John Seven

John Seven is a writer and newspaper editor living in Western Massachusetts. He began his career with the legendary  '90s indie comic, Very Vicky, which he created with his wife, Jana Christy.

John and Jana also collaborated on the travel book Four Go Mad In Massachusetts and two children's books - Happy, Sad, Silly, Mad and the award-winning Ocean Story.

They also created the portable accordion mini book, Occupy 1-2-3, in conjunction with Occupy Boston.

In fall 2012, their graphic novel for under-fives, A Year With Friends, will be released by Abrams and an expanded version of their self-published sensation, A Rule Is To Break: A Child's Guide To Anarchy, will be published by Manic D Press.

Manic D Press will also publish Happy Punks 1-2-3, a punk rock counting book based on John and Jana's Happy Punks web comic.

By day, John is the arts and entertainment editor at the North Adams Transcript, where he writes about contemporary art in all forms and is featured weekly as a political columnist. 

John is also a regular contributor to Publishers Weekly, where he reviews comics and profiles their creators.

John is also a photographer and with Jana creates all sorts of mini comics and other work for fun.

(Contact John at mister DOT j DOT seven AT gmail DOT com)