Ryan Estrada
@ryanestrada.com
Eisner-nominated author/artist/adventurer behind Banned Book Club, Occulted, Student Ambassador, No Rules Tonight, Good Old Fashioned Korean Spirit. Worked on Garfield, Star Trek, Popeye. Represented by Janine Kamouh at WME. Find me at ryanestrada.com
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Ryan Estrada
@ryanestrada.com
· Oct 19
Welcome, new Blooskers!
So many of you fine folks just followed me through starter packs, so you may not know who the heck I am or what the heck I do!
I'm an artist, author and adventurer who travels the world making comics.
So many of you fine folks just followed me through starter packs, so you may not know who the heck I am or what the heck I do!
I'm an artist, author and adventurer who travels the world making comics.
These are only uncovered because of amazing groups like @txfreedomread.bsky.social filing FOIA requests and spreading the word. I'm sure the list is far longer than this.
@ironcircuscomics.bsky.social
@ironcircuscomics.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 1:12 PM
These are only uncovered because of amazing groups like @txfreedomread.bsky.social filing FOIA requests and spreading the word. I'm sure the list is far longer than this.
@ironcircuscomics.bsky.social
@ironcircuscomics.bsky.social
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There's so much book banning even the authors can't keep track.
I thought book banners stopped targeting my books, but it turns out it just happens so much I stopped seeing it.
@txfreedomread.bsky.social confirms that Banned Book Club and Occulted were banned in Fort Bend, Texas.
My list so far:
I thought book banners stopped targeting my books, but it turns out it just happens so much I stopped seeing it.
@txfreedomread.bsky.social confirms that Banned Book Club and Occulted were banned in Fort Bend, Texas.
My list so far:
January 15, 2026 at 6:15 AM
There's so much book banning even the authors can't keep track.
I thought book banners stopped targeting my books, but it turns out it just happens so much I stopped seeing it.
@txfreedomread.bsky.social confirms that Banned Book Club and Occulted were banned in Fort Bend, Texas.
My list so far:
I thought book banners stopped targeting my books, but it turns out it just happens so much I stopped seeing it.
@txfreedomread.bsky.social confirms that Banned Book Club and Occulted were banned in Fort Bend, Texas.
My list so far:
I want to thank all of the librarians and educators who've fought for my books! They aren't to blame here, it's the politicians who give power to the hate groups who pose as concerned parents in communities they have no connection to.
January 15, 2026 at 6:24 AM
I want to thank all of the librarians and educators who've fought for my books! They aren't to blame here, it's the politicians who give power to the hate groups who pose as concerned parents in communities they have no connection to.
There's so much book banning even the authors can't keep track.
I thought book banners stopped targeting my books, but it turns out it just happens so much I stopped seeing it.
@txfreedomread.bsky.social confirms that Banned Book Club and Occulted were banned in Fort Bend, Texas.
My list so far:
I thought book banners stopped targeting my books, but it turns out it just happens so much I stopped seeing it.
@txfreedomread.bsky.social confirms that Banned Book Club and Occulted were banned in Fort Bend, Texas.
My list so far:
January 15, 2026 at 6:15 AM
There's so much book banning even the authors can't keep track.
I thought book banners stopped targeting my books, but it turns out it just happens so much I stopped seeing it.
@txfreedomread.bsky.social confirms that Banned Book Club and Occulted were banned in Fort Bend, Texas.
My list so far:
I thought book banners stopped targeting my books, but it turns out it just happens so much I stopped seeing it.
@txfreedomread.bsky.social confirms that Banned Book Club and Occulted were banned in Fort Bend, Texas.
My list so far:
(The comic was called The Little Bears, but every image that exists online says California Bear on it.)
Eventually editors decided bears were out and made him change to Little Tigers.
Eventually editors decided bears were out and made him change to Little Tigers.
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 AM
(The comic was called The Little Bears, but every image that exists online says California Bear on it.)
Eventually editors decided bears were out and made him change to Little Tigers.
Eventually editors decided bears were out and made him change to Little Tigers.
I just discovered Jimmy Swimmerton's Little California Bear, from one of the first talking animal comic strips.
Tell me how these rad dudes were created in wild west days but look like they could be a Pop Mart merchandising phenomenon today.
Tell me how these rad dudes were created in wild west days but look like they could be a Pop Mart merchandising phenomenon today.
January 15, 2026 at 1:43 AM
I just discovered Jimmy Swimmerton's Little California Bear, from one of the first talking animal comic strips.
Tell me how these rad dudes were created in wild west days but look like they could be a Pop Mart merchandising phenomenon today.
Tell me how these rad dudes were created in wild west days but look like they could be a Pop Mart merchandising phenomenon today.
Constant reinvention is great! I am not against redesigning characters. It's just funny how comic strip characters evolved and changed naturally then a one point syndicates and licensors said STOP! RIGHT THERE! They must never change again and look exactly like this for 100 years!
January 15, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Constant reinvention is great! I am not against redesigning characters. It's just funny how comic strip characters evolved and changed naturally then a one point syndicates and licensors said STOP! RIGHT THERE! They must never change again and look exactly like this for 100 years!
Hot take: All of our long-running comic strip character designs were frozen in amber at the exact wrong moment.
January 15, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Hot take: All of our long-running comic strip character designs were frozen in amber at the exact wrong moment.
Only time I've seen a headline end in "68" and people still reply "nice."
January 14, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Only time I've seen a headline end in "68" and people still reply "nice."
Prosecutors said “A stricter judgment than the condemnation of Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo is needed to prevent the repetition of tragic history…The minimum statutory penalty is inadequate, so we demand the death penalty.”
January 14, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Prosecutors said “A stricter judgment than the condemnation of Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo is needed to prevent the repetition of tragic history…The minimum statutory penalty is inadequate, so we demand the death penalty.”
To make this easier to parse, Korea's corrupt former wannabe dictator is facing the death penalty, and sonce line of succession is not a thing after impeachment, we get a cool new president who was at the same time playing heavy metal covers of KPop Demon Hunters at a summit in Japan.
as his 2022 election competitor Yoon received a death penalty recommendation in court, Lee Jae-myung was playing the drums with Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi, a heavy metal enthusiast, in their summit in Nara
January 13, 2026 at 11:21 PM
To make this easier to parse, Korea's corrupt former wannabe dictator is facing the death penalty, and sonce line of succession is not a thing after impeachment, we get a cool new president who was at the same time playing heavy metal covers of KPop Demon Hunters at a summit in Japan.
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as his 2022 election competitor Yoon received a death penalty recommendation in court, Lee Jae-myung was playing the drums with Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi, a heavy metal enthusiast, in their summit in Nara
January 13, 2026 at 4:47 PM
as his 2022 election competitor Yoon received a death penalty recommendation in court, Lee Jae-myung was playing the drums with Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi, a heavy metal enthusiast, in their summit in Nara
I had two comics on Hive, but I was never harmed in any way. Just had mysterious meetings that are now making sense.
I'm not hiding any traumatic experiences. I just realized I was being gossipy in a thread where that wasn't appropriate, so I deleted some skeets.
I'm not hiding any traumatic experiences. I just realized I was being gossipy in a thread where that wasn't appropriate, so I deleted some skeets.
January 13, 2026 at 9:54 AM
I had two comics on Hive, but I was never harmed in any way. Just had mysterious meetings that are now making sense.
I'm not hiding any traumatic experiences. I just realized I was being gossipy in a thread where that wasn't appropriate, so I deleted some skeets.
I'm not hiding any traumatic experiences. I just realized I was being gossipy in a thread where that wasn't appropriate, so I deleted some skeets.
Nothing horrible happened to me. I just had odd experiences that I found funny, and told them in a thread about the current issue before realizing it was inappropriate to clutter up that conversation.
January 13, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Nothing horrible happened to me. I just had odd experiences that I found funny, and told them in a thread about the current issue before realizing it was inappropriate to clutter up that conversation.
All of my bizarre in-person meetings with certain people suddenly make sense. I thought I wasn't smart enough to understand a single word of the multi-hour monologues about business strategy, it turns out they didn't understand the business either.
January 13, 2026 at 6:26 AM
All of my bizarre in-person meetings with certain people suddenly make sense. I thought I wasn't smart enough to understand a single word of the multi-hour monologues about business strategy, it turns out they didn't understand the business either.
I would pay for a service that edited seasons of prestige tv that stretch a single episode's worth is story into twelve episodes into filler-free 90 minute movies.
January 12, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I would pay for a service that edited seasons of prestige tv that stretch a single episode's worth is story into twelve episodes into filler-free 90 minute movies.
Abolish ICE, but keep their cages. Simply permanently change which side of the bars the agents stand on.
January 12, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Abolish ICE, but keep their cages. Simply permanently change which side of the bars the agents stand on.
After writing several books about the agents who hinted my wife, kidnapped and tortured her friends, and murdered others, I assume my opinion on ICE is obvious.
There is no amount of legal consequence that would make up for their crimes, but I hope we one day get as close as we can.
There is no amount of legal consequence that would make up for their crimes, but I hope we one day get as close as we can.
January 12, 2026 at 2:26 PM
After writing several books about the agents who hinted my wife, kidnapped and tortured her friends, and murdered others, I assume my opinion on ICE is obvious.
There is no amount of legal consequence that would make up for their crimes, but I hope we one day get as close as we can.
There is no amount of legal consequence that would make up for their crimes, but I hope we one day get as close as we can.
I'm very excited to be able to almost roughly understand this one, and the lyrics are just describing what we see on the page! A lot of "where are my books" and "I love my books" and "have you seen my books" and "a squirrel family has my books."
January 11, 2026 at 4:10 PM
I'm very excited to be able to almost roughly understand this one, and the lyrics are just describing what we see on the page! A lot of "where are my books" and "I love my books" and "have you seen my books" and "a squirrel family has my books."
I went on the I'm Not Crying podcast to talk about why the 1986 movie Gilsotteum made me tear up, and why what happened in the theater after it finish made me bawl like a baby.
Get it wherever you get your pods.
Get it wherever you get your pods.
Gilsotteum
Podcast Episode · I'M NOT CRYING · 01/11/2026 · 1h 7m
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January 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I went on the I'm Not Crying podcast to talk about why the 1986 movie Gilsotteum made me tear up, and why what happened in the theater after it finish made me bawl like a baby.
Get it wherever you get your pods.
Get it wherever you get your pods.
I had such dorky fun doing one-man Dickens at the Busan Museum's Voice of the Masters show.
The Ghosts of Dickens Past, Present, and Yet-To-Come helped me terrorize unenthusiastic audience members into learning the true spirit of literature.
The Ghosts of Dickens Past, Present, and Yet-To-Come helped me terrorize unenthusiastic audience members into learning the true spirit of literature.
January 11, 2026 at 9:23 AM
I had such dorky fun doing one-man Dickens at the Busan Museum's Voice of the Masters show.
The Ghosts of Dickens Past, Present, and Yet-To-Come helped me terrorize unenthusiastic audience members into learning the true spirit of literature.
The Ghosts of Dickens Past, Present, and Yet-To-Come helped me terrorize unenthusiastic audience members into learning the true spirit of literature.
I look forward to your play, Ripe!
January 10, 2026 at 5:42 AM
I look forward to your play, Ripe!
It was a dorky side-project by an over-eager teacher's pet at the time, but every passing year I think maybe it's time for an ACAB musical.
January 10, 2026 at 5:28 AM
It was a dorky side-project by an over-eager teacher's pet at the time, but every passing year I think maybe it's time for an ACAB musical.
I did way too much research into Henry Fielding, the acclaimed author who gave up writing to invent modern policing, and his half-brother John, the Blind Beak of Bow Street. The musical was about policing's speedrun into corruption from the start, connected to Oliver! only by the word "stop!"
January 10, 2026 at 5:28 AM
I did way too much research into Henry Fielding, the acclaimed author who gave up writing to invent modern policing, and his half-brother John, the Blind Beak of Bow Street. The musical was about policing's speedrun into corruption from the start, connected to Oliver! only by the word "stop!"
I played the Bow Street Runner in the 1997 Waterford Mott High School production of Oliver!
I had one line.
"Stop!"
In order to figure out my motivation, I wrote my own entire musical about what my character was doing during the rest of the play.
I had one line.
"Stop!"
In order to figure out my motivation, I wrote my own entire musical about what my character was doing during the rest of the play.
January 10, 2026 at 5:28 AM
I played the Bow Street Runner in the 1997 Waterford Mott High School production of Oliver!
I had one line.
"Stop!"
In order to figure out my motivation, I wrote my own entire musical about what my character was doing during the rest of the play.
I had one line.
"Stop!"
In order to figure out my motivation, I wrote my own entire musical about what my character was doing during the rest of the play.