Creeps

At Pumpkins County Middle School, weird things happen every class period, not to mention during lunch, but nobody ever makes a fuss. Principal Garish thinks what's weird and . . . well . . . creepy is how fascinating the mysterious goings-on are to Carol, a big-city girl new to Pumpkins County, who finds kindred spirits in Mitchell (monster expert), Mark (military brat with logistics know-how) and Rosario (girly girl on the outside, muscle underneath). The Creeps are on the case to figure out the spooky mysteries and still get to class on time. Last week it was a pudding monster. This week, it's disappearing classmates and a suspiciously coincidental animal-rights petition being passed around by the snootiest girl in class. Could she be behind an amphibian menace?Or could it be the mad genius who lives in the sewers?How about the school janitor?The Creeps will track down the answers!Living in a place that's a little bit Gravity Falls and a little bit Goosebumps, the Creeps will have no end of mysteries to dig into while they try to keep their grades up too. Chris Schweizer's art is full of visual exictement that only the best graphic novel creators pull off in their work.

"A wide range of readers will tear through this well-written and zanily-drawn book, and they will be eager to see what wild adventures the four friends will have in the next volume."-- "School Library Journal", "An excellent complement to his prose, Schweizer's cleanly paneled art is bright and busy, ever ready with a gag that helps blend the ghastly with the goofy, making his gang's antics reminiscent of Scooby Doo...Silly fun with a smattering of science."-- "Kirkus Reviews", "Schweizer has created a story with just enough icky, spooky action for middle-grade readers who want horror stories but don't want them too scary...The mixed-gender, multicultural team guarantees that this series opener will appeal to a broad range of readers."-- "Booklist"

Chris Schweizer received his MFA from SCAD, where he went on to teach comics for five years. He's never seen a ghost, but he's worked in three places that were supposed to be haunted and when he was in college he lived in a house dubbed "The Most Haunted Place in England." But the scariest thing he's ever done is teach sixth grade. When he's not writing and drawing scary stories, he writes and draws about history in the award-winning Crogan Adventures graphic novel series.