Rick Carton is a self-taught illustrator of the Edgar & Ellen

Edgar & Ellen

Edgar & Ellen created by Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing, is based on two twelve-year old twins who cause mischief and mayhem in their sickly sweet town, Nod's Limbs. The series currently contains seven books, a new companion guide: The Mischief Manual, and plans for more in the works...

book series, and co-founder of Star Farm Productions

Star Farm Productions

Star Farm Productions is an independent entertainment company that designs, creates, and develops children's entertainment properties simultaneously in multiple media.-Productions:...

, a children's entertainment company. Currently, he lives in Chicago, Illinois, USA

United States

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Carton has been drawing since early childhood. His art for Edgar & Ellen comprises dark sketches with apparent homages to Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...

. He has also provided the basis for all art used in the Edgar & Ellen cartoon shorts broadcast on NickToons Network

NickToons Network

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He also loves music and plays bass guitar

Bass guitar

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External links

• Edgar and Ellen
• Star Farm Productions
• Nicktoons