Personnel:
Michael Paraskevas, Owner/Producer
Maria Bruno, Executive Producer/Head of Development
Credits:
The Cheap Show (Plum TV)
Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
Marvin the Tap Dancing Horse
Kids From Room 402
The Tangerine Bear
Currently Running Comic:
Lili and Derek (6 days a week)
The Green Monkeys (weekly)
Children's Books:
Taffy Saltwater (Random House)
Mr. Moon (Crown Books)
Children's Books with Maria Bruno:
Lili and Derek
Children's Books with Sarah Maizes:
On My Way to Bed
On My Way to School
On my way to the Bath
Children's Books with Betty Paraskevas:
The Tangerine Bear
Monster Beach
Kids from Room 402
The Ferocious Beast
Junior Kroll
Junior Kroll and Company
A Very Kroll Christmas
The Strawberry Dog
Hoppy and Joe
On the Edge of the Sea
Nibble O'Hare
Chocolate at the Four Seasons
Jerolemon Street
Peter Pepper's Pet Spectacular
Cecil Bunions and the Midnight Train
Shamlanders
The Big Carrot (A Ferocious Beast Book)
The Big Scare (A Ferocious Beast Book)
Around the World with Junior Kroll
Marvin the Tap Dancing Horse
Future Books:
Open the Door
Cricket and Wren
Monsters Under
Squeaks and Sniffles
Submission Policy:
Through agents only.
Production Types:
TV Specials & Live Events, Animation, Scripted TV, Film
Comments:
Michael Paraskevas has been an illustrator since graduating from The School of Visual Arts in 1984. He then went on to receive his MFA from SVA in 1986. He’s worked for most major magazines including Sports Illustrated, Time, Town & Country, New York Magazine and Rolling Stone, to name but a few.
Michael Paraskevas has also illustrated and written 24 children’s books over the years with his mother, Betty. The two went on to create and write the animated television series Maggie and the Ferocious Beast for Nickelodeon. Two of their other books were also made into animated series: Marvin the Tap Dancing Horse for PBS and Kids from Room 402 for Fox Family. Betty passed away in 2010 and Mickey continues to work on animated projects for a variety of companies.
His large-scale beach paintings have sold all over the world through his gallery in the Hamptons where he has lived and called home for the last 30 years.