Ripley's Believe It or Not has been presenting the incredible and the unusual in illustrated form since Robert Ripley's first "Champs and Chumps" comic published on Dec. 19, 1918. Currently, B.I.O.N. is illustrated by John Graziano, who has been working as an artist and illustrator since 1983, when he received a certificate in illustration from the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts. He has designed trading card sets and a portrait series based on the 1960s cult TV show "Dark Shadows." John has also created comic strips for "Scream Queens" magazine, designed t-shirts graphics and created storyboards and concept drawings for Hollywood films. Researcher Lucas Stram has worked since 2004 as the voice behind the cartoon, reviewing potential stories, filtering through the hundreds of weekly submissions and putting together the stories for John to bring to life. New submissions are always welcome. Just click here.
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Yamakasi said, 7 months ago
Forget flowers and chocolates.
Providing your ailing beloved with a replacement kidney? Now THAT’S love.
There oughta be a “Love is…” on THAT couple.
templo SUD said, 7 months ago
I’m impressed by Kiribati’s location and by the Woodliefs.
roscoedog55 said, 7 months ago
Said she was a kidney match. Does not say if she gave 1 up.
shel4 said, 7 months ago
he’ll never hear the end of it!
srchief78 said, 7 months ago
marrying your sister finally paid off
Simon_Jester said, 7 months ago
If they get divorced, will she want it back?
SeaFox10 said, 7 months ago
@Simon_Jester
I was going to say that, so yes, she will!
Puddleglum2 said, 7 months ago
It’s the ‘renal’ deal!
gmartin997
said, 7 months ago
Although donating a kidney is a wonderful gesture, I’ve often wondered about the life expectancy of both the donar and the recipient after the transplant. It would seem to put a tremendous burden on the one functioning kidney. Can these people really live normal lives as they would if they both had two good kidneys?
Kali39 said, 7 months ago
Kiribati: And no one knows what time it is…
Penny Robinson Fan Club said, 7 months ago
@roscoedog55
Lol, that’s what I was gonna say, but really, do ya think the story would have ever got out if he’d just said, “Yeah, that’s nice, call us when you got a donor,”?
nighthawks
said, 7 months ago
Yes, defying steep odds she was a match alright, just as it says.
it doesn’t say she went along with it, though.
she gets married and then the first thing he asks of her is for her to be put under, hacked open with a knife and have one of her perfectly working kidneys removed and then to have to deal with the recuperation of said operation.
seems like a lot to ask
Marvin3 said, 7 months ago
Why not!?
Bobzilla said, 7 months ago
@Kali39
The sun comes up, you do stuff. The sun goes down, you quit doing stuff.
Kali39 said, 7 months ago
@Bobzilla
Not in Vegas…