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'Infobox comics creator | image = File:http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/229/399630-114097-ryan-sook_large.jpeg | birthname = | birthdate = | birthplace = [[San Jose, California]] | deathdate = | deathplace = | nationality = American | cartoonist = y | write = | art = y | pencil = y | ink = y | edit = | publish = | letter = | color = y | alias = | signature = | notable works = | awards = | website = http://www.ryansook.com | sortkey = Sook, Ryan | subcat = American | yob = living | mob = | dob = | yod = | mod = | dod = }} '''Ryan Sook''' is an [[People of the United States|American]] [[comic book artist]] from [[San Jose, California]]. ==Career== Sook's first professional work was in ''[[Challengers of the Unknown]]'' #15 published in 1998. For the next 2 years he worked primarily on books for [[Dark Horse Comics]] including several stories set in the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' universe as well as 2 creator owned projects in ''[[Dark Horse Presents]]'': ''Witch's Son'' & ''Ragnok'' with writer [[John Arcudi]]. He also inked over [[Matthew Dow Smith|Matt Smith]]'s pencils in ''[[Lobster Johnson]]: The Killer in My Skull'', a back-up story in ''[[Hellboy: Box Full of Evil]] #1''. In 2001 he earned critical & fan praise for his work on [[Hal Jordan#Spirit of Redemption|The Spectre]] for [[DC Comics]]. He left the book in 2002 to draw the 1st spin-off mini-series from [[Mike Mignola]]'s ''[[Hellboy]]'', ''[[B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth and Other Stories|BPRD: Hollow Earth]]''. From 2003-2010 Sook has worked primarily for [[DC Comics]] focusing more on coverwork than interior sequential pages. His work in this time period includes ''[[Arkham Asylum|Arkham Asylym: Living Hell]]'' with writer [[Dan Slott]], ''[[Hawkman]]'' with [[Jimmy Palmiotti]], ''[[Seven Soldiers of Victory|Seven Soldiers: Zatanna]]'' with [[Grant Morrison]] & ''[[X-Factor]]'' with [[Peter David]] for [[Marvel Comics]] in 2006. He also worked on several books for [[Wildstorm]]. In 2009 Sook garnered his highest critical praise to date for his work on the [[Kamandi]] story in ''[[Wednesday Comics]]'' written by [[Dave Gibbons]]. For the 12 part serialization he handled all of the art chores including lettering. Sook has been compared to [[Mike Mignola]], [[Adam Hughes]] & [[Kevin Nowlan]] and he has been influenced by them, but he also draws inspiration from [[Alphonse Mucha]], [[Joseph Christian Leyendecker|JC Liendecker]] & [[Norman Rockwell]] among many others. He is also an adept painter, but is not able to do much professionally due to time constraints. He has been frequently paired with inker, Mick Gray. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{official|http://www.ryansook.com}} *{{gcdb|type=credit|search=Ryan+Sook|title=Ryan Sook}} *{{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=195|title=Ryan Sook}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME =Sook, Ryan | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =living | PLACE OF BIRTH =[[San Jose, California]] | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sook, Ryan}} [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from San Jose, California]] [[de:Ryan Sook]]'