Ryan Dunlavey is the artist and co-author of the graphic novels Action Philosophers, the four volume Action Presidents series, The Comic Book History of Animation, The Comic Book History of Comics and Action Activists - all co-created with writer Fred Van Lente. Ryan's other comics include Li'l Classix with Grady Hendrix, Dirt Candy: A Cookbook with chef Amanda Cohen, The Illustrated Al with "Weird" Al Yankovic, Growing Up Farley with Kevin Farley and Frank Marraffino, M.O.D.O.K. for Marvel Comics (which he also wrote) and has created comics for Dark Horse, Dynamite, IDW, Image, Marvel, Papercutz, Webtoon and Z2. Ryan grew up in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and Hong Kong and has been an avid artist his entire life. He is an alumni of Syracuse University's Illustration program (BFA '93) and studied animation at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. After earning his degree Ryan worked at several graphic design positions for a decade before starting a full-time freelance career as an illustrator and comic book artist in 2003. Ryan's artwork has been published by HarperCollins, Penguin, Scholastic, Taschen and Random House and MAD magazine. He's applied his talents to editorial illustration, apparel graphics, educational software development, game design and film and television productions. Ryan's diverse clientele list has included Disney, Warner Bros, Hasbro, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, World Wrestling Entertainment, The New York City Department of Education and his mom. Ryan is fully posable (accessories sold separately) but will only be available on this planet for a limited time, so act today!

Areas of Expertise

• Comic Book • Freelance Humorous Illustrator • Graphic Novel • Magazine / Newspaper Illustration