Stephen Hines
I was born a poor white boy in a little Ohio hick town up north (Willard: where the men are men & the sheep are nervous) and moved to southwestern OH in 1998. Now I’m an older albino leper boy who works too much (I teach, therefore I’m insane).
So far I’ve written one novel, Hocus Focus, published in 2008, and one graphic novel, Valedictorian USA, which is being published issue by issue. Also, I recently finished a web comic strip series called Clyde the Redneck.
What am I working on now? Well, for now: a memoir mini-comic series called Crackerstacker, a super-secret one-shot comic…and I’m ghost writing a memoir for a retired state highway patrolman.
Hocus Focus
Lenny Lusendt receives a pair of contacts that enable him to see who people really are. He sees living Ken and Barbie dolls, and teachers who are cavemen, mummies and cardboard cutouts. Since he’s the only one who sees who Pauline really is (everyone thinks she’s autistic), Lenny must race against time to rescue her before his contacts wear out.
ISBN: 978-1-60725-169-9
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Other Books By Stephen:
ValedictorianUSA#1
An eclectic cast of American teenagers is assembled to match wits on Valedictorian USA, a fiercely competitive reality television show. As contestant after contestant is eliminated, the stakes get higher and higher. But the show’s cast, crew, and audience could never have prepared themselves for the catastrophic fallout when one of the teen stars commits suicide.
Genre: Comic Book Series
ValedictorianUSA#2
An eclectic cast of American teenagers is assembled to match wits on Valedictorian USA, a fiercely competitive reality television show. As contestant after contestant is eliminated, the stakes get higher and higher. But the show’s cast, crew, and audience could never have prepared themselves for the catastrophic fallout when one of the teen stars commits suicide.
Genre: Comic Book Series
Unheard on This Earth: Volume 1
The 1st book in a series, collecting song lyrics I’ve written over the past 15 years.
Genre: Poetry/Lyrics
Crackerstacker #1
This is the 1st installment in a long mini-comic series that will chronicle my adventures as a wage slave in a grocery store. Issue #1 shows me in all of my mulleted glory, getting hired and baptized by fire into the realm of retail!
Genre: Memoir
Crackerstacker #2
This is the 2nd installment in a long mini-comic series that will chronicle my adventures as a wage slave in a grocery store. Issue #2 shows me being persuaded to extend what was meant to be a summer job by the allure of filthy lucre!
Genre: Memoir
Clyde the Redneck Omni-Truck Edition
Follow the adventures of an Ohio redneck as he tools around town complaining incessantly about liberals, teenagers, and, well, everything!
Genre: Comic Strip/Web-Comic Collection
