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
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Ryan Estrada
@ryanestrada.com
· Oct 19
Welcome, new Blooskers!
So many of you fine folks just followed me through starter packs, so you may not know who the heck I am or what the heck I do!
I'm an artist, author and adventurer who travels the world making comics.
So many of you fine folks just followed me through starter packs, so you may not know who the heck I am or what the heck I do!
I'm an artist, author and adventurer who travels the world making comics.
Dorks will be like "AI is expanding what’s possible and allowing storytellers to go places they simply couldn’t before" and then use it to recreate the year 1776, something that has been possible since the year 1776.
They still sell the hats at the store and everything.
They still sell the hats at the store and everything.
January 30, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Dorks will be like "AI is expanding what’s possible and allowing storytellers to go places they simply couldn’t before" and then use it to recreate the year 1776, something that has been possible since the year 1776.
They still sell the hats at the store and everything.
They still sell the hats at the store and everything.
A notorious book banner is smearing these literal second graders who love hiking and horses as "insurrectionists" because they live in a city his talking points said he hates now.
Buy cookies from these kids! Get them shipped or click a button to donate them to the Minneapolis community!
Buy cookies from these kids! Get them shipped or click a button to donate them to the Minneapolis community!
Hey, library friends! As if supporting a diverse Brownie troop in Minneapolis weren’t motivation enough, turns out buying (and — worse — donating) their cookies really pisses off that vile clown who’s been attacking librarians for 20+ years. So go ahead, order a few boxes. Spread the word!
Order your Faves on my Digital Cookie Site Today
That's right! You can order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies from me online, all while helping my troop and I do great things in our community and beyond! Check it out.
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org
January 30, 2026 at 12:35 AM
A notorious book banner is smearing these literal second graders who love hiking and horses as "insurrectionists" because they live in a city his talking points said he hates now.
Buy cookies from these kids! Get them shipped or click a button to donate them to the Minneapolis community!
Buy cookies from these kids! Get them shipped or click a button to donate them to the Minneapolis community!
Wonder Man suggests a bold new path for Marvel.
Just make good things that have zero superheroes in them but are TECHNICALLY canon to trick Disney into paying for them.
Just make good things that have zero superheroes in them but are TECHNICALLY canon to trick Disney into paying for them.
January 29, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Wonder Man suggests a bold new path for Marvel.
Just make good things that have zero superheroes in them but are TECHNICALLY canon to trick Disney into paying for them.
Just make good things that have zero superheroes in them but are TECHNICALLY canon to trick Disney into paying for them.
Wow, another huge honor for No Rules Tonight.
Our book is an official selection of the 2026 Rainbow Book List.
Thank you to the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social for always standing up for diverse stories.
Our book is an official selection of the 2026 Rainbow Book List.
Thank you to the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social for always standing up for diverse stories.
January 28, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Wow, another huge honor for No Rules Tonight.
Our book is an official selection of the 2026 Rainbow Book List.
Thank you to the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social for always standing up for diverse stories.
Our book is an official selection of the 2026 Rainbow Book List.
Thank you to the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social for always standing up for diverse stories.
Chris Pratt's new movie, in the US, is called Mercy.
In Korea, it is called No Mercy.
In Japan, Germany, India and Egypt, Mercy
In all Spanish-speaking countries, Sin Piedad (No Mercy)
In Hungary, Artificial Mercy.
I am getting serious mixed signals about the quantity of mercy in this film.
In Korea, it is called No Mercy.
In Japan, Germany, India and Egypt, Mercy
In all Spanish-speaking countries, Sin Piedad (No Mercy)
In Hungary, Artificial Mercy.
I am getting serious mixed signals about the quantity of mercy in this film.
January 27, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Chris Pratt's new movie, in the US, is called Mercy.
In Korea, it is called No Mercy.
In Japan, Germany, India and Egypt, Mercy
In all Spanish-speaking countries, Sin Piedad (No Mercy)
In Hungary, Artificial Mercy.
I am getting serious mixed signals about the quantity of mercy in this film.
In Korea, it is called No Mercy.
In Japan, Germany, India and Egypt, Mercy
In all Spanish-speaking countries, Sin Piedad (No Mercy)
In Hungary, Artificial Mercy.
I am getting serious mixed signals about the quantity of mercy in this film.
I talked about my love of Bringing Out The Dead on the Underrated podcast.
This was Nic Cage's Superman movie. What those movies try to do, showing what it's like to see, hear and feel everything all at once while knowing you can't save everyone? This film gets right.
This was Nic Cage's Superman movie. What those movies try to do, showing what it's like to see, hear and feel everything all at once while knowing you can't save everyone? This film gets right.
Bringing Out the Dead
YouTube video by Underrated Movie Podcast
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January 26, 2026 at 9:55 PM
I talked about my love of Bringing Out The Dead on the Underrated podcast.
This was Nic Cage's Superman movie. What those movies try to do, showing what it's like to see, hear and feel everything all at once while knowing you can't save everyone? This film gets right.
This was Nic Cage's Superman movie. What those movies try to do, showing what it's like to see, hear and feel everything all at once while knowing you can't save everyone? This film gets right.
My English teacher friends in Korea said all their textbooks are being replaced with "AI forward books" that assign kids ChatGPT prompts to input at home.
Silicon Valley is destroying entire generations of multiple countries' education.
Silicon Valley is destroying entire generations of multiple countries' education.
January 26, 2026 at 2:37 PM
My English teacher friends in Korea said all their textbooks are being replaced with "AI forward books" that assign kids ChatGPT prompts to input at home.
Silicon Valley is destroying entire generations of multiple countries' education.
Silicon Valley is destroying entire generations of multiple countries' education.
I'm thrilled to bring this historically-important but long-forgotten dorky bear back, and do so for a cool nonprofit that helps get indie comics into libraries.
January 26, 2026 at 2:10 PM
I'm thrilled to bring this historically-important but long-forgotten dorky bear back, and do so for a cool nonprofit that helps get indie comics into libraries.
Reposted by Ryan Estrada
Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
Reposted by Ryan Estrada
It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 25, 2026 at 5:45 PM
It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.
This was just me making this comparison yesterday, but today the Korean news is calling Minnesota "America's Gwangju" and have human rights lawyers explaining how America is now living through the dictatorship Korea once had.
The Chun regime that my wife fought against in the 80s did the exact same thing. They needed a "crisis" that "only they could solve" to hoard more ill-gotten power, so they chose one city (Gwangju), declared its inhabitants enemies, sent trucks full of soldiers to violently attack and kill them.
January 25, 2026 at 11:37 PM
This was just me making this comparison yesterday, but today the Korean news is calling Minnesota "America's Gwangju" and have human rights lawyers explaining how America is now living through the dictatorship Korea once had.
Korea his not had an execution since 1998. A moratorium was placed on capital punishment in '98. But prosecutors are pushing for an exception to be made for former President Yoon.
Life in prison is fitting, but will only encourage more of his corrupt cronies to try and grab power to pardon him.
Life in prison is fitting, but will only encourage more of his corrupt cronies to try and grab power to pardon him.
January 25, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Korea his not had an execution since 1998. A moratorium was placed on capital punishment in '98. But prosecutors are pushing for an exception to be made for former President Yoon.
Life in prison is fitting, but will only encourage more of his corrupt cronies to try and grab power to pardon him.
Life in prison is fitting, but will only encourage more of his corrupt cronies to try and grab power to pardon him.
The Chun regime that my wife fought against in the 80s did the exact same thing. They needed a "crisis" that "only they could solve" to hoard more ill-gotten power, so they chose one city (Gwangju), declared its inhabitants enemies, sent trucks full of soldiers to violently attack and kill them.
January 25, 2026 at 2:57 AM
The Chun regime that my wife fought against in the 80s did the exact same thing. They needed a "crisis" that "only they could solve" to hoard more ill-gotten power, so they chose one city (Gwangju), declared its inhabitants enemies, sent trucks full of soldiers to violently attack and kill them.
I talk in this episode about how no one's ever noticed that every side character in Aki Alliance is named after a Shawshank guard. For guards that were unnamed in dialogue, credits, or on-screen tax documents, I used the last name of the actor.
It is unclear why I did this.
It is unclear why I did this.
January 25, 2026 at 2:50 AM
I talk in this episode about how no one's ever noticed that every side character in Aki Alliance is named after a Shawshank guard. For guards that were unnamed in dialogue, credits, or on-screen tax documents, I used the last name of the actor.
It is unclear why I did this.
It is unclear why I did this.
Reposted by Ryan Estrada
Tonight we have one of our best shows ever, on one of the best films ever, it's The Shawshank Redemption. And Ryan Estrada pitched up to confer a really special personal connection @ryanestrada.com Proud of this one.
schoolofmovies.podbean.com/e/the-shawsh...
schoolofmovies.podbean.com/e/the-shawsh...
January 24, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Tonight we have one of our best shows ever, on one of the best films ever, it's The Shawshank Redemption. And Ryan Estrada pitched up to confer a really special personal connection @ryanestrada.com Proud of this one.
schoolofmovies.podbean.com/e/the-shawsh...
schoolofmovies.podbean.com/e/the-shawsh...
Yep! I've rebooted Jimmy Swinnerton's Little Bear. He was originally a mascot who became so wildly popular he was spun off into possibly the forgotten first comic strip ever to appear in an American Newspaper, before The Yellow Kid.
I am now the founder and soon-to-be Chief Officer of a new company!
Coming soon - the COMICS LIBRARY COMMONS, a new resource for independent comic creators and small presses to market their titles to #libraries and for librarians to diversify the #comics on their shelves!
📚#comicsky #PubLibs
Coming soon - the COMICS LIBRARY COMMONS, a new resource for independent comic creators and small presses to market their titles to #libraries and for librarians to diversify the #comics on their shelves!
📚#comicsky #PubLibs
January 24, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Yep! I've rebooted Jimmy Swinnerton's Little Bear. He was originally a mascot who became so wildly popular he was spun off into possibly the forgotten first comic strip ever to appear in an American Newspaper, before The Yellow Kid.
Years ago, when my seasonal allergies kicked in, I took some allergy medicine. But it only got worse. So I took more. For months, no matter how much allergy medicine I took, my allergies got worse.
Then I learned I was allergic to allergy medicine.
This skeet is about law enforcement funding.
Then I learned I was allergic to allergy medicine.
This skeet is about law enforcement funding.
January 23, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Years ago, when my seasonal allergies kicked in, I took some allergy medicine. But it only got worse. So I took more. For months, no matter how much allergy medicine I took, my allergies got worse.
Then I learned I was allergic to allergy medicine.
This skeet is about law enforcement funding.
Then I learned I was allergic to allergy medicine.
This skeet is about law enforcement funding.
Oscar Thoughts:
-Who thought Yorgos Lanthimos would get a nomination for making a movie LESS weird?
-Those cowards snubbed Indy and refused to give us the first Dog Oscar Nom in four decades.
-Who thought Yorgos Lanthimos would get a nomination for making a movie LESS weird?
-Those cowards snubbed Indy and refused to give us the first Dog Oscar Nom in four decades.
Robert Towne wrote the film Greystoke, but hated the studio notes so much he refused to have his name on it, and credited it to P.H. Vazak instead. That was his dog's name. He didn't expect it to be nominated for an Oscar, so this perfect sheepdog got the nom.
January 23, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Oscar Thoughts:
-Who thought Yorgos Lanthimos would get a nomination for making a movie LESS weird?
-Those cowards snubbed Indy and refused to give us the first Dog Oscar Nom in four decades.
-Who thought Yorgos Lanthimos would get a nomination for making a movie LESS weird?
-Those cowards snubbed Indy and refused to give us the first Dog Oscar Nom in four decades.
Having our book on Comics Plus is honor enough. Then making the top eight of the year even more!
But this review! Wowza.
"This is about as close as I’ll get to calling a book “required reading”
@ironcircuscomics.bsky.social
But this review! Wowza.
"This is about as close as I’ll get to calling a book “required reading”
@ironcircuscomics.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Having our book on Comics Plus is honor enough. Then making the top eight of the year even more!
But this review! Wowza.
"This is about as close as I’ll get to calling a book “required reading”
@ironcircuscomics.bsky.social
But this review! Wowza.
"This is about as close as I’ll get to calling a book “required reading”
@ironcircuscomics.bsky.social
Hyun Sook and I are so proud that No Rules Tonight is an official selection of the 2026 RISE list.
RISE is an annual @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social list of the best feminist literature for young people.
Thanks to @penguinteen.bsky.social and @penguinschoollib.bsky.social for helping spread our story!
RISE is an annual @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social list of the best feminist literature for young people.
Thanks to @penguinteen.bsky.social and @penguinschoollib.bsky.social for helping spread our story!
January 22, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Hyun Sook and I are so proud that No Rules Tonight is an official selection of the 2026 RISE list.
RISE is an annual @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social list of the best feminist literature for young people.
Thanks to @penguinteen.bsky.social and @penguinschoollib.bsky.social for helping spread our story!
RISE is an annual @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social list of the best feminist literature for young people.
Thanks to @penguinteen.bsky.social and @penguinschoollib.bsky.social for helping spread our story!
Reposted by Ryan Estrada
Occulted by Amy Rose, Jeongmin Lee, and Ryan Estrada, published by @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social
#ComicSky #ContemporaryWomen
#ComicSky #ContemporaryWomen
January 22, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Occulted by Amy Rose, Jeongmin Lee, and Ryan Estrada, published by @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social
#ComicSky #ContemporaryWomen
#ComicSky #ContemporaryWomen
Workin' on a thing.
I fear it's not creepy enough.
I fear it's not creepy enough.
January 22, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Workin' on a thing.
I fear it's not creepy enough.
I fear it's not creepy enough.
Imprisoning former presidents is so routine in Korea that the same day bro went in until he's 99, the newspaper still has above-the-fold column inches to say "here's a cutie cartoonist couple inspired by how well we handle these wannabe dictator nerds."
January 22, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Imprisoning former presidents is so routine in Korea that the same day bro went in until he's 99, the newspaper still has above-the-fold column inches to say "here's a cutie cartoonist couple inspired by how well we handle these wannabe dictator nerds."
The Busan Cinema Center's been showing classic movies based on novels, and my morning ritual is looking at autotranslated listings and trying to figure out what movies are based on their title translated to Korean and back into English again.
My favorite was "Goodbye, Weapons."
(A Farewell to Arms)
My favorite was "Goodbye, Weapons."
(A Farewell to Arms)
January 22, 2026 at 6:35 AM
The Busan Cinema Center's been showing classic movies based on novels, and my morning ritual is looking at autotranslated listings and trying to figure out what movies are based on their title translated to Korean and back into English again.
My favorite was "Goodbye, Weapons."
(A Farewell to Arms)
My favorite was "Goodbye, Weapons."
(A Farewell to Arms)
Remember the 90s indie movie boom?
The saturation/backlash at overglossy or algorithmic effects are at the perfect point that someone's about to hit it huge going in the opposite direction. Could be you.
Make paper popsicle stick puppets.
Stop motion cut paper collage.
Animate with sidewalk chalk.
The saturation/backlash at overglossy or algorithmic effects are at the perfect point that someone's about to hit it huge going in the opposite direction. Could be you.
Make paper popsicle stick puppets.
Stop motion cut paper collage.
Animate with sidewalk chalk.
January 22, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Remember the 90s indie movie boom?
The saturation/backlash at overglossy or algorithmic effects are at the perfect point that someone's about to hit it huge going in the opposite direction. Could be you.
Make paper popsicle stick puppets.
Stop motion cut paper collage.
Animate with sidewalk chalk.
The saturation/backlash at overglossy or algorithmic effects are at the perfect point that someone's about to hit it huge going in the opposite direction. Could be you.
Make paper popsicle stick puppets.
Stop motion cut paper collage.
Animate with sidewalk chalk.