SPACE Exhibitor Bios- Part 10 and Final!

Unhinged Twins:

The Unhinged Twins have been a collaborative art duo since 2012, and sisters... well, their whole lives! They specialize in both traditional and digital character illustrations. They like all sorts of anime, videogames, cartoons, and comics, and all the inspiration it gives them for their own artistic endeavors! At conventions, they're known for their 'at-con commissions', their friendly and open personalities, and how much they look alike! Go figure!

Vagabond Comics:
Vagabond comics is a periodic and independently published comics anthology. Much like a campfire serves as a gathering place for the wild tales of ragtag travelers, we aim to provide a unified, storytelling platform for a diverse collection of voices. This anthology is curated by Sequoia Bostick and Amalia DeGirolamo.

Rob Weingartner:
Rob is a full time artist living in a 1780s pioneer village who loves comic books

YACA (The Young Adult Creators Alliance):
YACA (The Young Adult Creators Alliance) is foundational effort of young creators and artist telling their stories and sharing their art from their lens and point of view.

Joe Zabel:
Joe Zabel is an author, cartoonist, and painter best known for his work illustrating American Splendor by fellow Clevelander Harvey Pekar. Zabel published the mystery comic series The Trespassers, created webcomics for Modern Tales, and was the editor of The Webcomics Examiner.  Recently Zabel has focused on comix-related paintings and short fiction.

...And least but not last ...Michael Anthony Carroll:
Michael Anthony Carroll is a lifetime resident of Columbus Ohio. He started making comics when he was ten, and self publishing his own minicomics in his 20s. He's best known for AsthmaAttack, R.A.In.B.O.W, and leaving ninja sketchcards around central Ohio. He also created "The Cute Ninja Coloring Book". You can find him online at Instagram as @carrolltoonz and on Facebook under his name.

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Jessica Robinson:
Jessica Robinson is an artist and writer from Columbus, Ohio. Since graduating CCAD in 2011, she's been freelancing with a focus on comics, gaming, and geek culture. Her most notable work is “Roxy,” a slice-of-life humor comic that focuses on the funny side of social anxiety and awkwardness. Outside of “Roxy” her artwork takes on a more serious aspect, focusing heavily on sci-fi, gothic and fantasy themes. But her best-known work showcases a wry sense of wit and relatable humor. Her dream is to someday make a living self-publishing and doing concept art for role-playing games.

Ray Schierloh:
Ray Schierloh is a software developer living in Columbus, OH.   On the side he wrote his first graphic novel, The Search, records music, and is working on developing a video game.   He loves any way he can find to exorcise the creative part of his mind.

Sequential Lust Comics:
Sequential Lust comics explore desire in its various forms.

Ian Shires:
Making comics and zines since 1986, can't seem to stop!

Lee Smith
Lee Smith is the creator of the only Ohio history mini-comic, Ohio Chronicles.  He also is creator of the wildly amusing Sammy Spiffy Super Robot & Calculator Chicken.  If that weren’tenough, he works on the tiny, but mathematically challenging Cosine Cadets!

Cristian Spicer:
Cristian has been drawing since his early schoolboy years.  Now on his final year of high school, his interest in different mediums has escalated to include video editing, game design and art recreations.  His current comic project, Da Cat, is a backup story in the CinciGnat mini comic.

Caleb Thusat:
Caleb Thusat is the self-published creator and writer of Alter-Life, ZED, and Nook. A former filmmaker turned comic book creator bringing unique and exciting stories to the vast world of the independent comic industry. He has taken the comic crowdfunding world by storm over the past few years, running 9 successful comic book kickstarter campaigns raising over $50,000 to create 3 different original series with plenty more to come! 

Truck Stop Comix:
Truck Stop Comix is a group of friends and family. We are artists and creators. The name Truck Stop came about 15 years ago when we dreamed of doing something like this for the first time. Now, years later, we finally did it!

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Pigbone Comics:
Pigbone Comics is a married creative team based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. They are fixated on crafting chilling tales of terror filled with ghoulish glee.

They are debuting the first issue of Arcana: Vaquero  a horror western choc-full of guns, ghouls, and gore.

Nate Powell:
Nate Powell (b. 1978, Little Rock, Arkansas) began self-publishing at age 14 and graduated from School of Visual Arts in 2000. He is the first cartoonist ever to win the National Book Award.

His work includes the new graphic novel Come Again and civil rights icon John Lewis’ graphic memoir trilogy March, as well as You Don't Say, Any Empire, Swallow Me Whole, The Silence Of Our Friends, The Year Of The Beasts, and Rick Riordan’s The Lost Hero.

Powell’s work has received a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, three Eisner Awards, the Michael L. Printz Award, four YALSA Great Graphic Novels For Teens selections, the Walter Dean Myers Award, and is a two-time finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He has discussed his work at the United Nations, as well as on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show and CNN.

He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

Sarah Allen Reed:
Sarah Allen Reed is a prolific cartoonist, author, and musician. She is perhaps best known as the author of the experimental comix series Tabula Rosetta, as well as for being the driving force behind the often enigmatic publishing entity and art collective known as The Blackwork Organization. When she’s not busy writing in the back of an Econoline van, plinking away at a coffee shop, playing her bass guitar in the moonlight, or wandering throughout the United States, she can often be found painting, arranging flowers, cooking, working out, studying theology and the occult, or spending time with her found family and their numerous animals.

Rehab Ghost:
Rehab Ghost is a small, spooky comics studio trying to launch our first work, home to an aspiring writer and first time comic artist. Our work features subjects from the underworld to the dark recesses of the human psyche, but not without having a little fun.

Carlos Rivera:
Carlos only wants to be your friend. The best way for him to accomplish this to buy one of his books or attend The Youngstown Indie Creators Expo...(or Yo-ICE for short) Stand up Comedian, artist , writer, Doctor Who fan, stud and police officer.

Allison Richmond-Leeth:
Allison Richmond-Leeth, or Alla, is a Columbus based comics artist who loves all things cute, girly and magical. She is starting up her own self-publishing company named Soft Peach Comics, and she currently has one comic called “Jazz”. She is unveiling chapter two of "Jazz" at SPACE this year. Alla has been hard at work making comics the past year, and you can follow her work on her instagram @allas_art and @soft_peach_comics..

Jessica Robinson:
Jessica is a local artist and writer. In 2016, she created Roxy, a webcomic about one woman's struggle to be an adult in the face of extreme social awkwardness.

Lee Rosado:
Lee is a young aspiring and growing illustrator and comics artist from Columbus, Ohio.  When not constantly drawing you can usually find them composing music, cuddling their cat, or playing splatoon and pokemon.

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Michael Marcus:
Michael Marcus is a comic book author, game designer, surrealist, and hypnotist who has been coming to SPACE since 2007.  He brings with him all manner of experimental projects--come see what he's brought this year!

Kevin Marion:
Kevin has been documenting the adventures of CinciGnat, an all-ages minicomic which is easy for anyone to color. Each issue hits the streets quarterly, giving CinciGnat time to recuperate between battles.  Also check out Kevin's line of Recycled Comics including remastered comic covers, pinback buttons and one-of-a-kind pop culture creations.

MeSseD:
MeSseD is the nickname for the Metropolitan Sewer District.  The comic book features a sewer
worker named Lilliput.  She’s our tour guide to the weird, wet and wild world beneath our feet.  

Citybeat named us the “ Best Reason to Get Your Mind in the Gutter.”

The Cincinnati Enquirer says that "Lilliput... is tough and enterprising. She is fearless and unflappable. Lilliput is a hero for all of us."

Daniel Miles:
Originally from Massachusetts, Daniel Miles moved to Columbus, OH in 2011 for grad school, and has been living there ever since.  Tale of the Taira is his first comic book project, an adaptation of a medieval Japanese epic, co-written with Ben Flebbe and illustrated by Milan Mišic and Miloš Trajkovic.  The first full volume was funded via a successful Kickstarter in March 2018, and Dan is excited to be sharing these stories with a wider audience.

Violet Mitchell:
At age three & a half Violet is one of the youngest creators at SPACE.  She has a new book collaborating with Kurt Dinse, Chelsea Fields, Michael Neno, Dan McCloskey, Jared Catherine, Nate McDonough, JM Hunter, Jason Young, & Shawn Atkins that’s a stylistic sequel to her award winning “There Was An Accident” from last year.

Brian John Mitchell:
Fifteen years & well over 100 mini-comics in, Mitchell continues making comics the size of a pack of matches with stories of horror, science fiction, & speculative biography. 

Neil Moherman:
After retiring from the world of competitive bearding, Neil Moherman needed something to take up his free time. Neil started writing comics in 2017  with his first creator-owned comic Cog & Flame. By day he writes processes about reptile care and breeding, by night he is writing fantasy comics under the name Neil Moherman Comics. Stop by and talk about comics, beards, lizards, table top games, or whatever your heart desires.

Robert Monsarrat:
Raised on a steady diet of monster cinema, CCAD grad Robert Monsarrat knew from a young age that writing about these beasts was his lucky lot in life. "Dinosaur Demigods" is his attempt to pay homage to such greats as Ray Harryhausen, Ishiro Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya, all while making his own stamp as well. Follow along, won't you?

Maryanne Rose Papke:
Maryanne Rose Papke has been self-publishing short comics since 2010. Her comics are usually weird, often silly, typically cute, sometimes sad, and occasionally epic. She currently has more than 10 minicomics in print.

Steve Peters:
Steve got his start publishing Awakening Comics (also the name of his publishing line) after a grant from the Xeric Foundation. His comic book and accompanying CD soundtrack, Chemistry, won the Gene Day Memorial Prize in 2006. His current ongoing series, The Comiverse, a sci-fi rom-com about a comic book shop in a space mall, won a SPACE Prize in 2012. The Comicverse has 2 spinoff series with much more to come!

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Winifred Kehl:
I'm in love with the natural world and I make comics about science!

Jordan Kirian:
Writer and cartoonist Jordan Kirian publishes both comic books and weekly web comics, as well as various comic projects (like zines), through the mantle of Hot Cakes Comics. Titles include Short Stacks (an anthology book) and Something Like Water (an auto bio web comic). Hot Cakes Comics is always looking to play with format to produce new comics for readers.

Becky Jane Krotts:
Becky Jane Krotts is a proud dork who likes to play pretend artist. She creates pieces to capture the feeling of childhood magic and imagination that is often lost as we get older but still lives in each and every one of us. She enjoys all mediums but most recently chalk, oil, paints, and ink.

Patrick Lay:
Patrick Lay (he/him) is a cartoonist from Northwest Ohio.  He gets just as excited about sad things as he does about happy things (imagine a Golden Retriever raised by cats).  His comics are teen and all-ages stories about our relationships with each other and the ups and downs of a wild world.  He earned a B.S.F.A in Oil Painting from Valparaiso University and recently earned an MFA in Comics from the California College of the Arts. Patrick is currently working on his first webcomic, Screaming Mimi Kids, which updates every Sunday, and a graphic novel, Ramble.

Aaron Lindeman:
Aaron Lindeman is a freelance artist from Piqua, OH. He writes and illustrates the comic The Fisherman. He also creates fantasy prop items, various illustrations, and whatever catches his interest at the moment.

Craig Lindsley:
Craig Lindsley has had a love of comics since early in his childhood. In 1991, Craig earned his Associate Degree in Commercial Art. After gaining some experience in that field, Craig returned to school and attained a Bachelor Degree in Art with a minor in Education. He formally taught art to Middle Schoolers at Horizon Science Academy. Craig is a member of the Parma Area Fine Arts Council, where he teaches “How to Draw Superheroes.” He donates artwork to a near-by comic book shop that raffles the items to raise funds for a local food bank.  Craig and his wife serve regularly at their church, where, he also donates pieces for their yearly “Back to School Fest.” When Craig isn’t creating he is enjoying time with his adult children and 3 cats.

Pära Low:
Pära makes comics, zines, illustrations, and more. Her work is currently focused on Asian mythology, but she likes to delve into a variety of different topics. Her comics often cover psychology, philosophy, and culture.

Christopher MacMillan:
After 30 yrs working in the herpetology field breeding Amphibians, Inverts & Reptiles, I found myself returning to my other true love - Art. I’m as feral in this field as the other.

Christopher MacMillan:
After 30 yrs working in the herpetology field breeding Amphibians, Inverts & Reptiles, I found myself returning to my other true love - Art. I’m as feral in this field as the other.

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Courtney Hahn:
Hailing from Indiana, Courtney tends to write a lot about space, loneliness and cowboys. Weird right?

McKenna Henson:
Located in Columbus, Ohio, Mckenna is a hard working cartoonist and illustrator. She specializes in digital and traditional art, doing commissions as a side job. Often times you'll find her in a nearby coffee shop working on comics, drawings or sketches. In her down time, shes usually with her family, or working prolifically on her school work.

Stephen Hines:
Stephen Hines was spawned, and currently lives, in Ohio. When he’s not infiltrating the system by teaching high school English, he’s holed up in his home writing. So far he’s published one graphic novel (Valedictorian USA: Vol. 1), a young adult novel (Hocus Focus), a short story in a dystopian sci-fi anthology (Das Krakenhaus Publishing) called The End of the World as We Know It, a one-shot surrealist horror comic (Icon-O-Plastic), and has several ongoing comic book series (Valedictorian USA, Crackerstacker, Zombie Fabulous!, and The Soccer Mom Killer). His memoir, Rebirth Defect: My Journey From Catholic Altar Boy to Teen Atheist to Adult Christian Metal Evangelist and Back to Atheism, was released in June of 2017 and will surely alienate the few friends he still has.

J.M. Hunter:
Originally from Southern California, J.M. Hunter is a recent transplant to the Columbus area after envisioning his purpose here for the last several years. Currently teaching and focused on The Young Adult Creator's Alliance, (YACA), J.M. Hunter and family are enjoying introducing creating comics and art to the next generation and Columbus's unsuspecting comic fans. Strap in!

Russell Jackson:
Russell Jackson is a writer and illustrator from the neighborhood of Louisville, KY inspired by everything from Francis Bacon to Futurama. His current project, Crawling Chaos, is an affectionately parodic take on the horror of H. P. Lovecraft and the over-the-top bravado of heavy metal. He is also known for his portraits of musicians, painted directly onto vinyl records.

Jinx:
Jinx is a young artist from Columbus, Ohio. She has been drawing ever since she was a little kid and specializes in illustration and general digital art. She loves to draw pieces based off shows and games she enjoys and loves to put her own personal twist on them as well.

Canada Keck:
Ruminera Comics, created by Canada Keck, is an on-going series of comics that look at both the darkness and the light in her experiences.  Canada is a sociologist by training who started writing comics about five years ago, when she stayed up all night and wrote a 24-page comic in 24 hours.  Since then she has self-published six autobio comics as well as having several short comics appear in anthologies.  She has edited five anthologies for the Sunday Comix group, as well as curating exhibits of comic art for Wild Goose Creative, including the Comics vs Art show, which is in its third year.  She engages in community outreach, hosting kids’ tables for creating comics at various events as well as teaching comics workshops for children.  In her spare time, she makes the best cat toys in the universe, as well as a host of other tentacled creatures.