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'''Robert Schnakenberg''' (born March 19, 1969) <ref>''Contemporary Authors New Revision Series'', Vol. 197. (Gale, 2010)</ref> is a self-styled “author and raconteur”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schnakworld.com|title=Schnakworld|website=Schnakworld}}</ref> from Brooklyn, New York. He is best known for writing biographical comic books, as well as a series of popular reference books about entertainment, sports, and world history. |
'''Robert Schnakenberg''' (born March 19, 1969) <ref>''Contemporary Authors New Revision Series'', Vol. 197. (Gale, 2010)</ref> is a self-styled “author and raconteur”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schnakworld.com|title=Schnakworld|website=Schnakworld}}</ref> from Brooklyn, New York. He is best known for writing biographical comic books, as well as a series of popular reference books about entertainment, sports, and world history. |
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Schnakenberg's personal affect has been likened to that of an "edgy [[Peter Bonerz]]." |
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== Early life == |
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Schnakenberg was born in [[Huntington, New York]], birthplace of [[Walt Whitman]]. As a young man, he worked as a tour guide at the [[Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site]]. He also worked as a security guard at the [[Heckscher Museum of Art]]. His father, William D. Schnakenberg, was a longtime employee of the [[United States Postal Service]] and the onetime mailman for jazz great [[Louis Armstrong]]. His uncle, Donald Schnakenberg, was the director of finance for the New York City Council during the mayoralty of [[Edward I. Koch]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20130201024136/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/104385617.html?dids=104385617:104385617&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+27,+1987&author=By+William+Murphy-City+Hall+Bureau+Chief&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Unkindest+Cut+for+Smokers&pqatl=google ]</ref> |
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Schnakenberg is a graduate of [[John Glenn High School (Huntington, New York)|John Glenn High School]] in Elwood, New York. He attended [[New York University]] and [[Stony Brook University]], where his professors included the poet [[Louis Simpson]], the novelist [[Thomas Flanagan (writer)|Thomas Flanagan]], and celebrated "Death of God" theologian [[Thomas J.J. Altizer]]. Schnakenberg's personal affect during this period has been likened to that of an "edgy [[Peter Bonerz]]." |
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== Career == |
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=== Comic books === |
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Schnakenberg began his career in the early 1990s as the head writer for [[Personality Comics]], an independent publisher specializing in pornographic, parody, and biographical comic books. He authored more than 50 comic books under a variety of pseudonyms, including the popular ''Spoof Comics'' parodies ''Fantastic Femmes'' and ''X-Babes''. He created the superheroine ''Headlights'' and authored the groundbreaking AIDS awareness superhero comic ''Healthman''. His 1992 comic book ''Soul Trek'', a humorous mash-up of ''[[Star Trek]]'' and ''[[Soul Train]]'', is part of the permanent collection of The Museum of Uncut Funk, a virtual museum “dedicated to the celebration and preservation of the Funk.” <ref>{{cite web|url=http://museumofuncutfunk.com/2009/06/17/spoof-comics-presents-soultrek/ |title=Spoof Comics Presents SoulTrek |publisher=The Museum Of UnCut Funk |date=2009-06-17 |accessdate=2018-06-14}}</ref> |
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Schnakenberg's artistic collaborators during this period included Allan Jacobsen, [[Adam Pollina]], Ron Joseph, Ken Becker, Garrett Berner, Keith Quinn, Scott Harrison, and Kirk Lindo. Schnakenberg also wrote sports comics for Personality's main competitor, [[Revolutionary Comics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=14286|title=Robert Schnakenberg - Comic Book DB|website=www.comicbookdb.com}}</ref> |
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After retiring from comic book publishing in 1994, Schnakenberg returned to the field in 2010 as a freelance contributor for the biographical comic book company [[Bluewater Productions]]. He authored the popular ''Michelle Obama: Year One'' comic along with biographies of Supreme Court Justice [[Sonia Sotomayor]], telejournalist [[Barbara Walters]], and others. |
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Schnakenberg is the subject of a forthcoming monograph entitled ''Lunacy and Sorrow: The Life and Art of Robert Schnakenberg'', to be published in 2020 by SUNY/Brockport University Press. |
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=== Books === |
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Since the mid-1990s, Schnakenberg has worked primarily as a writer and self-described “intellectual gadabout” covering topics in sports, entertainment, and history. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including ''The Encyclopedia Shatnerica'' (an A-to-Z reference about the life and career of [[William Shatner]]), ''[[Christopher Walken]] A-to-Z'', and the [[New York Times]] bestseller ''The Big Bad Book of [[Bill Murray]]''. His 2010 book, ''Old Man Drinks'', was praised for evoking "the simple, timeless aspects of masculine drinking culture."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mademan.com/old-man-drinks-recipes-advice-and-wisdom/|title=Old Man Drinks: Recipes, Advice, and Wisdom|date=9 July 2010|access-date=2012-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110205901/http://www.mademan.com/old-man-drinks-recipes-advice-and-wisdom|archive-date=2012-01-10|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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In 2014, after a period of self-imposed "exile" from traditional publishing, Schnakenberg re-emerged using the "kid-friendly alter ego" David Stabler.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.quirkbooks.com/book/kid-presidents|title=Kid Presidents|publisher=}}</ref> Stabler's first book for children, ''Kid Presidents: True Tales of Childhood from America's Presidents'', was published in October 2014. Between 2015 and 2018. Schnakenberg wrote four more books in the series using the Stabler persona. |
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== Published works == |
== Published works == |
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Robert Schnakenberg | |
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Born | Huntington, New York | March 19, 1969
Pen name | Paul Casanova, Montague John Druitt, William Gull, Elliott Larkfield, John Pizer, J.K. Stephen, Seth Strummer, Nguyen van Foch, David Stabler |
Nationality | American |
Notable works | Personality Comics Revolutionary Comics |
Website | |
schnakworld |
Robert Schnakenberg (born March 19, 1969) [1] is a self-styled “author and raconteur”[2] from Brooklyn, New York. He is best known for writing biographical comic books, as well as a series of popular reference books about entertainment, sports, and world history.
Schnakenberg's personal affect has been likened to that of an "edgy Peter Bonerz."
Published works
- The Encyclopedia Shatnerica (1998: 2nd Edition: 2008) (ISBN 1-58063-039-1)
- Distory: A Treasury of Historical Insults (2004) (ISBN 0-312-32671-8)
- I (Heart) My Truck (2005) (ISBN 1-56906-594-2)
- Sci-Fi Baby Names (2007) (ISBN 1-59474-161-1)
- Secret Lives of Great Authors (2008) (ISBN 1-59474-211-1)
- Christopher Walken A-to-Z (2008) (ISBN 1-59474-259-6)
- Secret Lives of the Supreme Court (2009) (ISBN 1-59474-308-8)
- Secret Lives of Great Filmmakers (2009) (ISBN 1-59474-434-3)
- Old Man Drinks (2010) (ISBN 1-59474-450-5)
- The Underground Baseball Encyclopedia (2010) (ISBN 1-60078-331-7)
- DC Comics 75th Anniversary Poster Book (2010) (ISBN 1-59474-462-9)
- The Underground Football Encyclopedia (2011) (ISBN 1-60078-516-6)
- Crazy Sh*t Presidents Said (2012) (ISBN 0-76244-453-3)
- Kid Presidents: True Tales of Childhood from America's Presidents (2014) (ISBN 1-59474-731-8)
- Kid Athletes: True Tales of Childhood from Sports Legends (2015) (ISBN 1-59474-802-0)
- The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray (2015) (ISBN 1-59474-801-2)
- Kid Artists: True Tales of Childhood from Creative Legends (2016) (ISBN 1-59474-896-9)
- Kid Authors: True Tales of Childhood from Famous Writers (2017) (ISBN 1-59474-987-6)
- Kid Scientists: True Tales of Childhood from Science Superstars (2018) (ISBN 1-68369-074-5)
References
- ^ Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vol. 197. (Gale, 2010)
- ^ "Schnakworld". Schnakworld.