Biography

Serena Valentino has been weaving tales that combine mythos and guile for the past nine years with her work on the comic book series GloomCookie and Nightmares & Fairy Tales published with SLG Publishing. Nightmares & Fairy Tales: 1140 Rue Royale has earned her critical acclaim in both the comic and horror domain, where she is known for her unique style of storytelling, bringing her readers into exquisitely frightening worlds filled with terror, beauty and extraordinary female protagonists. On her most recent work on Nightmares & Fairy Tales with Camilla d' Errico, Serena has returned to the fairy tale format with a modern retelling of Sleeping Beauty and a grisly tale about a mermaid, both of which have become fan-favorites.Among her other projects, Serena is currently writing a horror screenplay with writer/director Phil Flores (of the Butcher Brothers), she is also writing three new comic series/graphic novels, Enchanted, Blackbird the Pirate Queen and Hells Café and has writtena novel for young adults for Disney Press based on the Wicked Queen from Snow White entitled Fairest of All to be released December 2009.

From Slave Labor Graphics:

Serena Valentino is SLG’s most prolific creator. She has written 28 issues of her gothic, supernatural series GloomCookie, and is heading toward twenty-one issues of Nightmares and Fairy Tales. Created with artist FSc, Nightmares originally featured short horror stories, both based on fairy tales and invented by Serena. At issue thirteen of that series, Serena launched a new story arc: “1140 Rue Royale.” It is a historical horror story based on the real Madame Lalaurie, infamous for her torture of her slaves. With art by Crab Scrambly, this series has delved into the most horrific aspects of American history. Now she is returning to the fairy tale format with artist, Camilla d' Errico, featuring stories about a Sleeping Beauty, a captured mermaid and the infamous Blue Beard.

Email Serena:
  serena at serenavalentino.com