Kieron Gillen first came to attention as a comic writer with his 2006's Phonogram, with Jamie McKelvie. They continued to work together across the next fifteen year, culminating with smash hit The Wicked + the Divine. Since then he's had the pleasure of creating stories with other artists such as Stephanie Hans (DIE, We Called Them Giants) and Caspar Wijngaard (the current sensation, The Power Fantasy). He has worked on Marvel Comics biggest books, such as Immortal X-men, Young Avengers, Thor, Iron Man, Star Wars, Eternals and Darth Vader, (where he co-created Doctor Aphra). In a previous life he was an award-winning pop-culture critic. In his current life, he tries to sleep more. He lives in Bath, UK.
Jamie McKelvie is an artist and writer mostly known for his work with Kieron Gillen on comics such as The Wicked + The Divine, Young Avengers and Phonogram. He is also known for his influential character design work, especially at Marvel Comics, where he designed Captain Marvel, Ms Marvel, Loki and many of the Young Avengers.
Outside of comics, he regularly provides artwork for the band Chvrches, and has also worked with Art Brut and Tegan and Sara. He is currently working on his first solo book in over a decade, The Killing Horizon.
Brandon Graham was born in 1976, the grandson of pin-up artist Bill Randall. He grew up in Seattle around a lot of graffiti and comics. He was a member of the alternative comics collective, Meathaus. His books include King City, Escalator, Walrus, Multiple Warheads, and the Extreme relaunch of Prophet, which he writes and sometimes draws.
Kate Brown is a comics artist and illustrator. Her stories have been published in the Best New Manga series – a publication of cutting edge international manga – and The Girly Comic, among others. A graduate of England's only Sequential Illustration course, specialising in graphic novels, her books include The Spider Moon, which was published by Random House.
Leila del Duca is a comic book artist and writer living in Portland, Oregon. She draws Sleepless, Shutter, and wrote Afar at Image Comics. Leila has also drawn The Wicked + The Fivine, Scarlet Witch, American Vampire, and The Pantheon Project. In 2015 and 2016, Leila was nominated for the Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award for her work on Shutter.
Stephanie Hans is a seasoned illustrator. She works mostly for the books mainstream market with clients as big as Marvel, DC Comics, Image Comics, Dark Horse, Valiant, Dynamite, Vertigo, and Boom Studios.
Tula Lotay is the pen name of Lisa Wood, a comics artist residing in Yorkshire, England. Previous work includes Supreme: Blue Rose by Image Comics and Bodies by Vertigo Comics. She also runs the renowned Thought Bubble Festival, the United Kingdom's largest comic art festival, which runs annually every November.
