Book deal to bring gothic sci-fi heroine to life
Picture a lab filled with bats and bubbling beakers, and you've hit on the favorite hangout of a new pint-sized heroine poised to swoop into the publishing world. Cartoonist Jim Benton has signed a six-book commitment with Simon & Schuster for a new series geared to the seven to 10 set based on a character he describes as a cross between Wednesday Addams and MacGyver.
June 1, 2003
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