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Shouldn't You Be Working
Shouldn't You Be Working #2
by Johnny Ryan
Ever wonder what Johnny Ryan does in the privacy of his bedroom, when not cracking the whip at AYC HQ to get his ragtag bullpen of hacks to finish the next issue of Angry Youth Comix ? Sipping Cristal off the coast of St. Tropez with P. Diddy and Paris Hilton? Nope. Contemplating new, renewable sources of energy that will render environmentally hazardous fossil fuels obsolete? Nah. He's just sitting at home, alone and naked, obsessively filling up every square inch of white space in his sketchbook while listening to Yanni. Why? Because he loves you, of course, and wants you to love him back. And once you read this, you will (if you don't file a restraining order, that is).
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Ever wonder what Johnny Ryan does in the privacy of his bedroom, when not cracking the whip at AYC HQ to get his ragtag bullpen of hacks to finish the next issue of Angry Youth Comix ? Sipping Cristal off the coast of St. Tropez with P. Diddy and Paris Hilton? Nope. Contemplating new, renewable sources of energy that will render environmentally hazardous fossil fuels obsolete? Nah. He's just sitting at home, alone and naked, obsessively filling up every square inch of white space in his sketchbook while listening to Yanni. Why? Because he loves you, of course, and wants you to love him back. And once you read this, you will (if you don't file a restraining order, that is).
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80 pages, Paperback
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About the author
Johnny Ryan
96 books81 followersJohn 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.
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.
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September 10, 2024
Fun. Crude and zany doodles. It was cool seeing some Blecky strips included in issue two here. Maybe at this point Johnny was working out new Blecky material at work or after he left that job. The doodles are obscene and hysterical! Fodders some great material for sharing with friends or further inspiring other artists to just doodle what they want to draw in their sketchbooks. This one is harder to find. It’s nice, and worth the addition to your JR library.
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