Ryan Ottley
{{Short description|American comic artist}}
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Ryan Ottley (born 1975) is an American comic book artist and writer, best known for work on Image Comics' Invincible and Marvel Comics' Amazing Spider-Man.
Career
File:WWC 2016 - Ryan Ottley (209426250).jpg 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cgccomics.com/news/article/8913/|title=CGC Welcomes Iconic Comic Book Artist Ryan Ottley for an In-House Private Signing|publisher=Certified Guaranty Company|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=February 26, 2021|access-date=February 27, 2023|archive-date=February 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227050950/https://www.cgccomics.com/news/article/8913/}}{{cite web|url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/c2e2-19-ryan-ottley-interview/|title=C2E2 '19: Ryan Ottley On How He Got Into Comics & His Transition to Marvel|author=Wasiti, Hussein|publisher=Comics Beat|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=March 26, 2019|access-date=February 27, 2023|archive-date=November 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130235809/https://www.comicsbeat.com/c2e2-19-ryan-ottley-interview/}} During the course of his work on the book he co-created characters including Battle Beast,{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/skybound-x-preview-invincible-spinoff-battle-beast-kirkman-ottley/|title=EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Kirkman & Ottley Reunite for an Invincible Spinoff Story in Skybound X|author=Domniguez, Noah|publisher=CBR.com|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=June 23, 2022|access-date=February 27, 2023|archive-date=December 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227150517/https://www.cbr.com/skybound-x-preview-invincible-spinoff-battle-beast-kirkman-ottley/}} Angstrom Levy, Conquest,{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/invincible-season-2-new-stories-robert-kirkman/|publisher=Screen Rant|title=Invincible May Tell New Stories Not From The Comics, Teases Kirkman|author=Rangel, Felipe|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=January 22, 2023|access-date=February 27, 2023|archive-date=January 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126060607/https://screenrant.com/invincible-season-2-new-stories-robert-kirkman/}} and Powerplex.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/invincible-villain-powerplex-scott-duvall-kill-family/|title=Invincible: How the Amazon Prime Star's Most Electrifying Enemy Became His Most Tragic|publisher=CBR.com|author=Matadeen, Renaldo|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=March 12, 2021|access-date=February 27, 2023|archive-date=August 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813044657/https://www.cbr.com/invincible-villain-powerplex-scott-duvall-kill-family/}}
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.{{cite web|author=Grant, Matt|url=http://www.projectfanboy.com/vb/showthread.php?p=3199|title=Ryan Ottley Interview!|publisher=Project Fanboy|language=en-US|url-status=dead|date=July 10, 2008|archive-date=July 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715123443/http://www.projectfanboy.com/vb/showthread.php?1097-Ryan-Ottley-Interview%21}}
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.{{cite web| last=Wigler| first=Josh| url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22223|title=CCI Exclusive: Kirkman and McFarlane on Haunt|publisher=CBR.com|date=July 25, 2009}}
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 San Diego Comic-Con.{{cite web|author=Logan, Michael|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Walking-Dead-Comic-1048486.aspx|title=Exclusive First Look: The Walking Dead Comic Hits 100|magazine=TV Guide|language=en-US|url-status=dead|date=June 4, 2012|archive-date=June 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606221529/https://www.tvguide.com/news/Walking-Dead-Comic-1048486.aspx/}}
In 2016, Image Comics published Grizzly Shark, a three-issue miniseries written and drawn by Ottley,{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/cbr-tv-nycc-2012-ryan-ottley-jason-howard-discuss-creator-owned-comics/|title=CBR TV @ NYCC 2012: Ryan Ottley & Jason Howard Discuss Creator-Owned Comics|publisher=CBR.com|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=November 16, 2012|access-date=February 27, 2023|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125232705/https://www.cbr.com/cbr-tv-nycc-2012-ryan-ottley-jason-howard-discuss-creator-owned-comics/}}{{cite web|url=https://comicbookroundup.com/comic-books/reviews/image-comics/grizzly-shark|title=Grizzly Shark|publisher=Comic Book Roundup|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=April 2016|access-date=February 27, 2023|archive-date=July 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710171708/http://comicbookroundup.com/comic-books/reviews/image-comics/grizzly-shark}} and has an average critics rating of 7.1 out of 10 on the review aggregator website Comic Book Roundup.
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."Schedeen, Jesse (July 11, 2018). [https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/07/11/amazing-spider-man-is-still-in-good-hands-the-amazing-spider-man-1-review "AMAZING SPIDER-MAN IS STILL IN GOOD HANDS (THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 REVIEW)"]. IGN.
In 2021, Ottley was announced as the artist on that year's relaunched Hulk, teaming him with writer Donny Cates.{{Cite web|author=Martin, Frank|title=Hulk's New Series Is Exactly What Fans Worried It Would Be |url=https://screenrant.com/hulk-1-donny-cates-bad-good-immortal-comics/|date=November 30, 2021|access-date=June 3, 2022|website=Screen Rant|language=en-US|url-status=live|archivedate=February 19, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219022508/https://screenrant.com/hulk-1-donny-cates-bad-good-immortal-comics/}} 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.{{Cite web|author1=Doran, Michael|title=Donny Cates and Ryan Ottley are leaving Marvel's Hulk ongoing series |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/donny-cates-and-ryan-ottley-are-leaving-marvels-hulk-ongoing-series/|date=November 21, 2022|access-date=February 27, 2023|publisher=Newsarama|language=en-US}}
In December 2024, it was announced that Kirkman and Ottley were developing a prequel spin-off series entitled Invincible Universe: Battle Beast, with the first issue of the series set to debut April 2025.{{Cite web |last=Schedeen |first=Jesse |date=2024-12-10 |title=Invincible Returns to Comics With Battle Beast Series By Original Creative Team |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/invincible-returns-to-comics-with-battle-beast-series-by-original-creative-team |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=IGN |language=en}}
Bibliography
=Interior work=
- The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 5 #1–5, 11–13, 16, 23–25, 30–31, 37, 41–43, 49 (Marvel Comics, 2018–2020)
- Energon Universe 2024 Special (Image Comics, 2024)
- Free Comic Book Day 2018 The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Marvel Comics, 2018)
- Free Comic Book Day 2019 Spider-Man/Venom #1 (Marvel Comics, 2019)
- Grizzly Shark #1–3 (Image Comics, 2016)
- Haunt #1–5 (Image Comics, 2009-2010)
- Invincible #8–65, #68-84, #87-126, #133-144 (Image Comics, 2004–2018)
- Invincible Returns #1 (Image Comics, 2010)
- Solution Squad #1 (Solution Squad LLC, 2013)
- Superman/Batman Annual #1 (DC Comics, 2006)
- Tales of Army of Darkness #1 (Dynamite Entertainment, 2013)
- The Walking Dead #75 (Image Comics, 2010)
- Hulk #1–6, #9–14 (Marvel Comics, 2021–2023)
=Covers work=
- The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 5 #14, 26–29, 40 (Marvel Comics, 2019–2020)
- The Amazing Spider-Man: Sins Rising Prelude #1 (Marvel Comics, 2020)
- The Amazing Spider-Man: The Sins of Norman Osborn #1 (Marvel Comics, 2020)
- Brit vol. 2 #7–12 (2008–2009)
- Guarding the Globe #1 (Image Comics, 2010)
- Haunt #13 (Image Comics, 2011)
- Head Lopper #7 (Image Comics, October 2017)
==Variant covers==
- The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #8 (Marvel Comics, 2014)
- The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 4 #1.2 (Marvel Comics, 2016)
- The Flash #35 (DC Comics, 2014)
- Inhuman #5 (Marvel Comics, 2014)
- Justice League of America Rebirth #1 (DC Comics, 2016)
- Manifest Destiny #1 (Image Comics, 2013)
- Murder Falcon #4 (Image Comics, 2019)
- Robin: Son of Batman #10 (DC Comics, 2016)
- Strange Academy #3 (Marvel Comics, 2020)
- The Walking Dead #100, 150 (Image Comics, 2012, 2016)
- Reborn (comics) #2 (Image Comics, 2016)
- The War of the Realms #1 (Marvel Comics, 2019)
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References
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.ryanottley.com}}
- {{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=442|title=Ryan Ottley}}
- [http://wya.deviantart.com/ Ryan Ottley] at DeviantArt
- [http://www.unclewya.com/ Now Quasi-Defunct Official Site]
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