On the other end of the spectrum, however, there are stories that make you feel comfortable, safe and hyperaware of the loveliness of our collective reality. The stories on this comforting side of the spectrum come in many forms, but for us, due to our cultural background and our childhood proclivities, their most unfiltered form is that of the Christmas story.
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Based on the world’s most famous broody Dane, Edda is our Hamlet, an intelligent young zombie with a turbulent mind, thrust into a sea of troubles. When her mom goes missing, Edda doesn’t know who or what to trust—can she rely on her friends? Her own instincts? Can science provide a way out?
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Perhaps due to millennial paranoia, the 1990s of our youth were a heyday for paranormal speculation and our 9-to-12-year-old selves were caught up to our eyeballs in it. The X-Files was the best (drama) show on TV, alien abductions seemed to be a legitimate national concern (particularly thanks to popular and terrifying shows like Unsolved Mysteries and Sightings), crop circles and cattle mutilations were a legitimate thing-in-the-news, and all the while black helicopters churned threateningly and allegedly overhead.
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Derek recently sat down to chat with Hazy Dell Press about his most recent publication, Zombie, Or Not to Be, his approach to illustration, and the professional lessons he’s learned over the years.
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As everyone knows, Q and X are the most difficult letters in the English language for abecedary creators. The path of human progress is littered with defeated alphabet book authors who, having sped their way innocently from A through P, slammed headfirst into a Q-shaped wall.
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The next time the universe decapitates your dreams, you’d do well to adopt the Chinese deity Xing Tian as your role model. His literal decapitation at the hands of his foe, The Yellow Emperor, didn’t slow him down one bit.
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Since his stinky debut in Monster ABC, Hobgoblin has been one of Hazy Dell Press’ most beloved characters. (What’s not to love about “H is for Hobgoblin who smells like a fart”?) Having appeared in every Hazy Dell Press book so far, Hobgoblin, at long last, gets his very own book—and it’s a chapter book no less!
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If you take a tiny peek in our online store, you probably don’t need to be Fox Mulder to deduce that Sasquatch (aka Bigfoot) occupies a special place in the hearts and minds of Hazy Dell Press.
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