Ira Marcks is the award-winning cartoonist behind the creepy kid mysteries SPIRIT WEEK and New York Times recommended SHARK SUMMER. His online courses have inspired 100,000+ students.
Ira loves strange fiction and scientific research equally which has led to an unlikely list of collaborators including the Hugo Award-winning magazine Weird Tales, European Research Council, and a White House Fellowship Scientist.
Praise for Shark Summer:
“Marcks…has accomplished an unusual feat with cinematic homage”
“Distinct and relatable…a lovely read”
Praise for Spirit Week:
“A kid-friendly and eerie take on Stephen King’s The Shining”
“Like the blood in the elevator of The Overlook, Spirit Week spills beyond its frame.”