Erik Craddock grew up during the '80s and '90s on a steady diet of comics, video games, and pop culture. He graduated summa cum laude from New York City's School of Visual Arts in 2003 with a BFA in cartooning. He also worked for some time in the field of television and movie animation. He is the author of Manga Claus: The Blade of Kringle and the popular Stone Rabbit series, and a permanent feature of the Museum of Comic and Cartooning Art.