Eric Wight is the cofounder of 8th Level Entertainment, LLC, an indie publishing company of tabletop games for kids. He is the game designer and illustrator of 8th Level's debut game, BEASTIE BASH!
Wight is also the award-winning author/illustrator of the FRANKIE PICKLE series, which is currently being developed as an animated series. His newest creation, JIMINY SPRINKLES, makes its debut this summer in THE COMICS SQUAD: RECESS, published by Random House. Prior to that, Wight was an animator for such companies as Walt Disney, Warner Bros. and Cartoon Network. His work has been featured on the TV shows SIX FEET UNDER and THE O.C., and was the designer of the ill-fated BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER ANIMATED SERIES.
Eric Wight was a contributing illustrator to Mutants & Masterminds 2nd edition book, NOIR.
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Information from designer, "Eric Wight is the co-founder of 8th Level Entertainment, LLC, an indie publisher of games for kids. He is also the game designer and illustrator of their first game, Beastie Bash! In addition to making kids games, Wight is the author and illustrator of FRANKIE PICKLE, a chapter book/graphic novel hybrid series for young readers published by Simon & Schuster. Prior to that, he was an animator for almost ten years for such companies as Walt Disney, Warner Bros., and Cartoon Network. Wight's comic book adaptation of the AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY helped garner both the Harvey and Eisner Awards for Best Anthology, as well as the Russ Manning Award for Most Promising Newcomer, and his debut graphic novel MY DEAD GIRLFRIEND was listed among the 2008 Great Graphic Novels for Teens by YALSA. His artwork has also been prominently featured on such television series as THE O.C. and SIX FEET UNDER."