•SpongeBob Mix & Match book. Comes out August 2nd from Reader’s Digest. I LOVE Mix & match books, so if you’ve ever wanted to see Squidward’s head on Mr Krabs’ body, well then this is for you. Plus, all the art is in the “pained” style, which means it took forever to do..

•Nickelodeon Nursery Rhymes (a Big Golden Book). Comes out August 9th from Golden Books. A 48 page BIG Golden Book featuring Dora, SpongeBob, Kai Lan, and Wonder Pets. All done in a funky retro painted style that you’ll never see me do again. Oh well. Now, I’ll still be doing more Golden Books in funky retro painted styles, just not THIS funky retro painted style. One more time: Funky retro painted style. There. Done.

• King of Karate (a SpongeBob Paint Box book). Comes out August 9th from Golden Books. Comes with some paint, so you can paint these yourself and pretend you’re on a tight deadline… Remember, the colors have to match the styleguide!

•SpongeBob’s Runaway Road Trip. Comes out August 30th from Simon & Schuster. Crams a whole bunch of stories into one book, so more bang for yer buck! Plus, Nickelodeon did the cover for me, allowing me a day off… God bless you, Nick!

•A Very Krabby Christmas (SpongeBob Glitter Sticker Book). Comes out September 13th from Golden Books for you early holiday shoppers. Glitter stickers? Style guide art? New art by me? All equal MERRY CHRISTMAS.

• SpongeBob’s Kitchen Mission Cookbook. Comes out October 18th from Wiley. I did the front and back cover on this bad boy. From what I’ve seen, this looks pretty cool. Although, I don’t think it includes the secret Krabby Patty formula. Sorry, Plankton.

and don’t forget:

GAMES! GAMES! GAMES!

•ZOMBIES!!! X (or 10) comes out well.. now?!?!?! At least I have some copies. 10 years. Dang. That’s alot of Zombies.

•Little Dead Riding Hood,  also from Twilight Creations, comes out in November. This is a board game where Lil’ Red is out hunting zombie wolves. Andy Bennett helped me out inking the art to create a nice children’s book feel to it. Plus, my buddy Kiera was my model for Lil’ Red. She’s cool.

So, other then a bunch of Nick DVD covers and maybe a coloring book cover or three,  that’s what’s up for the rest of 2011. I’m knee deep in 2012 right now, with books already finished for early in the year. Let’s keep ‘em coming, folks!

-Dave