Two great new bits about Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid, which is now already in it’s third printing. First, from the local Maplewood section of the New York Times:
Rick Parker’s Macabre (But Funny) Mind
And this great write-up in the esteemed Publisher’s Weekly:
Wimpy Kid Becomes Hit Zombie Parody for Papercutz!
Couldn’t be more tickled!
Seems like it, anyway. Pictured above, Papercutz Tales from the Crypt #8, featuring Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid, by yours truly and Rick Parker, and Twilight satire, Die-Light, by yours truly, daughter Maia Kinney-Petrucha and artist Miran Kim has been breaking records and making news!
Not only has the graphic story collection been in the top ten Children’s Books at B&N online (where some reviewers have been giving it low marks without even reading the darn thing! Sheesh!) and sundry top ten lists at Amazon, the press has been terrific.
Just yesterday, Maia and I did a brief interview with Monica Garske at Flash News and it’s already being picked up by sundry media. Next week, Maia will be on radio, talking Die-Light with Kathy Vogel for Ohio’s WHBC-FM, aka Mix 94.1. The interview will be taped at 5:45 AM, so I’m sure we’ll be groggy, but at least we’ll get to listen to it afterwards! I’ll post the link as soon as it’s available.
Meanwhile, a neat article spotlighting Rick Parker’s great work on Stinky Dead Kid appeared in The Maplewood Patch. Last but not least, Amazon top 10 Reviewer Grady Harp gave us a glowing 4 stars.
Add to that the fact that the book is already in its second printing, could a sequel be far behind? Pax.
