ˈæftɚɹ ɐ tˈɛnjˈɪɹ ɡˈæp wˌaɪl stɹˈɪŋɚ fˈoʊkəst ˌɔn hɪz ˈʌðɚ kˈɑːmɪk kˈæɹɪktɚz, bɹˈɪkmən wʌz ɹᵻvˈaɪvd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɪks ɪnðə smˈɔːl pɹˈɛs kˈɑːmɪk jˈæmpi tˈeɪlz; ðə kˈæɹɪktɚ ɹᵻtˈɜːnd tʊ ɐ kɹˈaɪmstɹˈɪkən ɡˈʌfən sˈɪɾi tə dᵻfˈiːt ðɪ ˈiːvəl mˈɪstɚ tʃˈiːz ænd hɪz ˈoʊn sˈaɪdkɪk tˈiːnə, hˌuː hæd ɡɔn ɹˈoʊɡ.
After a ten-year gap while Stringer focused on his other comic characters, Brickman was revived in 1996 in the small press comic Yampy Tales; the character returned to a crime-stricken Guffon City to defeat the evil Mr Cheese and his own sidekick Tina, who had gone rogue.