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Ryan Dunlavey > Baltimore Comic-Con table 118

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Illustrator and comic artist of lots of stuff: ACTION PHILOSOPHERS, ACTION ACTIVISTS, ACTION PRESIDENTS, THE COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF COMICS, DIRT CANDY, M.O.D.O.K., MY BULLSHIT, WEIRD AL, etc. NEW STUFF: https://www.patreon.com/cw/ryandunlavey

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Ryan Dunlavey > Baltimore Comic-Con table 118 @ryandunlavey.com · 1d

4 mini-series.
4 genres.
1 creator - @ryandunlavey.com
16 single issue comic books.
MONTHLY.

Serialized weekly on Patreon with single issues available for direct purchase (print & digital) as they're published.

Full details here:

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Ryan Dunlavey > Baltimore Comic-Con table 118 @ryandunlavey.com · 2h

New chapter of BAD GUY is up for paid subscribers:
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Bad Guy #1.2 | Ryan Dunlavey

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Ryan Dunlavey > Baltimore Comic-Con table 118 @ryandunlavey.com · 7h

Really looking forward to returning to @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social this weekend - mostly so I can catch up with everyone I missed in the the utter chaos of NYCC!
@fredvanlente.bsky.social and I will be set up at table 118 - see you there!

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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 9h

I am begging people outside the book industry to understand that what we’re experiencing is not merely a surge in book banning but a coordinated effort to end libraries and librarianship in America. 4/4

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Ryan Dunlavey > Baltimore Comic-Con table 118 @ryandunlavey.com · 8h

Pretty much every reboot/relaunch of the past 20 years has opened with the team leaders standing over a table of super hero head shots trying to pick out who's going to be on the team - the absolute WORST trope in super hero comics uuuuuuggggh

Ryan Dunlavey > Baltimore Comic-Con table 118 @ryandunlavey.com · 8h

I liked the cartoon from the aughts and some of the comics (Grant Morrison's run, the classic Giffen/DeMatteis stuff) but yeah it mostly feels like JL authors are more focused on setting up a shelf all the cool looking action figures they like rather than telling a compelling story.

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Ryan Dunlavey > Baltimore Comic-Con table 118 @ryandunlavey.com · 11h

I just backed Alpha Cat #1 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/whi...

Alpha Cat #1

A space epic filled with action, mystery, and adventure, with animals, insects, robots, and plenty of heroes and scoundrels.

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Ryan Dunlavey > Baltimore Comic-Con table 118 @ryandunlavey.com · 11h

HOW DARE THEY

Ryan Dunlavey > Baltimore Comic-Con table 118 @ryandunlavey.com · 20h

NYCC was pretty great (even though it took me two whole days to recover), especially Sunday when I got to hang out with this knucklehead all day. Comic-con just isn't the same without @fredvanlente.bsky.social.

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Brian Cronin @briancronin.bsky.social · 22h

At @cbr.bsky.social, I spotlighted five cool new minicomics debuting at NYCC from Moniliza, @lukeymcgarry.bsky.social, @gipki.bsky.social, @jakeparker.bsky.social, and @ryandunlavey.com

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The Hidden Superpowers of New York Comic Con

New York Comic Con is filled with blockbuster comic book offerings, but the hidden superpowers of NYCC are the self-published minicomics

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Ryan Dunlavey > Baltimore Comic-Con table 118 @ryandunlavey.com · 1d

I just backed ANTIMATTER on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

ANTIMATTER

A One-Man-thology of Dean Haspiel Deep Cuts

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Ryan Dunlavey > Baltimore Comic-Con table 118 @ryandunlavey.com · 1d

BAD GUY got a nice shout-out on CBR!
www.cbr.com/new-york-com...

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Ryan Dunlavey > Baltimore Comic-Con table 118 @ryandunlavey.com · 1d

I just backed MADAM — An Original Horror Graphic Novel on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/joe...

MADAM — An Original Horror Graphic Novel

A full-color 164 page supernatural horror comic from Eisner and Ringo-nominated writer Joey Esposito and fan-favorite artist Pandamusk.

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Ryan Dunlavey > Baltimore Comic-Con table 118 @ryandunlavey.com · 1d

BAD GUY got a nice shout-out on CBR!
www.cbr.com/new-york-com...

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Ryan Dunlavey > Baltimore Comic-Con table 118 @ryandunlavey.com · 1d

See you this weekend at @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social !
I'll be at table 118 with @fredvanlente.bsky.social and copies of ACTION PHILOSOPHERS, THE COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF COMICS, BAD GUY, original art and more. See you soon!
baltimorecomiccon.com/guest/ryan-d...

Ryan Dunlavey - Baltimore Comic-Con

Ryan Dunlavey is a cartoonist best known for drawing multiple non-fiction graphic novels, including the ALA and Xeric award-winning Action Philosophers, the best-selling The Comic Book History of Comi...

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Ryan Dunlavey > Baltimore Comic-Con table 118 @ryandunlavey.com · 1d

and I will be bringing…

'Ringo nominated ACTION PHILOSOPHERS OMNIPOTENCE FOR DUMMIES tpbs!
'Ringo loser COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF ANIMATION tpbs!
My self-published comix!
Weird artist stuff that takes up too much table space!

See ya soon!

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Fred Van Lente @fredvanlente.bsky.social · 1d

I will be at BALTIMORE COMIC CON all weekend tabling with partner-in-comics-crime @ryandunlavey.com at Table 118! I'lll have:

GAMEMASTERS HCs!
THE FUTURE IS HCs!
MURDER KINGDOM tpbs!

and of course I'll sign whatever you stick under my nose. See you there! baltimorecomiccon.com/guest/fred-v...

Fred Van Lente - Baltimore Comic-Con

Fred Van Lente burst onto the scene with his first collaboration with cartoonist Ryan Dunlavey, Action Philosophers, which the NYT called “intensely goofy but intellectually rigorous” and has been nom...

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Fernando Pinto! @nandopintoart.bsky.social · 1d

TOMORROW! The Kickstarter for #AlphaCat BEGINS!!
Check out the campaign here!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/whi...

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Ryan Dunlavey > Baltimore Comic-Con table 118 @ryandunlavey.com · 1d

Do I have to pick one?

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Dr. Maryanne Rhett @paisleylizard.bsky.social · 6d

Sitting in the Civics for All panel at NYCC. So inspiring what has been accomplished (5 years, 5 million comics given) and what is on the near horizon, in particular the "Know Your Rights" comic that is super exciting.

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Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social · 1d

Cartooning pals! Applications are open for one of my favorite annual events: ALASKA COMICS CAMP! Send in your application and join us in Juneau!

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2026 Comics Camp Application

Alaska Robotics Comics Camp Convention & In-Town Events: May 7th - May 9th, 2026 Camp Dates: May 9th - May 13th, 2026 ************************ Have you attended in the past? Feel free to skip any o...

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Ryan Dunlavey > Baltimore Comic-Con table 118 @ryandunlavey.com · 1d

Just found out that the Baltimore marathon is happening at the same time as Baltimore Comic-Con AND the start/finish line is directly between the hotel I'm staying at and the convention center. Looks like I'm swimming to the con on Saturday!

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Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 2d

Positive: the bifurcation of markets. There are many more audiences willing to buy & read comics than there were when I broke in, and so many more ways to get them.

Neg: drawing comics used to be a middle-class job. Many publishers now expect artists to live well below the poverty line. #lieberAMA

Austin Curreri @frostyausty.bsky.social · 2d

What changes throughout the years has been the most positive and the most negative for the comics industry, in your opinion?

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Ryan Dunlavey > Baltimore Comic-Con table 118 @ryandunlavey.com · 1d

Thanks Dan!

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Ryan Dunlavey > Baltimore Comic-Con table 118 @ryandunlavey.com · 2d

The first FREE chapter of my new comic BAD GUY is now live on Patreon:
www.patreon.com/posts/bad-gu...

Bad Guy #1.1 | Ryan Dunlavey

Get more from Ryan Dunlavey on Patreon

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