Ryan Ottley on 100 issues of Invincible!
April 22, 2014
A congratulate shout out to Ryan Ottley on having drawn his 100th issue of Invincible. He recently finished issue #111 and posted this "selfie" on his twitter account.
Invincible #111 is scheduled to hit shelves May 7th. Congrats Ryan!
Labels: Ryan Ottley
Project Comic Con 2 - St. Louis
September 20, 2010
What was a quick but planned road trip with my wife and friends, turned out to be a fun little inclusion of this out of town comic book convention appearing four of the great artists who've helped me on this campaign. There was NO way I was going to miss stopping and meeting Ryan Ottley, Jason Howard, Jamal Igle and Jeremy Haun... although I've already meet Mr. Haun. But I still had to thank them all personally and get photo's/autographs and shake their hands.
Now, I didn't know what to expect from this convention. My local con in Kansas City Planet Comicon is pretty busy and there can be a few lines. And granted, this was the second day of the convention, but rooms these creator's where in just seemed small. And there was hardly any waiting. This was a great opportunity to just chat with the creators.
The first table I hit up was the duo of Ryan Ottley and Jason Howard. Artists of Invincible and Astounding Wolf-man, respectively. These two guys are super nice. Right away Ryan mentioned, "You look familiar." It's kinda cool, even when Ryan had only briefly meet me once in San Diego in 2006.
Right around the corner was familiar face Jeremy Haun. Previously when he first mentioned he'd "draw me in", he had mentioned a totally different project he's working on through Wildstorm. I had thought appearing in Red Hood was it for an appearance but Jeremy had said his previous mention still stands. Can't wait to hear about this new project!
I had to hunt down Jamal Igle. Again, they had all the creator's kind of separated into different rooms I got worried and had to ask where he was sitting. But it was great to meet him and shake his hand and thank him for such a great panel. I seriously love that page!
What seems weird is the main focus was meeting all these artists who had already helped me out. It was unfortunate that Patrick Gleason had to cancel because I have had enjoyed his work on Aquaman and Green Lantern Corps. Some other convention perhaps. I had ran into Phil Hester and Ande Parks and gave them both a flyer... again. It's almost a running joke, every year a new flyer.
On the last leg of this show I came across Ethan Van Sciver and Gail Simone. Ethan I had managed to send a message to about two years ago on MySpace and was less than receptive of my cause. Guess I shouldn't have been too surprised to see his stance hadn't changed over time.
Gail however was awesome to chat with. I enjoy talking shop with everybody. It's weird as a fan to have invested time and money in this hobby, just in the back of your head keeping these other worlds and fictional characters alive, and then to chat with somebody who plays in the sandbox of these universes... and really just... cares about them. So Gail if you're reading this, thanks for the chat. Love your stuff. Again, I know you don't draw'em... but would love to be in one of your books someday.
As far as artists and writers go, this show hit the jackpot. I did a round flipping through dollar bins and didn't really spend a whole lot. But I was in and out in two hours. That just blows my mind there. But really since this was a side trip on the vacation I was already on, I just just glad to get my time in.
Thank you St. Louis, for putting together a great guest list. Thanks to everybody I shook hands with, it was great meeting you!
Labels: Ethan Van Sciver, Gail Simone, Jamal Igle, Jason Howard, Jeremy Haun, Project Comic Con 2, Ryan Ottley
They Got Mixed Up!
March 22, 2010
This is awesome, and I can't wait to check it out.
Labels: Jason Howard, Ryan Ottley, Sea Bear Grizzly Shark
2010 DMI Artist Update: Part 1
January 11, 2010
Every now and again I like to use this space to give updates on current projects that Draw Me In (DMI) artists are up to. I figure I might as
well go in order, so on to Mr. Ryan Ottley!
This man is a machine. He's still working hard on Invincible which is currently set up for some big action soon, also a special Invincible Returns issue.Also recently he started a second project with fellow colaborator Robert Kirkman in Haunt, which is also an enjoyable read. The man can do no wrong.
*UPDATE* Turns out Ottley's last issue on Haunt will be issue #5. Layout artist Greg Capullo will be assuming the role of the title's new full-time penciller.
Charlie Adlard. Thank you sir, for constantly bringing everything to the table on the best black and white zombie book I read monthly. Which, I guess there really isn't a big market of those, but in all seriousness Charlie does a mean splash page, or double splash... and you know those are reserved for those Kirkman "Oh no he didn't" moments. Sorry, I couldn't help myself. 
Charlie Adlard. Thank you sir, for constantly bringing everything to the table on the best black and white zombie book I read monthly. Which, I guess there really isn't a big market of those, but in all seriousness Charlie does a mean splash page, or double splash... and you know those are reserved for those Kirkman "Oh no he didn't" moments. Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
2010 is shaping up to be quite the exciting year for comics. Look forward to more updates on DMI artists soon.
Labels: Charlie Adlard, DMI Update, Ryan Ottley
First Appearance! Invincible #37 by Ryan Ottley
December 8, 2006
-or- The appearance that almost didn't happen...I had just started my campaign and was about to go to my first con with the intent of talking to pros. So of course it would be fitting that I started with the grand daddy of them all: the San Diego Comic Con.
I made up little green fliers and handed them out to just a small handful of artists, I soon found out I didn't really know how to approach anybody about this yet. I did muster up enough strength to hand one to Ryan Ottley, artist of one of my favorite titles, Invincible from Image Comics.
In September I sent out a wave of letters to artists, one went to Ryan. I'm glad I followed up; because it was with this that I managed to get a reply via e-mail."Hey this is Ryan Ottley. I got your letter through Image, I also got your flyer at the San Diego con. I wasn't interested in doing this but my wife said I'd BETTER do it. Soooooooo....you'll be in issue 37 of Invincible, page 2. Hope ya like it."
All day I had a back and forth e-mail conversation with Ryan. He even sent me a scan of the panel I was to be in.
Labels: Apperance #1, Invincible #37, Ryan Ottley
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