Books and Comics

 

GRAPHIC NOVELS

(As writer and illustrator unless otherwise noted)

 

A TREASURY OF VICTORIAN MURDER (New York, NBM Publishing, 1987, reprinted 2002)

          Reprinted: Assassini Vittoriani Vol 1 (Torino, Italy, 001 Edizioni, 2009)

JACK THE RIPPER (New York, NBM Publishing, 1995)

          Reprinted: Spanish language edition (San Vicente, Spain, Editorial Club Universitario, 2003)

                            Asesinatos Victorianos (Rossell Fantasy Works, Spain, 2007)

                            Assassini Vittoriani Vol 1

THE BORDEN TRAGEDY (New York, NBM Publishing, 1997)

THE FATAL BULLET. (New York, NBM Publishing, 1999)

THE MYSTERY OF MARY ROGERS  (New York, NBM Publishing, 2001)

          Reprinted: Asesinatos Victorianos

THE BEAST OF CHICAGO. (New York, NBM Publishing, 2003)

THE MURDER OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN (New York, NBM Publishing, 2005)

          Reprinted: Asesinatos Victorianos

THE CASE OF MADELEINE SMITH (New York, NBM Publishing, 2006)

THE SAGA OF THE BLOODY BENDERS  (New York, NBM Publishing, 2007)

          Reprinted: 20 pages excerpted in “The Best American Comics of 2008 (New York, Houghton-

                            Miflin, 2008)

                            Assassini Vittoriani Vol 1

THE LINDBERGH CHILD  (New York, NBM Publishing. 2008)

FAMOUS PLAYERS  (New York, NBM Publishing, 2009)

THE TERRIBLE AXE-MAN OF NEW ORLEANS  (New York, NBM Publishing, 2010)

THE LIVES OF SACCO AND VANZETTI  (New York, NBM publishing, 2011)

          Reprinted: (Modena, Italy, Panini Comics, 2014)

LOVERS’ LANE: THE HALL-MILLS MYSTERY  (New York, NBM Publishing, 2012)

MADISON SQUARE TRAGEDY  (New York, NBM Publishing, 2014)

LOUISE BROOKS: DETECTIVE. (New York, NBM Publishing, 2015)

BLACK DAHLIA. (New York, NBM Publishing, 2016)

 

CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED: GREAT EXPECTATIONS, Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens

          (New York, Berkley Publishing Group, 1990)

          Reprinted: Papercutz, 2007

CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED: WUTHERING HEIGHTS, Adapted from the novel by Emily Bronte

          (New York, Berkley Publishing Group, 1990)

          Reprinted: Papercutz, 2012

CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED: THE INVISIBLE MAN, Adapted from the novel by H.G. Wells

          New York, Berkley Publishing Group, 1991)

          Reprinted: Papercutz, 2008)

 

CRAVAN. Co-writer: Mike Richardson  (Milwaukie OR, Dark Horse Comics, 2005)

J. EDGAR HOOVER: A GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY (New York, Hill & Wang, 2008)

TROTSKY: A GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY (New York, Hill & Wang, 2009)

THE ADVENTURES OF BLANCHE (Dark Horse Comics,

THE BRONTES: INFERNAL ANGRIA , Written by Craig Hurd-McKenney

       (Seattle WA, Headless Shakespeare Press, 2018)

FORT STANTON COLORING BOOK  (New Mexico, Fort Stanton Inc, 2019)

THE STORY OF BOSQUE REDONDO COLORING BOOK (New Mexico Museum Foundation,

      2020)

 

COMIC BOOKS

BLANCHE GOES TO NEW YORK (Dark Horse Comics, 1992)

BLANCHE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD (Dark Horse Comics, 1993)

BLANCHE GOES TO PARIS (Headless Shakespeare Press,

BLANCHE GOES TO SAN FRANCISCO (Headless Shakespeare Press, 2022)

 

SELF-PUBLISHED

(Home Town Press)

THE ELWELL ENIGMA  (2012)

A IS FOR ANTICHRIST: OBAMA’S CONSPIRACY ALPHABET (2013)

THE TRUE DEATH OF BILLY THE KID  (2014)

MURDER AT THE HOLLYWOOD HOTEL  (2015)

THE SECRET DOOR AT THE WHITE HOUSE (2016)

THE STORY OF THE LINCOLN COUNTY WAR (2017)

CHESTER & GRACE: THE ADIRONDACK MURDER  (2018)

THE WALLACE MYSTERY (2019)

CARRIZOZO: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY (2020)

WALLS FLOORS WINDOWS DOORS (2022)

 

 

COLLECTIONS

U-COMIX SONDERBAND 28 (Linden, West Germany, Volksverlag, 1980)

AT HOME WITH RICK GEARY  (Agoura CA, Fantagraphics Books, 1985)

RICK GEARY’S WONDERS & ODDITIES  (Milwaukie OR, Dark Horse Comics, 1988)

HOUSEBOUND WITH RICK GEARY  (Seattle WA, Fantagraphics Books, 1991)

PRAIRIE MOON AND OTHER STORIES. (Milwaukie OR, Dark Horse Comics, 1992)

RICK GEARY’S BOOK OF MURDER (Home Town Press, 2011)

RICK GEARY: THE LAMPOON YEARS. (Home Town Press, 2012)

RICK GEARY: EARLY STORIES 1977-1988. (Home Town Press, 2015)

STORIES FROM THE 90s.  (Home Town Press, 2021)

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ILLUSTRATION & GRAPHIC STORIES

 

NEWSPAPERS:

The New Newspaper/Prairie journal of Wichita, Kansas (Staff Artist 1972-74)

The Wichita Independent (Staff Artist 1974-75)

San Diego READER (Weekly Contributor 1975-2013)

The New York Times Book Review (Regular Contributor 1988-1992)

Copley News Service, San Diego CA (Regular Contributor 1985-1997)

The Los Angeles Times

San Diego Union-Tribune

 

MAGAZINES

National Lampoon (Regular Contributor 1979-1992)

MAD (Regular Contributor 1996-2016)

Disney Adventures (Regular Contributor 1999-2006)

MATHMANIA (Highlights for Children) (Regular Contributor 1998-2000)

HARVEY Magazine (Monthly Contributor 1999)

Wood & Steel (Taylor Guitars) (Regular Contributor 1995-2008)

Roadstar (Newport Publications, Irvine CA) (Monthly Contributor 1997-2000)

Computoredge (San Diego CA) (Regular Contributor 1994-2008)

HEAVY METAL  (1988-1993)

SCHOLASTIC, Inc.

SPY Magazine

Rolling Stone

The Old Farmer’s Almanac

American Libraries

PULSE (Tower Records)

California Lawyer

Los Angeles Magazine

San Diego Magazine

 

MISCELLANEOUS

Tacoma Little Theatre, Tacoma WA

Recorded Books, Inc.

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BOOK ILLUSTRATION

 

Meilach, Donna Z., Plant Hangers (New York, Crown Publishers, Inc., 1977)

Campbell, J. Arthur, Chemistry: the Unending Frontier (Santa Monica CA,

          Goodyear Publishing Co., 1978)

Meilach, Donna Z., Macrame Gnomes and Puppets (New York, Crown Publishers,

          Inc., 1980)

Priess, Byron and Michael Sorkin, Not the Webster’s Dictionary (New York, Simon

          & Shuster, Inc., 1983)

Gorodess, Robert M., How to Sell Remodeling  (Carlsbad CA, Craftsman Book Co.,

          1985)

Davies, Mark, Inside the Airport (Chicago, New York, Contemporlary Books, Inc.,

          1990)

Prosser, Jerry, Cyberantics (Milwaukie OR, Dark Horse Comics, 1992)

Rosenzweig, Ilene, The I Hate Madonna Handbook (New York, St. Martin’s Press,

          1994)

Fennell, Francis L., Collegiate English Handbook (San Diego, Collegiate Press,

          1998)

Moritz, E. Katia and Jennifer Jablonsky, Blink, Blink, Clop, Clop: Why Do We Do

           Things We Can’t Stop?: An OCD Storybook. (Plainview NY, Childswork/

           Childsplay, 1998)

Lakin, Patricia, Harry Houdini, Escape Artist (New York, Simon & Shuster, Inc.,

          2002)

Merchant, Dan and B. Scott Taylor, The Great American Stay-at-Home Wives

          Conspiracy (Milwaukie OR, M Press, 2005)

Anthony, Brian and Bill Walker, Beautiful Monsters (Walker & Anthony

          Publications, 2019)

Wolfe, Suzi Duvall, Big Black Bug with Orange Wings (Charleston SC, Palmetto

          Publishing, 2021)

Musselwhite, Harry, Roshi and the Coyote Choir (Rome GA, Wheredepoy Press,

          2022)

Sinclair, Murray, F. Scott Fitzgerald: American Spy (Los Angeles, Eclectic Books,

          2023)