Ryan Kelly (comics)

Ryan Kelly
Born	January 29, 1976 (1976-01-29) (age 36) Saint Paul, MN
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Artist
Notable works	Lucifer Local

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

Contents 1 Career 2 Bibliography 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links 5.1 Interviews

Career

Kelly graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1998 where he studied under comic book artist Peter Gross. He worked with Peter Gross on the DC/Vertigo comic books Lucifer and The Books of Magic.^[1] He is now on the MCAD staff, teaching the occasional inking class, as well as classes for younger students. He has also moved on to work on other books, including guest inking responsibilities on American Virgin and penciling duties for AiT/PlanetLar's Giant Robot Warriors with Stuart Moore.

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, among others.

He illustrated the entire twelve issue run of the Oni Press comics series Local, written by Brian Woodand a story arc ("The Cross + the Hammer") for Wood's Northlanders, Currently he is illustrating the Dc Vertigo ongoing series Saucer Country by Paul Cornell march 2010

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

• Books of Magic #57, 62, 68, 70 (pencils (57, 62, 68) and inks (70), with Bronwyn Carlton, Vertigo, 1999–2000)
• Lucifer #5-75 (inks, with Mike Carey, Vertigo, 2000–2006)
• Local (with Brian Wood, Oni Press, 2005–2008)
• American Virgin #18-19, 22 (pencils, with Steven T. Seagle, Vertigo, 2006, 2008)
• The New York Four (with Brian Wood, Minx, 2007)
• The New York Five 1-5 Vertigo (DC Comics) Jan 2011 - April - 2011
• Northlanders "The Cross + The Hammer" (#11-16) (with Brian Wood, Vertigo, 2008–2009)
• "DMZ (comics) "No Future" (#42-44) (with Brian Wood, Vertigo, 2009)
• Side B: The Music Lover's Comic Anthology "Torso" (#108-114) (with his wife Kat Vapid (writer), published by Poseur Ink in 2009)

Notes

References

External links

• Ryan Kelly's Art Blog
• Ryan Kelly's MNArtists.org page
• New York Four synopsis at Mergingminds.org

Interviews

• Interview with the Onion's AV Club
• Interview with the Twin Cities City Pages

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Name	Kelly, Ryan
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Date of birth	January 29, 1976
Place of birth	Saint Paul, MN
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