SPACE Exhibitor Bios K to M

SPACE Exhibitor Bios K to M

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 more than a decade ago, when she stayed up all night and wrote a 24-page comic in 24 hours. Since then she has self-published several autobio comics as well as having several short comics appear in anthologies. She has edited five anthologies, as well as curating exhibits of comic art for Wild Goose Creative. In 2016, she discovered a love for oral story and has been an active participant in SpeakEasy ever since. In her spare time, she makes the best cat toys in the universe, as well as a host of other tentacled creatures.

Matt Kish:

I'm an artist and librarian in Ohio, where I live with my partner and far too many books.

Jeff Lilly:

Comics writer and editor, part of the Detroit comics scene for over three decades (so far.) Created The Extras with Pam Bliss and Katie Hodges

Lone Crow Studio:
Printing, Promotion and fulfillment for comics and zines.

Caroline Manley:
I'm an illustrator and comic artist who makes work about queer identity and religious trauma-- along with many other, more light-hearted things.

Kenn Minter:

In the colorful world of art, Kenn Minter has worn many hats. Initiating his career as a daily comic strip creator for the Kentucky Kernel newspaper, he soon became a graphic designer, dabbled as a mural painter and magazine illustrator, and served as an Art Director for the University of Kentucky. Using knowledge culled from the world of print and publishing, Kenn began creating comic books and graphic novels under the imprint, Near Mint Press. He is most proud of the books he has co-created with artist, Clarence Pruitt, “the Experts,” “SuperWorld,” and “Tales of the Emerald Yeti.”

T. Perran Mitchell:
T. Perran Mitchell (he/him) is a crafter of stories and a maker of things. Comics are his favorite medium and have been for as long as he can remember. Growing up with ADHD, Dyslexia and several other learning disabilities, comics not only fostered a love of reading, they were the key to learning to read. T. took a circuitous path to writing comics by first graduating from Drexel University with a degree in information science and technology. Every term he took at least one class for himself that had nothing to do with his major; 16 credits cost the same as 20. This led to him accidentally minoring in Philosophy and nearly attaining a minor in literature. He uses these various interests to inform his writing. In addition to comics T. also writes short fiction, paints miniatures and when the mood strikes, knits. T. lives in Phoenixville, PA with his wife and their two wonderful conures, Murphy, and Wallis.

Joseph Morris:

Joseph Morris is the owner and operator of TORC Press, a Small Press Publisher based out of Central Illinois. He is currently publishing a monthly anthology called Spitballz which is devoted to exhibiting the best of the Small Press while also capturing the joy and fun of old Mad Magazine and Harvey Comics. He also does a daily comic strip called Quixote Coyote, and is tinkering away at a bizarre cosmic epic called Cozmic Taco. His work is at torcpress.com.

Wally Maurer:
Artist, robot and coffee enthusiast. I make dark urban fantasy, noir, and high fantasy comics among other things. Feel free to stop by to talk about robots!

Steven Myers:

Steven Myers is by trade an Art Teacher in northern Ohio. He applies his artistic side by making polymer clay statues, painting, and drawing in both pastel and ink. His normal subjects are comics and pop culture subjects. He also writes and draws his own mini and web-comics including the F.E.Ds and a new science fiction series. Plus he regularly contributes to several anthologies.