Welcome.

This is the Official Website and Blog of Ryan Scott McCullar. I am a Professional Graphic Designer, Writer, and Visual Artist. Previously, I was an adjunct college art professor for 20 years who also worked in marketing and communications. 

Outside of my day job, I am the creator-owner of THRILL SEEKER COMICS Pulp Action & Adventure Series featuring The Yellow Jacket: Man of Mystery™ and Ms. Tittenhurst: Finder of Lost Things™ that I write and illustrate under my independent publishing banner named Bandito Entertainment™. I also currently write and illustrate the brand-new comic strip series SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ featuring the public-domain character Popeye. 

Visit www.thrillseekercomics.com and www.seashantyfunnies.com for more information on the comics.

Topics of Interest Covered: Gen X Culture, Comic Books. Music, Hi-Fi Stereo Equipment, and CD/FLAC/Vinyl Record Collecting. Films. Books. Action Figures. Philately (Stamp Collecting). Karate. Politics. Blogging and Life.

Disclaimer: Opinions expressed are my own. This is my personal website/blog and does not reflect the views or opinions of my employer.

Thursday, December 04, 2025

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ Comic Strip #13 - The bird is the word!

 


"A-well-a don't you know, about the bird? Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word! A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the bird..."

Wednesday, December 03, 2025

Monday, December 01, 2025

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ Comic Strip #10 - Crystal Ball Visions

 

Have a Happy Cyber (Comic) Monday...

Don't make him see red because "...he's mean, he's mean. You know what I mean?" {nod, nod, & a wink}


Sunday, November 30, 2025

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ Comic Strip #9 - Sindbad the Sailor Summoned!

 

Start of a new storyline inspired by the "feel" of the early Max Fleischer Popeye cartoons of the 1930's and some of the E.C. Segar and Tom Sims & Bela Zaboly strips of the 1930's to 1950's! I'll be introducing my own original characters as support characters, too, but I will make sure they are respectful of the sandbox that they are playing in as guest stars. If that makes sense. While I will continue with doing some daily gags here and there like I did this past week (with many gags that are impromptu that I created in the spur of the moment on that day), I want to begin threading in my first ongoing narrative with a story arc of something that I've had in the making for almost a year now behind the scenes that I have scripted. I was planning on drawing longer Sunday full page strips, but since I'm doing all of these comic strips in color now on a daily basis, I think I will keep publishing them online like this at a more manageable daily dose pace so that I can keep up on a regular basis. (I am doing these in my "spare time" outside of my day job and working on my other THRILL SEEKER COMICS books). Hope that is okay. Enjoy! I think this might be a fun ride... This is an experiment for me still, too!

Saturday, November 29, 2025

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ Comic Strip #8 - J. Wellington Wimpy's Ironic Word for Today: Salubrious

 

J. Wellington Wimpy's Ironic Word for Today: sa·lu·bri·ous
/səˈlo͞obrēəs/
adjective: salubrious
  1. health-giving; healthy. or good for your health.
My two puppies Lulu and CC woke me up during the middle of then night to take them out. I then came up with a new idea for today's comic strip that made me trash the one that I was going to originally run. So, I cranked out this one instead which is an ode to all of the Wimpy and Cow comic strips and cartoons over the last century. I hope everyone is staying warm. It decided to snow where I'm at here in Central Illinois.


Friday, November 28, 2025

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ Comic Strip #7 - Happy Record Store Day!

 

Instead of standing in line at 6:00 a.m., I knocked out this quick little ditty this morning with my public domain-based Popeye indie comic strip. Now, I'm heading over  to Dumb Records here in Springfield to see if I can maybe find that B.B. King Record Store Day exclusive release that I'm wanting and maybe a few other goodies.

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ Comic Strip #5 - Thanksgiving Eve

 


A new SEA SHANTY FUNNIES comic strip that I put together this Thanksgiving's Eve for all of you Popeye fans.