Jeff Smith is the best-selling author/cartoonist of the Bone graphic novels, which have won numerous awards around the world, including multiple American Eisners and Harveys, and the French Alph Art.

Howard took a hiatus from the comics’ industry for about fifteen years, to work his way up the ladder of television, on shows which he’d never watch — while keeping his hands in the comics business.

Gail Simone is a multiple award-winning writer of comics and animation, including critically acclaimed, fan-favorite runs on Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman, and Secret Six.

Gerard Way is the writer/creator of the award-winning The Umbrella Academy and co-writer of the upcoming mini-series The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys.

Having worked on self-publishing, editorials, and webcomics before his big break at Image with Phonogram, now Kieron Gillen has a multitude of upcoming projects.

For many years he taught storyboarding, animation and comic art at San Francisco’s Academy of Art University.

Joe Keatinge is a Eisner and Harvey Award-winning comic book writer of Image, Marvel and DC Comics titles including Hell Yeah, Glory, Morbius: The Living Vampire, The Amazing Spider-Man and Intergalactic.