Richard Sala grew up with a fascination for musty old museums, dusty old libraries, cluttered antique shops, narrow alleyways, hidden truths, double meanings, and late night walks, making him the perfect choice as an illustrator for Graphic Classics: Edgar Allan Poe. Sala is the artist and author of several collections, Hypnotic Tales, Black Cat Crossing and Thirteen O’Clock, plus an homage to Edward Gorey called The Ghastly Ones. In 1997 he published a graphic novel, The Chuckling Whatsit (Fantagraphics)—an epic 200-page thriller. His work has appeared in RAW, Esquire, Playboy, Nickelodeon Magazine, and The New York Times. Richard also created Invisible Hands, which ran on MTV’s animation show, Liquid Television.

A master of gothic humor in the tradition of Charles Addams and Edward Gorey, Sala's stories contain mystery, adventure, femmes fatales and homicidal maniacs, though he confesses he “always had a soft spot for Holmes.” His painting of the great detective graces the cover of Graphic Classics: Arthur Conan Doyle, and he contributed a new illustration to Graphic Classics: Bram Stoker.

Richard's current, critically-acclaimed comic series, Evil Eye, features amateur detectives Judy Drood and Kasper Keene in the mystery serial Reflection in a Glass Scorpion. Visit Richard's website at www.richardsala.com for lots of wonderfully creepy things to look at.