Frank Cammuso

Biography

Frank Cammuso is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel series “The Misadventures of Salem Hyde” from Amulet Books. He also created the graphic novel series “Knights of the Lunch Table” from Graphix/Scholastic. Cammuso drew the comic “Otto’s Orange Day” and “Otto’s Backwards Day” for Toon-Books. He also wrote and drew a self-published graphic novel, “Max Hamm Fairy Tale Detective,” for which he received an Eisner nomination.

Cammuso is the former award-winning political cartoonist for The Post-Standard newspaper in Syracuse. His cartoons have been reprinted in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today and Newsweek. His fiction and satire have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times and on National Public Radio. Cammuso is also the chief creative officer for AHOY Comics. He lives in Central New York.

Education

• Knight Wallace Journalism Fellowship, University of Michigan
• B.F.A., Syracuse University

Areas of Expertise

Visual narratives