Edward "Ted" Naifeh is an American comic book writer and

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known for his illustrations in the goth romance comic ''

Gloomcookie ''Gloomcookie'' is a gothic comic series created and written by Serena Valentino ('' Nightmares & Fairy Tales'') and co-created by Ted Naifeh in 1998, who also illustrated the comic's first six issues. The series functions both as a social satire o ...

''. Naifeh has since become most known as the creator of the Eisner-Award-nominated series '' Courtney Crumrin'', published by Oni Press. Other works by Naifeh include '' How Loathsome'', which he co-created with

Tristan Crane Tristan (Latin/ Brythonic: ''Drustanus''; cy, Trystan), also known as Tristram or Tristain and similar names, is the hero of the legend of Tristan and Iseult. In the legend, he is tasked with escorting the Irish princess Iseult to wed ...

; the comic adaptation of the PSP game '' Death, Jr.'' (written by

Gary Whitta Gary Leslie Whitta (born 21 July 1972) is an English screenwriter, author, game designer, and video game journalist. He was editor-in-chief of both the UK and US editions of ''PC Gamer'' magazine and contributor to gaming magazine ''ACE''. Whit ...

); three issues of the comic adaptation of Gene Wolfe's

The Shadow of the Torturer ''The Shadow of the Torturer'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Gene Wolfe, published by Simon & Schuster in May 1980. It is the first of four volumes in ''The Book of the New Sun'' which Wolfe had completed in draft before ''The Shadow of ...

, Seven Seas Entertainment's '' Unearthly''; and the Oni Press series ''

Polly and the Pirates ''Polly and the Pirates'' is an independent comic book series written and illustrated by Ted Naifeh (with volume 2 being illustrated by Robbi Rodriguez) and released through Oni Press. This is a miniseries of comic books (also available as a graph ...

''. Naifeh also provided illustrations for

Caitlín R. Kiernan Caitlín Rebekah Kiernan (born 26 May 1964) is an Irish-born American published paleontologist and author of science fiction and dark fantasy works, including 10 novels, series of comic books, and more than 250 published short stories, novella ...

's short-fiction collection, '' Alabaster''. Ted is currently illustrating Good Neighbors, a trilogy of graphic novels written by Holly Black and published through Scholastic. Naifeh has illustrated cards for the '' Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game.Interview with Newsarama, August 2009
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