Rick Detorie is the creator of the popular comic strip One Big Happy. He is the author of 14 humor books, including the best-sellers No Good Men, No Good Lawyers, Totally Tacky Cartoons, Catholics and How to Survive an Italian Family. He currently resides in Venice, California.
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Detorie was born and raised in Baltimore, where he earned a BFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art. For six years he worked as an art director and creative director for a Los Angeles ad agency.
Detorie's comic strip, One Big Happy, is syndicated by Creators Syndicate and has been in release since September 11, 1988.
Detorie has also written and illustrated several children's books, among them The Haunted House Activity Book and the soon-to-be-released Haunted House Storybooks and Magic Answer Books.
Detorie's illustrations have appeared in motion pictures, record albums, greeting cards, jigsaw puzzles, toys, games, kites, posters, pencils, lunch boxes, napkins and Burger King Meal Packs.
Some of his freelance cartoons have appeared in Saturday Review, The Saturday Evening Post, TV Guide, Penthouse, National Lampoon and several other publications.