Ryan Ottley
Ryan Ottley is an American comic book artist and writer born in 1975, recognized primarily for his long association with Image Comics' *Invincible* and, later, his run on Marvel's *Amazing Spider-Man* and *Hulk*. His catalog spans more than 200 credited issues across a career stretching from 2004 into the mid-2020s, demonstrating a remarkable consistency and range within mainstream superhero comics.
Ottley built his reputation almost entirely through *Invincible*, Robert Kirkman's superhero series at Image Comics, where his clean, kinetic linework became inseparable from the book's identity. His ability to render both quiet character moments and brutally intense action sequences gave the series much of its tonal range. The title's international reach is reflected in the catalog's multiple foreign-language editions — Spanish, Portuguese, and Finnish among them — to which his artwork was central.
He also contributed to the *Battle Beast* spinoff and eventually made the jump to Marvel, most notably joining writer Nick Spencer on *Amazing Spider-Man*, a high-profile assignment that introduced his work to a considerably broader readership.
No specific awards or individual collaborator details beyond Kirkman and Spencer appear in the available sources, but Ottley's decade-plus commitment to a single ongoing title, combined with his successful transition to Marvel's flagship characters, marks a notably durable and versatile body of work.
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Full bibliography · 46 series
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