MORE PAPERCUTZ SLICES COVER ART I CAN’T TALK ABOUT

WARNING: The following information should be of little value to you. Well, he did it again. After informing me by telephone that Papercutz needed yet ANOTHER cover for a new book they’re publishing next year, the Old Editor, Jim Salicrup, called and described the premise for the next cover in the series we laughingly refer [...]

How Not To Draw a Graphic Novel

When Papercutz Editor Jim Salicrup told me earlier this year that he’d chosen me to illustrate Stefan Petrucha’s hilarious new 50-page full-color graphic-novel parody of the Harry Potter series I nearly flipped my wig! I told Salicrup: “No artist could ever do justice to THAT—especially ME!” I immediately hung up the phone and locked myself [...]

Nancy Drew meets the Dana Girls!

Hi Everyone! Editorial Assistant Mike Petranek here to discuss Nancy Drew and the Dana Girls! For those of you who don’t know, The Dana Girls are a detective duo created by Carloyn Keene, the same person who created Nancy Drew! The funny thing is, these characters had never appeared together… until now! See the cover [...]

Lots of Press and a call to Nancy Drew Fans!

HI EVERYONE! It sure has been a long time since I’ve written, but I will try to make it up to you with a lot of links to some neat stuff going on in the world of Papercutz. 2010 is the 80th anniversary of NANCY DREW and we plan on celebrating in style! If you [...]

More Stinky Dead Kid News

Hi Everyone, Well it looks like we’re going to have to go back to ANOTHER printing of TALES FROM THE CRYPT #8 “Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid”! It seems that people can’t get enough of Glugg, the crew from “DieLite,” and our “Carrier” werewolves! We couldn’t be happier. You may find that a lot [...]

Get your Stinky Dead Kid Now!

Hi Everyone! Mike the Editorial Assistant here again, because THIS kid just won’t go away: He may not be the best looking guy on the planet, but he sure is one of my favorite people out there! If you haven’t ordered your copy of TALES FROM THE CRYPT “Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid” yet, [...]

Stinky Dead Kid is Here!

Available to order NOW! From the the tale of lovelorn, melodramatic vampire Dedward in “DieLite” to the adventures of a regular kid named Glugg who joins the ranks of the living dead in the two-part “Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid”, this may be the funniest TALES FROM THE CRYPT yet! No popular Young Adult [...]

Nancy Drew Interview!

It’s family week on the 4:30 movie – an interview with myself and co-writer/significant other Sarah Kinney is now up at the blog of the talented and delightful Cynthia Leitich Smith, in which we discuss all things Nancy Drew. If that’s not enough, yesterday my agent, Joe Veltre, finalized an agreement with a major publisher for a [...]

Stinky Dead Kid: Like Father, Like Daughter

Tuesday, November 10th will see the release of the collected Tales from the Crypt #8.  The featured story, Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid, a “Wimpy Kid” satire by myself and the terrific madcap artist Rick Parker has already received a lot of attention, breaking into the Top Ten Children’s Books online at B&N.  Here’s [...]

MORE REVEALED IN ND 17 MYSTERY

One cool thing about writing mysteries is that sometimes they’re real! In ND 17, Nancy solves a few mysteries that co-writer Stefan Petrucha and I made up. But the biggest puzzle in the plot, the one that Nancy almost pays the ultimate price to solve has to do with an ancient technological wonder, called the [...]

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