Ross Richie
Ross Richie is the Founder of the comic book publisher BOOM! Studios where he was CEO and Chairman for 19 years. He has published the brands Dune, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Ben 10, Planet of the Apes, Firefly, Pixar, The Muppets, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, Hellraiser, Peanuts, Garfield, WWE, The Mighty […]
Lauren Moran
Lauren Moran is an illustrator and designer based in the Catskills. Known for her graphic tee designs, her biggest passion is finding creative ways to illustrate her favorite pop culture obsessions and finding ways to help other fans show off their love for their favorite fandoms.
Tom Hodges
Tom Hodges is an American artist, who worked on many Star Wars webcomics, as well as Star Wars Insider article “The Mandalorians: People and Culture” written by Karen Traviss and notable for featuring visual reference on the first female Mandalorian. He also contributed artwork to the book You Can Draw: Star Wars published by DK Publishing.
Lan Pitts
Lan Pitts is an Atlanta-born writer based in Baltimore, Maryland. He learned to read from mini-comics that came with action figures and video game instruction manuals. He’s been writing professionally for almost 20 years and doesn’t think that’ll end anytime soon.
D.J. Kirkbride
D.J. Kirkbride got his start in comics as an editor and writer on Image Comics’ Eisner and Harvey Award-winning Popgun anthologies. After those, he co-wrote the acclaimed fantasy series Amelia Cole, which was part of the Monkeybrain Comics digital launch on ComiXology, published in print by IDW Publishing. Kirkbride is also the author of the […]
Jerry Gaylord
Jerry Gaylord is a story artist and designer originally from Oxon Hill, MD. He began his career in comics with Boom! Studios and was nominated for a Harvey Award for his work on Fanboys vs Zombies. He continued in comics working with IDW, Archie Comics, independent publishers and exhibiting at conventions all over the country. […]
Penelope R. Gaylord
Penelope R. Gaylord is an illustrator and visual development artist. She started her professional career in comics but has since transitioned into the animation industry, creating stories and characters for studios like Cartoon Network, Imagine Entertainment Kids and Family, and 9B Collective. She illustrated the Captain Marvel Little Golden Books and the Avengers: Battle on the Moon Little Golden […]
