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Ryan North

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in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Comics, Humor and Comedy, Nonfiction

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Hi, I'm Ryan! I was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1980 and since then have written several books. You can read my Wikipedia page for more, or check out my author site at RyanNorth.ca!

I'm the author of the webcomic Dinosaur Comics (that's the comic where the pictures don't change but the words do, it's better than it sounds and I've also done crazy things like turn Shakespeare into a choose-your-own-path adventure, write a comic for Marvel about a girl with all the powers of a squirrel, or mess up walking my dog so badly it made the news.

I'm working on more stuff as we speak, hopefully it's good ...more

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	The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 1: Squirrel Power by Ryan North (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Erica Henderson (Artist), Maris Wicks (Trading card art) 4.07 avg rating — 15,649 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade by Ryan North (Goodreads Author) (adaptor), Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Albert Monteys (Illustrations) 4.40 avg rating — 13,661 ratings — published 2020 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adventure Time, Vol. 1 by Ryan North (Goodreads Author), Braden Lamb (Illustrator), Shelli Paroline (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.28 avg rating — 13,527 ratings — published 2011 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 2: Squirrel You Know It's True by Ryan North (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Erica Henderson (Artist) 4.13 avg rating — 7,294 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Machine of Death: A Collection of Stories About People Who Know How They Will Die (Machine of Death, #1) by Ryan North (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Matthew Bennardo (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Malki (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.94 avg rating — 7,331 ratings — published 2010 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler 4.14 avg rating — 5,464 ratings — published 2018 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Be or Not To Be: A Chooseable-Path Adventure 4.09 avg rating — 4,842 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Romeo and/or Juliet: A Chooseable-Path Adventure 3.86 avg rating — 4,858 ratings — published 2016 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adventure Time, Vol. 2 by Ryan North (Goodreads Author), Shelli Paroline (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations), Braden Lamb (Illustrations) 4.35 avg rating — 4,067 ratings — published 2012 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 3: Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now 4.19 avg rating — 3,627 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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How To Invent Everything is OUT!

It took SEVERAL YEARS of research and writing, but my new book is out now! It's called "How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveller". It's a hilarious book of non-fiction wrapped in a scifi candy coating, containing everything YOU need to rebuild civilization from scratch no matter what time period you're in. It allows you to make history... better. I really think it Read more of this blog post »

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Series by Ryan North

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (Collected Editions) (13 books)
by

Ryan North (Goodreads Author) (Writer),

Erica Henderson (Illustrator)

4.16 avg rating — 41,460 ratings

Adventure Time (BOOM! Studios) (24 books)
by

Ryan North (Goodreads Author),

Shelli Paroline (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations),

Braden Lamb (Illustrations),

Pendleton Ward (Creator)

4.27 avg rating — 28,668 ratings

Machine of Death (2 books)
by

Ryan North (Goodreads Author),

Matthew Bennardo (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

David Malki (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

'Nathan Burgoine (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Toby W. Rush (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Rhiannon Kelly (Contributor),

Ryan Estrada (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

George Page III (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

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3.97 avg rating — 9,405 ratings

The Midas Flesh (8 books)
by

Ryan North (Goodreads Author),

Shelli Paroline (Goodreads Author) (Artist),

Braden Lamb (Artist)

3.71 avg rating — 1,463 ratings

Fantastic Four (2022) (Single Issues) (12 books)
by

Ryan North (Goodreads Author),

Alex Ross (Cover Art),

Iban Coello (Artist)

4.13 avg rating — 1,093 ratings

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“Sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something.”
― Ryan North

tags: humor-inspirational

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“To answer your question as honestly as I can, I've wanted since I was very little to not have to worry about money. I've never been poverty-level poor (I mean, there's been years where I've been officially beneath the poverty line, but that wasn't poverty: that was being a student and living the Student Lifestyle), but I've been in a place where you know you can't afford a better-quality food, where you can't do certain things because of money, and I'd prefer not to have those problems if I can. I sort of have troubles with money in general, with how it determines so much of our lives but with how we all try to ignore it, but I would like to be (and stay) in a place where I can pick up some new comics and games and not worry about how much they cost.

This is terrible; you're asking me where I want to be in the future, what I want my life to be like, and the only thing I can tell you is "Man, all I know is I don't want to be POOR.”
― Ryan North

tags: happiness, humor, money

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“But giving up's easy. You know what's hard? To believe in your own worth, to know you've got something special in you even if nobody else can see it. Even when you can't.”
― Ryan North, Adventure Time, Vol. 4

tags: believe-in-yourself, easy-way, giving-up, hard-way, self-worth

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Which of these nine superhero graphic novels would you like to be our first superhero graphic
novel discussion for June 2017? The winning pick will be our first superhero graphic novel discussion slated for the June.

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Volume 1: Squirrel Power by Ryan North

16 votes, 23.2%

The Incal by Alejandro Jodorowsky

14 votes, 20.3%

Batman: Hush by Jeph Loeb

10 votes, 14.5%

Batman: The Killing Joke Alan Moore

10 votes, 14.5%

Moon Knight, Volume 1: Lunatic by Jeff Lemire

8 votes, 11.6%

DC Comics: Bombshells, Vol. 1: Enlisted Marguerite Bennett

4 votes, 5.8%

Batman: Detective Comics, Volume 1: Rise of the Batmen James Tynion IV

4 votes, 5.8%

Superman: American Alien Max Landis

2 votes, 2.9%

Midnighter, Vol. 1: Out by Steve Orlando

1 vote, 1.4%

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