Rick Detorie 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 illustrated the fable The King of Amphiboly, by Lucretia Cole, published by Vantage in February 2007.
 
Detorie has also written and illustrated several children’s books, among them The Haunted House Activity Books and the soon-to-be-released Haunted House Storybooks and Magic Answer Books.
 
He has a background in advertising, having spent six years as an art director and creative director for a less-than-major Los Angeles ad agency.
 
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 too tacky to mention.
 
His comic strip, ONE BIG HAPPY, is syndicated by Creators Syndicate and has been in release since September 1988.
 
Detorie was born and raised in Baltimore, where he earned a BFA at the Maryland Institute, College of Art. He currently resides in Venice, Calif.