Ryan Brown

Ryan Brown is a comic book artist best known for his work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series.

Brown began inking the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1985 and continued until 1988 when he and partner Steve Lavigne began producing artwork for licensed TMNT products. Brown worked primarily as inker over Lavigne's pencils.

As a Mirage Studios staff artist Brown designed many Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures.

Two examples are Scratch and Farmer Michaelangelo which are un-credited on the back of the toy packaging but Brown has confirmed at different convention appearances that he did create the cat burglar as well as designed Farmer Mike. He also notes that the stool pigeon included with the Scratch figure was created by long-time friend Dan Berger.

In the late 1980's, Brown, with partner Stephen Murphy, revamped the Archie TMNT Adventures title for Mirage Studios. The team of Brown and Murphy created the Mighty Mutanimals as a spin-off of the Adventures title.

His character Motorhead appeared in an issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Magazine.

Brown created his concept the Hallowieners in 1984. Mirage Studios published a comic book about the giant mutant monster Halloween hot dogs in 1989.

Brown was a participant in the drafting of the Creators' Bill of Rights.

Brown also created the ABC Saturday morning animated television series, Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa.