SPACE Exhibitor Bios A to C

 SPACE Exhibitor Bios A to C

Skye Berggren:
Skye Berggren is a cartoonist and author from Santa Cruz, California. As a student at the Columbus College of Art and Design, they were a contributor and lead designer for the prestigious Spitball Comics Anthology and worked with acclaimed authors such as Andy Warner and Rebecca Mock. The Fish Wizard is the darkly-funny culmination of four years of work and study. They can be found reading strange books and drinking black coffee. When they write, someone always dies. Spoilers.

Brian Canini:

Brian Canini is a cartoonist born from the bosom of the Midwest - Columbus, Ohio. There he lives with his wife, Amy, and their three kiddos. He creates a plethora of comic series including the critically-acclaimed solo anthology series, Airbag. He is also an editor/creator of the Eisner nominated free comics newspaper the Columbus Scribbler.

Lucky Christiansen:
Lucky is a nonbinary illustrator pursuing editorial spaces, extensive deals with the fae, and the Ark of the Covenant. On rare occasions, they may even be sighted in Columbus, Ohio.

Blind Alley Comics:
Blind Alley Comics is an independent comic book production partnership with all-original stories and art. Joe Haines (The Strange Adventures of Bone Boy) and Rick Schlaack (The Human Cannonball) want to push the boundaries of comic books as an art form.

David G Caldwell:

Cartoonist and illustrator from Knoxville, TN who makes genre comics. Horror, sci-fi and everything in between.

CanonWrite Productions:

CanonWrite Productions is the brainchild of cartoonists Rainer Kannenstine and Ben Wright-Heuman. We specialize in organizing comic anthology projects that bring together talented creators from all over. Our products include Less Than Secret and What The Gnomes Know.

Jonas Clagett:
Jonas Clagett is a cartoonist from Kentucky who specializes in character design and comics, as well as dabbling in game design, music, and voice acting. They would like to give you some comics, please.

Comics in the Circle:
Comics in the Circle is a local Cleveland meetup group for anyone interested in making comics. The group’s mission is twofold: To bring local comic makers together for some fun, and to exchange comics knowledge within this community. To date, Comics in the Circle has met every week since September 2020, has hosted several comics-making events in Cleveland, and has published two official anthology zines, with plans to self-publish more frequent zines featuring group-created comics, called Goose Poops.

Joel Cramer:

Joel Cramer is the creator/artist/writer of the comic book series "Adventures of Honzy and Joel". Being a huge fan of all things geeky, his all-ages friendly books feature aliens, dragons, superheroes and supervillains, talking animal people, mutants, ancient mysteries, sci-fi and so much more! Please feel free to check out his work at www.joelcramercomics.com

Blumiere Connor & Leighton Connor:

Blumiere Connor is a writer, artist, and a freshman in high school. They created and co-wrote the comic book series The Electric Team, and co-created, co-wrote, and illustrated the RPGs Swann Castle and Magic Moth Island. They enjoy drawing, psychological horror games, and studying the history of animation.

Leighton Connor is a writer, artist, cartoonist, and public school teacher. He lives in Cincinnati with his wife Alice, two children (Blumiere and Jackson), and a dog. He writes and draws comics like Lightning Man and Fuzzball & Scuzzball, and is the co-creator and co-writer of the comic book series The Electric Team. He is also the co-founder of Hex Games. You can learn more at his website, leightonconnor.com.

Sarah Cooke:

Sarah Cooke is a comics writer living in Columbus, Ohio. She won Mad Cave’s 2023 Talent Search and the 2023 Negative Space Women’s Comic Book Writing Competition. She is the co-creator of the award-winning sci-fi web series My Human Experience. Her published works include No Spell Lasts Forever, Olive and the Ogre, Strays, Chiaroscuro, an essay in How to Analyze & Review Comics: A Handbook on Comics Criticism, and more. As a comics reporter, Sarah has written for Marvel, DC Comics, Women Write About Comics, CBR, Voice of Youth Advocates, WTAP Television, and more.

Charles Crabtree:
Charles Crabtree is the creator of the galactic epic The Space Fiend