What It Takes to Be an Artist | Featuring Tom Ryan (Thundercats Variant Cover Artist) EP 184 @TheWeeklyWarpPipe
What It Takes to Be an Artist | Featuring Tom Ryan (Thundercats Variant Cover Artist) EP 184  @TheWeeklyWarpPipe
Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
In this episode of the Weekly Warp Pipe Podcast, we’re joined by our friend and talented artist Tom Ryan from Tom Ryan Studios! @Tomryansstudio

Tom is a Connecticut-based artist inspired by comic books, street art, and pop culture. His artwork has been sold worldwide and his designs can be found everywhere from corporate logos and restaurant branding to beer cans. He has also been designing cans for Mispillion River Brewing in Milford, Delaware for over a decade.

Tom specializes in retro-inspired fine art posters and lapel pins heavily influenced by growing up in the 80s, and he’s currently working on a self-published comic with writer Lucas Whelan called “The Electrifying Tales of Mr. Amazing.” He also recently released a limited edition variant cover for Dynamite’s Thundercats #1 and will soon release another exclusive variant cover for Space Ghost #1.

Tom joins us for the entire show and jumps into all our favorite segments:

🎮 Warp Pipe Rental – Tom picks the GameCube action platformer I-Ninja
🎬 Name That Quote – Dave quizzes everyone with classic movie quotes from the 80s
🎨 Artist Talk – Tom tells us how he got started, what it takes to become a professional artist, and the inspiration behind his work
🟥🟩 Red Pipe / Green Pipe – We debate which nostalgic path we’d take to relive the day

It’s a fun mix of retro gaming, movies, art, and pop culture nostalgia with one seriously talented guest.
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00:00:00 - Start
00:00:12 - Artist Tom Ryan Welcome
00:03:13 - Stuck on a Desert island, What video game are you bringing
00:15:36 - Warp Pipe Rental - I Ninja on Gamecube - It really is a hidden gem
00:33:17 - Throwdown Showdown - Ferris Bueller VS the Breakfast Club
00:42:15 - Name that Quote - 80s Movie trivia
00:50:10 - Commercial Break
00:51:37 - Talking to Tom Ryan to see what it takes being a Comic Artist
01:31:23 - Voicemails to the show
01:34:18 - Do yourself a favor - Music Recommend by NES Addict
01:35:23 - Red Pipe Green Pipe which will you go down to re live a day in the past
01:47:36 - Wrapping up with Artist Tom Ryan
01:52:02 - outro to the show - The weekly warp pipe podcast EP 184
What It Takes to Be an Artist | Featuring Tom Ryan (Thundercats Variant Cover Artist) EP 184
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