Memoirs of an Angel: The Grey Pilgrim
is the new all-encompassing pulp genre adventure from author and illustrator, Brian Rodman!!
To save The Cosmic Wheel from the destruction of The Dark Kingdom, two angels must travel inside the mind of a possessed boy and face off against the diabolical force infesting him.
Crowdfunded on Kickstarter, Memoirs of an Angel makes its transition from comic book to being a 600+ page illustrated novel with well over 100 illustrations. And best of all, it is the first of a multiple book series called THE COSMIC WHEEL!
"It's like Lord of The Rings meets The Exorcist!"
"Memoirs of an Angel is like a hybrid comic book/prose novel experience. It's unique and captivating."
"The scholarly nature of (Rodman's) depiction of these forces and of their natures as organically revealed in the storyline is vast and impressive. The wonderment Rodman feels for unseen forces beyond our material realm is expressed...across every page."
Brian Rodman
is an independent comic book creator and novelist who lives in Louisville, Kentucky with his wife/business partner, Robyn, and their four cats, Phoebe, Beesly, Stanley, and Niko. He has been creating comics and writing stories professionally since 2015. Brian's had short comics and poems published in anthologies such as Louisville Cartoonist Society's "Tall Tales & Little Lies", "Legends: Myths & Not So True Stories", and "Sagebrush & Tumbleweeds,". He also had the privilege of writing the short story, "The Midnight Mason & The Curse of The Black Knights", in the Pulp Factory Award Winning anthology, "Pulp Reality No.4" from Stormgate Press and drew the interior illustrations for "Pulp Reality No.5". Brian has written/illustrated/published Memoirs of an Angel, the comic book series and The Nebulizer comic book series; both of which have totaled seven successful and fulfilled Kickstarter campaigns from 2018 to 2023.
In 2022, Brian's health declined steadily to the point where he became disabled due to his lifelong struggle with severe asthma. In that time, Brian realized he could no longer consistently create comic books the way he previously had been. Realizing that Memoirs of an Angel was a much larger project than just a few graphic novels worth of story, he decided to make the pivot to illustrated prose. With the overwhelming support of Robyn, friends, family, and amazing readers, he began the journey of creating the 600+ page illustrated novel. In 2024, through Kickstarter, backers achieved the most successful crowdfunding campaign of B&R Publication's history, bringing Memoirs of an Angel: The Grey Pilgrim (and it's now larger universe, The Cosmic Wheel) to life.
Brian's next project is the second installment of The Cosmic Wheel universe, entitled, "The Mysterious Adventures of Eula McDowell" which he is co-writing with his dear friends and award winning authors, Brian K. Morris and Clyde Hall. The new illustrated novel is about a senior demonologist who lives in an alternate Louisville, KY in 1991. The sassy, maverick, and hard-bitten titular character, Eula McDowell (and her ever growing team of paranormal investigators), face off against legendary monsters, cryptids, haunted spots, and ghostly folktale figures. The novel is an episodic format that provides the reader with a "monster of the week" type feel, leading up to an overarching climax at the end of the book. While based on Brian's maternal grandmother, Eula McDowell's character is akin to Van Helsing if he was the Grandma from "Hey Arnold".
You can follow Brian's work on The Mysterious Adventures of Eula McDowell on Patreon where he posts weekly entries of the rough draft of the novel.
Other Books & Merch
The Nebulizer
pulp reality
Mouth Breathers
The Cosmic Wheel
