Ryan Ottley

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Ryan Ottley
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Ottley in June 2021
Nationality American
Area(s)Writer, Penciller, Artist, Inker
Pseudonym(s)WyA, old signature on early Invincible
Notable works
http://www.ryanottley.com

Ryan Ottley is an American comic book artist and writer, best known for work on Image Comics' Invincible and Marvel Comics' Amazing Spider-Man .

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Career

Ottley sketching at the Wizard World Chicago in Chicago, August 4, 2006. WWC 2016 - Ryan Ottley (209426250).jpg
Ottley sketching at the Wizard World Chicago in Chicago, August 4, 2006.

Ottley began drawing Invincible with issue 8, and continued on the book for 14 years, drawing 127 issues of its 144-issue run. [1] [2] During the course of his work on the book he co-created characters including Battle Beast, [3] Angstrom Levy, Conquest, [4] and Powerplex. [5]

In an interview with comic book website Project Fanboy, Ottley discussed how he got into the comic book industry after being fired from his previous job working in a medical supply warehouse. Ottley decided now was a great time to try to get into comics again and began actively building exposure for his work on the internet through the websites digitalwebbing.com and penciljack.com. [6]

Ottley penciled the first five issues of Kirkman and Todd McFarlane's Haunt , an ongoing series which debuted October 7, 2009. Ottley indicated on the letters page of issue #5 that he left in order to focus on Invincible. [7]

In 2012, Ottley was one of several artists to illustrate a variant cover for Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead #100, which was released July 11 at the San Diego Comic-Con. [8]

In 2016, Image Comics published Grizzly Shark, a three-issue miniseries written and drawn by Ottley, [9] [10] and has an average critics rating of 7.1 out of 10 on the review aggregator website Comic Book Roundup. [10]

In 2018 Marvel Comics relaunched a new volume of The Amazing Spider-Man , with writer Nick Spencer. Ottley supplied the art for 20 issues of the run. He co-created the villain Kindred with Nick Spencer. His work drew praise from Jesse Schedeen of IGN, who stated, "Ottley's expressive figure work and dynamic fight scenes make him a natural fit." [11]

In 2021, Ottley was announced as the artist on that year's relaunched Hulk , teaming him with writer Donny Cates. [12] In November 2022, it was announced that following Cates departure as writer of Hulk for personal reasons, Ottley would take over as the writer for the remainder of the series, starting with issue 11. [13]

Bibliography

Interior work

Covers work

Variant covers

Notes

  1. "CGC Welcomes Iconic Comic Book Artist Ryan Ottley for an In-House Private Signing". Certified Guaranty Company. February 26, 2021. Archived from the original on February 27, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  2. Wasiti, Hussein (March 26, 2019). "C2E2 '19: Ryan Ottley On How He Got Into Comics & His Transition to Marvel". Comics Beat. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  3. Domniguez, Noah (June 23, 2022). "EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Kirkman & Ottley Reunite for an Invincible Spinoff Story in Skybound X". CBR.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  4. Rangel, Felipe (January 22, 2023). "Invincible May Tell New Stories Not From The Comics, Teases Kirkman". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on January 26, 2023. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  5. Matadeen, Renaldo (March 12, 2021). "Invincible: How the Amazon Prime Star's Most Electrifying Enemy Became His Most Tragic". CBR.com. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  6. Grant, Matt (July 10, 2008). "Ryan Ottley Interview!". Project Fanboy. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011.
  7. Wigler, Josh (July 25, 2009). "CCI Exclusive: Kirkman and McFarlane on Haunt". CBR.com.
  8. Logan, Michael (June 4, 2012). "Exclusive First Look: The Walking Dead Comic Hits 100". TV Guide . Archived from the original on June 6, 2012.
  9. "CBR TV @ NYCC 2012: Ryan Ottley & Jason Howard Discuss Creator-Owned Comics". CBR.com. November 16, 2012. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  10. 1 2 "Grizzly Shark". Comic Book Roundup. April 2016. Archived from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  11. Schedeen, Jesse (July 11, 2018). "AMAZING SPIDER-MAN IS STILL IN GOOD HANDS (THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 REVIEW)". IGN.
  12. Martin, Frank (November 30, 2021). "Hulk's New Series Is Exactly What Fans Worried It Would Be". Screen Rant . Archived from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  13. Doran, Michael (November 21, 2022). "Donny Cates and Ryan Ottley are leaving Marvel's Hulk ongoing series". Newsarama . Retrieved February 27, 2023.

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