Kyle Starks is an Eisner-nominated comic creator from southern Indiana, where he resides with his beautiful wife and two amazing daughters. He is the author of the graphic novels Kill Them All, Sexcastle, and Rock Candy Mountain, and he also writes for the Rick and Mortycomic book.
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 watching
Star Trek: The Next Generation. She lives in Manhattan.
Tini Howard is a writer and swamp witch from the Carolina Wilds. Her work includes Magdalena from Image/Top Cow Comics, Rick and Morty(TM) Pocket Like You Stole It from Oni Press, and Assassinistas from IDW/Black Crown! Her previous work includes Power Rangers: Pink (BOOM! Studios), The Skeptics (Black Mask Studios), and a contribution to the hit Secret Loves of Geek Girls, from Dark Horse Comics. She lives with her husband, Blake, and her son, Orlando, who is a cat.
Pamela Ribon co-created and currently writes the roller derby comic SLAM!, and has penned guest issues of Rick and Morty(TM). She is also writer of the Oni Press graphic novel My Boyfriend is a Bear. Her screenwriting work includes Moana and Wreck-It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet. She’s a best-selling author, frequent troublemaker, and true fan of you.
Josh Trujillo is a writer, editor, and comic book creator based in San Rafael, California. He has worked with clients including Boom! Studios, Dark Horse Comics, Shanken Creative Group, Oni Press, Telltale Games, and DC Comics, among others. His work spans different genre and audiences, specializing in children’s fiction, fantasy, humor, history, romance, gaming, and LGBTQ issues.
Trujillo speaks for inclusiveness and diversity in popular media, and works alongside groups including the USC ONE Archive and Prism Comics. Josh loves his dog, his country, and is of good moral fiber.
You can remain updated on his work by following Josh on Twitter @LostHisKeysMan.
CJ Cannon is a self-taught artist living in Nashville, Tennessee. When they’re not working on comics, outside riding their bike, or drumming, they’re almost always in the house drawing fan art.
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.
Erica Hayes has been working as a professional storyboard artist for four years, and has worked on all three seasons of Rick and Morty(TM). This is her first professional comic gig, for which she is very excited! Erica lives in LA with her boyfriend, Spencer, and two cats, Marcy and Finn.
Rii Abrego is a Latina illustrator who resides in the very green, very humid southern USA. She is an admirer of big bugs and a magnet for stray cats.
The Sprite and the Gardener is her debut original graphic novel.
Katy Farina is a comic artist and illustrator based in Los Angeles, CA. She’s currently a background painter at Dreamworks TV. In the past, she’s done work with Boom! Studios, Oni Press, and Z2 Publishing. In the rare instance she isn’t working on comics, she moonlights as the Baba Yaga; enticing local youth into ethical dilemmas and scooting around in her chicken-legged hut.
Jarrett Williams was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended the Savannah College of Art and Design (BFA & MFA in Sequential Art). In addition to his pro-wrestling/adventure series
Super Pro K.O.! (Oni Press), he wrote and drew
History Comics Hip-Hop: The Beat of America (MacMillan), which debuts January 2024. He is currently drawing his kids detective graphic novel series,
Harper Sharp (Random House Graphic). He loves classic JRPGs and draws his comics traditionally. He can even draw Rick Sanchez with his eyes closed now!
Sabrina Mati was born and raised in Chatsworth, California. Being passionate about drawing and cartoons for all her life, she pursued Media Arts and Animation at the Art Institute of Hollywood and studied on weekends over at Concept Design Academy. While graduating in 2013, Sabrina landed her first gig in animation as an intern on
Adventure Timeand soon landed her first official job in production on
Uncle Grandpa at Cartoon Network. She then worked on shows such as
Rick and MortySeasons 2 and 3,
HBO Animals, and
HarmonQuest as a character designer. She and a couple other colleagues currently have a podcast on YouTube called
Animation Success Stories, where they interview animation industry professionals on how they got to where they are today.