Ryan Kelly (comics)

Ryan Kelly is an American comic book artist, known for his work on books such as Lucifer and Local.

Career

In 1998, Kelly graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design where he studied under comic book artist Peter Gross. He began illustrating for magazines and newspapers before obtaining commissions for comic book illustration. He worked with Gross on the DC Comics series Lucifer and The Books of Magic, both under the Vertigo imprint. From 2000 to 2007, he was part of the MCAD staff, teaching classes on Comic Book creation and illustration.
In 2004, he illustrated the political satire Giant Robot Warriors He illustrated the entire twelve issue run of the Oni Press comics series Local, written by Brian Wood, a story arc for Wood's Northlanders, and the DC/Vertigo ongoing series Saucer Country by Paul Cornell. In 2020, he pencilled the Stranger Things tie-in comic miniseries Stranger Things: Into the Fire published by Dark Horse Comics.
In addition to his comics art work he has had various Minneapolis area exhibitions of his painted work. He has produced illustrations for Time Magazine and Rolling Stone.