About the Author
Jill Thompson, a graduate of The American Academy of Art in downtown Chicago, has spent most of her life drawing comics, having worked as a professional since the age of fifteen. Over the years, Thompson has garnered critical acclaim on titles including WONDER WOMAN, THE SANDMAN, SWAMP THING, THE INVISIBLES and THE DREAMING.
Since the first SCARY GODMOTHER storybook was published, Thompson has continued the adventures of her spooky characters in three more storybooks and over a dozen comic books. In addition to her many publications for Sirius, Thompson has been working with Mainframe Entertainment to produce a computer-animated version of SCARY GODMOTHER. The whimsical series has already received rave reviews as a stage production, presented by Chicagos Runamuck Productions last fall. Jill Thompson also has acquired much mainstream success as the illustrator of the best-selling storybook, MICK FOLEY'S HALLOWEEN HIJINX.