Eric Wight (born November 15, 1974) is an American professional writer, illustrator and animator. He was the Director of Epic! Originals at children's digital reading platform Epic. He graduated from the School of Visual Arts and lives in Winter Garden, Florida with his wife and children.

Career

Wight is the author of the manga, My Dead Girlfriend. He illustrated the comic book adaptation of Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. He was the recipient of the 2004 Russ Manning Award. He is perhaps best known as the 'ghost artist' for television character, Seth Cohen on the former Fox TV series The OC and is the creator of 'Atomic County'. For the HBO TV show Six Feet Under he created the fake vintage comic "Blue Twister". Wight was also an animator, working with Warner Bros. during the heyday of their animated output, working on such cartoons as Superman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond, and others.

Works

Books

Frankie Pickle Series

The Adventures of Caveboy Series

The Magic Shop Series

A Topps League Series

Picture Books

Graphic novels

Comic books

Television