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Ryan Ottley is an American
comic book artist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...
. He is best known for work on
Image Comics Image Comics is an American comic book publisher and is the third largest comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry in both unit and market share. It was founded in 1992 by several high-profile illustrators as a venue for creator-o ...
' '' Invincible'' and
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' ''
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''.


Career

Ryan Ottley is best known for his work on Invincible written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image comics. Ottley was discovered by Kirkman on the Penciljack.com forums in late 2003 and offered him the job of illustrating ''Invincible'' starting with Issue 8. Ottley worked 14 years on the series as the artist for 127 issues of the 144 Issue run. 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 employer as a warehouse worker. 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.Grant, Matt (July 10, 2008)
"Ryan Ottley Interview!"
Project Fanboy.
The artist appeared in several issues of an independent comic anthology, ''
Digital Webbing Presents Digital Webbing is an American comic book publishing company founded by Ed Dukeshire.Robert Kirkman Robert Kirkman (; born November 30, 1978)Löchel, Ingo"The Walking Dead: Die Comic-Serie – Robert Kirkman" Zauberspiegel. Retrieved February 17, 2013. is an American comic book writer, screenwriter and television producer. He is best known ...
saw posts from Ottley on the Penciljack website, searched for other work by the artist and contacted him about a position drawing for the
Image Comics Image Comics is an American comic book publisher and is the third largest comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry in both unit and market share. It was founded in 1992 by several high-profile illustrators as a venue for creator-o ...
' title '' Invincible''. Ottley penciled the first five issues of Kirkman and
Todd McFarlane Todd McFarlane (; born March 16, 1961) is a Canadian comic book creator, artist, writer, filmmaker and entrepreneur, best known for his work as the artist on ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and as the creator, writer, and artist on the superhero horro ...
's '' Haunt'', an
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which debuted October 7, 2009. Ottley indicated on the letters page of issue #5 that he left in order to focus on ''Invincible''. 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
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. Ottley both wrote and drew the ''Grizzly Shark'' limited series in 2016. In 2018
Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Comics'' in 19 ...
relaunched a new volume of ''
The Amazing Spider-Man ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its main protagonist. Being in the Earth 616, mainstream continuity of the franchise, it began publication in 1963 as a bim ...
'', with
Nick Spencer Nick Spencer is a comic book writer and former politician best known for his Image series '' Morning Glories'', his collaborations with artist Steve Lieber on the comedic series ''Superior Foes of Spider-Man'' and '' The Fix'', a three-year run ...
. In 2021, Ottley was announced as the artist on the that year's reluanched '' Hulk'', teaming him with writer
Donny Cates Donny Cates (born September 14, 1984) is an American comic book writer, artist, and podcaster, known for his work on titles like ''Venom (Marvel Comics character), Venom'', ''Thanos'', ''Doctor Strange'', ''Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor,'' and ''Hul ...
.


Bibliography


Interior work

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'' vol. 5 #1-5, 11-13, 16, 23-25, 30-31, 37, 41-43, 49 (Marvel Comics, 2018-2020) *''Free Comic Book Day 2018
The Amazing Spider-Man ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its main protagonist. Being in the Earth 616, mainstream continuity of the franchise, it began publication in 1963 as a bim ...
'' #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'' #8-144 (Image Comics, 2004-2018) *''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-ongoing (Marvel Comics, 2021-ongoing)


Covers work

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The Amazing Spider-Man ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its main protagonist. Being in the Earth 616, mainstream continuity of the franchise, it began publication in 1963 as a bim ...
'' vol. 3 #8 (variant cover only, Marvel Comics, 2014) *''The Amazing Spider-Man'' vol. 4 #1.2 (variant cover only, Marvel Comics, 2016) *''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) *''
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'' vol. 2 #7-12 (2008-2009) *''
The Flash The Flash (or simply Flash) is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1 (cover dat ...
'' #35 (variant cover only, DC Comics, 2014) *''Guarding the Globe'' #1 (Image Comics, 2010) *'' Haunt'' #13 (Image Comics, 2011) *''Head Lopper'' #7 (Image Comics, October 2017) * '' Inhuman'' #5 (variant cover only, Marvel Comics, 2014) *''
Justice League of America The Justice League (also known as The Justice League of America) are a team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team first appeared in '' The Brave and the Bold'' #28 (March 1960). The team was conceive ...
Rebirth'' #1 (variant cover only, DC Comics, 2016) *''Manifest Destiny'' #1 (variant cover only, Image Comics, 2013) *'' Murder Falcon'' #4 (variant cover only, Image Comics, 2019) *''Robin: Son of Batman'' #10 (variant cover only, DC Comics, 2016) *''Strange Academy'' #3 (variant cover only, Marvel Comics, 2020) *'' The Walking Dead'' #100, 150 (variant cover only, Image Comics, 2012, 2016) *''
The War of the Realms "The War of the Realms" is a 2019 comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics. The storyline has been met with positive reviews, with critics praising the storyline and the art. Premise The story details the heroes banding together when Male ...
'' #1 (variant cover only, Marvel Comics, 2019)


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