Ryan North

Person · Open Library

Born

1980

Works

142

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Country

Canada

Active from

1980

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

34

Total plays

178

Ryan North (born October 20, 1980) is a Canadian writer and computer programmer who is the creator and author of Dinosaur Comics, and co-creator of Whispered Apologies and Happy Dog the Happy Dog. He has been the writer of The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl for Marvel Comics since the series debuted in January 2015. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ryan+North">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.

   · 2000 · cited 28,540x

2. The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior

   · 2000 · cited 24,762x

3. Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance

   · 1990 · cited 23,022x

4. Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities

   · 2009 · cited 18,969x

5. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,760x

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan

b. 1980

Nationality

CA

Role / Field

프로그래머programmer, Spisovatele, Scenariste, Programatori, Karikaturiste, 컴퓨터computer

Language

eng

Gender

Male

Recorded by 24 libraries

Quotes

• “Man, staying at home is for chumps! You could shake the man's hand! YOU COULD TOTALLY SMOOCH HIM MAYBE.maybe not but still!”
• “I collect power supplies like other men collect meaningful relationships! THAT IS TO SAY, AT THE RATE OF ABOUT ONE A YEAR”
• “If you find you are not understanding my explanation for a joke, hit "F5" on your browser and the page will refresh and I will explain it again.”
• “I speculate that the genesis of the chicken-joke lies in some situation such as the one illustrated above, but over time the original context of the joke was lost, which left the chicken sadly decontextualized.”
• “They are "sexcellent". That is a pun for you, you will find lots of puns on the internet! Also: blonde jokes.”
• “Good luck distinguishing which sign is the REAL sign when my entire front lawn is covered with thousands of little green signs - each with a different number! Ahahahah! I'll be EVERY address in the whole freakin' township! And what are you gonna do about it? Hopefully, NOTHING!”

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Official website

Dinosaur Comics - July 15th, 2026 - awesome fun times!

this comic... might be the best comic?

qwantz.com →

Link to the official site · 5,752 chars · not written by Vinony

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Ryan

Family name

North

Gender

male

Citizenship

Canada

Place of birth

Ottawa

Occupation

caricaturist

Educated at

University of Toronto

Languages spoken

English language

Award

Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story

Field of work

comics

Official website

ryannorth.ca

Image

Райан Норт на Бигфест 2018 (1) (cropped).jpg

Residence

Ottawa

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