About me

John Graziano is only the 7th person to take up the pen illustrating the Ripley`s BION  syndicated daily cartoon feature originated by Robert Ripley in 1918. John sent Ripley`s some artwork back when he was a teenager in New Jersey and was encouraged to continue his efforts to become a professional and that`s exactly what he did.

John called on Ripley`s again 25 years after the first contact and landed the job! Believe It! John 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. John later studied Industrial Design Technology at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.

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, sculpted figures that have been made into wax museum pieces, provided book illustrations, plastic model kit box illustrations,designed t-shirt graphics and created storyboards and concept drawings for Hollywood films.

Recently John worked on a series of fun booked for Ripley publishing which included an 8-book series titled “Shout Outs!” and provided illustrations for the latest Ripley “Twist” book on Pirates.

John is also a musician and plays bass, guitar and sings with the band “Feeling Groovy”, performing the feel-good pop/rock of the 60s, 70s, 80s and beyond!