Erik Craddock grew up during the '80s and '90s on a steady diet of comics, video games, and pop culture. He attended the School of Visual Arts from 1999-2003, and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in cartooning. Upon graduating, he pursued a new venue in the field of animation, where he worked on several television shows and movies. After a brief stint as a freelance animation director, he returned to his first love, comics, with the book Manga Claus: The Blade of Kringle in the fall of 2006. He continued to work on several other productions before landing a publishing deal with Random House. Currently, Erik is the writer and illustrator of his own graphic novel series entitled 'Stone Rabbit'. He's been happy being his own boss ever since.