Johnny Ryan
| Johnny Ryan | |
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| 230x345px Johnny Ryan at a 2009 book signing for Prison Pit: Book One. |
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| Born | November 30, 1970 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
| Pseudonym(s) | Hector Mumbly |
| Notable works | Angry Youth Comix Blecky Yuckerella Prison Pit |
| Official website | |
John F. ("Johnny") Ryan IV (born November 30, 1970, in Boston, Massachusetts)[1][2] is an American alternative comics creator. He is best known for Angry Youth Comix, a comic book published by Fantagraphics, and for "Blecky Yuckerella", a comic strip which originated in the alternative newspaper the Portland Mercury and now appears on Ryan's website. In a throwback to the days of underground comix, Ryan's oeuvre is generally an attempt to be as shocking and politically incorrect as possible.
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[edit] Biography
Growing up in Boston, Ryan studied English Literature at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[2]
Ryan originally self-published Angry Youth Comix, producing eleven mini-comic issues from 1994 to 1998.[3] In 1998, he began showing his work to Peter Bagge, creator of Hate comics, who introduced the material to Eric Reynolds of Fantagraphics.[3] In 2001, Fantagraphics began publishing volume 2 of the series.[4]
Collaborating with Dave Cooper under the pen name "Hector Mumbly",[2] Ryan's comics appeared in nearly every issue of Nickelodeon Magazine. Cooper and Ryan also collaborated on a "Wonder Woman vs. Supergirl" story for the DC Comics anthology Bizarro. Ryan collaborated with Peter Bagge in both Angry Youth Comix and Bagge's Hate Annual, in addition to penciling and inking two stories for Bagge's DC series Sweatshop.[2] In 2006, Ryan guest-edited a special comics issue of Vice magazine, which included contributions from over thirty of Ryan's comics contemporaries.[5]
Ryan's illustrations have appeared in MAD, LA Weekly, National Geographic Kids, Hustler Magazine, The Stranger, and elsewhere. Ryan has also done work for clients such as Nobleworks greetings cards, Rhino Records, and Fox TV.[2]
His comics have been translated into Spanish and Portuguese.[2]
Ryan lives in Los Angeles with his wife.[2]
[edit] Awards
Angry Youth Comix was nominated for a Best Mini Ignatz Award at the 2000 Small Press Expo. It has since been nominated for multiple Harvey and Eisner Awards.[2] "Prison Pit" won an award for "Best Lettering" at the Stumptown small press festival in Portland, OR in April 2011.
[edit] Bibliography
- Portajohnny: The Best of Angry Youth Comix: The Early Years (Fantagraphics, 2003) ISBN 1560975474
- What're You Lookin' At?: Volume I of the Collected Angry Youth Comix (Fantagraphics, 2004) ISBN 1560976217
- Blecky Yuckerella (Fantagraphics, 2005) ISBN 1560976748
- The Comic Book Holocaust (Buenaventura Press, 2006) ISBN 0976684896
- Johnny Ryan's XXX Scumbag Party: Volume II of the Collected Angry Youth Comix (Fantagraphics, 2007) ISBN 1560978678
- The Klassic Komics Klub (Buenaventura Press, 2007) ISBN 098000392X
- Blecky Yuckerella: Back in Bleck (Fantagraphics, 2007) ISBN 1560977906
- Comics Are For Idiots (Fantagraphics, 2009) ISBN 1560979747 — Blecky Yuckerella collection
- Prison Pit: Book One (Fantagraphics, 2009) ISBN 160699297X
- Prison Pit: Book Two (Fantagraphics, 2010) ISBN 1606993836
- Blecky Yuckerella: "Fuc- --u, -ss --le" (Fantagraphics, 2011) ISBN 1606994158
- Take A Joke: Volume III of the Collected Angry Youth Comix (Fantagraphics, 2011) ISBN 1606994646
[edit] Notes
- ^ Ryan entry, Lambiek's Comiclopedia.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "The Real Johnny Ryan," Johnny Ryan official website. Accessed Aug. 12, 2010.
- ^ a b "Johnny Ryan: The Mr. Skin interview". Mr. Skin (SK Europe BV).
- ^ "Bibliography". Johnny Ryan's Angry Youth Comix. Archived from the original on 2008-05-21. http://web.archive.org/web/20080521090417/http://www.johnnyr.com/comix/bibliography.html. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ^ Vice vol. 13, #5.
[edit] References
- The Comics Journal #279 (Nov. 2006)
