on September 13th.

Cartoon Crossroads in Columbus, OH, on September 20-21st.

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"This graphic novel contains 3 weird comics about alien abductions. I really enjoyed the artwork and the stories were definitely creepy. You will like this if you enjoy an odd, dark vibe and if you are ok with never really getting an answer to your qu" Read more of this review »
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"Have you ever watched the X Files or Signs and thought hmm, I wish this came in the format of a book? Look no further. Little Visitor and Other Abductions consists of three short stories that are tied together based on the same theme, alien abduction" Read more of this review »
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"A delightfully creepy collection of three short stories about alien abduction in this graphic novel.

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