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Ryan Brown\u00a0(born May 2, 1962)\u00a0<\/span>is a\u00a0comic book artist\u00a0best known for his work on\u00a0Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/em>.<\/p>\n He is a 1980 graduate of\u00a0Norwayne High School.<\/p>\n Brown began inking the\u00a0Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/em>\u00a0in 1985 and continued until 1988, when he and partner\u00a0Steve Lavigne<\/a>\u00a0began producing artwork for licensed TMNT products. Brown worked primarily as\u00a0inker\u00a0over Lavigne’s pencils.<\/p>\n As a\u00a0Mirage Studios\u00a0staff artist, Brown designed the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figure Farmer\u00a0Michelangelo\u00a0for\u00a0Playmates Toys. According to credit included on the back of turtles action figures Brown also created Hothead,\u00a0Scratch, Monty Moose, King Lionheart, Half Court,\u00a0Wyrm,\u00a0Scumbug,\u00a0Leatherhead, Dr. El,\u00a0Wingnut,\u00a0Ray Fillet, Sand Storm,\u00a0Mondo Gecko\u00a0and Rock’n’Roll Mondo Gecko. Brown’s comic book series,\u00a0The Selected\u00a0is populated with his old unused TMNT toy designs.<\/p>\n Scratch and Farmer Michelangelo are un-credited on the back of the toy packaging, but Brown has confirmed at different convention appearances that he did create the cat burglar as well as designed Farmer Mike. He also notes that the stool pigeon included with the Scratch figure was created by long-time friend\u00a0Dan Berger.<\/p>\n In the late 1980s, Brown, with partner\u00a0Stephen Murphy, revamped the Archie\u00a0Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures<\/em>\u00a0title for\u00a0Mirage Studios. The team of Brown and Murphy created the Mighty\u00a0Mutanimals\u00a0as a\u00a0spin-off\u00a0of the Adventures title. Brown inked over 80 covers for the Archie\u00a0TMNT Adventures<\/em>\u00a0title.<\/p>\n His character\u00a0Motorhead\u00a0appeared in an issue of\u00a0Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n Brown created his concept the\u00a0Hallowieners\u00a0in 1984. Mirage Studios published a comic book about the giant mutant monster Halloween hot dogs in 1989.<\/p>\n Brown was a participant in the drafting of the\u00a0Creator’s Bill of Rights.<\/p>\n Brown also created the\u00a0ABC\u00a0Saturday morning animated television series\u00a0Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa<\/em>, and helped with development on its corresponding\u00a0video game\u00a0for the\u00a0arcade\u00a0by\u00a0Konami. The game itself easily compared to Konami’s own\u00a0Western\u00a0game\u00a0Sunset Riders<\/em>.<\/p>\n *Photo by tOkKa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ryan Brown\u00a0(born May 2, 1962)\u00a0is a\u00a0comic book artist\u00a0best known for his work on\u00a0Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is a 1980 graduate of\u00a0Norwayne High School. Brown began inking the\u00a0Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\u00a0in 1985 and continued until 1988, when he and partner\u00a0Steve… Continue Reading