In "The Complete Book of Caricature" (North Light Books, 1991). Staake explained how a subject's personality is incorporated into a drawing and provided reference materials, along with samples of caricaturists, including David Levine, Mort Drucker and Ralph Steadman. In 1990, 1991 and 1993, Staake wrote and co-edited the "Humor and Cartoon Markets" series of resource books listing magazines, newsletters, greeting card companies and other publishers who purchase humorous illustrations. In 1996, for "The Complete Book of Humorous Art" (North Light), he interviewed 20 illustrators, including Gary Baseman, Lou Brooks and Elwood Smith.