the Centre for the Study of Cartoons, University of Kent. In addition to the 24 books in the Captain Pugwash series and the 11 in his Noah's Ark series, he produced a further 24 books. Ryan died in hospital in Rye, East Sussex. He is survived by his wife Priscilla and his three children. His daughter Isabel Ryan provided Mary's voice in Mary, Mungo and Midge. Family His brother was Roman Catholic theologian and philosopher Columba Ryan. His father was diplomat Andrew Ryan. References External links Jedis Children's TV Captain Pugwash page, contains a 1974 interview with Ryan on the animation of Captain Pugwash 1921 births 2009 deaths 20th-century British artists 20th-century British male writers 20th-century British writers Alumni of the University of Westminster Artists from Edinburgh British animated film directors British animators British Army personnel of World War II British cartoonists British children's writers British comic strip cartoonists British comics artists British Roman Catholics British television directors People educated at Ampleforth College Royal Lincolnshire Regiment officers Writers from Edinburgh Writers who illustrated their own writing