Jim Rugg

Jim Rugg makes comics, books, drawings, illustrations, and designs. His books and comics include Street Angel, Afrodisiac, the PLAIN Janes, Rambo 3.5, Notebook Drawings, and Supermag. He has exhibited drawings at iam8bit, Gallery1988, Mondo, and the Society of Illustrators. Honors include Eisner and Ignatz Awards, The Pittsburgh Foundation's Investing in Professional Artists grant, and AIGA's 50 Books/50 Covers selection for best-designed books. He teaches classes in the MFA Visual Narrative program at the School of Visual Arts and co-hosted BoingBoing.net's Tell Me Something I Don't Know podcast. PATREON: streetangel INSTAGRAM: jimruggart TWITTER: @jimruggart FACEBOOK: StreetAngelComic eNEWSLETTER: SUBSCRIBE EMAIL: [email protected]

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#Sketchbook #figuredrawing #wrestling #pencil #cartoonistkayfabe https://www.instagram.com/p/CqDynzzPjQw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Mark your calendars March 23rd I’ll join @dreamersbmore for a Hulk Grand Design Q&A. Details below. Posted @withregram • @dreamersbmore Have you checked out our Book Clubs?! We’ve got a particularly smashing pick for March’s Heroes & Villains Book Club- Hulk: Grand Design by @jimruggart! Folks in the club are receiving this gorgeously oversized treasury edition of Hulk: Grand Design + a signed book plate from Jim! And! We could not be more excited to share that Jim will be (virtually) joining us for the Book Club meeting next week (March 23rd) 💚 Have questions? Interested in joining? Feel free to send us a DM or check out the link in our bio! https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp2ao_-sOE0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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2 live streams on @cartoonist.kayfabe tomorrow. 1 at 11am Est for everybody, and one right after of our entire recording session (minus shoot interview) for our biggest Patreon supporters. We’ll be looking at comics from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2020s https://youtube.com/@CartoonistKayfabe https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp1E4_useqf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I’ll have some copies of Octobriana 1976 (the world’s 1st blacklight comic book) at Four Color Fantasies this Saturday. Posted @withregram • @findsecretbase Sometimes, you wonder where these online guides get pricing info? A well known guide says this Octobriana Kickstarter exclusive black light edition is only four bucks?? It has a ten dollar cover price and great googly look at these SOLD ebay results! We will have a few of these at @rocknpodexpo for less than 40 bucks! But we imagine David Bowie and Billy Idol's favorite Russian superwoman will be a hot book at the show, so hit us up early! @cartoonist.kayfabe @jimruggart #octobriana #blacklight #undergroundcomix #Kickstarter #DavidBowie #BillyIdol https://www.instagram.com/p/CpxLlkGspAo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I’ll be at Four Color Fantasies this Saturday to sign Hulk Grand Design, Street Angel, PLAIN Janes, and I’ll have some rare zines, out-of-print books, @cartoonist.kayfabe stickers, and art - March 18! Come talk comics with me at a great comic shop! https://www.instagram.com/p/CpvRT7kL6Tt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Studio clean up — comics, art, books #cartoonistkayfabe #makemorecomics #studio https://www.instagram.com/p/CptAE-evYDu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Studio cleanup continues with comics, books, shelves, logos, design #bookstagram #cartoonistkayfabe #bookdesign #art #comics https://www.instagram.com/p/Cps84n3PsAH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Cleaning up the studio and saw these two eyeballing each other! #hulkgranddesign #aeonflux #cartoonistkayfabe https://www.instagram.com/p/Cps3DMtv0rG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Posted @withregram • @cartoonist.kayfabe Smackdown! https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpoof2cMVTX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Lineart done on chapter 1. Now to color. Built this palette from a 1940 crime comic book. #makemorecomics #cartoonistkayfabe https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpn4Xmkvs35/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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My latest cover — @ed_piskor Red Room Crypto Killaz from @fantagraphics @cartoonist.kayfabe An homage to one of the most iconic covers of my time @robliefeld @imagecomics #cartoonistkayfabe #makemorecomics #coverart #redroom https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpij--YP2Jj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Hulk Grand Design!!! https://www.instagram.com/p/CpgFhHJvzqd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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What a week and weekend! I owe a millions thank you’s! Today on @cartoonist.kayfabe Geof Darrow tells us about THE MAKING OF Hardboiled! This book changed my brain. Thanks Geof Darrow for making these comics and for taking time to talk about them! Spent the week signing Hulk Grand Design and sharing all your pics of Hulk Grand Design! Thank you to everyone for supporting this book. What a great week! Then ComicsPRO Pittsburgh! I love comics retailers! Spent two days talking to 100+ retailers and came away inspired by their creativity, hard work, and history. What a convention. Thank you to all the retailers who changed comics with their hard work over the last 50 years. I look forward to working with you and continuing to make more comics! . After that, I needed a break and spent the day hiking around Ohiopyle State Park. What a week! . #MakeMoreComics #ReadMorecomics #cartoonistkayfabe https://www.instagram.com/p/CpJRg5EvEmD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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ComicsPRO was awesome! Thanks to all the retailers who came by to talk @cartoonist.kayfabe , Hulk, Street Angel, PLAIN Janes, and comics business!!! #ReadMoreComics #makeMoreComics #sellMoreComics #cartoonistkayabe #comicbookshop https://www.instagram.com/p/CpIL5IfrWE2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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ComicsPRO 2023 — I’ll have signed posters and book plates for comic shop retailers at our round table Friday! Stock up for your customers back home! https://www.instagram.com/p/CpBc6_BvzUH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Posted @withregram • @kirbycomicsstore Best Trade Paperback of this New Comic Book Day is Hulk Grand Design Treasury Edition by @jimruggart This is the perfect ending? to the Grand Design Saga first started by @ed_piskor for his X-men Grand Design and @tom_scioli Fantastic Four Grand Design! These took a long time to get here but judging from how they sold so far, they are still on everyone’s want list! I loved showing a father who came in with his son from Boston and watched both of them light up once I put one of these green monsters in their hands! I told them that if they wanted the original issues, we still had some left on our wall of New Comics, but the young man said he wanted the Treasury Edition! It’s always a blessing to get the young collectors-readers into some comic history, especially if it’s done by one of the best comic creators and historians around! If you don’t believe me just listen to the @cartoonist.kayfabe YouTube and see what vintage gems Jim, Ed and Tom tear into! Comic History is so important right now as we need to pass along all that we’ve read and learned to the young Padawans so they can pass it on through the generations! King Kirby’s Modern Mythology will last forever! #jackkirby #kingkirby #kirbycreations #thehulk #theincrediblehulk #jimrugg #edpiskor #tomscioli #hulkgranddesign #xmengranddesign #fantasticfourgranddesign #comichistory #modernmythology #readmorecomics #supportyourlocalcomicshop #passoncomichistory #kirbycomicsforever https://www.instagram.com/p/CpBbtxQv9aK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Posted @withregram • @infiniterealitiescomics Speaking of stuff we love that dropped this week, we can’t wait to dig into this Treasury edition sized HULK: GRAND DESIGN. Lovingly crafted by the always amazing @jimruggart this book is a must-own for not only Hulk fans, but fans who enjoy creators who push the boundaries as well! #igcomicfam #igcomicbooks #igcomicfamily #igcomicbookfamily #igcomicbookcommunity #igcomiccommunity #igcomicbookfam #comics #comicbooks #igcomic #igcomicsfam #igcomicsfamily #igcomiccollector #igcomicbookcollector #instacomics #igcomicpeeps #comicsofinstagram #hulk #marvelcomics #mcu #avengers https://www.instagram.com/p/Co-mxOFP-61/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=