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I just realized that I haven't posted anything here in nearly 2 months. And the last post was a solicitation for an award that I didn't win... but don't think that my silence was due to sour grapes! It's laziness! Only kidding. It's actually just hard to find spare time to update this space. But I want to do better!

Here is my excuse: work.

In December, the WildStorm blog gave a preview of one of the WildCATS pages that I have been working on, which as you can see, is pretty crazy! The picture shown below is of Tim Seeley's pencils for a double-page spread. I inked every one of those characters, their nuances, their accessories, etc. which means a lot of desk-time and not so much "computer" time for me.

I'm not sure if I have the thumbs-up to post the inked versions yet or not... but you can see from the pencils that this book is PACKED with characters. So... I'm pretty busy. And very happy.

I have been trying to keep my Deviant Art site updated and I have posted some of the work that I did on The Darkness, including the full page image of Elle that everyone seems to like so much (hmm... wonder why?). I've also been trying meagerly to keep up on Twitter - it's the only way to keep up with all of YOU.

Long story short: 2010 is the year of doing more! Which includes updating this site more often.

Horror Comic Awards nomination

The fine folks over at ComicMonsters.com are hosting the first annual Horror Comic Awards and I've been nominated! The nominee list is pretty impressive -- LOTS of friends and co-workers on there and I wish them all the best! If you want to vote, click here. *cough* best inker
*cough* Voting is ONLY OPEN December 24-31, 2009.

The categories and nominees for 2009 are:

Writer of the Year:
Robert Kirkman - The Walking Dead - Image Comics
Tim Seeley - Hack/Slash - Devil’s Due Publishing
Peter Milligan - Hellblazer - Vertigo/DC Comics
Phil Hester - The Darkness - Top Cow Productions
Steve Niles - Batman: Gotham After Midnight - DC Comics
Jason Aaron - Ghost Rider - Marvel Comics
Mike Mignola - Hellboy - Dark Horse Comics
Garth Ennis - Crossed - Avatar Press

Artist of the Year:
Jason Shawn Alexander - Dead Irons - Dynamite Entertainment
Jason Craig - Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash Nightmare Warriors - Dynamite Entertainment/Wildstorm/DC Comics
Rob E. Brown - Bane of the Werewolf - Silver Phoenix Entertainment
Steve Pugh - Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead - Radical Publishing
Emma Rios - Hexed - BOOM! Studios
Charlie Adlard - The Walking Dead - Image Comics
Jacen Burrows - Crossed - Avatar Press
Duncan Fegredo - Hellboy - Dark Horse Comics

Inker of the Year:
Guy Davis - BPRD: The Black Goddess - Dark Horse Comics
Todd McFarlane - Spawn - Image Comics
Ryann Winn - The Darkness - Top Cow Productions <- that's me!
Charlie Adlard - The Walking Dead - Image Comics
Rob E. Brown - Bane of the Werewolf - Silver Phoenix Entertainment
Mico Suayan - Dead of Night: Werewolf by Night - Marvel Comics
Steve Pugh - Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead - Radical Publishing

Colorist of the Year:
Jay Fotos - Locke & Key: Head Games - IDW Publishing
Dave Stewart - BPRD: The Black Goddess - Dark Horse Comics
Drew Berry - Sullengrey: Sacrifice - SLG Publishing
Ian Hannin - Dead of Night: Werewolf by Night - Marvel Comics
Steve Pugh - Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead - Radical Publishing
Dave Casey - Proof - Image Comics
Jean-Francois Beaulieu - Marvel Zombies 4 - Marvel Comics
Wes Dzioba - Aliens - Dark Horse Comics

Best Letterer:
Sal Cipriano - Solomon Grundy - DC Comics
Rus Wooten - Marvel Zombies 4 - Marvel Comics
Rob Leigh - North 40 - Wildstorm/DC Comics
Joe Carmanga - Ghost Rider - Marvel Comics
Chris Crank - Hack/Slash - Devil’s Due Publishing
Kurt Hathaway - Resident Evil - Wildstorm/DC Comics

Best Ongoing Series:
The Walking Dead - Image Comics
Hack/Slash - Devil’s Due Publishing
The Darkness - Top Cow
Ghost Rider - Marvel Comics
Hellblazer - Vertigo/DC Comics
Grimm Fairy Tales - Zenescope Entertainment
28 Days Later - BOOM! Studios
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Dark Horse Comics

Best Mini-Series:
North 40 - WildStorm/DC Comics
Locke & Key: Head Games - IDW Publishing
The Strange Adventures of HP Lovecraft - Image Comics
Solomon Grundy - DC Comics
Marvel Zombies 4 - Marvel Comics
Dead Irons - Dynamite Entertainment
Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead - Radical Publishing
BPRD: The Black Goddess - Dark Horse Comics

Best Anthology:
Zombie Tales - BOOM! Studios
Creepy - Dark Horse Comics
Dark Delicacies - IDW Publishing
Asylum of Horrors - Asylum Press
Cthulhu Tales - BOOM! Studios
House of Mystery – Vertigo/DC Comics
Kolchak Tales Annual - Moonstone Books
Tales from the Crypt - Papercutz

Best Web Comic:
Dr. Shroud
High Moon
Lily of the Valley
La Morte Sisters
Split Lip
Halloween Man
Xombie
Pray for Death

Cover of the Year:
The Astounding Wolfman #16 - Dale Keown - Image Comics
Zombies Tales The Series #10 - Drew Rausch - BOOM! Studios
House of Mystery #13 - Esao Andrews - Vertigo/DC Comics
Dead of Night: Werewolf by Night #3 - Mico Suayan - Marvel Comics
Crossed #4 - Jacen Burrows - Avatar Press
Night of the Living Dead: New York #1 (convention edition) - Mike Wolfer - Avatar Press
Hellblazer #261 - Simon Bisley - Vertigo/DC Comics
Asylum of Horrors #2 - Aly Fell - Asylum Press

Best Kill:
Epilogue #4 - Ethan drinks – IDW Publishing
The Dead #4 - Zombie entrail dinner – Berserker
Batman: Unseen #3 - Invisible decapitation - DC Comics
The Living Corpse Annual #1 - Corpse plunger - Zenescope Entertainment
Jesus Hates Zombies Volume 2 - Zombie baby bashing - Alterna Comics
Incarnate #1 - Mot rips em’ - Radical Publishing
FVZA #2 – Vampire feeding frenzy - Radical Publishing

Best One Shot:
Hack/Slash: Entry Wound - Devil’s Due Publishing
Abe Sapien: The Haunted Boy - Dark Horse Comics
Angel vs. Frankenstein - IDW Publishing
Hector Plasm: Totentanz - image Comics
The Perhapanauts Halloween Spooktacular - Image Comics
Clive Barker’s Seduth 3-D - IDW Publishing
Zombie Tales 2061 - BOOM! Studios
Dead Space Extraction - Image Comics

Best Manga:
Vampire Hunter D Volume 3 - Digital Manga Publishing
Jack Frost Volume 1 - Yen Press
Parasyte Volume 8 - Del Rey
Cirque Du Freak Volume 1 - Yen Press
Dance in the Vampire Bund Volume 4 - Seven Seas
Higurashi When They Cry: Abducted by Demons Arc Volume 2 - Yen Press
Tetragrammaton Labyrinth Volume 5 - Seven Seas
Soul Eater Volume 1 - Yen Press

Best Cross-Over:
The Living Corpse and Hack/Slash - Zenescope Entertainment
Witch Hunter and Night - Monarch Comics/Jester Press
Dethklok and The Goon - Dark Horse Comics
The Darkness and Pitt - Top Cow Productions
Freddy, Jason and Ash - - Dynamite Entertainment/Wildstorm/DC Comics
Kolchak and Barnabas Collins - Moonstone Books

Best Scene:
The Dead #3 - Shower interrupted - Berserker
Crossed #7 - Patrick talks back to his mom - Avatar Press
The Darkness #10 - A thirty foot well of what? - Top Cow Productions
Army of Darkness #20 - Ash meets Brad - Dynamite Entertainment
Jesus Hates Zombies Volume 2 - Nurses don’t get paid enough - Alterna Comics
Locke & Key: Head Games #3 - A look inside Bode's head - IDW Publishing
The Walking Dead #60 - Morgan finds some bad stuff - Image Comics
Marvel Zombies 4 #2 - Morbius is a monster - Marvel Comics


The 2009 Horror Comic Awards will be determined by fan voting via the following link:
www.comicmonsters.com/modules.php?name=Awards from December 24-31, 2009.

DC 2010 solicitations

WILDCATS #19

Written by Adam Beechen
Art by Tim Seeley & Ryan Wynn
Cover by George Pérez
The Carrier has left UnLondon, taking some of Earth's most powerful defenders with it. Can the heroes who remain help the planet survive not one, but two alien invasions? In the world's darkest hour since NUMBER OF THE BEAST, Super Heroes from every corner of the WildStorm Universe must put aside past rivalries and disagreements to work together as one massive team of incalculable power – and it still may not be enough!
Expect wall-to-wall action from the new creative team of writer Adam Beechen (ROBIN, TEEN TITANS) and artist Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash, G.I. Joe)!
On sale January 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

I am super excited, even if my name has a typo. PLUS, did you look at the cover that George Perez is doing? (Click here to see it bigger on CBR) Wow. I am blown away!

Twitter is full of fail whales today, but when it revives itself again, be sure to follow the WildCats team for updates!

Ryan Winn @ryanwinn

Tim Seeley @HackinTimSeeley

Adam Beechen @sonnova

Long Beach Comic Con wrap-up

Two weekends ago was the inaugural Long Beach Comic Con and it was a lot of fun and a really good show! Thank you to everyone who came by the table and to the signings at the Top Cow booth! It was fun to see some old friends again -- and to make some new ones!

Firstly, I have to give credit where credit is due: LBCC made this an 'artist centric' convention, so the bulk (and literal center) of the expo hall was the artist area. Lots of big-name and well-loved creators came out, so the fans were in an extremely good mood (imagine getting to see your favorite artist, up close and personal, AND the show was less busy than, say, SDCC, so you actually got to chat and get sketches and stuff) which was really satisfying for the artists as well.

Plus, I had the bonus of being seated next to Ray-Anthony Height, who is a fantastic artist and a really great guy. I talked his ear off for practically the entire show, which was great for me!

I also got to do some really fun sketches. Everyone was very imaginative at this show! I only snapped a few pics:

Oh! And we also saw a skateboarding shrimp!

And then were driving behind this... a sentinel from X Men. You're welcome.

Harvey Awards 2009

They say it's an honor just to be nominated and it sounds trite, but it's really true. Thank you to everyone who nominated me for the Best Inker Harvey Award 2009 - and special thanks to everyone who voted. This year's winner was Mark Morales, who is an inker who I really like and respect and I am honored to even be in the same category with!

Congrats to Mark and the whole THOR team for putting out such a great book - this award was well-deserved!

Long Beach Comic Con Oct 2-4

I signed up for the Long Beach Comic Con a while back with my wife (Giddy Girlie), when it was still "months and months from now" and suddenly - whoa! It's almost here! My artist's alley table is #44.

I will have original artwork, sketch cards, plus be doing sketches and autograph signings and such during the show. I'll have some autograph sessions with Top Cow but the exact times are still pending.

My wife will be bringing some of her little 'gidgets' and dot paintings. She even has some show exclusives! Like these little movie monsters in a coffin - first available at LBCC! Stop by and get yours AND take advantage of special show pricing!

See us at Table 44! Buy your tickets online! My bio on the Guests page! Floor map [PDF]! Programming Schedule!

Wild announcements

Comic Con was certainly a good time, as always, but this year it was a little extra good because I was part of a big announcement! On Saturday, it was formally announced at the WildStorm panel that I am the new inker for the WildCats series being written by Adam Beechen, drawn by Tim Seeley, and colored by Carlos Badilla!

In case you missed the panel, you can listen to the podcast (all of the DC panels are available over here) and read CBR's write-up over here.

What you won't get in either place, though, is me cramming my lunch into my face, hoping not to be called upon - only to have my name announced and having to stand and wave to the audience with my mouth full of tacos!



There was a hearty laugh from the (capacity) crowd* when Adam talked about which characters would be featured in the new series :

“Basically what happened was that these guys got to cherry pick who they
wanted,” Beechen joked. “Everybody else is in ‘WildCats.’ We had a draft. I got the ninth pick.”

I am honored to be working with the talented WildStorm team, including a surprise of working under the same umbrella once again with Phil Hester (who wrote the series of the Darkness that I've been inking for the past year).



Thank you to everyone who came to the panel discussions and the Top Cow booth where I did a few signings. It's always great to see everyone!


Shameless plug: don't forget to vote for the Harvey Awards! If you haven't decided who you're favorite inker is, I'm happy to suggest someone. :)

*I'm glad that so many people came, but unfortunately Jim Lee ran out of fresh baked cookies to pass around!

Vote for the Harvey Awards

What a great early morning surprise.... today I opened up my email to find out that I have been nominated for a Harvey Award for Best Inker! I couldn't be more honored. The Harveys are an industry award so it feels especially fantastic to be nominated by my peers.

From the site:

Nominations for the Harvey Awards are selected exclusively by creators - those who write, draw, ink, letter, color, design, edit or are otherwise involved in a creative capacity in the comics field. They are the only industry awards both nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals. Professionals who participate will be joining nearly 2,000 other comics professionals in honoring the outstanding comics achievements of 2008.

So THANK YOU to everyone who nominated me. And THANK YOU IN ADVANCE to everyone who will vote this year! And CONGRATULATIONS to everyone else who was nominated!

If you're an industry pro and want to vote, download the ballot here and don't forget to return it no later than midnight, August 28, 2009 (it doesn't specify, but I would assume midnight EST).

Free Comic Book Day

It somehow snuck up on me again! I'll be signing at Beach Ball Comics in Anaheim, CA with some of my fellow Top Cow artists. Stop by and say hi!

Beach Ball Comics
3024 W Ball Rd. Ste. G
Anaheim, CA 92804
(714) 826-6127
Signing 11am-2pm
Michael Broussard (The Darkness)
Ryan Winn (The Darkness)
Rick Loverd (Berserker)

Find a shop in your area participating in Free Comic Book Day!

so much good stuff

Sorry for the silence over here - just been so busy that I haven't had time to put ANYTHING together. Which is a really lame excuse, but it's true.

Phoenix Comic Con was awesome. Flat out, Phoenix brings it. It was an all-around fun show and everyone we met was so nice. There was a huge CosPlay audience at the show and those kids were so cute and friendly. Ryan made lots of new friends and got to hang out with lots of folks that don't usually make it out to the big shows (NY, San Diego).

Since Phoenix, Ryan has been to 2 more shows. First off to New York Comic Con which was super fun. Met lots of great people and Ryan had a blast at his signing session with Frazer Irving at the Top Cow booth, who is a fantastic fartist, by the way* (bonus: his accent makes "fartist" sound like music). Ryan also got to meet and chat with Ramona Fradon which made the whole trip. This was the first time Ryan has made it to NY since 2007, and it was great to see how much the show has grown!

This past weekend, he went to WonderCon in San Francisco. Another fun time, great show (already booking space for next year!), and lots of great people. He also got invited to the 100 Bullets party at Isotope Comics and even got to create a toilet seat for their Toilet Seat Museum! Thanks to everyone at Isotope & James for a great evening!


*the table top sign for Frazer had his name and underneath, it said "artist" in brackets like this: { but the fancy font was italicized and looked like an F.

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