Johnny Ryan

He was the story editor for Looney Tunes Cartoons. In a throwback to the days of underground comix, Ryan's oeuvre is generally an attempt to be as shocking and irreverent as possible.

• Birth Name — John F. Ryan IV • Born — 30 November 1970 • Birthplace — Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. • Cartoonist — y • Writer — y • Alias — Hector Mumbly • Notable Works — Angry Youth Comix Blecky Yuckerella Prison Pit • Illustration — Johnny Ryan at Bigfest Lite (2018)

Ryan grew up in Boston and studied English literature at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Ryan lives in Los Angeles. He has one daughter.

Ryan originally self-published Angry Youth Comix, producing eleven mini-comic issues from 1994 to 1998. In 1998, he began showing his work to Peter Bagge, creator of Hate comics, who introduced the material to Eric Reynolds of Fantagraphics. In 2001, Fantagraphics began publishing volume 2 of the series. Collaborating with Dave Cooper under the pen name "Hector Mumbly", Ryan's comics appeared in nearly every issue of Nickelodeon Magazine, including the May 2005 issue, where they created a comic called “Cupcake Of Time”, including which it featured a Pig, A Banana, a Robot and a Toliet, which was a precursor of Pig Goat Banana Cricket. Cooper and Ryan also collaborated on a "Wonder Woman vs. Supergirl" story for the DC Comics anthology Bizarro. Ryan collaborated with Peter Bagge in both Angry Youth Comix and Bagge's Hate Annual, in addition to penciling and inking two stories for Bagge's DC series Sweatshop. In 2006, Ryan guest-edited a special comics issue of Vice magazine, which included contributions from over thirty of Ryan's comics contemporaries. Ryan's illustrations have appeared in MAD, LA Weekly, National Geographic Kids, Hustler Magazine, The Stranger, and elsewhere. Ryan has also done work for clients such as Nobleworks greetings cards, Rhino Records, and Fox TV. His comics have been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, and French.

• MAD (2012), episodes "I Am Lorax / Modern Family Circus" (additional designer, writer), "Potions 11 / Moves Like Jabba" (additional design) • Pig Goat Banana Cricket (creator, voice actor, co-executive producer) • JJ Villard's Fairy Tales (2020) (writer, creative consultant) • Looney Tunes Cartoons (writer) • Funny Pages (Art department) • The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024) (writer) • Fuck My Son! (2025) (based on the comic book by)

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