Kyle Starks is a two-time Eisner-nominated comic creator from Southern Indiana. He is best known as the longest tenured writer and occasional artist for Oni Press's Rick and Morty comic. He was nominated for Eisners for Sexcastle and Rock Candy Mountain for Best Humor Publication.

Terry Blas is the illustrator and writer behind the viral webcomics You Say Latino and You Say Latinx. He wrote Ariana Grande vs. Sergeant Shade and the Clonebot Brigade, the comic book tie-in for her R.EM. fragrance. He is also the writer of Steven Universe comics for Boom, and Rick and Morty comics for Oni Press. His original graphic novels are Dead Weight: Murder at Camp Bloom, Hotel Dare, and Lifetime Passes, all of which feature Mexican characters. He also wrote the Marvel series Reptil: Brink of Extinction. Terry lives in Oregon with his husband and their dog.

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. 

 

Benjamin Dewey is a fan of Carl Sagan/science, guitars/stringed instruments, Motörhead/rock ‘n’ roll, Skyrim/Mass Effect and cats/animals. He lives in Milwaukie, Oregon, with a sweet woman named Lindsey and three feline mischief-machines.

Ian McGinty was an American comic book writer and artist. He was best known for his creator-owned comic Welcome to Showside, as well as for his work on Adventure Time, Bee and PuppyCat, and Invader ZIM.