Ryan's Bio short version

  Ryan is a creative within the field of animation.  He’s best known for designing and storyboarding the characters in the animated sequence in the Oscar-winning film “Bowling for Columbine”.  From there he went on to storyboard for 20th Century Fox and Bluesky Studio’s movie Robots.  Then he worked on children's televisions workshop show “Pinky Dinky Doo” for Noggin. 
   His cartoons have appeared in Mad Magazine, Nickelodeon Magazine, Found Magazine, and “Flight 2 ” for Ballantine books.

He is now working on Picutre books and novels.

scroll down or click here for his "life" story.

Work in Print

Active Minds, Take - along learning
I drew alot of activity/ coloring page for this series.

Flight 2 Comic anthology, Ballantine books                                              
I wrote and illustrated a 9-page comic called Bip POP

Mad magazine, Warner Brothers              
I wrote and illustrated a comic strip for them.

Nickelodeon Magazine, Viacom                             
I have writtne and illustrated a few comics for them over the years.

Recent storyboard work

Films:

Everyone’s hero, IDT entertainment                                            
Wrote & drew boards for promos for this upcoming animated film.

ROBOTS,  Blue Sky, 20th Century Fox                      
Blue sky, Producers of the 3d animated movie Ice Age, have started production on their next feature.  Working with director Chris Wedge, I helped develop characters and storyline for the upcoming film Robots.  I also wrote some of the gags for the feature.

Bowling for Columbine                                            
I was the character designer and story boarder for the animated short  “A Brief History of America“.  I worked with Michael Moore to develop the look that he wanted for the animated portion of his Academy Award winning documentary

Television:

Pinky Dinky doo, children's television workshop                                                
storybaordBoards & board revisions for this show on NOGGIN.

Maya & Miguel, Scholastic Entertainment                                           
Storybaords for this PBS cartoon.           

Ryan's Bio long version

  Ryan’s artistic temperament was shaped at an early age by his father, an industrial
designer, and his mother, a kindergarten teacher. Sesame Street and Dr. Seuss fuelled
his creativity, and early on he developed a passion for drawing monkeys and monsters.
School was always difficult for Ryan, and in middle school he was diagnosed as dyslexic.
While this didn’t make academics any less challenging for him, it did get him out of
Spanish class and into extra art classes.

Ryan earned a B.F.A. at Ringling School of Art in Florida, where he spent most of his
time creating and producing his Crazy Puppet Show. His group Yaber Labs
performed at local campus coffee houses and the Getty Museum of Art. After school
Ryan started his own puppet troupe called Patchwork Puppets and performed in
schools, libraries, and theme parks. In 1996, Ryan made the big leap to art director for
ReelFX in Dallas, Texas, where he directed videos for Barney and Chuck E. Cheese.
The year 2001 brought more big changes for Ryan, including a move to New York City.
By a stroke of fortune, a friend of a friend introduced him to Michael Moore, and Ryan
landed a gig designing and storyboarding the animated sequences for “Bowling for
Columbine”. Ryan then went on to storyboard for Blue Sky Studios, where he worked
on “Robots”. After that he boarded the first season of Noggin’s “Pinky Dinky Doo”.

He continues to work and live in New York City. His comics have appeared in
MAD Magazine, Nickelodeon Magazine, and the NY Press.He is currently developing
tv shows, working on children's picture books and drawing Silent Kimbly comics.