Ryan Sook

Ryan Sook is an American comic book artist, known for his work on books such as Seven Soldiers: Zatanna, X-Factor and The Spectre. His style has been compared to that of Mike Mignola, Adam Hughes, and Kevin Nowlan.[1]

Career

Sook's first professional work was in Challengers of the Unknown #15, published in 1998. For the next two years, he worked primarily on books for Dark Horse, including several stories set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe, as well as two creator-owned projects in Dark Horse Presents: Witch's Son & Ragnok, with writer John Arcudi. He has also inked over

Bibliography

Interior comic work includes:

Challengers of the Unknown vol. 3 #15: "Earth Came A-Walkin" (with Steven Grant, DC Comics, 1998)

Tales of the Green Lantern: "Know Evil" (with John Ostrander, one-shot, DC Tangent, 1998)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse):

Spike & Dru #1-2 (with Christopher Golden and James Marsters, 1999)

Buffy Annual '99: "Bad Dog" (with Doug Petrie, co-feature, 1999)

TV Guide Nov. 20-26: "Angel: Point of Order" (with David Fury, News America Publications, 1999)

Ring of Fire (with Doug Petrie, graphic novel, 2000)

Reunion (with Jane Espenson, one-shot, 2002)

Dark Horse Presents (anthology, Dark Horse):

"The Bookroom Horror" (with Mike Mignola, in #142, 1999)

"Ragnok" (with John Arcudi, in #147-149, 1999)

"Witch's Son" (with Scott Allie, in #156-157, 2000)

Young Justice 80-Page Giant #1: "Nosferatu to You Too" (with Chuck Dixon, anthology, DC Comics, 1999)

Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #15: "Day of Judgement: Heart of Hell" (with J. M. DeMatteis, DC Comics, 1999)

Hellboy: Box Full of Evil: "Killer in My Skull" (inks on Matt Smith, written by Mike Mignola, one-shot, Maverick, 1999)

Flinch #12: "Tin God" (with John Arcudi, anthology, Vertigo, 2000)

The Spectre vol. 4 #1-4, 6, 8–9, 11-13 (with J. M. DeMatteis, DC Comics, 2001–2002)

Dark Horse Extra #42-44: "B.P.R.D." (with Christopher Golden, Dark Horse, 2001–2002)

B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth #1-3 (with Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden and Tom Sniegoski, Dark Horse, 2002)

Batman: Gotham Knights #41: "I'll Be Watching" (with Ed Brubaker, co-feature, DC Comics, 2003)

Métal Hurlant #6: "3 on a Match" (with Robert Alan Jones, anthology, Les Humanoïdes Associés, 2003)

Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1-6 (with Dan Slott, DC Comics, 2003)

Hawkman vol. 4 #28-31, 34 (with Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti, DC Comics, 2004–2005)

Spider-Man Unlimited vol. 3 #8: "Everything" (with Joshua Ortega, anthology, Marvel, 2005)

Seven Soldiers: Zatanna #1-4 (with Grant Morrison, DC Comics, 2005)

X-Factor vol. 3 #1-4 (with Peter David, Marvel, 2006)

The Goon: Noir #1: "Big Ma's Hootenanny & Slack-Jaw Fighting" (with Steve Niles, anthology, Dark Horse, 2006)

The Ultimates 2 Annual #2 (flashback sequences, with Charlie Huston and Mike Deodato, Jr., Marvel, 2006)

Worldstorm #2: "Savant" (with Christos Gage, anthology, Wildstorm, 2007)

DC Infinite Halloween Special: "The Speed of Life" (with Mark Waid, anthology one-shot, DC Comics, 2007)

Countdown to Final Crisis #2: "The Origin of Darkseid" (with Scott Beatty, co-feature, DC Comics, 2008)

First Born: Aftermath: "Crisis of Faith" (with Ron Marz, anthology one-shot, Top Cow, 2008)

Final Crisis: Resist (with Greg Rucka and Marco Rudy, one-shot, DC Comics, 2008)

The Darkness #75: "Absolute Darkness" (with Phil Hester, among other artists, Top Cow, 2009)

Wednesday Comics #1-12: "Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth!" (with Dave Gibbons, anthology, DC Comics, 2009)

Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #5: "Masquerade" (with Grant Morrison and Pere Pérez, DC Comics, 2010)

The Atom and Hawkman #46: "Bye Bye Birdie!" (with Geoff Johns, DC Comics, 2010)

Action Comics (DC Comics):

"Life Support" (with Damon Lindelof, co-feature in #900, 2011)

"Anchiale" (with Max Landis, co-feature in vol. 2 Annual #1, 2012)

"The Oz Effect, Part 2" (with Dan Jurgens, in #988, 2017)

"Invisible Mafia, Parts 4-6" (with Brian Michael Bendis, in #1004-1006, 2018–2019)

Rocketeer Adventures #3: "A Rocketeer Story" (script and art, anthology, IDW Publishing, 2011)

Artifacts #10: "Origin: Glacier Stone" (with Ron Marz and Tom Feister, co-feature, Top Cow, 2011)

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents vol. 3 #5: "Never the Whole Truth" (with Nick Spencer and CAFU, DC Comics, 2011)

Jonah Hex vol. 2 #70: "Weird Western" (with Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti and Diego Olmos, DC Comics, 2011)

Outlaw Territory Volume 3: "Heaven Sent" (script and art, with Alex Sheikman, anthology, Image, 2013)

Ghost vol. 3 #1-2 (with Kelly Sue DeConnick, Chris Sebela and Drew Edward Johnson (#2), Dark Horse, 2013–2014)

Peanuts: A Tribute to Charles M. Schulz: "Charlie Brown and Snoopy" (script and art, anthology, KaBOOM!, 2015)

Batman Beyond: Rebirth: "Escaping the Grave, Part 1" (with Dan Jurgens, one-shot, DC Comics, 2016)

Superman vol. 4 #15: "Multiplicity, Part 2" (with Peter Tomasi, among other artists, DC Comics, 2017)

Inhumans Prime (with Al Ewing and Chris Allen, one-shot, Marvel, 2017)

The Flash vol. 5 #25 (with Joshua Williamson, Carmine Di Giandomenico and Neil Googe, DC Comics, 2017)

The Kamandi Challenge #12: "The Boundless Realm" (with Gail Simone and Jill Thompson, DC Comics, 2017)

The Man of Steel vol. 2 #3 (with Brian Michael Bendis and Jason Fabok, DC Comics, 2018)

The Unexpected vol. 2 #1: "Call of the Unknown, Part 1 – Punch First" (with Steve Orlando and Cary Nord, DC Comics, 2018)

From Hell's Heart: "The Confidence-Man" (with Herman Melville and John Arcudi, anthology graphic novel, A Wave Blue World, 2019)

Legion of Super-Heroes (with Brian Michael Bendis, DC Comics):

Millennium #2 (with Jim Cheung, Nicola Scott and Jeff Dekal, 2019)

Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 7 #1-ongoing (2020–...)

Covers only

Angel #6 (Dark Horse, 2000)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #28 (Dark Horse, 2000)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Spike & Dru #3 (Dark Horse, 2000)
The Spectre vol. 4 #5, 7, 14, 18 (DC Comics, 2001–2002)
Hellhounds #2 (Image, 2003)
Hawkman vol. 4 #35-37, 39 (DC Comics, 2005)
Birds of Prey #78 (DC Comics, 2005)
Robotika #1 (Archaia Studios, 2005)
X-Factor vol. 3 #5, 7-12 (Marvel

birth place	San Jose, California
nationality	American
cartoonist	y
pencil	y
ink	y
color	y
notable works	Seven Soldiers: Zatanna X-Factor

Career

Bibliography

Covers only

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References

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