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COMING in November from Heavy Sweater Comics is Wallace Ryan's graphic memoir, "December". "December" follows the life of local comix artist Wallace Ryan as he enters a dark period. It was written in the months following his wife Linda's diagnosis of cancer.

Check out our collection of comix by eight local comic artists, each telling a story about their neighbourhood. Available from Black Panel Press!!!

ARE YOU FED UP with the same old CITY HALL? Well, I for one, care about this wonderful City and the fabulous people that fill it's streets with life and energy. THAT is why today, I filled nomination papers to run for an AT LARGE seat in the upcoming municipal election. I

I'll be a Featured Guest at the first ever St. John's Comic Arts Festival!!! AND I'll have a table there!!!

"EARTH" Pen, Ink and Brush. from "True Newfoundland & Labrador" the Newfoundland Quarterly 2025 Part 2 of my comic suite called "Elements". True story about an archeologist pal of mine who was half detective.

TOWN!!!!!

Thanks so much Wallace for having me into your studio to talk about the City of St. John's new policy on AI art submissions

Check out my new fun little shoow, "On the Mall with Wallace Ryan"!!! It's videos of me promoting and loving on the Water Street Mall!!! Please subscribe and share!!!

Check out my interview with theCBC about the evils of AI!!!

FROM PENCIL to FINISHED COVER!!! This is the cover from last summer's Newfoundland Quarterly and is a piece I like to call "Luna of Enceladus". The model is the Amazing Luna and the colours are by Paul Tucker!!! AI can't match this!!!

"HALLIDAYS" Page 1 Pen, Ink and Brush. from "TOWN: St. John's in Comics" To be released in 2025

DELIGHTFUL DOZEN of DC ABSOLUTE EDITIONS In the Library of Graphic Literature episode #314 April 14th, 2025 TONIGHT...we go BIG!!! DC ABSOLUTE BIG!!! THIS WEEK...Luna and I have a look at a dozen of my favourite DC Absolute Editions!!!

"WATER" Pen, Ink and Brush. from "True Newfoundland & Labrador" the Newfoundland Quarterly 2025 Part 1 of my comic suite called "Elements" that will appear in the Newfoundland Quarterly this year!!!

CAZA, KING and CLASSIC HEAVY METAL In the Library of Graphic Literature episode #313 April 7th, 2025 HEAVY METAL fans...attend our words!!!! THIS WEEK...Luna and I, along with a brief appearance by our cat, Raya, have a HEAVY METAL EXPLOSION on this week's show!!!

BIG BOX COMIX In the Library of Graphic Literature episode #312 March 31sth, 2025 SPRING IS CLOSE... THIS WEEK...Luna and I have a look at some great collections of comics housed in some cool slipcase or box!!!

SUPPORT our comic book anthology "TOWN: St. John's in Comics"!!! We're running a Kickstarter for it through the publisher Black Panel Press and please feel free to donate or even pre-order your special copy as a reward!

ART EXPLORED...have a look at my rough pencils for my comix piece "Life in the Key of Fred's" and a trio of rough sketches. It was originally planned for my comix suite "Elements" but decided to use it for our comic book anthology "TOWN: St. John's in Comics"!!!

TERRY & the PIRATES + DR STRANGE +LIFE DRAWING In the Library of Graphic Literature episode #311 March 24th, 2025 TERRY and the Pirates Collection COMPLETED!!!! And more!!! Lots of love and happy reading, pals!!! Stay beautiful my wonderfuls!!!!!! Peace & Comix, Wallace Ryan

GRAPHIC NOVEL RANDOM SHELF PICKS In the Library of Graphic Literature episode #310 HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S to you all!!! THIS WEEK...I did a random pick from my graphic novel/etc shelf of what I would like to sit and read on St. Patrick's Day. Peace & Comix, Wallace Ryan

If you LIKE this...THEN you'll LOVE... Thursday Comics #236 Available on Buzzsprout, Spotify, Apple, Amazon and many more podcast sites!!! www.buzzsprout.com/725226/episo...

"LIFE during the Renaissance"" Pen, Ink and Brush. from "True Newfoundland & Labrador" the Newfoundland Quarterly 2024 I was lucky enough as an artist to live through the Newfoundland Renaissance and to have met and even work with so many incredible artists!!! What a time to be alive!!!

"SHERLOCK PLATYPUS" The Detective's Detective #5 ©2024 Wallace Ryan PLEASE SHARE if you like this one or the upcoming episodes... Human Made Art No AI We're TOO GOOD for AI

"the Great Jell-o Caper" Pen, Ink and Brush. from "True Newfoundland & Labrador" the Newfoundland Quarterly 2022 A story from when working at my grandfather's store as a kid. Human Made Art/ No AI Used in it's Creation

"SHERLOCK PLATYPUS" The Detective's Detective #4 ©2024 Wallace Ryan PLEASE SHARE if you like this one or the upcoming episodes... Human Made Art No AI AI Scraping Prohibited

BEST in BOOKS SPECIAL for OUR 300th Episode In the Library of Graphic Literature episode #300 300 episodes?!!!! I almost can't believe it!!!! We filled this episode right until the camera shut off!!! BUT we got in every book I wanted to include in the special!!!

"SHERLOCK PLATYPUS" The Detective's Detective #3 ©2024 Wallace Ryan PLEASE SHARE if you like this one or the upcoming episodes... Human Made Art No AI AI Scraping Prohibited

The 300th Episode of "In the Library of Graphic Literature" will drop Wednesday, December 4th, 2024 at 9am NST (7:30am EST)!!!!

"SHERLOCK PLATYPUS" #2 The Detective's Detective ©2024 Wallace Ryan PLEASE SHARE if you like this one or the upcoming episodes... Human Made Art No AI No Human was harmed in the Making of this Art!

"SHERLOCK PLATYPUS" The Detective's Detective Circa 1996 (Unpublished) ©2024 Wallace Ryan PLEASE SHARE if you like this one or the upcoming episodes... No Human was harmed in the Making of this Art!

"the Personal Topography of Rawlin's Cross" Pen, Ink and Brush. the Newfoundland Quarterly 2023 This is my neighbourhood. Human Made Art/ No AI Used in it's Creation

FACEBOOK and IT'S AI BRAIN have gone INSANE! It's blocked us from sharing the latest episode of "Thursday Comics"!!! So fight the Machine and ask your friends to listen in to comic's most obscure podcast!!!! And find to it on Spotify and other podcast sites!!!

"Gerry Porter, Mr Science Fiction" Pen, Ink and Brush. the Newfoundland Quarterly Summer 2024 A little love letter to Gerry Porter and Newfoundland's first comic, "Zeitgeist"!!! Human Made Art/ No AI Used in it's Creation

"the FREE NFLD T-SHIRT STORY" Pen, Ink and Brush. the Newfoundland Quarterly Dialogue co-written with Luna Aditi I made more money off this image than any other single drawing. You have to love licensing. Human Made Art/ No AI Used in it's Creation

Lucy van Pelt has finally gone too far. But she will be brought to justice

FANTASTIC FOUR, CAPTAIN NEMO, DONALD DUCK & PRINCE VALIANT In the Library of Graphic Literature THIS WEEK...Luna and I look at"the Fantastic Four" Omnibus volume 5 , "the Return of Captain Nemo", "Walt Disney's Donald Duck: Frozen Gold", "Louis Riel" & "Prince Valiant" volume 26.

"What's so Cool about the Regatta" Pen, Ink and Brush. the Newfoundland Quarterly 2020 A piece about the oldest continuous sporting event in North America...the Royal St. John's Regatta!!! A staple of St. John's history!!! Human Made Art/ No AI Used in it's Creation

CHECK OUT OUR CHRISTMAS BREAKDOWN COMIC JAM THIS DECEMBER at the Anna Templeton Centre!!! It's FREE and fun for comix folks!!!

Consider the Dinosaur

CHECK OUT MY EPIC RANT AGAINST AI!!! Warning: Some Foul Language!!!

"the Trip" Pen, Ink and Brush. Unpublished Comic Circa 1999 True story of when our class from the Ontario College of Art visited the Albright Knox Gallery. I don't mention that four of us were on hallucinogenics during "the Trip". Human Made Art/ No AI Used in it's Creation #aiisforassholes

"the Shaman" Pen, Ink and Brush. Unpublished Comic Circa 1999 True story of some art punks taking on some performance artist outside the old Ontario College of Art building on College Street. Human Made Art/ No AI Used in it's Creation #aiisforassholes

It's been 12 years since City Council voted to keep the Bannerman Park Bandstand instead of demolishing it and replacing it with something rather...garish.

COMING to a MAGAZINE stand near you on December 2nd in the latest issue of the Newfoundland Quarterly!!! Canada's oldest magazine!!!

"Bloody Vinland" Pen, Ink and Brush. From "True Newfoundland & Labrador" the Newfoundland Quarterly Volume 112, Number 2 Fall 2019 Human Made Art/ No AI

"the Ballad of Linda & Wallace" Pen, Ink and Brush. From "True Newfoundland & Labrador" the Newfoundland Quarterly Volume 115, Number 3 Winter 2022/23 Human Made Art/ No AI

The latest episode of "In the Library of Graphic Literature" with myself, my co-host Luna and our cat, Raya. Please share and subscribe too!!!