Joe Swarctz and Ralph Greco Jr. have known each other for 40 years, but lost touch for 25 years. After reconnecting, the old friends simply wanted to get food in Easton when one day Swarctz showed his illustrations to Greco and the idea to work together sparked. While Swarctz illustrates the comic books, Greco writes the scripts. Together they collaborate and come up with a fully fleshed storyline.
“Having a friendship back is…the biggest blessing,” Greco said.

It isn’t a typical career decision as a college custodian, however, for Swarctz, it was a matter of talent and timing.

They decided to call the series “The Misadventures of Echo City Capers” because they wanted to captures the different stories of Echo City residents rather than one sole character.

“So that [title] can be anything. It could be about the villains, it could be about the shopkeepers, could be about the police. You know so there’s no…main person,” he said. 

“Each book is a different story, it features a new villain [and they] are the main antagonist of the stories,” Swarctz added. “But the villains are kind of funny and goofy and bumbly, they almost make themselves get captured. The hero of the story always usually shows up at the end.” 

Biography taken from excerpts of this article