here’s a variant cover i did for the comix gone rogue blog.

here’s a one page comic i made about wonder woman for the women of wonder charity event.  i actually wrote this a few years ago for fun but never finished drawing it.  i found it laying around and thought it was worth redoing, so here it is.

this wasn’t originally intended to be a reaction to the portrayal of women in dc’s new 52 books, but i kind of like that it reads like one.

there’s a great new comic book store in berkeley called fantastic comics.  it’s where my old alma mater, comic relief, used to be.  they were nice enough to ask me to draw a t-shirt for them!  here’s the original drawing:

and here it is after it was colored by katie rose leon:

i hope to see all of you wearing it in the very near future.

i’ve been invited to be a contributor to the draw-bridge daily sketch blog, which is both a huge honor and a good way to get some more blogging done finally.  here’s my first ever contribution~the theme of the day is, “skeletons.”

oh!  i have not blogged in forever!  sincerest apologies!  i was working on something unbloggable (knock on wood for that one) and teaching a comics class to 11 year olds.  my kids call me mr. ryan because there’s no way im gonna make them call me mr. alexander-tanner and they dont know how to process just calling me ryan.  one thing thats funny about teaching kids is when they make something thats inappropriate and you have to scold them and then you take it home and laugh your ass off.  heres a good example:

now that class is over i will be a better blogger.  see you soon!

xoxo

mr. ryan

i got a piece accepted by the covered blog, one of the coolest comics projects on the internet in which artists of all kinds do renditions of comics covers.

this was a lot of fun and everyone should try it!  i think ill do another one sometime soon…

bill and i are giving a talk at the museum of comic and cartoon art in manhattan.  what an honor!  Thursday, June 17, 7 PM.  594 Broadway, Suite 401 (btwn. Houston and Prince) New York, NY 10012. $5 or Free for MoCCA Members.  i made a little flier for it and i posted it below:

Hi friends!

A couple of bits of news:
The Portrait Project will not be reaching its goal so everyone who bid will be getting their money back.  The good news is that the Portrait Project is now an Etsy shop, and you can get the same exact deal by clicking right here. Many thanks so everyone who supported this project and I hope to see you on Etsy!  Feel free to contact me if you have any questions/concerns.

The other big news is that the To Teach tour starts next week!  Come see Bill and I at the following dates and places:

Tuesday, 5/18:  University Press books, 2439 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA.  6 PM.

Wednesday, 5/19:  Modern Times, 888 Valencia st.  San Francisco, CA.  7 PM.

Friday, 5/21:  The Green Arcade, 1680 Market st.  San Francisco, CA 7 PM.

Sunday, 5/23:  Floating World Comics, 20 NW 5th ave.  Portland, OR  6 PM.

We got to make a cool poster for the Floating world signing:

There should be free copies of the poster at the signing.  We’ll also be premiering the Dave’s Killer Bread Coloring and Activity Book, which I think came out really great!

Hope to see you there!  Stay tuned for more tour dates, already in the works!

an old friend of mine asked me to draw the hulk for her 10 year old kid.  how could i say no???

at long last, ohyesverynice.com has been updated!  a million thanks to the lovely and talented devin chalmers for making it happen (and working for drawings!).

also, today is the official release date for To Teach!  it should be appearing in stores over the next few weeks, starting today, and can be purchased online here and here.

and finally, please contibute to my kickstarter portrait project!  it’s a very inexpensive portrait commission project in which i will draw whatever you want!  if it doesn’t reach its goal in the next few weeks i don’t get anything!  please help by spreading the word on facebook and twitter and any other outlets you have access to!

thanks, friends!  hope you like all this new stuff, and stay tuned for lots more neat stuff in the near future!