New Books And Editions Round Up!

 

A quite a few new collections, reissues and deluxe books that feature my art have made their way to the market recently, so I thought I'd mention them all while I'm busy making new comics! Amazon.com links are provided and ask for them at your comic shops!

Lucifer Book Five

This is the final book in the current volume and collects issues #62-75. Grab this and finish the story! The Lucifer TV show pilot is in the works so finish the original epic story and buy here.

 

  

The New York Four

All of The New York Four, and it's sequel The New York Five, is collected here in this large Dark Horse Comics edition with a special art gallery "painstakingly" curated by me. Get it for a a great low price

And there's a Free 100-page Preview for you right here!

 

Coffin Hill Volume 2: Dark Endeavors

You may not know this, but I drew a spooky chapter in the magnificent ongoing series Coffin Hill.

You can buy the second volume to the series here at Amazon It collects issues #8-14

Dead Boy Detectives Volume 2: Ghost Snow

Let's not ever forget, I drew Dead Boy Detectives with Mark Buckingham and it's all collected here in Volume 2 which compiles issues # 7-12

 DMZ Book 3
Also, I drew a 3-part story for DMZ called "No Future". It's a good one, and you can read it here in this new Deluxe volume from Vertigo, right here.

ALSO!!!!....
I made a STOREENVY site where I will be selling original art, books and prints. Currently , you can buy Giant Robot Warriors and FUNRAMA 1-3 there! But, I will be doing another Art Sale very soon. You do not want to miss it!!

Here at ryankellyart.storenvy.com

You can also read and buy my very own, self-published, creator-owned FUNRAMA at http://www.funramacomic.com/

Please read it and support it! If I get support, I can keep making it!

THE NEW YORK FOUR Free 100-Page Preview!

Today is the release of the very large TPB Collection of THE NEW YORK FOUR from Darkhorse Comics! It includes The New York Four and The New York Five in its entirety plus a substantial art gallery of all my designs and sketches. 

Plus, we're offering a free, DRM-free pdf download of the first 100 pages Here! Read it and let people know. And check out the brand new book! It's a nice one!

THE NEW YORK FIVE #1 Out This Week!

Ok, Here's the deal....I'm giving away these 5 sketches FREE with one copy of THE NEW YORK FIVE #1 on Twitter at 3 p.m. Central time. All you need to do is answer a simple New York Four trivia question. And be one of the first 5 to answer it. Fun!










The first issue comes out tomorrow. It looks like this:



Here's an interview with me and Brian Wood on CBR discussing the project:
Interview

Here's an advance review of the first issue on CBR:
Review

Here's an Exclusive Preview of the book over at GRAPHIC CONTENT, Vertigo's blog:
Preview

Here's a podcast of me talking about the project in my horrendous phone voice:
Podcast

Here's a handy synopsis of the The New York Four, if you HAVEN'T READ IT YET BUT YOU SHOULD REALLY BUY IT:
The New York Four

Here's a panel of Merissa that got cut from the #3 issue:


My guess is that a lot of people will be like, "Aw damn, I had no idea this was coming out?" It's a creator-owned project. Black and white. 32 pages of story. $2.99. A great value, but It doesn't have a member of the Fantastic Four dying in it. So, Please, buy this at your comic shop this week. Please. We make it for you! Please buy.

THE NEW YORK FIVE - All The Covers

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Drawn by me, designed by Brian Wood.
DC/Vertigo comics January 2011

Ren Pencil Sketch The NY5

UPCOMING BOOKS! The New York Five, Batman 80-Page and The Unwritten Vol. 3!

THE NEW YORK FIVE #2
Written by BRIAN WOOD
Art by RYAN KELLY
Cover by BRIAN WOOD & RYAN KELLY
Everyone has secrets, and Riley’s are well documented! But what about the other girls in THE NEW YORK FIVE? In this second issue, Merissa and Lona deal with ghosts both at home in Queens and coming into JFK on the red-eye…
On sale FEBRUARY 23 • 2 of 4 • 32 pg, B&W, no interior ads • $2.99 US • MATURE READERS



THE UNWRITTEN VOL. 3: DEAD MAN’S KNOCK TP
Written by MIKE CAREY
Art by PETER GROSS and RYAN KELLY
Cover by YUKO SHIMIZU
The third volume of the critically acclaimed, New York Times best-selling series, collecting issues #13-18. This volume includes “Dead Man’s Knock,” featuring the launch of the long-awaited new Tommy Taylor novel. A scheme by the Unwritten cabal to bring its author out of hiding works with dramatic results, leading to a momentous confrontation between Tom and Wilson.
Plus, learn the truth behind Lizzie Hexam, Tommy’s mysterious benefactor, in an amazing, interactive tale that lets the reader choose the story’s path.
On sale MARCH 23 • 160 pg, FC, $14.99 US MATURE READERS



BATMAN 80-PAGE GIANT 2010 #1
Written by BRAD DESNOYER, MATT MANNING, MANDY MACMURRAY, JOHN STANISCI, PAUL TOBIN and PETER MIRIANI
Art by LEE FERGUSON, GARRY BROWN, MATT SOUTHWORTH, RYAN KELLY and SZYMON KUDRANSKI
Cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN
Some of the most promising new talent in comics are corrupted by the most depraved villains in Gotham City in this all-new special featuring The Joker, the Riddler, Calendar Man, Scarecrow, and yes, even Humpty Dumpty! It’s seven short stories, all in one giant issue! The joke’s on you if you think you’ll make it out of this alive!
ONE-SHOT • On sale DECEMBER 1 • 80 pg, FC, $5.99 US


I have a 10 page story in Batman 80 Page with Paul Tobin and colored by Trish Mulvihill. Make It YOURS On the racks in December. The Unwritten Vol.3 features the 32-page Choose-Your-Adventure Lizzie Hexam story I worked on. And PLEASE preorder THE NEW YORK FIVE! The first issue comes out on January 26th. If you've ever wanted to do anything for me in your life , you can buy The New York Five #1 On January 26th. Issue #2 on Feb. 23rd. We can do this!

THE NEW YORK FIVE Exclusive Preview

Blair Butler and Fresh Ink offered the first Exclusive PREVIEW of the The New York Five On a Attack Of The Show! Here's some of the preview images. The first issue lands on January 26!

THE NEW YORK FIVE

THE NEW YORK FIVE

DC/VERTIGO Comics. Coming in January 2011.

More info at the Vertigo Blog Graphic Content .

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Currently Working On

The New York Four

THE NEW YORK FOUR Cavalcade

Written by Brian Wood
Art by Ryan Kelly

The New York Four Pencils

Hey it's my Birthday today. I'm old! Hooray for old people! It's also Brian Wood's birthday. Yay.

To celebrate , here's the penciled version of a double page spread for our upcoming series, The New York Four.

Do you like it? You can say no.

Free Sketch

This is a quick free drawing of Lona I did for the grand prize in a twitter contest. Although It didn't feel free after I spent over $40 to send it to Germany. Whoops, don't think I'll do that again!

In other news, I made a simple Tumblr Blog, funrama.tumblr.com, Just for the Behind-the-scenes look at the making of my in-the-making comic Funrama.

You should (must) look at it and Follow it, I think.

The New York Four Sketchbook

I loaded up some sketches for The New York Four on my photo site. Here's a few. I just got the script for The New York Four #1 from Brian. Isn't that exciting? How excited are you?

The New York Four: LONA

Lona, originally uploaded by funrama.

I put up some early character sketches here.

Speaking of New York, I'm leaving now so please come to Rocketship comics in Brooklyn on Thursday (25th) at 7:00pm for the Release Party. I would draw 4 U.

The New York Four: RILEY

watercolor
I posted some really bad preliminary character sketches here.

Disown, Delete

The New York Four chapter 4 Break

Paths Of Victory

The New York Four Chapter Break 2
Minx books, July 2008

The New York Four Preview

There's a big 25-page Preview of The New York Four on Myspace. As you can see, there's also a feature on Tori Amos Comic Book Tattoo for which I have a story with John Ney Rieber. More on that to come...

WHEEEEEEEE!

The New York Four sketchbook

Preliminary sketches