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.
A humorous reminder of how some weirdos will abuse every scrap of imagined power and influence they have even if it benefits no one, even themselves.
(aka an old thread I stumbled upon and laughed about)
(aka an old thread I stumbled upon and laughed about)
A "reporter for Forbes" visiting Korea once asked me to come to Seoul for an interview. It was a tough decision, because I lived on the other side of the country, was under crushing deadlines, and couldn't really afford the trip. But I decided I couldn't reject the opportunity...
December 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM
A humorous reminder of how some weirdos will abuse every scrap of imagined power and influence they have even if it benefits no one, even themselves.
(aka an old thread I stumbled upon and laughed about)
(aka an old thread I stumbled upon and laughed about)
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
Book banning is not funny, not cute, and nothing to celebrate.
But
this little temper tantrum is objectively one of the funniest things I have ever seen.
Big fella has a lot of grumpy feelings, he needs a nap.
But
this little temper tantrum is objectively one of the funniest things I have ever seen.
Big fella has a lot of grumpy feelings, he needs a nap.
Oh my god, I just watched the video. He THROWS THE BOOK and calls it trash. I'm dying. Sir, you need to calm down. www.wral.com/news/nccapit...
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December 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Book banning is not funny, not cute, and nothing to celebrate.
But
this little temper tantrum is objectively one of the funniest things I have ever seen.
Big fella has a lot of grumpy feelings, he needs a nap.
But
this little temper tantrum is objectively one of the funniest things I have ever seen.
Big fella has a lot of grumpy feelings, he needs a nap.
The notes from this fast food murder meeting just dropped.
They had gathered crates of chloroform and rags to knock out their political opponents.
Yes, they saw a bunch of Hollywood action movies, said "heck yeah" and didn't think to Google "is that a real thing?"
(It's not.)
They had gathered crates of chloroform and rags to knock out their political opponents.
Yes, they saw a bunch of Hollywood action movies, said "heck yeah" and didn't think to Google "is that a real thing?"
(It's not.)
The perfect example of the mundanity of the fascism we face is that the top secret meeting of top generals and army officials to plan the martial law and assassinations in the failed Korean coup this month took place in a booth at Lotteria.
(Everyone in Korea’s fifth choice fast food chain)
(Everyone in Korea’s fifth choice fast food chain)
December 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The notes from this fast food murder meeting just dropped.
They had gathered crates of chloroform and rags to knock out their political opponents.
Yes, they saw a bunch of Hollywood action movies, said "heck yeah" and didn't think to Google "is that a real thing?"
(It's not.)
They had gathered crates of chloroform and rags to knock out their political opponents.
Yes, they saw a bunch of Hollywood action movies, said "heck yeah" and didn't think to Google "is that a real thing?"
(It's not.)
Disney, the one thing you're good at is hoarding IP and suing people who steal it.
Now someone steals your IP so hard that instead of suing them you buy worse versions of it back from them for a billion dollars??????
Have you forgotten who you are????
Now someone steals your IP so hard that instead of suing them you buy worse versions of it back from them for a billion dollars??????
Have you forgotten who you are????
December 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Disney, the one thing you're good at is hoarding IP and suing people who steal it.
Now someone steals your IP so hard that instead of suing them you buy worse versions of it back from them for a billion dollars??????
Have you forgotten who you are????
Now someone steals your IP so hard that instead of suing them you buy worse versions of it back from them for a billion dollars??????
Have you forgotten who you are????
I should probably not say this because I've had a Disney+ show in development in the past, but this sucks. They paid a billion dollars to flood Disney Plus with Sora slop videos, and you should cancel your service and tell them why because who the hell wants to pay for that let alone see it.
They could’ve bankrupted OpenAI in lawsuits. Instead, they’re adopting OpenAI APIs and giving them a billion dollars.
December 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I should probably not say this because I've had a Disney+ show in development in the past, but this sucks. They paid a billion dollars to flood Disney Plus with Sora slop videos, and you should cancel your service and tell them why because who the hell wants to pay for that let alone see it.
Me when a PR team asks me to share something:
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Me when I'm asked not to share something:
DM DM DM SUBSKEET DM DM DM SKEET-AND-DELETE DM
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Me when I'm asked not to share something:
DM DM DM SUBSKEET DM DM DM SKEET-AND-DELETE DM
December 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Me when a PR team asks me to share something:
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Me when I'm asked not to share something:
DM DM DM SUBSKEET DM DM DM SKEET-AND-DELETE DM
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Me when I'm asked not to share something:
DM DM DM SUBSKEET DM DM DM SKEET-AND-DELETE DM
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?
Thanks so much to Rabbitt Stew for shouting out Good Old Fashioned Korean Spirit as "the number one book this week" and "an absolute must read!"
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December 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Thanks so much to Rabbitt Stew for shouting out Good Old Fashioned Korean Spirit as "the number one book this week" and "an absolute must read!"
You know the story. Kevin Bacon can be connected to any actor, living or dead, in six degrees or less.
Let's see if I can beat that, based solely on my silly side-projects where I got to collaborate with cool people.
Name any actor, and I'll try to connect them to myself in five degrees or less.
Let's see if I can beat that, based solely on my silly side-projects where I got to collaborate with cool people.
Name any actor, and I'll try to connect them to myself in five degrees or less.
December 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
You know the story. Kevin Bacon can be connected to any actor, living or dead, in six degrees or less.
Let's see if I can beat that, based solely on my silly side-projects where I got to collaborate with cool people.
Name any actor, and I'll try to connect them to myself in five degrees or less.
Let's see if I can beat that, based solely on my silly side-projects where I got to collaborate with cool people.
Name any actor, and I'll try to connect them to myself in five degrees or less.
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.
Life as an out-of-shape, not particularly well-trained K-Drama background actor is the best.
The only shows I get cast on are ones with a big enough budget and cast that there's a spot for their twenty seventh choice.
Which means I always get to work with the biggest names in the business!
The only shows I get cast on are ones with a big enough budget and cast that there's a spot for their twenty seventh choice.
Which means I always get to work with the biggest names in the business!
December 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Life as an out-of-shape, not particularly well-trained K-Drama background actor is the best.
The only shows I get cast on are ones with a big enough budget and cast that there's a spot for their twenty seventh choice.
Which means I always get to work with the biggest names in the business!
The only shows I get cast on are ones with a big enough budget and cast that there's a spot for their twenty seventh choice.
Which means I always get to work with the biggest names in the business!
Storytime!
Years ago, when I was a teacher, a 2nd grader in the front row pooped his pants. Not a little. Enough to leave the whole room gagging and gasping for breath.
I could see the kids' face and knew exactly who it was.
The rest of the class couldn't.
So their response was "TEACHER FARTED!!!"
Years ago, when I was a teacher, a 2nd grader in the front row pooped his pants. Not a little. Enough to leave the whole room gagging and gasping for breath.
I could see the kids' face and knew exactly who it was.
The rest of the class couldn't.
So their response was "TEACHER FARTED!!!"
December 8, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Storytime!
Years ago, when I was a teacher, a 2nd grader in the front row pooped his pants. Not a little. Enough to leave the whole room gagging and gasping for breath.
I could see the kids' face and knew exactly who it was.
The rest of the class couldn't.
So their response was "TEACHER FARTED!!!"
Years ago, when I was a teacher, a 2nd grader in the front row pooped his pants. Not a little. Enough to leave the whole room gagging and gasping for breath.
I could see the kids' face and knew exactly who it was.
The rest of the class couldn't.
So their response was "TEACHER FARTED!!!"
Extra! Extra!
I booked a third K-Drama background actor role.
Get ready for the vague blurry shape of me to be briefly visible in all your new Korean favs in the coming years.
(And for all the stories of what actually happened to be fictionalized and worked into my next book)
I booked a third K-Drama background actor role.
Get ready for the vague blurry shape of me to be briefly visible in all your new Korean favs in the coming years.
(And for all the stories of what actually happened to be fictionalized and worked into my next book)
December 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Extra! Extra!
I booked a third K-Drama background actor role.
Get ready for the vague blurry shape of me to be briefly visible in all your new Korean favs in the coming years.
(And for all the stories of what actually happened to be fictionalized and worked into my next book)
I booked a third K-Drama background actor role.
Get ready for the vague blurry shape of me to be briefly visible in all your new Korean favs in the coming years.
(And for all the stories of what actually happened to be fictionalized and worked into my next book)
Sigh. Are we still doing this?
When I was a kid, every news story about comics began with "Bam! Pow!" because boomers only knew about Adam West Batman.
But a 2025 France 24 report about accountability for sexual assault at Angoulême???
This is the least "Bam! Pow!" comics story you could report.
When I was a kid, every news story about comics began with "Bam! Pow!" because boomers only knew about Adam West Batman.
But a 2025 France 24 report about accountability for sexual assault at Angoulême???
This is the least "Bam! Pow!" comics story you could report.
December 7, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Sigh. Are we still doing this?
When I was a kid, every news story about comics began with "Bam! Pow!" because boomers only knew about Adam West Batman.
But a 2025 France 24 report about accountability for sexual assault at Angoulême???
This is the least "Bam! Pow!" comics story you could report.
When I was a kid, every news story about comics began with "Bam! Pow!" because boomers only knew about Adam West Batman.
But a 2025 France 24 report about accountability for sexual assault at Angoulême???
This is the least "Bam! Pow!" comics story you could report.
Free Christmas Horror idea:
CAROLERS
Masked vigilantes kidnap 12 awful rich people in 12 days and Christmas Carol their asses, with a series of Saw-style situations where they must suffer the past pain they caused to others, atone for their present-day sins, and change their future.. or die.
CAROLERS
Masked vigilantes kidnap 12 awful rich people in 12 days and Christmas Carol their asses, with a series of Saw-style situations where they must suffer the past pain they caused to others, atone for their present-day sins, and change their future.. or die.
December 6, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Free Christmas Horror idea:
CAROLERS
Masked vigilantes kidnap 12 awful rich people in 12 days and Christmas Carol their asses, with a series of Saw-style situations where they must suffer the past pain they caused to others, atone for their present-day sins, and change their future.. or die.
CAROLERS
Masked vigilantes kidnap 12 awful rich people in 12 days and Christmas Carol their asses, with a series of Saw-style situations where they must suffer the past pain they caused to others, atone for their present-day sins, and change their future.. or die.
And thanks to all the book clubs reading No Rules Tonight this month! Remember that I'll gladly Zoom in to answer reader questions! I'm even taking a cross-country bus to join one in person soon!
If you feel weird about being festive when the world's like this, we wrote a book for you about celebrating Christmas under a dictator.
It wasn't a religious holiday in the days of curfew in Korea, it was an act of resistance.
Here's an antifascist Christmas carol from No Rules Tonight.
It wasn't a religious holiday in the days of curfew in Korea, it was an act of resistance.
Here's an antifascist Christmas carol from No Rules Tonight.
"Christmas After Curfew" an original song from No Rules Tonight
YouTube video by Ryan Estrada
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December 6, 2025 at 5:42 AM
And thanks to all the book clubs reading No Rules Tonight this month! Remember that I'll gladly Zoom in to answer reader questions! I'm even taking a cross-country bus to join one in person soon!
Reposted by Ryan Estrada
A reminder that Iron Circus is gonna get WALLOPED with Baker & Taylor bankruptcy backdraft for the next several months, turning our usual distro payout into bills.
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
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If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
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Iron Circus Comics
Iron Circus Comics is the premiere publisher of award-winning, critically-acclaimed graphic novels in the American Midwest, a small-mid house built from the ground up by founder C. Spike Trotman.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
A reminder that Iron Circus is gonna get WALLOPED with Baker & Taylor bankruptcy backdraft for the next several months, turning our usual distro payout into bills.
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
Imagine being that one right wing cartoonist whose work is so bad they made a fictional parody of you in The Onion that's run 20 years and while most people forgot who you are, the imaginary cartoonist got famous enough to be a guest artist on The Simpsons.
Yes... ha ha ha YES!
Yes... ha ha ha YES!
December 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Imagine being that one right wing cartoonist whose work is so bad they made a fictional parody of you in The Onion that's run 20 years and while most people forgot who you are, the imaginary cartoonist got famous enough to be a guest artist on The Simpsons.
Yes... ha ha ha YES!
Yes... ha ha ha YES!
The 2057 Great Acquisitioning is upon us. All your favorite intellectual properties are here.
SpongeBob has been absorbed into Painwheel and his cartoons will only be used in preshows for Inefficient Worker Bloodletting Ceremony first class ticketholders.
Garfield is now Moon Colony-exclusive.
SpongeBob has been absorbed into Painwheel and his cartoons will only be used in preshows for Inefficient Worker Bloodletting Ceremony first class ticketholders.
Garfield is now Moon Colony-exclusive.
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The 2057 Great Acquisitioning is upon us. All your favorite intellectual properties are here.
SpongeBob has been absorbed into Painwheel and his cartoons will only be used in preshows for Inefficient Worker Bloodletting Ceremony first class ticketholders.
Garfield is now Moon Colony-exclusive.
SpongeBob has been absorbed into Painwheel and his cartoons will only be used in preshows for Inefficient Worker Bloodletting Ceremony first class ticketholders.
Garfield is now Moon Colony-exclusive.
The one year anniversary of Yoon's failed martial law takeover just passed and lots of untold stories came out proving that THE ONLY REASON KOREA IS STILL A FREE COUNTRY IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DISOBEYED ILLEGAL ORDERS.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The one year anniversary of Yoon's failed martial law takeover just passed and lots of untold stories came out proving that THE ONLY REASON KOREA IS STILL A FREE COUNTRY IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DISOBEYED ILLEGAL ORDERS.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
There's a weird similarity to what Disney did with Simpsons and what Netflix is doing with Sesame Street.
Churning out online content crossing over with other properties they want to promote in ways that feel reminiscent of their past pop culture parodies but feel off now that it's marketing.
Churning out online content crossing over with other properties they want to promote in ways that feel reminiscent of their past pop culture parodies but feel off now that it's marketing.
December 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
There's a weird similarity to what Disney did with Simpsons and what Netflix is doing with Sesame Street.
Churning out online content crossing over with other properties they want to promote in ways that feel reminiscent of their past pop culture parodies but feel off now that it's marketing.
Churning out online content crossing over with other properties they want to promote in ways that feel reminiscent of their past pop culture parodies but feel off now that it's marketing.
Busan installed a giant multi-story LED screen over Haeundae Beach... that plays a loop of AI-generated images of Haeundae Beach... that look nothing like Haeundae Beach.
The screen is not showing off Haeundae Beach, it is actively preventing people from looking at it to show them something worse.
The screen is not showing off Haeundae Beach, it is actively preventing people from looking at it to show them something worse.
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Busan installed a giant multi-story LED screen over Haeundae Beach... that plays a loop of AI-generated images of Haeundae Beach... that look nothing like Haeundae Beach.
The screen is not showing off Haeundae Beach, it is actively preventing people from looking at it to show them something worse.
The screen is not showing off Haeundae Beach, it is actively preventing people from looking at it to show them something worse.
Reposted by Ryan Estrada
Good Old-Fashioned Korean Spirit is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!
This is the best award because they don't just give you a fancy certificate and gold pin, they actually buy hundreds of books to send to libraries! Heck yeah!
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social @penguinteen.bsky.social
This is the best award because they don't just give you a fancy certificate and gold pin, they actually buy hundreds of books to send to libraries! Heck yeah!
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social @penguinteen.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Good Old-Fashioned Korean Spirit is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!
This is the best award because they don't just give you a fancy certificate and gold pin, they actually buy hundreds of books to send to libraries! Heck yeah!
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social @penguinteen.bsky.social
This is the best award because they don't just give you a fancy certificate and gold pin, they actually buy hundreds of books to send to libraries! Heck yeah!
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social @penguinteen.bsky.social