Rick Detorie

Rick Detorie is the creator of the popular comic strip "One Big Happy". He is the author of 14 humor books, including the best-sellersFact|date=April 2007 "No Good Men", "No Good Lawyers", "Totally Tacky Cartoons", "Catholics" and "How to Survive an Italian Family". He currently resides in Venice, California.

Early life

Detorie was born and raised in Baltimore, where he earned a BFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art. For six years he worked as an art director and creative director for a Los Angeles ad agency.Fact|date=August 2007

Works

Detorie's comic strip, "One Big Happy", is syndicated by Creators Syndicate and has been in release since September 11 1988.

Detorie has also written and illustrated several children's books, among them "The Haunted House Activity Book" and the soon-to-be-released "Haunted House" Storybooks and "Magic Answer" Books.

Detorie's illustrations have appeared in motion pictures, record albums, greeting cards, jigsaw puzzles, toys, games, kites, posters, pencils, lunch boxes, napkins and Burger King Meal Packs.

Some of his freelance cartoons have appeared in Saturday Review, The Saturday Evening Post, TV Guide, "Penthouse", National Lampoon and several other publications.

ee Also

* One Big Happy
* Creators Syndicate

External links

* [http://www.creators.com/comics/one-big-happy-about.html About Rick Detorie] @ Creators Syndicate Website.
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/02/regular/style/comics/r_style_comics110802.htm Transcript of online chat with Rick Detorie, Friday, Nov. 8, 2002]