Juan Lara:
I'm just a punk rock kid that got old and makes comics. Sometimes the comics
are about werewolves in space, cats with bad attitudes, and cyborg cholos...and
sometimes they are not.
Jeffrey Lilly:
Jeff is from Detroit and has been involved with indy comics for 30 years now.
He currently works with Pam Bliss and Katie Hodges on the webcomic The Extras,
and has worked on projects with Matt Feazell, Sean Bieri, Layla Lawlor, Paul
Sizer, Mike Majestic, Tim Phillips, and others through the years.
Aaron Lindeman:
Aaron Lindeman is an artist living in Ohio. He works on comics, illustrations,
and the occasional painting. He cannot cross running water, and is particularly
susceptible to weapons made of silver. He loves sloths, and he will protect
them until the very end.
LYCHGATE:
LYCHGATE creates comics and illustrations based around themes of fantasy, sci
fi, comedy, and everything and anything to do with food!
Justin Madson is a self-taught cartoonist who has been telling stories through
comic books and graphic novels for nearly two decades. Over the years he has
created a number of graphic novels, including the post-apocalyptic tale
Breathers, and Carbon, a supernatural mystery. Madson’s latest graphic novel
with Abrams/Amulet Books is Tin Man, a young adult graphic novel about unlikely
friends—a tin man seeking a heart and a high schooler trying to come to terms
with the death of her grandmother. He resides in a small town in Wisconsin with
his wife, two kids, two dogs, and a slew of backyard chickens.
majaNATION:
majaNATION is the brain child of Jonathan Rosenbaum. It is a gathering
of the ideas and illustrations under one odd umbrella. Jonathan was born at an
early age, and took to drawing soon after. At the age of four, when asked by
his mother what he wanted to be he said, “either an artist or an elephant.” The
elephant thing didn’t pan out so an artist it was. After years of drawing and
growing up, he went to art school then got a job doing graphic stuffs. After
years of working for the man, doing web/interactive/graphic design he had the
need to illustrate. He spent years learning about the Children’s Book industry
through SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators). During the
process of developing the Radar graphic novel he migrated to his childhood roots
of comic books. This lead to hanging out with other artists and eventually
doing comic cons. His style evolved and eventually went back to doing some
children’s books.
Sean McArdle:
Sean McArdle is an Eisner nominated writer, artist and a college professor at
Kent State University. Over the past ten years he’s worked for a diverse array
of publishers including Image Comics, IDW, and Arcana Studio He juggles his
time between being a comic creator, commercial and music video director,
full-time in house multi-media director at a manufacturing company and adjunct
professor at Kent State University. You can see evidence for all of that
multi-tasking here. His current comic projects include The Führer and the
Tramp, Wolves of Babylon and Sonic Euthanasia.
Nate McDonough:
Nate lives in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania with his wife, dog, two cats, girlfriend,
three iguanas, mistress, boyfriend, three husbands and 73 children.
MeSseD Comics by Creative Mussel:
MeSseD comics are self-published out of Cincinnati, Ohio. MeSseD, the nickname
for the Metropolitan Sewer District, brings sewer management to science
fiction. Tough sewer worker Lilliput is our guide to the wet, weird and wild
world under our feet. We're a very flush-and-forget-it society, MeSseD mashes
sci-fi and science to create a world that we're not sure what's true and what's
not. Launched in November 2016, MeSseD has become one of the most popular comic
books in the Greater Cincinnati area. Cincinnati Citybeat named us 2017 Best of
Cincinnati Staff Pick: “Best Reason to Get Your Mind in the Gutter.” The
Cincinnati Enquirer wrote,"Lilliput... is tough and enterprising. She is
fearless and unflappable... a hero for all of us."
Gabby Metzler:
Gabby Metzler is a CCAD grad, winner of the 2020 SPACE Prize and CXC
Emerging Artist award, a colorist for DC’s “Whistle” which is really cool and
you should read. She’s also a 212 resident and hosts the reading series
Peztilence to honor and enjoy comics artists. Her hobbies include, reading self
help books for other people, watching Bob’s Burgers, yelling the phrase “I
thought I could change them!” at distant thunderstorms
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