Take a Joke (Angry Youth Comix)
“...[T]he adventures start at an outrageousness level that’s over-the-top and go north of there, until they climb higher, then scale a wall, then take an elevator, then an escalator, and finally jump real high. They never, ever come down.” (Rod Lott - Bookgasm)“Ryan brings his mixture of scatology, sex, and billingsgate to an acme of noxious hilarity...Vile beyond all credence, this stuff reduces its fans to teary, dribbling idiocy, others to nauseated indignation. If you can’t stand Tony Millionaire (Maakies) or the raunchiest of R. Crumb, you’ll hate it. High praise, indeed!” (Ray Olson - Booklist)“Johnny Ryan’s one of the best and only people making funny comics these days.... I don't know if he cares what people thought, but I do know that once you master something it gets boring. Johnny's modern comics are dark and based more in a mixture of Lovecraftian horror and certain manga sensibilities. What's in this book is the bend before the break...  If VICE had to summarize all its beliefs into one gigantic comic book, it would be Angry Youth Comix. It’s poignant and crude and the funniest thing we’ve ever seen.” (Nick Gazin - VICE Magazine)“There aren’t many artists in any field who can match Ryan for sheer surreal creativity. His longer strips suggest a filthy hybrid of the Marx Bros. and Monty Python... Ryan’s work is smart, crammed with ideas, and so funny it will melt your retinas.” (Chicago Reader)“The master of the yuks that disturb, Johnny Ryan is back with a new collection of his hilariousAngry Youth Comix. You'll laugh a lot and feel weird about doing it. Genius!” (Benn Ray (Atomic Books) - Largehearted Boy)“Johnny Ryan is a very funny man.” (Tom Spurgeon - The Comics Reporter)