The Evolution of The Big Splash cover—Fall 2008

Final Jacket

Final color plus texture

First color sketch

2nd round of sketches. Turning Matt toward the viewer to add strength to his character.

Pulp type idea

Nathan Fox's first sketches Boy vs. Girl

First cover ideas with help from Tomer Hanuka

The Big Splash

The Story: Matt Stevens is as tough as a steak from the school cafeteria. He’s a seventh-grade private eye, and he just did something he thought he’d never do: He accepted a job from Vincent “Vinny Biggs” Biggio, the kid behind every deal made at Franklin Middle School, from black market candy to forged hall passes. Matt had better watch his back as he tackles a case with more twists than a candy addict on a swivel chair.

Hallways
full of crime!
A school
full of suspects!
Will he crack
the case . . .
Or be the next
target?


Written by Jack D. Ferraiolo
Edited by Susan Van Metre
Jacket Illustration by Nathan Fox
Designed By Chad W. Beckerman