Ryan Estrada
@ryanestrada.com
Eisner-nominated author/artist/adventurer behind Banned Book Club, Occulted, Student Ambassador, No Rules Tonight, Good Old Fashioned Korean Spirit. Worked on Garfield, Star Trek, Popeye. Represented by Janine Kamouh at WME. Find me at ryanestrada.com
I thought it was a good time to bring it back because I've been officially hired by the Busan Museum and British National Portrait Gallery to be their official Dickens scholar to introduce the handwritten manuscript of Great Expectations.
No one tell them I'm only an expert on his books that suck.
No one tell them I'm only an expert on his books that suck.
December 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I thought it was a good time to bring it back because I've been officially hired by the Busan Museum and British National Portrait Gallery to be their official Dickens scholar to introduce the handwritten manuscript of Great Expectations.
No one tell them I'm only an expert on his books that suck.
No one tell them I'm only an expert on his books that suck.
Here is a full list of all the titles. Don't expect most of these to ever get Muppet or Mickey or Flintstones or Mr. Magoo adaptations because a lot of them are awful.
December 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Here is a full list of all the titles. Don't expect most of these to ever get Muppet or Mickey or Flintstones or Mr. Magoo adaptations because a lot of them are awful.
1867's No Thoroughfare was 23 in the series, and he'd never had another banger holiday classic like A Christmas Carol. The series ended, and was mostly forgotten.
Some of the anthologies are in print today, but with all of the ghostwritten parts taken out so nothing happens and they make no sense.
Some of the anthologies are in print today, but with all of the ghostwritten parts taken out so nothing happens and they make no sense.
December 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
1867's No Thoroughfare was 23 in the series, and he'd never had another banger holiday classic like A Christmas Carol. The series ended, and was mostly forgotten.
Some of the anthologies are in print today, but with all of the ghostwritten parts taken out so nothing happens and they make no sense.
Some of the anthologies are in print today, but with all of the ghostwritten parts taken out so nothing happens and they make no sense.
His pettiness didn't end there.
66's Mugby Junction was a spooky Christmas anthology set at a specific train station that Dickens himself admitted was solely so he could dunk on a waitress who worked there and didn't recognize him and made him pay for his coffee before she passed the sugar.
66's Mugby Junction was a spooky Christmas anthology set at a specific train station that Dickens himself admitted was solely so he could dunk on a waitress who worked there and didn't recognize him and made him pay for his coffee before she passed the sugar.
December 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
His pettiness didn't end there.
66's Mugby Junction was a spooky Christmas anthology set at a specific train station that Dickens himself admitted was solely so he could dunk on a waitress who worked there and didn't recognize him and made him pay for his coffee before she passed the sugar.
66's Mugby Junction was a spooky Christmas anthology set at a specific train station that Dickens himself admitted was solely so he could dunk on a waitress who worked there and didn't recognize him and made him pay for his coffee before she passed the sugar.
In 1862, his ghostwriters asked for credit, so he fired them all and hired a new crew to write Somebody's Luggage, a Christmas story about a guy whose stories are stolen and published under someone else's name and he's happy for the exposure.
December 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
In 1862, his ghostwriters asked for credit, so he fired them all and hired a new crew to write Somebody's Luggage, a Christmas story about a guy whose stories are stolen and published under someone else's name and he's happy for the exposure.
For over a decade, Dickens would write a framing story, like, a man walks into a creepy old house and randos want to tell him spooky crap. Then, while he was working on a novel, ghostwriters would just write any old spooky Christmas story they wanted, and he would plug them in without any credit.
December 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
For over a decade, Dickens would write a framing story, like, a man walks into a creepy old house and randos want to tell him spooky crap. Then, while he was working on a novel, ghostwriters would just write any old spooky Christmas story they wanted, and he would plug them in without any credit.
Weirdly, A Christmas Tree did get a Rankin/Bass animated adaptation. I haven't seen it, but I assume they left out the sexy corpse.
December 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Weirdly, A Christmas Tree did get a Rankin/Bass animated adaptation. I haven't seen it, but I assume they left out the sexy corpse.
He could NOT keep up the pace.
1850's A Christmas Tree was... weird.
Starts with 20 minutes describing every ornament on a tree, then 15 minutes getting horny on main over Little Red Riding Hood, suddenly he's getting turned on by a lady in a wet T-shirt and finds out she's a drowned corpse.
1850's A Christmas Tree was... weird.
Starts with 20 minutes describing every ornament on a tree, then 15 minutes getting horny on main over Little Red Riding Hood, suddenly he's getting turned on by a lady in a wet T-shirt and finds out she's a drowned corpse.
December 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
He could NOT keep up the pace.
1850's A Christmas Tree was... weird.
Starts with 20 minutes describing every ornament on a tree, then 15 minutes getting horny on main over Little Red Riding Hood, suddenly he's getting turned on by a lady in a wet T-shirt and finds out she's a drowned corpse.
1850's A Christmas Tree was... weird.
Starts with 20 minutes describing every ornament on a tree, then 15 minutes getting horny on main over Little Red Riding Hood, suddenly he's getting turned on by a lady in a wet T-shirt and finds out she's a drowned corpse.
Chuck took a year off, and came back in '48 with The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain. Where a Ghost of Christmas helped a dude forget his trauma, and having lost all of his connections to the people around him, he turned into Mr. Hyde.
Spooky Christmas was back on the table, boys!
Spooky Christmas was back on the table, boys!
December 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Chuck took a year off, and came back in '48 with The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain. Where a Ghost of Christmas helped a dude forget his trauma, and having lost all of his connections to the people around him, he turned into Mr. Hyde.
Spooky Christmas was back on the table, boys!
Spooky Christmas was back on the table, boys!
In '45, he wrote The Cricket on the Hearth. He followed up ghosts and goblins with a fairy who helps a husband realize his wife isn't cheating on him
'46's The Battle of Life was just a quaint romantic drama. Nothing supernatural. It bombed. People wanted SPOOKY CRAP for Christmas.
'46's The Battle of Life was just a quaint romantic drama. Nothing supernatural. It bombed. People wanted SPOOKY CRAP for Christmas.
December 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
In '45, he wrote The Cricket on the Hearth. He followed up ghosts and goblins with a fairy who helps a husband realize his wife isn't cheating on him
'46's The Battle of Life was just a quaint romantic drama. Nothing supernatural. It bombed. People wanted SPOOKY CRAP for Christmas.
'46's The Battle of Life was just a quaint romantic drama. Nothing supernatural. It bombed. People wanted SPOOKY CRAP for Christmas.
Scrooge was a big hit in 1843. The world called for a franchise and Chucky Dicks was sure he could squeeze out a spooky Christmas novella every winter to meet demand.
In '44 he pulled it off! The Chimes was a proto-It's A Wonderful Life with goblins who showed an old man what'd happen if he died.
In '44 he pulled it off! The Chimes was a proto-It's A Wonderful Life with goblins who showed an old man what'd happen if he died.
December 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Scrooge was a big hit in 1843. The world called for a franchise and Chucky Dicks was sure he could squeeze out a spooky Christmas novella every winter to meet demand.
In '44 he pulled it off! The Chimes was a proto-It's A Wonderful Life with goblins who showed an old man what'd happen if he died.
In '44 he pulled it off! The Chimes was a proto-It's A Wonderful Life with goblins who showed an old man what'd happen if he died.
An old thread is making the rounds again, so here's an updated version.
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is one of the most enduring and adapted works of literature in history.
But did you know that he wrote 22 sequels?
Some are great! Some are trash! Some are bizarrely fascinating.
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is one of the most enduring and adapted works of literature in history.
But did you know that he wrote 22 sequels?
Some are great! Some are trash! Some are bizarrely fascinating.
December 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
An old thread is making the rounds again, so here's an updated version.
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is one of the most enduring and adapted works of literature in history.
But did you know that he wrote 22 sequels?
Some are great! Some are trash! Some are bizarrely fascinating.
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is one of the most enduring and adapted works of literature in history.
But did you know that he wrote 22 sequels?
Some are great! Some are trash! Some are bizarrely fascinating.
Finally time to upgrade from my laptop that for the entire production of my last 7 books has had
-no shift keys
-no arrow keys
-usb ports that rarely work
-melted off paint
-busted speakers
-missing stylus
-regular crashes
(Still using it as my home laptop as I move into a studio with a new one)
-no shift keys
-no arrow keys
-usb ports that rarely work
-melted off paint
-busted speakers
-missing stylus
-regular crashes
(Still using it as my home laptop as I move into a studio with a new one)
December 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Finally time to upgrade from my laptop that for the entire production of my last 7 books has had
-no shift keys
-no arrow keys
-usb ports that rarely work
-melted off paint
-busted speakers
-missing stylus
-regular crashes
(Still using it as my home laptop as I move into a studio with a new one)
-no shift keys
-no arrow keys
-usb ports that rarely work
-melted off paint
-busted speakers
-missing stylus
-regular crashes
(Still using it as my home laptop as I move into a studio with a new one)
This was the last planned stop on our interactive exhibition tour, but there have been rumblings of possibility to go even further than we imagined. We'll see!
December 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This was the last planned stop on our interactive exhibition tour, but there have been rumblings of possibility to go even further than we imagined. We'll see!
Lots of great art from the kids of Ulsan!
Here's a couple of Hyun Sooks and a couple of chickens.
Here's a couple of Hyun Sooks and a couple of chickens.
December 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Lots of great art from the kids of Ulsan!
Here's a couple of Hyun Sooks and a couple of chickens.
Here's a couple of Hyun Sooks and a couple of chickens.
Our traveling interactive Good Old-Fashioned Korean Spirit exhibition is back on the move!
Today we're in Ulsan to get kids making comics and support WeHope!
@penguinteen.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social
Today we're in Ulsan to get kids making comics and support WeHope!
@penguinteen.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Our traveling interactive Good Old-Fashioned Korean Spirit exhibition is back on the move!
Today we're in Ulsan to get kids making comics and support WeHope!
@penguinteen.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social
Today we're in Ulsan to get kids making comics and support WeHope!
@penguinteen.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social
Rover's dead, they National Lampoon's Vacationed his ass.
December 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Rover's dead, they National Lampoon's Vacationed his ass.
Hyun Sook and I are so excited to join the @comixexperience.bsky.social Graphic Novel Book Club this week to answer questions and give every subscriber a piece of original art!
(that's a lie, I'M so excited, Hyun Sook is panicking and hyperventilating about public speaking in her second language)
(that's a lie, I'M so excited, Hyun Sook is panicking and hyperventilating about public speaking in her second language)
December 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Hyun Sook and I are so excited to join the @comixexperience.bsky.social Graphic Novel Book Club this week to answer questions and give every subscriber a piece of original art!
(that's a lie, I'M so excited, Hyun Sook is panicking and hyperventilating about public speaking in her second language)
(that's a lie, I'M so excited, Hyun Sook is panicking and hyperventilating about public speaking in her second language)
Public Domain Day's coming, but it's weird!
We get Pluto as a prison guard before he was a friendly dog…
Betty Boop as a friendly dog before she was a flapper…
Blondie as a flapper named Boopadoop before she was a housewife…
Is there a housewife who became a prison guard to complete the circle?
We get Pluto as a prison guard before he was a friendly dog…
Betty Boop as a friendly dog before she was a flapper…
Blondie as a flapper named Boopadoop before she was a housewife…
Is there a housewife who became a prison guard to complete the circle?
December 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Public Domain Day's coming, but it's weird!
We get Pluto as a prison guard before he was a friendly dog…
Betty Boop as a friendly dog before she was a flapper…
Blondie as a flapper named Boopadoop before she was a housewife…
Is there a housewife who became a prison guard to complete the circle?
We get Pluto as a prison guard before he was a friendly dog…
Betty Boop as a friendly dog before she was a flapper…
Blondie as a flapper named Boopadoop before she was a housewife…
Is there a housewife who became a prison guard to complete the circle?
That's a wrap!
@phyphor.one-dash.org wins, as the only one who got me to 5 degrees (and having to use a cinematographer as a link) by busting out this dude.
I used movies, TV, podcasts & books. I decided not to use the T-shirt I designed for Jonathan Coulton, even though it'd get me to Parks & Rec
@phyphor.one-dash.org wins, as the only one who got me to 5 degrees (and having to use a cinematographer as a link) by busting out this dude.
I used movies, TV, podcasts & books. I decided not to use the T-shirt I designed for Jonathan Coulton, even though it'd get me to Parks & Rec
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
That's a wrap!
@phyphor.one-dash.org wins, as the only one who got me to 5 degrees (and having to use a cinematographer as a link) by busting out this dude.
I used movies, TV, podcasts & books. I decided not to use the T-shirt I designed for Jonathan Coulton, even though it'd get me to Parks & Rec
@phyphor.one-dash.org wins, as the only one who got me to 5 degrees (and having to use a cinematographer as a link) by busting out this dude.
I used movies, TV, podcasts & books. I decided not to use the T-shirt I designed for Jonathan Coulton, even though it'd get me to Parks & Rec
Maria Bamford worked on Fionna & Cake with Steve Wolfhard, who I worked on The Super Popular Show with, so that's 2 degrees, but I JUST used that show, so I'll come up with another route.
Maria was in The Bubble with David Duchovny, Who was in Evolution with John Cho, who was in Tempest with me (3)
Maria was in The Bubble with David Duchovny, Who was in Evolution with John Cho, who was in Tempest with me (3)
December 10, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Maria Bamford worked on Fionna & Cake with Steve Wolfhard, who I worked on The Super Popular Show with, so that's 2 degrees, but I JUST used that show, so I'll come up with another route.
Maria was in The Bubble with David Duchovny, Who was in Evolution with John Cho, who was in Tempest with me (3)
Maria was in The Bubble with David Duchovny, Who was in Evolution with John Cho, who was in Tempest with me (3)
Christoper Lee was in 1941 with Joe Flaherty, my fellow voice actor on The Super Popular Show!
Two degrees.
Two degrees.
December 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Christoper Lee was in 1941 with Joe Flaherty, my fellow voice actor on The Super Popular Show!
Two degrees.
Two degrees.
Me: Oh, the wardrobe I need for tomorrow's shoot is dirty. I'd better get everything cleaned so I don't let the crew down .
The crew: Hi, I'm your professional dirt brusher. I rub muck and mud all over you between each take to ensure you look dirty as heck.
The crew: Hi, I'm your professional dirt brusher. I rub muck and mud all over you between each take to ensure you look dirty as heck.
December 9, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Me: Oh, the wardrobe I need for tomorrow's shoot is dirty. I'd better get everything cleaned so I don't let the crew down .
The crew: Hi, I'm your professional dirt brusher. I rub muck and mud all over you between each take to ensure you look dirty as heck.
The crew: Hi, I'm your professional dirt brusher. I rub muck and mud all over you between each take to ensure you look dirty as heck.
Actually, make that three MCU actors.
December 9, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Actually, make that three MCU actors.
How is this still a thing?
Y'all were born decades after even NOSTALGIC RERUNS of Bam! Pow! Batman went off the air. You're in France, which has its own vibrant non-Bam! Pow! comics culture.
But you're reporting on ABUSED WOMEN with the words "Bam! Pow!" on screen the whole time.
Y'all were born decades after even NOSTALGIC RERUNS of Bam! Pow! Batman went off the air. You're in France, which has its own vibrant non-Bam! Pow! comics culture.
But you're reporting on ABUSED WOMEN with the words "Bam! Pow!" on screen the whole time.
December 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
How is this still a thing?
Y'all were born decades after even NOSTALGIC RERUNS of Bam! Pow! Batman went off the air. You're in France, which has its own vibrant non-Bam! Pow! comics culture.
But you're reporting on ABUSED WOMEN with the words "Bam! Pow!" on screen the whole time.
Y'all were born decades after even NOSTALGIC RERUNS of Bam! Pow! Batman went off the air. You're in France, which has its own vibrant non-Bam! Pow! comics culture.
But you're reporting on ABUSED WOMEN with the words "Bam! Pow!" on screen the whole time.