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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Rip Haywire by Dan Thompson
Rose is Rose by Don Wimmer and Pat Brady
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AussieDownUnder said, 3 months ago
The hen is way smarter than Marco or Brandon.
templo SUD said, 3 months ago
Very nice, Herr Figgen (though I thought the brushes would have trimmings of his beard).
Radish
said, 3 months ago
With his beard could he paint a logo on the guys head?
Bruno Zeigerts said, 3 months ago
At the Calgary Stampede they had a chicken that could play Tic Tac Toe.
I played a game … we tied.
At least I don’t have to say it beat me!
Kit Walker
said, 3 months ago
Austin finally makes it into Ripley’s. And I DO believe some hideous idiot rents out his skin to shill for commerce. And I DO believe it happens in Austin.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago
When I see “J.J.” why do I also think of “Clever Hans” in this context?
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Yes you can sell you forehead as bill board space.
briatollah said, 3 months ago
I wonder if pcolli has seen this yet.
pcolli said, 3 months ago
@briatollah
I just have….My beard is nowhere near that long, nor will it ever be. I keep it trimmed and tidy.
Penny Robinson Fan Club said, 3 months ago
I wonder if the Herr Figgen’s artwork is famed the way a dancing bear is, in that the marvel isn’t how well it dances ,but that it dances at all.
truecanadianliberal said, 3 months ago
@Bruno Zeigerts
Whoever gets the centre square cannot lose.
Bruno Zeigerts said, 3 months ago
@truecanadianliberal
Yes, the central lesson of Wargames … you can’t win at Tic Tac Toe… that was the message of that movie, wasn’t it?
iced tea said, 3 months ago
Brandon is like Charlie Brown. Remember in It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown where Lucy demonstrated drawing a Jack-olantern. She used Charlie Brown’s bald head as a demo.
RootsInDM said, 3 months ago
Keep Austin Weird is the nearly official slogan of Austin. Even “weird” is weird, because it’s not “i” before “e”.
AmyGrantfan51774 said, 3 months ago
interesting about the hen that learned to count using playing cards ..wonder if she can play poker however????!!!
AmyGrantfan51774 said, 3 months ago
@iced tea
yea and at the end remember he said hey?!!!