Bret M. Herholz
Illustrations, Comic Art & Art Instruction
"Murder Most Funny: Bret M. Herholz takes murder off the streets and puts it back in the mansion where it belongs." ~T.E. Pouncey (Geeksofdoom.com)
"Part Agatha Christie, part Sherlock Holmes, and certainly a trifle more Jeeves and Wooster." ~Richard Caldwell (Comicnewsinfo.com)
"Herholz demonstrates ability as author-artist to infuse a nice sense of mystery genre humor with a skillfully-produced, wide range of effective character facial expressions." ~Alan Gordon (Bongo Congo)
"Bret is a very funny and witty writer." ~Whitt Brantley (WHITT BRANTLEY MANAGEMENT AND TALENT: A Literary, Film and Television Agency)
"Part Agatha Christie, part Sherlock Holmes, and certainly a trifle more Jeeves and Wooster." ~Richard Caldwell (Comicnewsinfo.com)
"Herholz demonstrates ability as author-artist to infuse a nice sense of mystery genre humor with a skillfully-produced, wide range of effective character facial expressions." ~Alan Gordon (Bongo Congo)
"Bret is a very funny and witty writer." ~Whitt Brantley (WHITT BRANTLEY MANAGEMENT AND TALENT: A Literary, Film and Television Agency)
My
name is Bret M. Herholz. I am a freelance illustrator from the
Worcester, MA area. I am author of Diary of the Black Widow, Confessions of a Peculiar Boy ...and Other Stories, The Spaghetti Strand Murder and The Adventures of Polly and Handgraves: A Sinister Aura. And I am a
regular contributor for the UNDERCOVERFISH GROUP's anthology Detour. I am a
graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design where I earned a BFA
in Sequential Art. I primarily work in pen and ink (Winsor & Newton
Black Indian Ink and crow quill pens), but I am also proficient in
creating color work on Photoshop as well. When I am not illustrating,
I teach Youth Art and am a member of the faculty at the Worcester Art
Museum in Worcester, MA. For the Worcester Art Museum, I also teach their after school art program for the Worcester Public Schools.
I am involved with both the Massasoit Art Guild and ARTSWorcester.
I have had my work published in: Missing Pieces Doctor Who Charity Anthology. Worcester Magazine (article for the September 26 - October 2, 2002 issue). The Mystery Review. Dark Horizons. The Berkeley Fiction Review. Beginnings Magazine. Redivider. OtherWorlds Sci-Fi: Alien Alerts Journal. The South Boston Literary Gazette. Nights and Days. Big Toe Review. Blank Canvas Magazine. Action Geek. Worcester Magazine (illustration in Night and Day section of the February 9-15 2006 issue). 3 Cat Undercoverfish. The Means. Alterna Comics. Foliate Oak Online Literary Journal.