Richard Sala grew up in Chicago. He has an MFA from Mills College, has collaborated with Lemony Snicket, and illustrated a Jack Kerouac script. He spends his time in Berkeley, CA.
"A beautiful final testament to the joy, weirdness, and humor found in Sala's work... This collection is something to be cherished.-- ""Comics Bookcase"" Featuring the blend of horror and camp humor that defines so much of Salas' work.-- ""IGN"" Words alone don't capture the virtuosity and craftsmanship displayed in Sala's ink and water-color panels... The four richly illustrated novellas showcase Sala's unmistakable style that mixed humor, horror and mystery.-- ""Berkeleyside"" 311 pages of weird and beautiful art and insanity. The best kind.-- ""Fangirl Nation"" A fitting capstone to the prolific, idiosyncratic artist's career. Readers won't want to miss this last visit to Sala's peculiar world.-- ""Publishers Weekly (starred review)"" Brilliantly atmospheric art, full of shadows and spikes.-- ""Booklist"" Garishly clad villains, B-movie monsters, and femme fatales abound in this genuinely fun, energetic collection, a lasting testament to Sala's distinct talent.-- ""Library Journal"" Richard Sala was wonderfully unique. It was all there in everything he did, his love of old monster movies, the pulps, mystery and horror in general -- the good stuff and the terrible -- wore it all like a badge of honor and did wonderful things with it. I miss him.--Mike Mignola More than 300 pages of absolute visual splendor, as the legendary writer/artist takes us through tales of rogue criminals and cavewomen battling dinosaurs, monsters and mayhem, blood and beauty. ... Poison Flowers and Pandemonium will stand as a self-made tribute to one of the great comics minds of the past half-century, and a testament to the power of pure, unfiltered imagination.-- ""Syfy Wire"""