Mariko Tamaki is a
New York Times-bestselling Canadian writer of comics and prose. She is the co-creator of
This One Summer, with Jillian Tamaki, and
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me, with Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, both of which received Eisner Awards and Printz Honors. She also writes superhero stories for Marvel and DC Comics. Mariko lives in Oakland.
Delilah S. Dawson is the New York Times best-selling author of Star Wars: Phasma and the writer of the Blud series, the Hit series, Servants of the Storm, and the Shadow series, starting with Wake of Vultures and written as Lila Bowen, not to mention numerous short stories. With Kevin Hearne, she co-writes the Tales of Pell beginning with Kill the Farm Boy. She writes the creator-owned comics Sparrowhawk and Ladycastle and has written comics in the worlds of Adventure Time, Labyrinth, The X-Files Case Files, Star Wars Adventures, and Star Wars Forces of Destiny. She has won three RT Awards and has received stars from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Booklist, VOYA, and Library Journal. She lives in Florida with her family and is always online at whimsydark.com.
Kevin Cannon is a Minnesota cartoonist and illustrator who is best known for his detailed cartoon maps in the
Star Tribune as well as his humorous all-ages graphic novel,
The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy. Cannon lives in Mounds View with his wife, Maggie, their son, Ulysses, and cat, Cottleston Pie
Conor McCreery is a former journalist turned comics scribe. After receiving ONE too many death threat, he decided to move into the world of comics--and has worked for many of the industry's top publishers including DC, IDW, BOOM!, Titan, and Dark Horse. He writes about sensitive boys and kick-ass girls, although not always in that order.
Christopher Hastings is a comics writer with a cartooning degree from SVA. He scripted the NYT-bestselling graphic novel adaptation of
Five Nights at Freddy's: The Twisted Ones and continues to adapt further books in the franchise. He is the writer and illustrator of the award-winning webcomic
The Adventures of Dr. McNinja and co-creator of
The Unbelievable Gwenpool. His other comic writing credits include
Adventure Time, Deadpool, and
Vote Loki, among many more. Christopher is also an improviser who plays the disgraced lich aristocrat Frederick de Bonesby on the narrative play podcast
Rude Tales of Magic and helpful android Threadcount 900 on
Oh These, Those Stars of Space.
Ryan North's recent work includes the nonfiction books
How To Take Over The World and
How To Invent Everything, the semi-fictional graphic novel adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's
Slaughterhouse-Five, and the so-far-fictional
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl series for Marvel. He's a multiple
New York Times bestseller whose work has been translated into 16 different languages to date, and as a linguist, he's very happy about that. He lives in Toronto, where he once
messed up walking his dog so badly it made the news.
Ian McGinty was an American comic book writer and artist. He was best known for his creator-owned comic
Welcome to Showside, as well as for his work on
Adventure Time, Bee and PuppyCat, and
Invader ZIM.
Jorge Monlongo is a versatile senior artist with an eye for color and composition. He has worked as a concept artist and environment designer on Barracuda’s Treasure (Hampa), and on
Decorado, the new film by Alberto Váquez (Uniko). He has been the art director and environment designer at the video game studio Brainwash Gang, where he is largely responsible for the visual aspect of Laika: Aged Through Blood. As a character designer, he has collaborated on various projects of the Finnish studio Pikkukala (Royals Next Door and Taste Buddies). Additionally, he has worked on comic adaptations of
Adventure Time and
Over the Garden Wall with BOOM! Studios, and
Rick & Morty with Oni Press.
Zachary Sterling is a Filipino American,
New York Times bestselling illustrator, sequential artist and designer based in Portland, Oregon. His latest works include writing/illustrating his middle-grade fantasy and slice of life graphic novel
Mabuhay! for Scholastic's Graphix imprint, and his shounen-western hybrid battle manga
Punch Up! for Oni Press. Formerly the artist on BOOM! Studio's
Adventure Time graphic novels and prop designer on the
Bee and Puppycat cartoon. He studied at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, the Art Institute of Portland, and interned at Helioscope Studio (formerly Periscope Studio).
Comic illustrators
Shelli Paroline and
Braden Lamb form an Eisner Award–winning art team collaborating on the
Adventure Time comics,
Midas, One Day a Dot, and
Making Scents. Braden is the colorist for several
New York Times bestselling books, including
Guts and
The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels. Shelli is co-director of a local arts festival, the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE). Together, they share a passion for graphic storytelling for all ages. They are married and live in Salem, Massachusetts.
Comic illustrators
Shelli Paroline and
Braden Lamb form an Eisner Award–winning art team collaborating on the
Adventure Time comics,
Midas,
One Day a Dot and
Making Scents. Braden is the colorist for several
New York Times bestselling books, including
Guts and The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels. Shelli is co-director of a local arts festival, the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE). Together, they share a passion for graphic storytelling for all ages. They are married and live in Salem, Massachusetts.
