Ryan Kelly (comics)

Ryan Kelly
Ryan Kelly
Born	January 29, 1976 (age 48); Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Artist
Notable works	Lucifer; Local
Spouse(s)	Kat Vapid
Children	3

Ryan Kelly (born January 29, 1976) is an American comic book artist, known for his work on books such as Lucifer and Local.

Career

In 1998, Kelly graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design where he studied under comic book artist Peter Gross.^[1] He began illustrating for magazines and newspapers before obtaining commissions for comic book illustration.^[2] He worked with Gross on the DC Comics series Lucifer and The Books of Magic, both under the Vertigo imprint.^[3] From 2000 to 2007, he was part of the MCAD staff, teaching classes on Comic Book creation and illustration.^[4]^[5]

In 2004, he illustrated the political satire Giant Robot Warriors He illustrated the entire twelve issue run of the Oni Press comics series Local, written by Brian Wood, a story arc ("The Cross + the Hammer") for Wood's Northlanders, and the DC/Vertigo ongoing series Saucer Country by Paul Cornell. In 2020, he pencilled the Stranger Things tie-in comic miniseries Stranger Things: Into the Fire published by Dark Horse Comics. In addition to his comics art work he has had various Minneapolis area exhibitions of his painted work. He has produced illustrations for Time Magazine and Rolling Stone.^[6]

Bibliography

DC Vertigo

Books of Magic #57, 62, 68, 70 (pencils (57, 62, 68) and inks (70), with Bronwyn Carlton, 1999–2000)
Lucifer #5-75 (inks, with Mike Carey, 2000–2006)
American Virgin #18-19, 22 (pencils, with Steven T. Seagle, 2006 & 2008)
The New York Four (with Brian Wood, 2007)
The Vinyl Underground #7-12 "Pretty Dead Things" (2008)
The New York Five #1-5 (2011)
Northlanders #11-16 "The Cross + The Hammer" (with Brian Wood, 2008–2009)
DMZ #42-44 "No Future" (with Brian Wood, 2009)
Saucer Country (with Paul Cornell, 2012-2013)
Dead Boy Detectives #7-11 "Ghost Snow" (with Toby Litt, 2014)
Survivors' Club (with Lauren Beukes and Dale Halvorsen, 2015–2016)
Unfollow #10 (with Rob Williams, 2016)
Red Thorn #12 (with David Baillie, 2016)

Marvel Comics

Marvel Boy #6 (with Grant Morrison, 2001)
Original Sin: Secret Avengers (with Ales Kot, Infinite Comics, 2014)
Marvel Snapshots: Civil War #1 (with Saladin Ahmed, 2020)

AiT/PlanetLar

Giant Robot Warriors (with Stuart Moore, 2004)

Oni Press

Local (with Brian Wood, 2005–2008)

Image Comics

Comic Book Tattoo "Winter" (with John Ney Rieber, 2008)
Three #2, 4, 5 (with Kieron Gillen, 2013-2014)
Cry Havoc #1-6 (with Si Spurrier, 2016)
The Wicked + The Divine 1373 (one-shot) (with Kieron Gillen, 2018)
Scrapper #3-6 (2023)

Poseur Ink

Side B: The Music Lover's Comic Anthology #108-114 "Torso" (with Kat Vapid, 2009)

Self-Published

Funrama (2010-2020)

Dark Horse

Star Wars #7-9 (with Brian Wood, 2013)
Stranger Things: Into the Fire #1-4 (with Jody Houser and Le Beau Underwood, Dark Horse, 2020)
Assassin's Apprentice (with Jody Houser and Jordie Bellaire,2022-2023)
Assassin's Apprentice II (with Jody Houser and Robin Hobb,2022-2023)

References

^ Atchison, Lee. "The Fantastic Visuals of Hell". Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ "Ryan Kelly Battles the Giant Robots". City Pages. 28 January 2004. Archived from the original on 2 February 2004.
^ Irvine, Alex (2008), "The Books of Faerie", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 36–37, ISBN 0-7566-4122-5, OCLC 213309015
^ "ABOUT THE ARTIST". Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ "Ryan Kelly". LinkedIn. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ "Ryan Kelly". Ahoy Comics. Retrieved 14 November 2023.