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Alex Firer Author

Alex Firer is an LA–based, Soviet–born writer whose credits include The Onion News Network, The Official Handbook of the Bowieverse, and a bunch of Rick and Morty comics: Birdperson, Nimbus, Rick's New Hat, you know, all those. Buy them if you want. Are all these bios just resumes? He used to work at an opera house in Boston if that helps. Yup. Salary: $1,000,000.

Fred C. Stresing is a comic book writer, artist, and colorist who has been working professionally for ten-plus years in the industry. His comics include such titles as Invader ZIM, Rick and Morty, Adventure Time, Meeseeks, P.I, and many, many more. He loves sci-fi, comedy, old movies, and relaxing at home with his wife and their two cats in upstate New York.

Andrew Dalhouse is a comic book color artist with more than 17 years of industry experience. Andrew’s love of coloring comics started at a young age and 30 years later he’s still love. Andrew has worked on titles such as Teen Titans, Flash, Titans, Justice League, Bloodshot, Ninjak, Aggretsuko, and now Rick and Morty.

Puste, aka David Antón Gomis, is a comic book artist, inker, colorist, letter, cover artist . . . and everything related to the world of comics. A lover of Asian cinema and the world of animation, he has been lucky enough to work with WWE, Voltron, and to draw one of his favorite series, Rick and Morty. He is working on the Nanits Chronicles - Underground Series. When he is not chained to the table drawing comics, he makes short films with the production company Zertin. 

 

Magdalene Visaggio is the Eisner- and GLAAD Media Award-nominated writer behind Kim & Kim, Eternity Girl, Dazzler: X Song, Transformers vs Visionaries, and Morning in America. A lifelong comics reader, she studied English at Virginia Commonwealth University and did graduate work in Ethics & Moral Theology at Seton Hall before dropping out to focus on writing comics where people hit each other with guitars. When not writing, she’s probably passed out on her couch at three in the morning with a cat on top of her while Netflix asks if she wants to continue watchingStar Trek: The Next Generation. She lives in Manhattan. 

 

Marc Ellerby is a comic book illustrator from the UK. He is probably most known for his work on the Rick and Morty comics from Oni Press and [adult swim]. He has worked with companies such as Disney, Warner Bros., BBC, Hasbro and Cartoon Network. However, he is never as happy when he is drawing his own comics such as Chloe Noonan: Monster Hunter or the autobiographical diary comic Ellerbisms.

For over twelve years, Leonardo Ito has brought worlds to life coloring properties such as Batman Animated, TMNT, Powerpuff Girls, Rick and Morty, and Sonic The Hedgehog, among many others. Japan, technology, and racing games are some of the things he won’t shut up about. If you don't believe him, just ask his wife.