Biography

Tim Jacobus was born April 21, 1959 in the state of New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

. Jacobus began drawing in High School and
Jacobus is best known for creating the covers to R. L. Stine

R. L. Stine

Robert Lawrence Stine , known as R. L. Stine, and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American writer. Stine, who is called the "Stephen King of children's literature," is the author of hundreds of horror fiction novels, including the books in the Fear Street, Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, and The...

's book series all 62 Goosebumps

Goosebumps (original series)

Goosebumps is a series of children's horror fiction novellas created and authored by R. L. Stine. Sixty-two books were published under the Goosebumps umbrella title from 1992 to 1997, the first being Welcome to Dead House, and the last being Monster Blood IV...

books, the first book of Give Yourself Goosebumps

Give Yourself Goosebumps

Give Yourself Goosebumps was a children's horror fiction gamebook series by R. L. Stine. After the success of the regular Goosebumps books, Scholastic Press decided to create this spin off series in 1995. In fact, Stine had written gamebooks in previous years.Fifty books in the series, including...

; Escape from the Carnival of Horrors, the three cancelled Goosebumps Gold covers, all of the Special Editions and Monster Editions, and all 25 Goosebumps Series 2000

Goosebumps Series 2000

Goosebumps Series 2000 was a part of the Goosebumps series by R. L. Stine. It was a continuation of the original Goosebumps series. All of the books in the series are now out of print.- Cover design :...

 books. Since the series' cancellation in 2000, he no longer draws the covers for Goosebumps. Jacobus has written an autobiographical book called It Came From New Jersey! My Life As an Artist, a book on his life and career for Goosebumps.

It is notable that he once worked for Converse Shoes, which explains its inclusion in many of the original Goosebumps book covers, such as Monster Blood III (Evan's giant Converses are shown stomping through a playground), The Ghost Next Door (a ghostly pair of Converse sneakers can be seen outside the open door), The Haunted School (a pair of grayscale Converses are in the mess of papers spilling out of the locker), and Ghost Camp (one of the invisible campers is wearing Converse sneakers). He currently draws "Dreamscapes" which donates proceeds to the Nature Conservatory. He has one son, Jack Jacobus, born in August 14, 1998, and currently lives in Budd Lake, New Jersey

Budd Lake, New Jersey

As of the census of 2000, there were 8,100 people, 2,851 households, and 2,169 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 534.6/km2 . There were 2,994 housing units at an average density of 197.6/km2...

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External links

• Personal website
• It Came From New Jersey! My Life As an Artist ISBN 978-0590108539