Stan Mack has created documentary style comic strips (including Stan Mack's Real Life Funnies , which ran in the Village Voice for 20 years), graphic histories (including The Story of the Jews: A 4,000 Year Adventure ), and children's picture books. Mack graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and is a former art director of The New York Times Magazine . www.stanmack.com Susan Champlin is a freelance writer and editor who has written for PBS, PBS Kids, Discovery Communications, and National Geographic Kid, and has been on the staff of some of the biggest magazines in the country, including People and Bon Appétit .