The Sonneveld Library: Comics and Children‘s Books
To see the complete Library listing, which includes short stories and comic strips, please click on this link.
Stephen’s biography is below.
For environmental reasons, Stephen has only published in the digital format since 2012.
Free-to-read comics and children’s books:
Monster Pants
A 12-page, 13-word children's book made especially for young survivors of sexual abuse/trafficking (Children’s book, 12 pages, 2010, 2018)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tH0mtrun9RywvZFdXg-tGHwObe5dj7BK/view?usp=drive_link
If you or someone you know has been the victim of abuse, you are not alone and there is help.One resource to reach out to is the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, at http://www.missingkids.com/home or by calling 1-800-THE-LOST.
Epilogue
Mei and SAM, alias Ices and her husband, the Stretch Action Man, experience love and loss (Comic book, 21 pages, 2018)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jRX_30nRtZKUBeAMEcoYsyjlXc2vZaab/view?usp=drive_link
Chaos Colonists' Club (War Pigs)
Satire of conflict profiteering, sure to make your blood boil (Comic book, 11 pages, 2017)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cq6SnooYEL2bwF_K93NHLuJBPyi-uGCb/view?usp=drive_link
Corbyn Comic
A submission for Self Made Hero publishing’s “The Corbyn Comic Book,” an anthology which launched at the 2017 Labour Party conference. This lampooning of personality politics was not selected, but the point remains (3 pages, 2017).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14CII0_XqxN49qBQIZA96IErdEjqlV38X/view?usp=drive_link
Superman versus Cancer
“A story that is emotionally resonant and affecting, even disarming.”
“A really satisfying take on these iconic heroes.”
- Smash Pages
Our greatest hero confronting our greatest threat (Comic book, 68 pages, 2016)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D2l6uSvfzDNv7k1bRj5F62R6d5Agb8LU/view?usp=drive_link
Gal Fawkes: We Are Monsters
Our hacker hero is introduced in this vicious satire on today’s monsters and the media’s culpability in making them (Comic book, 24 pages, 2016)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_YlPOKYNXeXrhuvlND-Knf7RwenrO3FS/view?usp=drive_link
Ain’t No Princess
A barbarian woman leads a revolution against a patriarchal society in this parable about the poisonous effects of misogyny that became a real-world call to action (Comic book, 50 pages, 15 chapters using a 9-panel grid, 2015)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WhG2hdnwksLwIQVSbd7UNQsD6Mt7BwFO/view?usp=drive_link
Slice of Life
Told using a consecutive 9-panel grid, each short chapter focuses on an emotional beat as our beleaguered Inspector determines if the multiple Michelin starred chef René Rue has committed murder (Comic book, 16 pages, 2015)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mLyj5lyRiD9EOg-8-eWVSsU6FtVOaf4f/view?usp=drive_link
(To view the complete grid: http://s-sonneveld.tumblr.com/post/121188805481/slice-of-life-the-complete-scroll-by-stephen#121188805481)
Superfluous
A parable about upgrading saviors (Comic book, 4 pages, 2014)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n3TxYLnOU-aayB6HFoUCVu1MZqgimgVX/view?usp=drive_link
If This Be Our Destiny
A young comic book reader learns what it is to be a hero (Comic book, 4 pages, 2014)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HQXaIQ-zSdZ41GBdSbo2NgqG777Xr6wv/view?usp=drive_link
Life Sentence
A school assignment that became a comic book about a Vietnam vet struggling to get on with his life and make peace with the past. (Comic book, using photographs from the 1987 book The Wall: Images and Offerings from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1992)
The original 1992 version, complete:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZUdPyecME40h8IX0uvZExROspywk5EBi/view?usp=drive_link
A version using the 1992 artwork, as well as pages redrawn in 1993:
Chapter 1: 1978
Chapter 2: 1980 (continued next link)
Chapter 2: (concluded)
Chapter 3: 1982
Chapter 4: 1984
Chapter 5: 1986
Chapter 6: 1989 (continued next link)
Chapter 6: (continued next link)
Chapter 6: (concluded)
Marketplace comics and children’s books (links will be to ebook versions)
Greye of Scotland Yard
Engage in the final five cases of Sherlock-level detective GREYE as he reaches his wit's end in a London teeming with geopolitical war games, human trafficking, senseless violence and the greed of the 1%. Alongside his colorful colleagues, and with MI5 always at his heels, the beleaguered DCI also confronts a would-be Moriarty, and learns the hard way about the importance of art and journalistic integrity. Award-winning creator Stephen Sonneveld delivers in GREYE OF SCOTLAND YARD storytelling mystery, humor and art unlike anything else. (Comic strip, 151 pages, 2014)
Bleeding Cool said the year-long serial comic strip Greye of Scotland Yard “plays out like five episodes of a really good British police drama, Luther especially comes to mind,” and that the "tremendously fulfilling read" is on par with the James Bond and Modesty Blaise properties.
The Slings & Arrows Graphics Novel Guide stated, “Stephen Sonneveld’s Greye of Scotland Yard is visually surreal, yet features solid procedural crime investigation plots,” that some of the character designs “are phenomenal,” and that overall, “Greye of Scotland Yard is well written, an unsentimentally impressive first outing...”
Selections from the work were featured in Middle Gray Arts Magazine, which later interviewed Stephen for their website.
Unfortunately, due to Amazon’s absorption and deleting of GREYE’S longtime ebook home Comixology, GREYE is currently out-of-print, but we are actively seeking new publishers.
The Tragedy of Rohet
Only in this Amazon Exclusive Edition: Four full-color illustrations and two bonus short stories! A demonic force of nature terrorizes the untamed land, and only the barbarian Rohet is brave enough to challenge it. Yet, instead of vanquishing the spirit, their destines become forever entwined, sparking an adventure that races across a thousand battle-years as Rohet cuts a swath through his enemies while searching for the love he lost and the home he’ll never find. (Novella with select illustrations, 101 pages, 2014)
https://www.amazon.com/TRAGEDY-ROHET-Stephen-Sonneveld-ebook/dp/B00LXG0BUO/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1525698054&sr=8-6&keywords=stephen+sonneveld
ROODY POO: The Most Electrifying Reindeer in Santa's Stable: A WWE Christmastime Satire
When Christmas is threatened by an evil sorcerer and a mad titan, only Santa's finest warrior reindeer can save it - Roody Poo! The Internet short story sensation that delighted wrestling fans and introduced all audiences to an audacious new chapter into the Santa legend is now presented in this Amazon Exclusive Edition, with never-before-seen bonus features only available here: -Five full-color illustrations -A guide to the wrestling and pop culture references, with author commentary -Sketch book selections detailing the idea process -The award-winning author's never-before published thesis "Olympia Dell'Arte: The Art of Sport," an unprecedented analysis defining professional wrestling as one of the unique American art forms! (Novella with footnotes and essay, 90 pages, 2014)
https://www.amazon.com/ROODY-POO-Electrifying-Reindeer-Christmastime-ebook/dp/B00QP8T80O/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1525698054&sr=8-3&keywords=stephen+sonneveld
Christmas Tamales
Ola, friend! Thanks for stopping by! Bickering cousins Benny and Juanita agree tamales are the perfect Christmas treat… but that’s about all they agree on. Can Mama and her tamales help them discover the spirit of the season? Brimming with bold colors and playful words, CHRISTMAS TAMALES is a holiday classic from the award-winning creator of Pandora’s Lunchbox and Pumpkin Dreams. (Children’s book, 24 pages, 2012)
http://www.lulu.com/shop/stephen-sonneveld/christmas-tamales/paperback/product-20336176.html
W.M.D. Weapons Monsters Destruction
PUGLISH finds the O.M.G. in W.M.D.! From the award-winning author of PANDORA’S LUNCHBOX and GOLEMITE comes a high-octane action story about a Marine trying to save her fellow Jarheads from being sacrificed to a classified government experiment – that is, if she doesn’t perish at the hands of a ruthless mercenary or a dino-sized abomination first! (Comic book, 111 pages, 2010)
http://www.lulu.com/shop/stephen-sonneveld/wmd-weapons-monsters-destruction/ebook/product-17508586.html
President Pug
An American Fable: In this crackling biography, celebrated historian Stephen Sonneveld not only unflinchingly captures one of our greatest presidents, but also the strange, sad times in which he rose. Entered into the presidential race as a PR stunt, Nugget would restore hope and leadership to a country in desperate need of it. Lesser known is the struggle the scenes of a good boy caving in to the political machine, and nearly losing all hope himself. This is a story of redemption... for a pug, and for a people. (Novella, 61 pages, 2010)
Original edition:
http://www.lulu.com/shop/stephen-sonneveld/president-pug/ebook/product-17507750.html
In Dog We Trust Edition" (2012) provides Amazon readers with exclusive bonus content not available anywhere else:
https://www.amazon.com/PRESIDENT-PUG-Stephen-Sonneveld-ebook/dp/B00ATVDGPG/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1525698054&sr=8-4&keywords=stephen+sonneveld
Pumpkin Dreams
Jack-O’-Lanterns alight to life in the nights preceding All Hallows Eve! Will these souls born of flame be warmed by love and friendship or consumed by revenge and rage? With art and prose from the award-winning author of PANDORA’S LUNCHBOX, get ready for a new myth of Halloween lore so intense only the BIBLE could provide the dialogue! (Children’s horror book, 64 pages, 2010)
http://www.lulu.com/shop/stephen-sonneveld/pumpkin-dreams/ebook/product-17514847.html
Leonardo’s Courtyard
From the award-winning writer of PANDORA'S LUNCHBOX and PRESIDENT PUG comes an adventure featuring evocative drawings and full of action, humor and heart! All Leonardo wants is peace and quiet to work on his inventions, but free-spirited Josephine keeps poaching fish from his pond! Leonardo returns Josephine to the wild thinking his problems will go away - instead, they multiply! As Josephine faces dangers racing home, Leonardo learns what their home has been missing. (Children’s book, 55 pages, 2010)
http://www.lulu.com/shop/stephen-sonneveld/leonardos-courtyard/ebook/product-17510317.html
Golemite
From the award-winning author of Pandoras Lunchbook and Leonardo’s Courtyard comes the gothic graphic novel GOLEMITE! Presented only using the universal language of pictures, GASP as Ben brings to life a golem to take his place at school! LAUGH as Golemite becomes a better Ben than the real boy! THRILL as the two beings battle for their single soul! Expect all of this pulse pounding excitement and more, delivered with the patented Puglish punch! (Comic book, 114 pages, 2010)
http://www.lulu.com/shop/stephen-sonneveld/golemite/ebook/product-17448500.html
Pandora’s Lunchbox
“Pandora’s Lunchbox is raw emotion.”
“Unlike other books on the same subject, Sonneveld and Krzak open us up to the harsh reality of bullying.”
- Blogcritics Magazine
By Stephen Sonneveld and Andrew Gregory Krzak. Pandora discovers her lunchbox can summon mythical creatures, so she unleashes them on the school bullies as revenge for their torments! Unfortunately, the beasts decide to rule the world, and Pandora must come to terms with her conscience and her courage if she is to stop them. (Children’s book, 169 pages, 2007)
http://www.lulu.com/shop/stephen-sonneveld-and-andrew-krzak/pandoras-lunchbox/ebook/product-17507728.html
The Prince of Destiny
One hero's journey to liberate his people and something-or-other about... HIS DESTINY! (Children’s book, 55 pages, 2007)
http://www.lulu.com/shop/stephen-sonneveld/the-prince-of-destiny/ebook/product-17514794.html
About the author:
Stephen Sonneveld is a content creator who won the Kennedy Center Outstanding Playwright Award, was a New York Television Fest finalist, and advanced at the Austin Heart of Screenwriting festival. For five seasons, he acted in and co-wrote over 8-hours of audio dramas and comedies a season on Chicago-based radio’s The Don’t Call Me Sweetheart Show. Sonneveld was a syndicated writer for Bleacher Report, and freelanced for publications as diverse as MAD Magazine and the LGBTQ+ standard, Windy City Times. Finally, he wrote, and sometimes illustrated, well-received comic books, both independently, and for publishers such as Mad Cave Studios.
Updated: October 14, 2025