Scholastic Taps Cammuso for Four
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by Heidi MacDonald, PW Comics Week -- Publishers Weekly, 10/10/2006
Scholastic's Graphix imprint continues to expand with the signing of editorial cartoonist Frank Cammuso to a four-book deal for two graphic novel series, Knights of the Lunch Table and the Misadventures of Salem Hyde. The first series is a modern-day, middle-school version of King Arthur and his Knights. The second is about the adventures of a mischievous girl named Salem Hyde, who can control only some of her magical powers. The first Knights of the Lunch Table title is slated for release in summer 2008. Agent David McCormick negotiated the deal
Cammuso is the award-winning political cartoonist for the Post-Standard in Syracuse, N.Y. His cartoons have appeared in Newsweek, the New York Times and USA Today. Cammuso is also the Eisner-nominated creator of the graphic novel series, Max Hamm: Fairy Tale Detective, a hard-boiled detective story using nursery rhyme characters and a Golden Books–like format. In 2006, the collected Max Hamm was selected as one of the Top 10 Graphic Novels of the year by Booklist. In 1999, Random House published a collection of short humor essays by Cammuso and his writing partner, Hart Seely, called 2007-Eleven and Other American Comedies.
