Episode 118: Wallace Ryan
Episode description
André chats with a fellow Canadian east coaster from a provinces or two north known as "The Godfather of Newfoundland Comics".
Wallace Ryan, an artist and lifelong fan of all things comic-centric, has been at the heart of local comic culture since the mid-1980s, with a passion for larger-than-life characters and compelling stories that leap off the page dating back even further. His journey took him to the Ontario College of Art and Design, where the self-described “art-punk” honed his craft through stints in Toronto and New York City before returning to his roots in Newfoundland. Over the years, Ryan has worked on projects like the collaborative graphic novel Nobody is in Control, his personal passion project The Narrow Way, and Pure Comix, a homegrown celebration of graphic literature launched in 2019.
Wallace talks about his time pitching his work to Archie Goodwin at Marvel Comics, attending art school with some other Canadian comics greats, finding inspiration from Harvey Pekar and living in the a house older than Canada!