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	120 Hours: A Collection of 24 Hour Comics Challenge Stories by Ron Ruelle They say nothing good happens after midnight. Participants in the Denver 24 Hour Comics Challenge might disagree. We have to disagree. We need good things to happen. Rules for the event are simple: You show up at the designated time and place with your art supplies. You are given a topic. You then have 24 hours to create a complete, coherent, 24 page comic story. This book contains five stories by Ron Ruelle, each one lovingly crafted (or hurriedly scribbled) within those parameters. In this volume you will find tales of zombie space aliens, possessed bobble head dolls, hostile stuffed animals, evil twins, eight-year-old forensic detectives, and other things that only come to mind at ridiculous hours of the night. This book features one story that has never been published, three stories that appear in the 24HCC compilations below, and one new story so fresh, the ink is still wet. Publication Date 2011 ISBN-13: 978-1466270558 136 Pages, BW, Paperback $9.95 plus shipping
	*Non-Human Resources: At the Zu Daily Strips, Vol. 2* by Ron Ruelle Beasts of burden come in all stripes and colors... the disgruntled underling, the scheming old timer, the obsolete dinosaur, and the vacuous slacker. You find them all at ZuCorp. Second collection of the syndicated comic strip. (Hey Darwin! front cover shown to left) Title: Non-Human Resources Written, illustrated, inked and lettered by Ron Ruelle Intended Audience: General Format: 108 page b&w comic, color square-bound cover Retail Price: $9.95 US ISBN 9-781460-941249 View sample pages: 46, 60
	*Hey Darwin! At the Zu Daily Strips, Vol. 1* by Ron Ruelle What can we learn about the human condition from a vegetarian lion, a haiku-writing monkey, a conniving zebra, and a feminist ostrich? You'll find out when you visit ZuCorp, where the animals are running the asylum. First collection of the syndicated strip, "At the Zu". (Hey Darwin! front cover shown to left) Title: Hey Darwin! Written, illustrated, inked and lettered by Ron Ruelle Intended Audience: General Format: 108 page b&w comic, color square-bound cover Retail Price: $9.95 US ISBN 9-781461-055365 View sample pages: 58, 59, 60
	Stoner's Aquarium, by Ron Ruelle Here you will find over 100 pages of “Stoner’s Aquarium” that ran in the University of Tennessee “Daily Beacon” from 1986 through 1989. Each cartoon has been digitally remastered and comes with DVD-style commentary from the author to provide proper historical revision and/or snarky comment. Oh, and a portion of the profits will go to the University of Tennessee scholarship fund. Enjoy! There’s something about a college comic strip, being crudely drawn, mildly offensive and oblivious to marketing concerns, that often does not enter the post graduate world with the cartoonist. This early work is often more dangerous than anything a cartoonist is likely to create afterwards. And that’s what makes this collection worth revisiting. (Stoner's Aquarium front cover shown to left) Title: Stoner's Aquarium Written, illustrated, inked and lettered by Ron Ruelle Intended Audience: General Format: 104 page b&w comic, color square-bound cover Retail Price: $9.95 US ISBN 0-9755041-5-0 Squid Works Order # 1100 View sample pages: 17, 38, 51, 93

Ron Ruelle has been drawing cartoons since kindergarten, when his grandmother gave him a treasure trove of comic books to read. Since she worked at a comic book publisher, comics were seen as a legitimate form of literature in the Ruelle household. (In fact, they were about the only form of literature in the house...)

Inspired by this good fortune, Ron set out to be the next Charles Schulz (failing that, he then tried to be the next Al Jaffee, then the next Berkeley Breathed, then the next Matt Groening, then the next Daniel Clowes. Right now he's happy to have projects that actually have deadlines, publishers, and invoices at the end.)

Ron drew a daily syndicated comic strip called "At the Zu" from 1995-98. Sadly, the strip never quite reached the popularity of "Peanuts" and he had to move on. (For more perspective on the pros and cons of syndication, read this article. And for more insight on how to be a cartoonist, see my list of free advice... )

Ron currently lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife Belinda and daughter Lillian and their Gomez, and three chickens. When he is not tempting fate by snowboarding, mountain biking or scaling icy cliffs near his home, he makes his living primarily as a freelance cartoonist, illustrator, graphic designer and writer. Current gigs include editorial cartoonist for The Boulder County Business Report, cartoonist for Kids Pages magazine, art director for Chevelle World magazine, and various other freelance jobs. He is willing to listen to offers from folks who are willing to exchange cash for his hard work and cartoonistic expertise. Ron also teaches cartooning and graphic design at the Community College of Aurora near Denver.

Future plans include printing some of his daily syndicated comic strips in book form and finally finishing his sure-to-be-Nobel-winning first graphic novel.

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