I'M BACK!!!!

And this time it's for keeps.

Hi, I’m Ryan Stegman. You may remember me as the artist from such comic books as Venom, The Superior Spider-Man, Vanish, X-Men, and… “That One Book That Sucked That We Don’t Talk About.”

As many of you know, Donny Cates and I started a newsletter under our KLC Press imprint a little less than five years ago. It was fun and everyone had a great time, but work started getting crazy, the whole thing became unwieldy, and ultimately, it came to an end. The world was devastated, I know.

But I’m back now, so the world can REJOICE. Instead of making this a huge enterprise where we employ those snot-nosed kids Griffin and Ethan, I am going to simply do a newsletter where I talk directly to you about what I’m working on, where you can find me, and all that good stuff—the stuff I used to do on Twitter until it became an absolute hellhole.

I want to do this weekly and show you guys as much art as your little eyeballs can handle. I want to talk about upcoming projects and covers I’m doing, and I really want to shit-talk Chip Zdarsky behind his back. So please, nobody forward these to him. This is a safe space from that Canadian menace; nobody wants to hear from him or his thoughts about vaccines. Feel free to talk about how he’s wronged you in the comments section. I feel like that could be the whole newsletter, honestly.

Anywho, first things first—I’m no longer drawing X-Men. Well, that’s not entirely true. I’m writing an X-Men Annual that Steve Skroce is drawing, and I’m drawing some of that. But THEN, I’m officially done with the X-Men for the foreseeable future. I had a great time working on the title and love the X-Men fans. Sort of.

Beyond that, I’m working on a billion covers and a secret project that I am very excited about. I will be writing and drawing a thing, and that’s all I can say!!!!

So with that, we are off to the races. I hope to have one of these in your inboxes every Wednesday. Below are some recent covers I did. I hope you like them, and I really hope you like me.

Love, Ryan

Knull #2. Pencils and inks by me. Colors by Frank Martin.

The aforementioned X-Men Annual cover. Pencils and inks by me, colors by Arthur Hesli.

A good ol’ fashioned black and white version of my Daredevil #1 cover. Penciled and inked by me!

I’m also the series cover artist for Iron Man! Here’s a wraparound I did for issue 1 that, quite frankly, I crushed.