Ruttgaizer Dot Com

Anthony Ruttgaizer is a comic book writer and cartoonist, a podcast host and a professional wrestling promoter and performer based in Toronto, Canada. He has also worked as a stand up comedian, a night club DJ and an on-air radio host.

In 2020, Anthony revived his pop culture podcast, the Handsome Genius Club Radio Show, releasing new episodes every weekday for the entire year. HGC Radio has returned to a once-a-week schedule for 2023. The podcast features Anthony’s personal stories, his take on pop culture and current events, and in-depth interviews with creators and performers.

Under the guise of professional wrestler Anthony Kingdom James, he is still semi-active as a competitor on live wrestling events around the independent circuit.  He is also the promoter of his own live events under the banner of the Union of Independent Professional Wrestlers.

In 2022, Anthony returned to school for the first time in 30 years, taking a post-graduate program in Digital Media Management at George Brown College in Toronto, graduating on the Dean’s Honour List.

Anthony’s various creative endeavours have led him to make numerous media appearances over the years, as an interview subject, guest presenter or guest contributor, including Sunday Edition (CBC Radio), Inner Space and Fandom Forum: Battlestar Galactica (Space Television), Culture Shock (WWE Network), CITY-tv News (Toronto), WICU-tv News (Erie, PA), Q107 FM (Toronto), The Fan 590 AM (Toronto), Live Audio Wrestling (syndicated national radio), Naked News, the West End Phoenix newspaper and Vice.com, amongst others.

PUBLISHING HISTORY
The F1rst Hero, Vol.1: The Monster (Fall 2014)
Heroes of Homeroom C, Issue 1 (Fall 2015)
The F1rst Hero, Vol.2: Fight For Your Life (Fall 2015)
ActionVerse (Spring 2016)
The F1rst Hero, Vol.3: Wednesday\’s Child (Spring 2016)
Heroes of Homeroom C, Vol.1 (Fall 2017)
Anthony Drew Something (Fall 2019)
Austin 3:16 – 316 Facts and Stories About Stone Cold Steve Austin (March 2021)
Strip Club Quotes (August 2022)
Chance For Survival #1 (March 2023)

AWARD NOMINATIONS
2017 Glyph Awards – Best Male Character (Albert Hathaway – Heroes of Homeroom C)
2018 Joe Shuster Awards – Gene Day Award for Self-Publishers