Aaron, Jason: - Jason Aaron is a comic book writer best known for his work on the critically acclaimed crime series Scalped for Vertigo Comics and the Eisner-nominated SOUTHERN BASTARDS from Image Comics, as well as for various celebrated projects with Marvel Comics.
Aaron's current work for Marvel includes the creation of the headline-grabbing female version of
Thor and the launch of an all-new
Star Wars series, the first issue of which sold over one million copies to become the best-selling American comic book in more than 20 years.
Aaron was born in Alabama but currently resides in Kansas City. He enjoys many things but shaving is not one of them.
Bendis, Brian Michael: - Brian Michael Bendis is an award-winning artist and writer of comics/graphic novels. A prolific writer, Bendis was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in a Jewish-American family. Bendis always aspired to make comic books, reportedly declaring at age five that he would be the artist for Spider-Man. Later, he attended classes at the Cleveland Institute of Art for five years. While trying to break into the world of comics, he did illustrations for local Cleveland newspapers and magazines. In the mid-1990s, Bendis found work publishing independent comics, including Spunky Todd, Fire, A.K.A. Goldfish, and Jinx. In the late 1990s, he made the move to Image Comics where among his creations was the critically acclaimed, multiple award-winning series Powers. In the 2000s, Brian Michael Bendis began working for Marvel, bringing his talents to titles like Daredevil, Alias, Avengers, and House of M. In 2017, Bendis announced his move to DC Comics; debuting there with the landmark Action Comics 1000 in 2018.
In addition to his work in comics, Bendis has also written for television. He worked on the 2003 and 2012
Spider-Man and other Marvel Comics cartoons. In 2016, Bendis won a Peabody Award as co-creator of Marvel TV's
Jessica Jones for Netflix. He has also written for the
Marvel Heroes video game.
de Landro, Valentine: - Valentine De Landro is a Canadian comic book artist, illustrator, and designer. His credits include titles from Marvel, DC Comics, IDW, Valiant, and Dark Horse. He's known for Marvel Knights: 4 and X-Factor. He is the co-creator of Bitch Planet with Kelly Sue DeConnick.
Deconnick, Kelly Sue: - Kelly Sue DeConnick is best known for surprise hits like Carol Danvers' rebranding as Captain Marvel and the Eisner-nominated mythological western, PRETTY DEADLY; the latter was co-created with artist Emma Ríos. The sci-fi kidney-punch called BITCH PLANET, co-created with Valentine De Landro, launched to rave reviews in December 2014 and has since been nominated for an Eisner. She currently writes Aquaman for DC as well as develops television for Legendary TV with her husband and partner, Matt Fraction, as Milkfed Criminal Masterminds.
Fernandez, Leandro: - Leandro Fernández was born in Casilda, Argentina, in 1973. As a comic artist he has worked for such publishers as Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Oni Press, Dark Horse, and others from US, Europe, and South America. He's done books like Wolverine: Coyote Crossing with Greg Rucka and Northlanders: The Plague Widow with Brian Wood. He's drawn complete books from Garth Ennis's Punisher MAX run and many others of popular characters like Deadpool, Avengers, New Mutants, and Hulk. He co-created THE DISCIPLINE with Peter Milligan.
Henderson, Mike: - Mike Henderson is the co-creator of MASKS & MOBSTERS and NAILBITER, both with Joshua Williamson.
Rucka, Greg: - Greg Rucka is a New York Times bestselling author of hundreds of comics and nearly two dozen novels. He has written for film, television, and video games, and he is currently developing his Image series LAZARUS, co-created by Michael Lark, with Legendary Pictures and Matt Tolmach Productions. His career has included critically acclaimed and Eisner-winning work in both the creator-owned and work-for-hire arenas. Rucka lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, author Jennifer Van Meter, and their two children, Elliot and Dashie.
