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19-567: Beavis and Butt-Head comics were published between March 1994 and June 1996. The comic capitalized on the success of the animated television show. Rick Parker was an artist for the comic book. Three issues of the comic were published, based on the animated television show of the time . It was written by Dan Slott and drawn by Barry Crain, Manny Galan and Carlos Garzon. Ren & Stimpy comic issues ran from #1–35 published by Marvel Comics , then subsequent issues #36–44 were published by Marvel Absurd. This Marvel Comics –related article

38-518: A new creative team of Gerry Conway and Paulo Henrique . In 2006, Papercutz published an English translation of the Italian nonfiction graphic novel The Life of Pope John Paul II , by Alessandro Mainard and Werner Maresta . In 2007, Papercutz acquired the Classics Illustrated license and began publishing comic book adaptations of classic children's novels. Combining reprints of some of

57-469: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Rick Parker (artist) Richard Lowell Parker (born 1946) is an American artist, writer, and cartoonist whose humorous artwork has appeared in The New York Times , The Village Voice , Time magazine, U.S. News & World Report , Life magazine, and various comic books published by Marvel Comics . Parker is widely known as

76-689: The Twilight series), Percy Jerkson and The Ovolactovegetarians (2011), and The Hunger Pains (2012). Parker's fine art consists of paintings, drawings, collage , assemblages , sculpture, lithographs , photographs, performance , and conceptual art . He was the founder of the Barking Dog Museum in New York City (1975–1987). His artwork has been shown at the Hundred Acres Gallery in New York,

95-773: The NYU Art Gallery, The Georgia Museum of Art , the Pratt Institute Art Gallery, Franklin Furnace Book Archives , the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art , and the DUMBO Arts Center. Parker's comic art and fine art is in private collections and several institutions. Papercutz (publisher) Papercutz Graphic Novels is an American publisher of family-friendly comic books and graphic novels , mostly based on licensed properties such as Nancy Drew ,

114-609: The University of Georgia , and his Master of Fine Arts at the Pratt Institute . In February 1966 Parker was drafted into the United States Army, completing basic training at Fort Stewart, GA and becoming a tank driver. Parker applied for Officer Candidate School and completed Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Jackson, SC , subsequently completing Officer Candidate School at Fort Sill . After becoming an officer, Parker

133-801: The Backpack Fairy . Since 2010 Papercutz has added a slate of new licensed properties to its graphic novel lines, including the Disney Fairies , Lego Ninjago , Garfield , Power Rangers , Rio , and Stardoll . In 2024, Papercutz announced a new partnership with The Walt Disney Company to begin publishing titles based on Disney and Pixar IPs. "Embark on a Summer Reading Adventure: Papercutz Reveals an Enchanting Lineup of Disney Graphic Novels!," These include new titles and reprints based on Turning Red , Inside Out , Encanto , Phineas and Ferb , Disney Fairies , Frozen , and 101 Dalmatian Street , with presumedly more unannounced titles in

152-639: The Crypt comics. The first issue was published in June 2007, with a cover drawn by Kyle Baker . All three of EC Comics ' "horror hosts" (The GhouLunatics) appear in the issue, drawn by Rick Parker . Contributors to subsequent issues included well-known horror talents Joe R. Lansdale and his brother John L. Lansdale, Don McGregor , husband and wife team James Romberger and Marguerite Van Cook, Mort Todd , Neil Kleid , Arie Kaplan , and Chris Noeth. Controversy erupted in 2008 when U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin

171-656: The Hardy Boys , and Lego Ninjago . Papercutz has also published new volumes of the Golden Age -era comics series Classics Illustrated and Tales from the Crypt . In recent years they have begun publishing English translations of European (mostly Franco-Belgian ) all-ages comics, including The Smurfs and Asterix . They publish several titles through their imprint Super Genius. Terry Nantier (born 1957), founder of NBM Publishing , established Papercutz in 2005, along with comics industry veteran Jim Salicrup , who became

190-600: The artist of MTV 's Beavis and Butt-Head comic book, published by Marvel from 1994 to 1996. He wrote and illustrated his own graphic novel, Deadboy , in 2010. Parker grew up in Savannah, Georgia . He did not own many comic books as a child — instead, his artistic influences include Little Golden Books and the comic strips Mutt and Jeff and Little Orphan Annie . He also lists Will Elder , Wally Wood , Carl Barks , Harvey Kurtzman , Roy Crane , and Jack Davis as influences. Parker earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts at

209-435: The editor-in-chief. Their intent was to produce comics and graphic novels appropriate for children, which was lacking in the industry at the time. Writer Stefan Petrucha came on board as well; he has worked on such titles as Nancy Drew , Papercutz Slices , and Rio . Associate editor Michael Petranek joined Papercutz in 2008. Mad Cave Studios acquired Papercutz in 2022. In the spring of 2005 Papercutz launched with

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228-407: The first series was illustrated in manga -style artwork by Sho Murase . The character's graphic novel incarnation has been described as "a fun, sassy, modern-day teen who is still hot on the heels of criminals." Creators on the Hardy Boys series included writer Scott Lobdell ( Hardy Boys ), and artist Lea Hernandez . In 2010, Papercutz relaunched both titles, with the Hardy Boys series bringing on

247-399: The original titles with new modern adaptations, contributors to the series include Rick Geary , Kyle Baker , Tom Mandrake , Jill Thompson , Dan Spiegle , Peter Kuper , Gahan Wilson , Ricardo Villagrán , Mike Vosburg , and Mike Ploog . A second series, Classics Illustrated Deluxe , features many French artists. From 2007–2010 Papercutz published a new series of original Tales from

266-570: The publication of two three-part comic book series; Nancy Drew 's The Demon of River Heights and The Hardy Boys ' The Ocean of Osyria . Both series were both collected into 92-page graphic novels , becoming the first titles in the Nancy Drew Graphic Novel and The Hardy Boys Graphic Novel series respectively. All other titles in both series have been made in graphic novel format only and are published every three months. The Nancy Drew graphic novels are written by Stefan Petrucha , and

285-706: The series have included Diary of a Wimpy Kid , the Harry Potter books, Twilight , Percy Jackson & the Olympians , The Hunger Games , and The Walking Dead . In July 2010, Papercutz began publishing The Smurfs comics, translated by Joe Johnson. Debuting with a special preview comic that contained the story "The Smurfnapper," Papercutz has released a large number of Smurfs graphic novels to date. The success of The Smurfs prompted Papercutz to publish more English translations of such Franco-Belgian comics series as Benny Breakiron , Dance Class , and Sybil

304-524: The titles just so I can pretend to be J. Jonah Jameson and scream 'Parker!' at him all the time, but he lived not far from me at the time, and quite often I would visit his home and hang out with him while he lettered pages, and then we'd drop 'em off at the FedEx office together. This easily saved days on the schedule, and got the books done much faster." Parker was one of the four original artists of The Pekar Project ( SMITH Magazine , 2009–2010), which brought

323-499: The writing of the American autobiographical comics pioneer Harvey Pekar to the web. He also drew the introductory pages of Tales from the Crypt for Papercutz from 2007 to 2009. Parker has illustrated a series of graphic novel parodies (written by Stefan Petrucha ) for Papercutz Slices (Papercutz) — titles include Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid (2009), Harry Potty and The Deathly Boring (2010), Breaking Down (2011) (a parody of

342-465: Was featured on a cover, attacking the horror hosts with a hockey stick, published with a letter from William Gaines ' daughter Cathy Gaines Mifsud commenting on censorship. Papercutz published 13 issues (9 graphic novels) of Tales from the Crypt , with the last issue being published September 28, 2010. In 2009, Papercutz launched Papercutz Slices , a popular culture parody series written by Stefan Petrucha and illustrated by Rick Parker . Targets of

361-514: Was involved in the testing of Pershing Missiles in the deserts of New Mexico and Utah. He was also an acting Battery Commander at Fort Sill and briefly was the Officer-in-Charge of military funerals for Northern Texas, Oklahoma and Western Arkansas. Parker got his start in the comics industry as a letterer for Marvel Comics , starting in the late 1970s. Spider-Man editor Jim Salicrup recalled, "Not only did I like having him letter all

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