American alternative comics creator,writer and animator (born 1970)
Johnny Ryan Johnny Ryan at Bigfest Lite (2018)
Born John F. Ryan IV (1970-11-30 ) November 30, 1970 (age 53) Boston , Massachusetts , U.S. Area(s) Cartoonist , WriterPseudonym(s) Hector Mumbly Notable works
Angry Youth Comix Blecky YuckerellaPrison Pit
John F. Ryan IV (born November 30, 1970, in Boston, Massachusetts )[1] [2] is an American alternative comics creator, writer, and animator. He created Angry Youth Comix , a comic book published by Fantagraphics , and "Blecky Yuckerella", a comic strip which originated in the alternative newspaper the Portland Mercury and now appears on Ryan's website. He also created Pig Goat Banana Cricket , a TV show made jointly with Dave Cooper that Nickelodeon picked up. He was the story editor for Looney Tunes Cartoons . 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.
Ryan grew up in Boston, and studied English literature at the University of Massachusetts Amherst . Ryan lives in Los Angeles . He has one daughter.[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, Portuguese,[2] and French.[6]
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.
Bibliography and filmography [ edit ] Portajohnny: The Best of Angry Youth Comix: The Early Years (Fantagraphics, 2003) ISBN 1-56097-547-4
What're You Lookin' At?: Volume I of the Collected Angry Youth Comix (Fantagraphics, 2004) ISBN 1-56097-621-7
Blecky Yuckerella (Fantagraphics, 2005) ISBN 1-56097-674-8
The Comic Book Holocaust (Buenaventura Press, 2006) ISBN 0-9766848-9-6
Johnny Ryan's XXX Scumbag Party: Volume II of the Collected Angry Youth Comix (Fantagraphics, 2007) ISBN 1-56097-867-8
The Klassic Komics Klub (Buenaventura Press, 2007) ISBN 0-9800039-2-X
Blecky Yuckerella: Back in Bleck (Fantagraphics, 2007) ISBN 1-56097-790-6
Comics Are For Idiots (Fantagraphics, 2009) ISBN 1-56097-974-7 — Blecky Yuckerella collection
Prison Pit: Book One (Fantagraphics, 2009) ISBN 1-60699-297-X
Prison Pit: Book Two (Fantagraphics, 2010) ISBN 1-60699-383-6
Prison Pit: Book Three (Fantagraphics, 2011) ISBN 1-60699-497-2
Prison Pit: Book Four (Fantagraphics, 2012) ISBN 1-60699-591-X
Prison Pit: Book Five (Fantagraphics, 2014) ISBN 1-60699-700-9
Prison Pit: Book Six (Fantagraphics, 2018) ISBN 978-1-68396-100-0
Prison Pit: The Complete Collection (Fantagraphics, 2020) ISBN 978-1-68396-313-4
New Character Parade (Pigeon Press, 2010) ISBN 978-1-93544-308-7
Blecky Yuckerella: "Fuc- --u, -ss --le" (Fantagraphics, 2011) ISBN 1-60699-415-8
Take A Joke: Volume III of the Collected Angry Youth Comix (Fantagraphics, 2011) ISBN 1-60699-464-6
Angry Youth Comix (Fantagraphics, 2015) ISBN 978-1-60699-811-3 - Complete Collection Hardcover Omnibus of all 14 issues of series.
A New Low (Fantagraphics, 2017) ISBN 978-1-68396-004-1 - Collection of cartoons featured on Vice News.
Porn Basket (Fantagraphics, 2021) ISBN 978-1-68396-501-5 - Collection of Sketchbook drawings.
Barely Human (Fantagraphics, 2022) ISBN 978-1-68396-559-6 - Collection of Instagram drawings.
Johnny Ryan's Wet Market #1 (The Mansion Press, 2023) ISBN 978-2-49264-612-6
Johnny Ryan's Wet Market #2 (The Mansion Press, 2023) ISBN 978-2-492646-21-8
Who raped my Horse (The Mansion Press, 2024) ISBN 978-2-492646-40-9 Television and filmography (partial)[ edit ]
^ Ryan entry , Lambiek's Comiclopedia.
^ a b c d e f g "The Real Johnny Ryan" Archived August 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine , Johnny Ryan official website. Accessed August 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 May 21, 2008. Retrieved August 5, 2008 .
^ Vice vol. 13, #5.
^ Prison Pit T01, editions Huber , 2017
^ "The Real-Life Underground Cartoonist Who Filled Out Owen Kline's 'Funny Pages' " . IMDb .
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