My cover is coming!

False start on relaunch of my newsletter. It's moving again!

After bailing on MailChimp I tried sender.net, but unwittingly all of my emails started going to people’s spam folders, so let’s try Substack instead. Click here to subscribe.

Upcoming Events

I’ll be doing free caricatures of attendees at CCIRA February 6th & 7th at the DoubleTree by Hilton.

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I’ll also be leading a workshop on Comic and Cartooning Games from 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm in Conference Room 727. If you’re an educator, make sure to sign up for this fantastic event at https://www.ccira.org, and swing by my booth (near the RMC-SCBWI booth) to get a free caricature from me!

The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang

Cover reveal coming soon!

My debut late middle grade graphic novel, The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang (Atheneum, September 30, 2025) will be debuting its cover by months end. That will also be when you'll be able to preorder my book (I'll have some preorder incentive announcements coming — stay tuned). In the interim, if you'd be so kind to add my book to your Goodreads Want to Read list, I would be incredibly grateful.

I've been making videos like this one about my creative process on social media. Check out my profile for more content.

Eupologies

Eupologies is my response to people I feel were spending a lot of energy on interactions they shouldn't be proud of, so I felt like the world could use a little self-reflection. Find the weekly archives at eupologies.com.

Peter Cadaver Classics

If you've been following my Peter Cadaver strip on social media, you probably know that I'm on a bit of a hiatus and have been doing reruns. I hope I can get back to producing these weekly again soon, but I may have some overlapping deadlines that may make that difficult. In the meantime, feel free to visit the archive at salemcharteracademy.com.

Cuddlefish Academy

Many of you also know that I co-founded an online kidlit art school with my friends! Check out our courses and coaching options, including our limited-time New Year's coaching bundles! I'm doing a 2-Professor Graphic Novel Review with the Eisner Award-nominated Lily Williams.

I offer free 3-minute kidlit art portfolio reviews on social media like TikTok periodically. Check out my profile for more content.

Caricatures

While my publishing deadlines have forced me to stop my convention appearances and my online studio commissions, I have continued to do live gigs, as you might have seen from my TikTok feed. So, you can still hire me for your event at zombicatures.com.

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Happy Holidays!

For those of you who aren't following me on social media, the inspiration for our holiday card was our greyhound, Marmaduke's amputation surgery from last Summer due to a cancerous tumor. We now call him our TREYhound, and he adjusted very quickly to being a triPAWED dog, although after successfully and easily navigating both our stairs and the deck stairs, he's since refused to do them anymore.

Have a great holiday, and see you in 2025 with lots of exciting book things to come!

~Stan

Holidays with me!

First off, I want to say, I KNOW I've been lax about my newsletter posts, and I DO have a lot going on to tell you about, but that's also why I haven't had time to post another one. The next one will be a doozy!

With that, I have some time-sensitive stuff I wanted to share you as the holidays approach that might be good opportunities for yourself and your loved ones.

First of all, tomorrow, Saturday, November 16th, I'll be at the Bookies for the STORYBOOK WONDERLAND from noon to 2 pm signing copies of my brand-spanking-new 4th edition of THERE'S A ZOMBIE IN THE BASEMENT!

Second of all, there's still time to do yourself and your mental health a solid for Thanksgiving with this shirt I just created for my TeePublic shop. I just got mine, and it looks great!

Wishing you a peaceful holiday and I hope to be in touch with you soon!