BACC "HOLIDAY CON" SATURDAY, NOV. 22 2025 **********************GUESTS***********************

Amy Chu is an American comic book author who runs the comic imprint Alpha Girl Comics as well as writing comics for other publishers. She wrote the six-issue miniseries Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death and a few Wonder Woman issues for DC. She published three collections of short stories under Alpha Girl Comics titled Girls Night Out from 2012 to 2014. Chu has been writing Red Sonja for Dynamite Entertainment since late 2016. She also started working on Dynamite's KISS in 2016. Chu took over writing duties for Dynamite's Green Hornet beginning with the 2018 run. Writing a comic adaptation of Carmilla titled Carmilla: The First Vampire set in 1990s New York City she went on to win the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel.

Dave is an Eisner and Inkpot Award-winning illustrator and Bram Stoker/Int'l Horror Guild Award-winning writer/creator who specializes in a dynamic-realism style of traditional oil painting. He was voted the #1 Star Wars Artist of All Time by the fans in the late '80s and my art book "Star Wars: The Art of Dave Dorman" was a top selling art book, also used as a college textbook at Northern Illinois University by illustration professor Mark Nelson. He has done toy design for HASBRO (G.I. Joe, Micronauts, Alien action figures) and aartwork for Magic: The Gathering, World of Warcraft trading cards, Dungeons & Dragons, Topps trading cards, Upper Deck trading cards, Alien v. Predator (designed the "Predalien" character seen in the last AVP film), Batman, Captain America, Green Lantern, Green Hornet, Spiderman, Harry Potter, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Judge Dredd, and any other action heroes or licensed sci-fi/fantasy properties you care to name. Specialties: Concept art, pre-production art for movies/films, toy design, character design, oil painting, charcoal, acrylic painting, watercolor, PhotoShop, Illustrator, Paint, digital illustration, digital art.

A special appearance A legend in his own time Jim Steranko changed the direction of comic book art in the 1960's. This master, artist, publisher, writer, historian, needs no introduction, he is simply the best. <a href="http://www.thedrawingsofsteranko.com/aghp.html">http://www.thedrawingsofsteranko.com/aghp.html</a>

<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap">A comic book legend, comic book writer and artist Lawrence Lieber is the last of the original Marvel Comics Bullpen founding crew. Stan Lee's younger  brother </span>is the co-creator of the Marvel Comics superheroes <strong>Iron Man, Thor, Groot, and Ant-Man.</strong> He also spent years at Marvel writing and drawing the Western <strong><i>Rawhide Kid</i></strong> and also illustrating the newspaper comic strip <strong><i>The Amazing Spider-Man</i> from 1986 to 2018.</strong> From 1974 to 1975, he was editor of Atlas/Seaboard Comics. Writing about his time with his brother and Jack Kirby at Marvel Comics Larry says: " Stan made up the plot, and then he'd give it to me, and I'd write the script.... that Kirby would illustrate.  You don't want to miss this opportunity to meet him and connect with one of the founding artists of the Silver Age of Comic books.  Larry will be presenting his prize winning novel<strong> Chirps: "</strong>You've never met a hero like Chirps. . . and you've never read a novel like Chirps"

<div></div> <div>Larry Welz is a legendary underground comix icon!  Creator of Cherry Poptart, writer and artist for Cherry Comix.</div> <div>From the dawn of the underground movement, his work appeared regularly in <i><a title="Yellow Dog (comics)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Dog_(comics)">Yellow Dog</a></i>, a comics anthology published by the Print Mint in Berkeley, California. He also contributed to <i><a title="San Francisco Comic Book" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Comic_Book">San Francisco Comic Book</a></i>, <i>Captain Guts</i>, <i>Funnybook</i>, <i>Bakersfield Kountry Komics</i>, <i>American Flyer Funnies</i>, and <i>Good Eatin' Comix.  <a href="https://www.cherrycomix.com/">https://www.cherrycomix.com/</a></i></div> <div></div>

Adriana Melo is a an <span class="_ap3a _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade" dir="auto">Eisner winner for "Puerto Rico Strong". She</span> has worked for DC Comics, Marvel, Dark Horse, Titan comics, and Image Comics. Some of the books she has worked on as a penciler include Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer, Star Wars: Empire, Rose &amp; Thorn, Witchblade, Ms. Marvel, Birds of Prey, and Catwoman. You can find more of her artwork and information at  www.adrianamelo.com

With our friends at <strong>Crash Media Partners, </strong> a very special guest, <strong>Al Kahn</strong> Al is a giant, he has had an enormous influence over the toy industry, the way we see the world of comics and games, and on most of our lives. As a licensing executive, Kahn brought <strong>Pokemon</strong> out of Japan and then continued with the <strong>Cabbage Patch Kids, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, James Bond and Yu-Gi-Oh.</strong> But let's let Al speak for himself: "I ran a company called <em><strong>4Kids Entertainment,</strong> </em>which was responsible for producing and licensing some of biggest kids’ properties in history – <strong>Pokémon, Yu Gi Oh!, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, World Wrestling</strong> <strong>Federation, Nintendo, Super Mario Bros, Zelda, Donkey Kong, and Monster Jam,</strong> just to name a few. <strong>I</strong> <strong>actually discovered Pokémon in Japan when it was still Pocket Monsters and changed the name to</strong> <strong>Pokémon before bringing it outside of Japan</strong>. Before my days at 4Kids, as the head of Coleco Industries, I found and renamed Cabbage Patch Kids, which set industry records for toy sales in North America, Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand following its launch. I’m in both the <strong>Murray Altschuler</strong> <strong>Licensing Hall of Fame and the Kidscreen Hall of Fame.</strong> I’ve dedicated my life to improving the lives of children and families all over the world&quot;.

<h4 class="subheading guest-known-for">Black Panther, X-Men, Voltron, Fearless</h4> Alitha Evelyn Martinez is the Eisner Award Winning artist of the Black Panther: World of Wakanda series. Her professional career began in 1999 penciling Iron Man for Marvel Entertainment. Since then, she has worked on X-Men: Black Sun; Marvel Age Fantastic Four; Black Panther and Black Panther: World of Wakanda; X-Men Gold Annual; Moon Girl, Mark Morales Spiderman, and Fearless; Voltron; NBC’s Heroes; New 52 Bat Girl; Archie Comic’s New Crusaders and Riverdale; and WWE Superstar, WWE Slam City, and Barbie for Paper Cutz. Larger projects that required more than just penciling and inking include graphic novels like Vampire: My Boyfriend Bites; Kung Fu Masters; Quest for Dragon Mountain for Lerner Publications; also, Political cartooning for the New York Post. She also works on her creator-owned titles Yume and Ever, and Foreign, which is published through her company, Ariotstorm Productions, LLC. Current projects include Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur for Marvel and Humanoid’s new American title, Omni. Alitha says the most rewarding part of her career is participating in the US State Department’s World Speaker Program. Traveling to parts unknown to teach comic book workshops and bring the art of storytelling to people who would have no other way of getting such information. "I was once in the same position, practicing a craft that I didn’t know was a profession. I love representing my country and my industry."

<div dir="ltr"> Amanda Madison is a welcome new friend of BACC. An up and coming creative writer, she will be signing copies of her acclaimed debut novel, <i>Program 38: Sparks </i>at Big Apple Comic Con. Amanda was raised in Northeastern Pennsylvania where she spent her childhood dreaming of magic and saving the world. Fresh out of her creative writing bachelor’s degree at Western New England University, she plans to do just that: writing stories that inspire people to find the good in themselves. Driven by her family and close friends, Amanda strives to bring a sense of found family everywhere she goes. Book Synopsis: <span lang="EN">Kelsey Clay is running from a past she wants no part of, but can’t escape her powerful destiny. Fear led Kelsey to hide her superhuman abilities, hoping she could forget about them while attending Sherman University. When she’s accepted into the mysterious Program 38, her powers—and apprehensions—will be thrown front and center. She can’t escape a part of herself she’s born to embrace.</span> <span lang="EN">Join Kelsey as she learns about herself in a chaotic world of lies, mysteries, and supervillains. With her new friends, she realizes studying for exams is the least of her problems. As a corruptive force consumes the student body, the superheroes of Program 38 must determine why it’s happening and who’s the villain behind it. The answers they find plunge them into a rabbit hole of Sherman’s shadowy past.</span> <span lang="EN">War is coming; Kelsey must choose to deny who she is or accept herself in this harrowing chronicle, <i>Program 38: Sparks</i>.</span> <div></div> <div dir="ltr">Amazon link:</div> </div> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span id="m_-4096825083448732642m_5767586960171257000ydp2949badcTSRSpan_1"><img /></span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Program-38-Sparks-Amanda-Madison-ebook/dp/B0D8D3H28K/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3A8A6VBKRILNK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.nzFh3rNDRnm_bkN2X8PTz4ErjpQ6LSpHfN0BailGaSgC3GVeLVKeVgAHLlPEuxhX1UtWDOVNtynmJOho61YiQaQGfa16rfm7QVmTTCJVceZTLeDO2EdpClm6ltf_NycKcN9EtopalI7orynhiflAag5ecLkgGo7JX-Z1r7VhG7fDsmeFhtdjYXRs-GTzjzjXtYjf5FNQU4qAWasCrvQ3y5jRYBRh4DM5-GIkgf4fzkM.Rp_sWHiXX0n-qjZqm0ab3d1MYwjEyzDU60e5XYOXigY&dib_tag=se&keywords=program+38&qid=1729830825&sprefix=%2Caps%2C94&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/Program-38-Sparks-Amanda-Madison-ebook/dp/B0D8D3H28K/ref%3Dsr_1_1?crid%3D3A8A6VBKRILNK%26dib%3DeyJ2IjoiMSJ9.nzFh3rNDRnm_bkN2X8PTz4ErjpQ6LSpHfN0BailGaSgC3GVeLVKeVgAHLlPEuxhX1UtWDOVNtynmJOho61YiQaQGfa16rfm7QVmTTCJVceZTLeDO2EdpClm6ltf_NycKcN9EtopalI7orynhiflAag5ecLkgGo7JX-Z1r7VhG7fDsmeFhtdjYXRs-GTzjzjXtYjf5FNQU4qAWasCrvQ3y5jRYBRh4DM5-GIkgf4fzkM.Rp_sWHiXX0n-qjZqm0ab3d1MYwjEyzDU60e5XYOXigY%26dib_tag%3Dse%26keywords%3Dprogram%2B38%26qid%3D1729830825%26sprefix%3D%252Caps%252C94%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1731519282002000&usg=AOvVaw0yKBTszxIB-VpvnDYQaJzI">Program 38: Sparks</a></span>

Bill Plympton is the King of Indie Animation, and is the first person to hand draw an entire animated feature film. Bill moved to New York City from Portland, Oregon in 1968 and began his career creating cartoons for publications such as New York Times, National Lampoon, Playboy and Screw. In 1987, he was nominated for an Oscar® for his animated short <a href="https://archive.org/details/your-face"><em><strong>Your Face.</strong></em></a> In 2005, Bill received another Oscar® nomination, this time for his short <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=300548376638424"><em><strong>Guard Dog</strong></em>.</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA_IgVAHaKA">P<em><strong>ush Comes to</strong></em> <em><strong>Shove</strong></em></a> won the prestigious Cannes 1991 Prix du Jury; and in 2001, another short film, Eat, won the Grand Prize for Short Films in Cannes Critics' Week. Of course there is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqiJTgORBLc"><strong><em>Twenty-five Ways To Quit Smoking</em></strong></a> His latest feature <strong><em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYOpnjhQlJg">Slide</a></em></strong> Won the best feature film prize at the 2023 Los AngelesAnimation Festival and the Remi Award at the 2024 World Fest Houston. After producing many shorts that appeared on MTV and Spike and Mike's, he turned his talent to feature films. Since 1991, he's made eleven feature films. Eight of them, The Tune, Mondo Plympton, I Married A Strange Person, Mutant Aliens, Hair High, Idiots and Angels, Cheatin', and Revengeance are all animated features. Bill Plympton has also collaborated with Madonna, Kanye West and Weird Al Yankovic in a number of music videos and book projects. In 2006, he received the Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award from The Annie Awards. He also animated <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL022D27CB9866EEBA">6 opening "<em><strong>couch gags" for FOX-TV's "The Simpsons"</strong></em></a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/opinion/trumps-bites-worst-nightmare.html"><em><strong>6 "Trump Bites" shorts</strong></em></a> using real audio from Donald Trump, which won a 2019 Webby Award.

Inkpot Award recipient Billy Tucci is an cartoonist best known for his modern-day samurai saga Shi. Through his company, Crusade Fine Arts, Shi has been printed in five languages and sold more than 3 million comic books. The graduate of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology has earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and has been nominated for four Eisner Awards. In addition to his own creations, Billy’s DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for its depiction of the highly decorated, real-life 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was comprised of Japanese- American soldiers. His earnest retelling of the Christmas story in A Child Is Born has quietly turned into an international blockbuster, winning the Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year Award.  Billy’s critically acclaimed Miss Fury: Joy Division saw the return of the Golden Age Icon for Dynamite Comics. Billy has recently released Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Haikyo, Shi: Omnibus Edition and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ exclusive crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,000,000.00.

<div> Brian Kong  started his career at Marvel Comics in 1994, working on iconic characters such as the X-Men, Captain America  & Fantastic Four.  In 1997, he worked in advertising doing storyboards & preliminary/pitch art for the Universal Studios/Marvel theme park opening. <div>From 2000-2004 ,Brian produced over 25 custom comics for MLB & NBA franchises ( including the Yankees & Mets  ) for promotional giveaways at arenas & stadiums across the US.</div> <div>He continues to work on some of the hottest  properties including the Walking Dead, Marvel ,DC, Star Wars, Stranger Things & MLB  for the top card companies today. He has been regularly commissioned by The Topps Company since 2007  to illustrate art for their  MLB , NFL & NBA  card brands & their entertainment division.</div> <div>Brian has  been featured in the Beckett Sports card monthly annual " the Art Issue, "  as well as Non-sport update magazine.</div> <div>He is currently working with Fanatics, and Blackbox comics</div> <div>He will be displaying his sports, comics & pop culture art as well as accepting commissions, sketch covers can be ready for pick up  & submitted at the show to grading companies. Contact : <a href="mailto:bckongart@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">bckongart@gmail.com</a></div> </div> <div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <a href="http://www.briankong.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.briankong.com&source=gmail&ust=1670364315111000&usg=AOvVaw2a-iXCGmLIlTF1LoDGojat">www.briankong.com</a> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Verdana,Arial;"> </span> </div> </div> </div>

Brian Pulido is the founder and publisher of Coffin Comics, an independent comic book company that produces the &quot;Coffinverse & quot; line of graphic novels. This line features titles such as Lady Death, La Muerta, Hellwitch, Lady Satanus, Chaotica, Lady Gunfighter, Mike Morgue, and various other supernatural comic books and merchandise. He has raised more than eleven million dollars for comic book projects through crowdfunding. His www.coffincomicshop.com acts as a crucial direct-to-customer platform, averaging twenty-six promotions annually over the past five years. Pulido’s dedicated fan base is called “The Sworn.” In the 1990s, Pulido served as the publisher of Chaos! Comics, where he created, designed, and wrote the Chaos! Universe, which features Evil Ernie, Purgatori, and others. He has also published or written comics based on A Nightmare on Elm Street, Chucky, Friday the 13th, Halloween, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Megadeth, Insane Clown Posse, WWE, and many more. Marvel Comics hired Pulido to create and write “The Supernaturals.” He serves on the fundraising board of The Hero Initiative and has received the Defender of Liberty Award from the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, along with the Inkpot Award from Comic Con International, for his contributions to the comic arts. Pulido has been reading Marvel’s Captain America on a monthly basis since July 1974. For more info: www.CoffinComics.com

My name is Hyunsung Lee, but most people call me Creees. I recently graduated from SVA, School of Visual Arts in New York City, and I learned the ancient ways in becoming a comic artist. People often ask me how long I've been drawing and my answer is, "basically my whole life." I still have a drawing from when I was 3 or 4 years old hung up on my wall. My childhood was all about drawing Dragonball Z characters and Batman...it was a pretty good childhood. Even though I stopped drawing Dragonball Z characters, I still continue to draw superheroes. Drawing is something I do because it literally keeps me alive; I can't imagine life if I wasn't able to draw. Now, I'm striving to become an awesome DC or Marvel comic artist...you know, like Jim Lee? Jim Lee is one of my greatest inspirations as well as the incredible Kenneth Rocafort. Other inspirations of mine are Klaus Janson, who was also my mentor at SVA, Matteo Scalera, and Sean Murphy. Their works are amazing and I hope that later I will have the same impact on others as they did for me.

Dan Parent is an American comic book artist and writer best known for his work for Archie Comics. A graduate of The Kubert School, Dan has been working at Archie Comics for 35 years.  Dan won the 2013 GLAAD award for outstanding comic book (Kevin Keller) and is also a Harvey Awards nominee. He is the creator of Kevin Keller, Archie's first openly gay character. <div></div> <div> <div class="yj6qo"></div> <div class="adL"></div> </div>

DANNY FINGEROTH is a cultural historian and commentator. His books include Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society and Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero. His 2019 biography of Stan Lee, A Marvelous Life, tackles the many controversies surrounding the Marvel co-creator. Fingeroth’s most recent book, 2023’s Jack Ruby: The Many Faces of Oswald’s Assassin, chronicles the history- shattering Ruby’s bizarre life. Danny spent eighteen years as a writer and Group Editor at Marvel and has lectured and taught at institutions including the Smithsonian and Columbia University. He created and edited Write Now magazine for TwoMorrows, has consulted on comics exhibitions, and is Chair of Will Eisner Week, an annual series of worldwide events celebrating the legacy of the comics innovator.

Julie McCullough is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and model. Raised in a Marine Corps family, she began her career in Texas as a teenager and gained national attention as Playboy magazine’s 1985 Girls of Texas cover model and a 1986 Playmate. After relocating to Los Angeles, she expanded into television, film, and live performance, with notable roles on Growing Pains, The Golden Girls, The Drew Carey Show, and Beverly Hills, 90210, as well as appearances in Big Bad Mama 2, The Blob, and the Sharknado franchise. She has also toured internationally as a comedian under the moniker “The Funny Bunny” and continues to act in independent family- and faith- based films.

Keith Williams Keith Williams, comic book inker, enrolled in the School of Visual Arts in New York City from 1976 to 1980. Majored in Media Arts and studied under Will Eisner, the creator of the Spirit comic strip. He received a Bachelor of Fine Art. With the help of Marvel comic book artist and mentor Don Perlin, Keith started working for Marvel Comics in 1982 as a background inker. He worked for inkers including Joe Sinnott and Mike Esposito. At Marvel, he became the first John Romita Raider, an art correction group. Keith later became an assistant editor under Jim Owlsley (Christopher Priest) on the Spider-Man group of books. The two became the first all black editorial team in Marvel's history. He later became John Byrne's background artist on Alpha Flight, The Hulk, Superman and Action Comics. Keith began inking regularly with the Web of Spider-Man, which lasted for four years. In between that time and after he worked on many other books at Marvel. Some of which were The Silver Surfer, She-Hulk with John Byrne, Warlock, Quasar with Greg Capullo, Star Trek and the X-men. At Dark Horse Comics, The Mask and Walter with artist Doug Manke and Star Wars Droids. At DC Comics, Superman, and the Lobo/ Mask graphic novel with Doug Manke. For Valiant, he worked on Quantum and Woody and the covers of X-O Man. At Moonstone Comics, The Kolchak Night Stalker Chronicles, Buckaroo Banzai and Domino Lady. For ten years he had worked on The Phantom for King Features Syndicate. And at Avatar Press he inked Lady Death and Crossed covers. A Crossed webisode comic, &quot;Wish You Were Here&quot; and the cover and interiors of the comic book Uber. He has also inked Avatar Press' published graphic novel Max Brook's Harlem Hellfighters. And has recently inked over Ron Frenz pencils for Marvel's Thor the Worthy one shot book this last December.

Kristen Gudsnuk is a comics writer and illustrator. She got her start with the webcomic <a href="https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3006-944/Henchgirl-TPB-Expanded-Edition">Henchgirl</a>, which was later published by Scout Comics in single issue and Dark Horse Comics as a collection. Her other works include the middle grade graphic novel series Making Friends from Graphix, the Minecraft: Wither Without You trilogy, co-illustrating Amelia Aierwood: Basic Witch by Emily Hampshire, and illustrating Modern Fantasy by Rafer Roberts.    

<div dir="ltr"> <div>Mahdi Khene is a New York City-based cartoonist and publisher. in 2021, he co-founded an indie publishing company called Zuperhero Comics. Along with having been a score composer for short films, he dove into the world of underground comics and released acclaimed titles such as "Steel Streets" and "Bootleg Spider-Man". You can find his work, art, and future projects on the Zuperhero Comics website.</div> </div>

Nik Virella is a native New Yorker and School of Visual Arts alumnus. Her previous work includes The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones graphic novel, IDW’s G.I. Joe, and Marvel titles such as Return of the Living Deadpool, 1872, Hyperion, All-New Wolverine, Star Wars &amp; Black Widow. In addition, she’s had her work featured in Marvel’s QuickDraw, VOGUE Italia, and Entertainment Weekly.  <a href="https://www.artstation.com/nikvirella">Check some of Nik's work out here</a>

Paul Blake is best known for portraying Greedo in <em>Star Wars. </em>His friend, Anthony Daniels recommended him for the role when Lucasfilm was seeking actors for the cantina scene. He has played many roles on film and in the theater.

<div dir="auto"> <hr /> Peter Kuper is a regular contributor to The New Yorker<em>,</em> The Nation, Rolling Stone, Charlie Hebdo and MAD magazine where he has written and illustrated <em>SPY vs. SPY</em> since 1997. He has produced over two dozen books including <em>The System</em>, <em>Diario de Oaxaca, Ruins </em> and adaptations of Franz Kafka's works into comics including <em>The Metamorphosis</em><em>. </em> Peter has won the Eisner and Reuben Awards for best graphic novels and the 2024 Kennedy award for cartooning. <strong><em>INSECTOPOLIS</em>,</strong> his graphic novel history of insects and the people who have studied them, will be published in 2025. His latest book <p class="product-single__title"><strong><em>Wish We Weren't Here: Postcards From the Apocalypse, </em></strong>will be out at the end of October and will be available at the show.</p> He has lectured around the world and teaches comics at Harvard University. </div>

Ron Marz has carved out a long and acclaimed career in the comics industry, starting with a lengthy run on Silver Surfer for Marvel. Since then, he has worked for virtually every major publisher and compiled a long list of credits, including Thor for Marvel, Green Lantern and Superboy for DC, Star Wars for Dark Horse, and the historic Marvel vs. DC crossover, among many others. Marz’s long credits list also includes his legendary run on Witchblade for Top Cow/Image, the Skylanders series for IDW, the Justice League: Endless Winter crossover of DC, a triumphant return to one of his signature characters in Silver Surfer Rebirth, and Swamp God for Heavy Metal magazine. Marz has also written for video games, including multiple Skylanders titles, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, and Spider-Man 2. He is currently part of the Diablo narrative team at Blizzard.

<div>Ryan Dunlavey is an New York City based illustrator best known as the artist of multiple award-winning non-fiction graphic novels including ACTION PHILOSOPHERS, ACTION PRESIDENTS, THE COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF COMICS, DIRT CANDY and GROWING UP FARLEY. He also contributed to THE ILLUSTRATED WEIRD AL, wrote and drew MODOK: REIGN DELAY for Marvel Comics and self-publishes the one-person comic anthology MY BULLSHIT. His comics have been published by Dark Horse, Dynamite, IDW, Image, Marvel, Webtoon, Z2, HarperCollins, Penguin, Scholastic, Taschen, Random House and MAD magazine and his illustration clients include Disney, Warner Bros, Hasbro, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, World Wrestling Entertainment, The New York City Department of Education and his mom. He's allergic to cats.</div> <div>website: <a href="https://www.ryandunlavey.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.ryandunlavey.com/&source=gmail&ust=1748729589736000&usg=AOvVaw3ILbIRI7U0CMbZumaA-2MM">https://www.<wbr />ryandunlavey.com/</a></div> <div> <div></div> </div>

Sean Chen's career took off after he was discovered by Barry Windsor-Smith.  At Valiant Comics, Chen penciled their flagship title, X-O Manowar, as well as Bloodshot, Harbinger, and Rai and the Future Force. After Valiant, Sean moved to Marvel Comics, where he drew Iron Man. His other works include Wolverine, Avengers Academy, Elektra, and the maxi-series X-Men: The End. Chen is the regular artist on the monthly Nova series from Marvel. He is currently working on EVERMIND a Sci-Fi Saga with Daniel Wu & 247 Comics.