I DRAW COMICS Sketchbook and Reference Guide

So my buddy Matt and I made a book that teaches you how to draw comics. Want to learn more? Go to  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bravecadet/i-draw-comics-sketchbook-and-reference-guide

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Scarlet Spider 11 cover!

I drew this. Edgar Delgado colored it. YES!

Fantastic Four 609 original art now on sale

Original art from Fantastic Four 609 is now on sale at cadencecomicart.com!

http://cadencecomicart.com/artist.php?artist=32&book=1007

Fantastic Four 609 preview!

Fantastic Four 609 preview! Out Wednesday, 8/8! Buy it because you love me!

Colors by the great Paul Mounts.

First X-Men 1 cover and Scarlet Spider 10 cover

Hey guys,

2 new covers up today! First X-Men 1 and Scarlet Spider 10. Colors on FXM 1 are by Edgar Delgado. Colors on SS 10 are by Marte Gracia. Enjoy!

Scarlet Spider, Fantastic Four, and FF covers

Hey folks, had some covers solicited for September. One is Scarlet Spider 9. The other is a cover for Fantastic Four AND FF. It is all one image, but the cover will span both issues. Cool huh?

Scarlet Spider 6 preview pages

Folks! Scarlet Spider 6 comes out 6/13. Buy it. It's the first issue fully inked by yours truly.

Colors are by the great Edgar Delgado. And letters are by the great Joe Caramagna.

Motor City Comic Con sketch roundup!

Folks! This past weekend I was at the Motor City Comic Con in Novi, MI. It was a fantastic show. So great. I did tons of sketches and I wanted to share them with you here. So...Here ya go! I'll be at Cherry Capital Con this coming week and then Heroes Con in June. Catch me at those shows if you want a sketch of your own!

Cover Madness!

Hey folks,

The Marvel solcitations came out yesterday, and I have a bunch of covers coming out. Here are three of them. They are for Avengers vs. X-Men #9, Scarlet Spider #8 and Fantastic Four #609, respectively. Also, Matt Wilson colored the AvX cover, Marte Gracia colored the Scarlet Spider cover, and Paul Mounts colored the Fantastic Four cover.

Buy them all!

Spider-Man pin-up!

Spider-Man! A pinup for a convention. Colored by the great Edgar Delgado. More info on this later!

From Scarlet Spider to Fantastic Four

Hey folks,

As of last night, I am finished with my interior work on Scarlet Spider. I'm remaining on the book to do covers.

As you may have heard, I'll be joining Jonathan Hickman on his legendary Fantastic Four run. I'll also be joining some of the greatest names in comic book history as a contributor to this fantastic series. Yes, I will be drawing a book created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. What an honor.

Having said that, it is still difficult to be leaving Scarlet Spider. This is the book that changed everything in my career.  Not only that, but I KNOW it's a really great book. I feel like Chris Yost and I both really did our best work of our comic careers. We hit it off right from the beginning and both pushed each other to be the best we could be. Lucky for you, Chris is staying on the book with the tremendously talented Khoi Pham handling art chores.

Now that I'm finished I feel like I can't just leave the book without giving proper thanks to all the fans that supported it. You guys made the book a hit. And you made me feel great about the hard work I was putting in. It was truly one of the most gratifying experiences of my life. The fans from Houston, Texas especially. Steve Wacker suggested we put the book in your city and you guys rewarded his forward-thinking by supporting the book beyond our wildest imaginations. The visit that Chris and I made to your city was a highlight of my career/life.  THANK YOU! 

One of my favorite descriptions of Scarlet Spider in reviews was that it was like "an indy book set in the Marvel Universe." I could not agree more. That's how it felt for us working on it. Not that Kaine is a new character, but he is a CHANGED character in a new location. We got to do whatever we wanted and create so much. i think this is an interesting formula for great comics and I hope Marvel does more of it in the future.

In the end, this series was such a hit that it earned me a promotion. Fantastic Four is a flagship title at Marvel and they wanted to put me on it. And of course, it's an opportunity that I can't turn down. But I do feel that Chris and I laid plenty of groundwork for the future of Scarlet Spider...Plenty to keep it a quality book for a long time to come.

And by the by...I still have issue 6 coming out. To be honest, I think it's my strongest work to date. I put everything I had into it. I even inked it myself. And Edgar Delgado's colors are rolling in right now and they are gorgeous. I can't wait to see this thing all put together. 

Special thanks to Steve Wacker and Tom Brennan for the opportunity and keeping me organized and on task, Chris Yost for being a badass writer, Marte Gracia and Edgar Delgado for their great colors, Mikey Babinski for slinging some serious ink, Joe Caramagna for slinging some serious letters, and Dan Slott for teeing up this character for us. Thanks to my wife for putting up with the late hours so that we're WAAAAAY behind on our favorite tv shows. And thanks, of course, to the fans.

I'll see you guys on Fantastic Four! 

Thanks again,

Ryan

Scarlet Spider issue 7 cover

Hey folks,

Here is the cover that I did with Edgar Delgado for issue 7 of Scarlet Spider. As some of you may have read, I'll be moving on after issue 6 to Fantastic Four with Jonathan Hickman as writer. But I'll be staying on covers!

C2E2!

Folks: 

Just a little info about where to find me at C2E2 this weekend.

My table will be in Artist Alley, I’m located at M10.

Also, you can see me signing at the Marvel booth or at a couple panels. And lastly, you can always find me drinking somewhere that serves booze.

Friday 4/13

Signing at the Marvel Booth(515): 5:00 – 6:00Panel:  MARVEL: Breaking into Comics the Marvel way (Room S401abc): 6:30 – 7:30

Saturday 4/14

Panel: MARVEL: Amazing Spider-Man (Room S402ab): 11:00 – 12:00Signing at the Marvel Booth (515): 1:00 – 2:00

C2E2 sketch pre-orders now open!

Okay folks, here we go.

I am now open for sketch pre-orders for C2E2. I will only be taking 6 pre-orders so that I can have plenty of room for people that are attending the show. Also, the pre-orders are $125, while buying sketches at the show is only $100. Just a heads up.

If you are interested in pre-ordering sketches, please email me at stegmanr@gmail.com. I’ll set you up with paypal info and everything needed.

Also, at C2E2 I will be debuting two new prints, both limited to 100 copies. They will be $10 each. One is the AvX cover featuring Cyclops and Cap, and the other is Scarlet Spider. See them below. Get ‘em whilst they’re hot!

I’m really looking forward to Chicago! Please stop by and say hi!

Process stuff on Tumblr

Hey folks,

I post a lot of process stuff on Tumblr throughout the week. I try to drop at least one drawing a day on there. So if you're interested, check it out at http://ryanstegman.tumblr.com. They're also posted on Instagram. You can follow me there under the name "ryanstegman". Creative, I know.

Here's a roundup of some of the stuff you can expect to see:

Scarlet Spider issue 6 cover!

The title says it all. This comes out in a few months. I don't know. 

Scarlet Spider 4 preview

FOLKS: Marvel has released a new preview of issue 4 of Scarlet Spider! Colors by Edgar Delgado. Pencils and inks on page 1 by me. Rest are inked by Babinski. Cool!

Scarlet Spider #3 out Wednesday, March 14th

HEADS UP! Scarlet Spider #3 comes out March 14th. Buy it. It's awesome. Promise.

Check out these preview pages!!!! Inks by Babinski, Colors by Gracia.