Chris Ryall
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Ryall at the 2013 New York Comic Con
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| Born | Christopher Ryall April 2, 1969 Long Beach, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | San Diego |
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Notable works
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Zombies vs Robots, Comic Books 101, The Hollows, The Colonized Groom Lake, Onyx |
| Collaborators | Ashley Wood, Scott Tipton, Sam Kieth, Ben Templesmith, Drew Moss, Gabriel Rodriguez, Mark Torres, Alan Robinson, Nelson Daniel, Jamal Igle, Wagner Reis, Steph Stamb, Jose Holder, Tony Akins, Ilias Kyriazis, Anthony Diecidue, Anthony Fuso |
| Awards | Best Editor, Stan Lee's True Believers Awards, 2014 |
| idwpublishing.com, http://ryallsfiles.tumblr.com, @chris_ryall | |
Christopher "Chris" Ryall (born April 2) is best known as the Chief Creative Officer and Editor-in-Chief of IDW Publishing (2004–present), and as a writer in the comic book industry. In February 2011, his Eisner Award-nominated series, Zombies vs. Robots, co-created with artist Ashley Wood, was optioned by Sony Pictures for Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes with Mike Flanagan as director.
In 2002, Ryall was hired by filmmaker Kevin Smith to run the entertainment-based MoviePoopShoot.com, one of Smith’s first forays outside of filmmaking. The site originally appeared in Smith's movie, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, as a parody site. Ryall, along with Web designer Ming Chen, news writer/editor Scott Tipton and many freelance columnists and cartoonists, launched the site on June 17, 2002. Ryall wrote multiple weekly columns for the Web site, in addition to serving as the site's Editor-in-Chief: "One Hand Clapping," "TV Recommendations," "A Night Out," "TV Pilot Reviews," and more. Ryall helmed the site even after joining IDW in mid-2004. He departed the site altogether in January 2006.
On June 21, 2004, Ryall joined San Diego-based comic-book publisher IDW Publishing as the company's second Editor-in-Chief. Ryall's first published comic-book work as writer with IDW was an adaptation of the film Shawn of the Dead with artist Zach Howard; he also helped launch the horror mag revival Doomed (for which he and artist Ashley Wood received an Eisner nomination for their adaptation of Richard Matheson's "Blood Son" short story), dialoguing the lead character, Ms. Doomed, and writing numerous stories for the magazine's four issues; also, he adapted George A. Romero's Land of the Dead with artist Gabriel Rodriguez; Masters of Horror with artist Jeremy Haun; he co-wrote with Simon Furman the first Transformers film prequel, with artist Don Figueroa; Ryall and Rodriguez again adapted Beowulf; Gene Simmons House of Horrors; a prose short in 30 Days of Night, a DVD pack-in comic for the movie Role Models; and Weekly World News with artist Alan Robinson. He adapted the epic Clive Barker’s The Great and Secret Show with Rodriguez illustrating all 12 issues. Ryall wrote four of the eight issues of IDW's Kiss comic series, with artists Jamal Igle and Wagner Reis, as well as two issues of Kiss Solo, and co-wrote with Tom Waltz four issues of Kiss Kids with artist Jose Holder. Ryall more recently adapted the Stephen King/Joe Hill tribute to Richard Matheson, "Throttle" with artist Nelson Daniel and Matheson's own "Duel" in a book called Road Rage. Ryall spearheaded an inter-company crossover involving Mars Attacks and numerous IDW properties, and wrote two of the issues: Mars Attacks Kiss and Mars Attacks Zombies vs Robots. In 2014, Ryall and Sam Kieth again partnered to launch a 4-issue "Mars Attacks" series, "First Born."
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