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Hilltop Hoods are an Australian hip hop group that formed in 1991 in Blackwood, Adelaide, South Australia. They are regarded as pioneers of the "larrikin-like" style of Australian hip hop. The group was founded by Suffa and Pressure, who were joined by DJ Debris after fellow founder, DJ Next, left in 1999.  Andrew Archer is an Australian writer, musician and the creator of the English language manga The Tokyo 5. Before releasing his first book in 2016, Andrew spent more than a decade as a music author, copy writer and rapper, releasing a number of albums and singles under the names Syntax and alongside the Triple J Unearthed award winning group Deathstarrs. Inspired by classic anime and manga like Akira, Project A-Ko and Neon Genesis Evangelion, Andrew’s work is a mash of robots, dark humor and neon lighting. He currently lives in Queensland, Australia surrounded by empty pizza boxes, broken controllers and a mountain of Wu-Tang CDs. Connect with him on his Twitter and Instagram at @whoissyntax. Scott Dooley is a writer and comedian. He has toured the world as a stand-up comedian and regularly contributes to The New Yorker. Despite this experience this is the best bio he could come up with. JEFF NICE is the award winning artist of the 2018 Kyoto Manga Awards finalist Deity and the creator of the popular manga series 300 Perfect Game and the ongoing web series Working Girls. As a professional full-time comic artist NICE has illustrated numerous books both at home in the Philippines and internationally, including Cyber Clash in Japan and The Tokyo 5 in the United States. He currently lives in Cavite with a loving wife, an army of pets and an insatiable hunger for good ramen. Visit him anytime on his Twitter and Instagram at @studionice2011. Hilltop Hoods are an Australian hip hop group that formed in 1991 in Blackwood, Adelaide, South Australia. They are regarded as pioneers of the "larrikin-like" style of Australian hip hop. The group was founded by Suffa and Pressure, who were joined by DJ Debris after fellow founder, DJ Next, left in 1999.