Juan José Ryp (born ''Juan José Rodríguez y Prieto''), is a
Spanish
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comic book artist
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. After an early start in Spanish underground comics
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"Dessinateur clairement autodidacte, Juan-José RYP commence sa carrière professionnelle tardivement chez Wet Comix, magazine espagnol versant dans .." he has gone on to provide art for all the major American comic publishers, doing extensive work for
Avatar Press
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,
DC Comics
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,
Marvel Comics
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and
Image Comics
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.
He has received critical acclaim
for his intricately detailed pencil work and his meticulous draftsmanship, with a focus on action and the realism of environments and anatomy. His most notable works are his dark
superhero
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collaborations with writer
Warren Ellis
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, ''
Black Summer
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'' and ''
No Hero'', his adaptation of
Frank Miller
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's original script for ''
RoboCop 2
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'' with writer
Steven Grant
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and the ''Britannia'' mini-series, a horror mystery set at the age of
Nero
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, created with writer
Peter Milligan
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.
Biography
A self-taught artist, Ryp started his professional career with a small Spanish publisher, MMM (Megamultimedia), first illustrating a fantasy comic for children and later being commissioned a few series for anthology magazine ''Wet Comix''.
His main works from this period are the erotic ''Lesbiación'' (Girls' Games), ''Monique y Denisse'' and ''Ignominia'' series and the pulpy ''Nancy in Hell'' and ''Bribones''. When MMM shut down, Ryp stopped drawing regularly, only sporadically providing illustrations for books and magazines.
He resumed his career in 2001, when the American publishing house Avatar Press asked him to illustrate comic adaptations of the prose works of
Alan Moore
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.
He went on to provide art for the comic adaptation of Frank Miller's unused ''RoboCop 2'' script, with writer Steven Grant, and had his first breakthrough drawing Warren Ellis' ''Black Summer'' and the second part of his Avatar superhero trilogy, ''No Hero''. At Avatar, Ryp also illustrated several film tie-ins for classic horror franchises ''
A Nightmare on Elm Street
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'',
''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' and ''
Friday the 13th
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''.
After a long run of working at Avatar, in 2010 Ryp started collaborating with
Marvel Comics
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on ''
Vengeance of the Moon Knight
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'' and a ''
Punisher MAX
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'' one-shot.
Shortly after he was announced as the artist of the 12-issue series ''
Wolverine: The Best There Is'' along with writer
Charlie Huston
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.
He went on to guest on several
Bat Family
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titles at DC Comics, before being tapped to illustrate the 20-issue series ''
Clone'' with writers
David Schulner
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Television filmography
Producer
* ''What About Brian'' (2006)
* ''Despe ...
, Aaron Ginsburg and Wade McIntyre for
Skybound Entertainment
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at Image Comics.
In 2015 Ryp was asked by ex-Marvel CEO Warren Simons to draw several titles for the relaunched
Valiant Entertainment
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.
After doing some guest work on a few Valiant series, he reunited with former ''Punisher'' collaborator and legendary writer
Peter Milligan
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for the historical horror mystery ''Britannia'', an experience he described as "very exciting" because it allowed him to work with new characters and put a horror spin on an unusual historical setting.
The series was followed by a sequel, titled ''Britannia: We Who Are About to Die'', with Milligan back on writing duties. Ryp continued working for Valiant until 2020, providing art for some of the best-selling series of the publisher.
In 2020 he joined the roster of newly-launched ex-Marvel Editor-in-Chief
Axel Alonso
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's publishing house
AWA Studios
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, illustrating the second volume of the zombie action comic ''Year Zero'' with writer
Benjamin Percy
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. The following year he rejoined ex-Valiant Editor-in-Chief Warren Simons drawing
Robert Venditti
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's dinosaur action mini-series ''Tankers'' for ex-Valiant CEO Dinesh Shamdasani's Bad Idea.
Bibliography
Avatar Press
*''
Alan Moore's Magic Words'' #1 (art, with writer
Art Brooks, adapted from works by
Alan Moore
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, 2002)
* ''
Alan Moore's Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths
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'' #1 (art, with writer Alan Moore, 2003)
* ''
Alan Moore's Another Suburban Romance'' #1 (art, with writer
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, adapted from the play by Alan Moore, 2003)
* ''
Frank Miller's RoboCop
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'' #1–9 (art, with writer
Steven Grant
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Biography
Comic books
Grant has ...
, adapted from the original script by Frank Miller, 2003–06)
*''Angel Stomp Future'' #1 (art, with writer
Warren Ellis
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, 2004)
* ''
Special (one shot), with Brian Pulido (2005)
* ''
A Nightmare on Elm Street
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: Paranoid'' #1–3 (art, with writer
Brian Pulido
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, 2005)
* ''
Wolfskin
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'' #1–3 (art, with writer Warren Ellis, 2006–07)
* ''
Black Summer
''Black Summer'' is a comic book limited series written by Warren Ellis, illustrated by Juan Jose Ryp, and published by Avatar Press starting in June 2007. The plot revolves around the consequences of a superhero, John Horus, who kills the Presi ...
'' #0–7 (art, with writer Warren Ellis, 2007–08)
* ''
No Hero'' #0–7 (art, with writer Warren Ellis, 2008–09)
AWA Upshot
* ''Year Zero'' Vol. 2 #1–5 (art, with writer
Benjamin Percy
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Career
Benjamin Percy has published four novels, ''The Dark Net'', ''The Dead Lands'', ''Red Moon'', and ''The Wilding'', as well a ...
, 2020–21)
Bad Idea
* ''Tankers'' #1–3 (art, with writer
Robert Venditti
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, 2021)
DC Comics
* ''
Batman: Arkham Unhinged'' #5 (art, with writer
Derek Fridolfs
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, 2012)
* ''
Batman: The Dark Knight'' #0 (art, with writer
Gregg Hurwitz
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, 2012)
* ''
Birds of Prey
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'' #15 (art, with writer
Duane Swierczynski
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Duane Swierczynski was born and raised in Frankford, a neighborhood in lower Northeast Phi ...
, 2012)
* ''Talon'' #2 (art, with writers
Scott Snyder
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and
James Tynion IV
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, 2012)
* ''
Nightwing
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'' #17–18 (art, with writer
Kyle Higgins
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, 2013)
* ''
Legends of the Dark Knight
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'' #6 (art, with writer
Rob Williams, 2013)
* ''
Batwoman
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'' #38 (art, with writer
Marc Andreyko
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, 2015)
* ''
Batman and Robin'' Annual #3 (art, with writer
Peter Tomasi
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, 2015)
Image Comics
* ''
Clone'' #1–20 (art, with writer
David Schulner
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Television filmography
Producer
* ''What About Brian'' (2006)
* ''Despe ...
, 2012–14)
* ''
Ghosted'' #16 (art, with writer
Joshua Williamson
Joshua () or Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' lit. 'Yahweh is salvation') ''Yēšūaʿ''; syr, ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܢܘܢ ''Yəšūʿ bar Nōn''; el, Ἰησοῦς, ar , يُوشَعُ ٱبْنُ نُونٍ '' Yūšaʿ ...
, 2015)
Marvel Comics
* ''Vengeance of the
Moon Knight
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'' #9–10 (art, with writer Gregg Hurwitz, 2010)
* ''
Punisher MAX
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: Happy Ending'' (art, with writer
Peter Milligan
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, 2010)
* ''
Wolverine: The Best There Is'' #1–12 (art, with writer
Charlie Huston
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, 2011–12)
*''
Siege
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: Battleworld'' #3 (art, with writer
Kieron Gillen
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, 2015)
Valiant Entertainment
* ''Book of Death: Legends of the Geomancer'' #1–4 (art, with writer
Fred Van Lente, 2015)
* ''
Ninjak
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'' #7–13 (art, with writer
Matt Kindt
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, 2015–16)
* ''Britannia'' #1–4 (art, with writer Peter Milligan, 2016)
* ''Harbinger: Renegade'' #0–4, 6 (art, with writer Rafer Roberts, 2016–17)
* ''Britannia: We Who Are About to Die'' #1–4 (art, with writer Peter Milligan, 2017)
* ''Rapture'' #4 (art, with writer Matt Kindt, 2017)
* ''Ninja-K'' #6–9 (art, with writer
Christos Gage
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, 2018)
* ''
X-O Manowar
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The eponymous comic book series published by Valiant Comics has sold more than 8 million c ...
'' #19–22 (art, with writer Matt Kindt, 2018)
*
''Rai'' #1–10 (art, with writer
Dan Abnett
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, 2019–20)
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Lambiek
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's Comiclopedia
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1971 births
Living people
Spanish comics artists
Spanish erotic artists
People from Algeciras
20th-century Spanish artists