Todd Hignite  Todd Hignite is the author of the books "In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists" (Yale University Press, 2006) and "The Art of Jaime Hernandez/The Secrets of Life and Death" (Abrams ComicArts, 2010). He is also the founder and editor of the publication "Comic Art" (2002–2007) and a curator of gallery exhibits of comic book and contemporary art, including the traveling retrospective "R. Crumb's Underground" (organized by the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts); "Speak: Nine Cartoonists"; "Art Chantry: Pearls are a Nuisance"; and "Lucas Samaras: Fabric Reconstruction Paintings", among others.