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Staples's first published work was "Amphibious Nightmare", a 24-hour comic included in the About Comics anthology "24 Hour Comics Day Highlights 2005". Her first series assignment was 2006's "Done to Death", working with writer Andrew Foley for Markosia. She was one of the illustrators of WildStorm's "Trick 'r Treat" graphic novel, an adaptation of the Michael Dougherty film. She was the penciller and inker of "The Secret History of the Authority: Hawksmoor," written by Mike Costa. She also coloured Frazer Irving's art for the "2000 AD" story "Button Man".