New Low

by Johnny Ryan, Jesse Pearson (Introduction)

For more than a decade, Johnny Ryan has been filling the back page of the glossy, national Vicemagazine with some of the most transgressively hilarious and politically incorrect comics, ever. Ryan skewers Bill Cosby, Two and a Half Men, Wall Street, and so much more that can’t be so easily categorized (such as “Erotic Art Collecting Squirrel,” or “Whorenado”). A New Low collects this impressive body of work, as well as several other surprises.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Smut

129 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 18, 2017

About the author

John F. Ryan IV (born November 30, 1970, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American comics creator, writer, and animator. 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 started his career self-publishing Angry Youth Comix, a series of eleven mini-comic issues from 1994 to 1998. In 1998, he began showing his work to Peter Bagge, creator of Hate comics, who introduced the material to Eric Reynolds of Fantagraphics. In 2001, Fantagraphics began publishing volume 2 of the series.
Among Ryan's creations there are the comic strip Blecky Yuckerella and the comic book series Prison Pit.
In animation, Ryan has worked as story editor for the Looney Tuness and co-created the Nickelodeon show Pig Goat Banana Cricket with Dave Cooper. Ryan and Cooper have collaborated on a number of comics as well, usually under the pen name 'Hector Mumbly'.
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. His comics have been translated into Spanish, Portuguese and French.

Reviews

[Aves Trainor · Rating 2 out of 5]

Two stars because I laughed twice. The rest of the book is unoriginal jokes that attempt to obscure their predictability with offensiveness. But after this novelty wears off, you see how uninspired most of them are. My favorite piece is the B&W sci-fi comic in the middle that must’ve been a precursor to Prison Pit. This would’ve been a more interesting comic if fleshed out.

[Betzim Gdolot · Rating 1 out of 5]

Missing colony story and the parody of "paying for it" were ok. Rest of the book is not funny at all. Not worth it.

[Tom · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gotta love a guy who illustrates his own hate mail.

[John “Hoss” · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great collection of Johnny’s comics from Vice Magazine. Don’t quote me, but I don’t recall if this is a complete collection of the Vice comics. You won’t be cheated though. It’s a great collection with comics that’ll definitely make you laugh, bother you, but probably not offend you (unless you’re new to Johnny’s work, and aren’t familiar I guess).

[Alex Firer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book cured my depression because they pooped on a cop and then washed off the poop with pee

[Ruz El · Rating 5 out of 5]

As stupid and gross as all his other comics and I love it just as much too. Literally laugh out loud funny. My only complaint is that it sin't 100000 pages long.

[Ian · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's as Dumb as a box of door knobs, misanthropic and wildly immature. You either love it or you don't. I'm afraid that I'm in the former camp with some caveats. For fans of Brunetti and Bagge.

[Simon Sweetman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Juvenile, reprehensible, utterly ludicrous and shameful. Loved it!

[Kyle Burley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gross, offensive, disgusting cartoons for puerile minds.
I thought they were pretty funny.

[Jason Béliveau · Rating 3 out of 5]

J'adore Ryan, mais ce recueil de cartoons dessinés pour Vice est à prendre à petites doses. Son humour hardcore pipi-caca doit se déguster lentement, comme un bon vin.

[Joshua Williams · Rating 1 out of 5]

what the f*ck

[Julian]

Tasteless drivel without any redeeming value whatsoever. Highly recommended.