JIM STARLIN

Born James P Starlin, October 9th, 1949, in Detroit Michigan. Educated in a Parochial and public high school. Served in the U.S. Navy, 1968-71, as a photographer's mate. Started at Marvel Comics in 1972, and has been working on and off with comics ever since.

Works include Amazing Spiderman, Batman, Breed, Captain Marvel, Cosmic Odyssey, Daredevil/Black Widow, Doctor Strange, Dreadstar, Gilgamesh II, Hardcore Station, Infinity Abyss, Infinity Crusade, Infinity Gauntlet/War, Ironman, Master of Kung Fu, Silver Surfer, Thanos Quest, The End of the Marvel Universe, Warlock and the Infinity Watch. Also co-wrote four novels with Diana Graziunas: Among Madmen, Lady El, Pawns (serialized in Dreadstar) and Thinning the Predators. Co-founder of Electric Prism, a software design, new media company in Woodstock, NY. Photo: Dion Ogust. Biography provided by

STEVE RUDE

Steve, a lanky (6-foot-5) Wisconsinite nicknamed "The Dude" considers Jack Kirby one of his biggest influences. To King Kirby's streamlined dynamism, Steve has added his own style of polish and attention to detail which has made his work popular with fans.

Nexus, an offbeat science fiction superhero written and co-created with Mike Baron, remains his most sustained and best-known work to date. Steve has won much industry recognition, including the Russ Manning Newcomer Award in 1983, and two will Eisner Awards for artistic excellence. Rude is one of the hardest working artists in the field, constantly striving to improve his work. Much of his practice, model sketches, exercises, and experiments with new techniques can be found in his legendary sketchbooks. His most recent works include Thor: Godstorm, Captain America: What Price Glory?, and The Moth (due out from Dark Horse later this year).

DAN BRERETON

Dan Brereton began a career in comic book illustration in 1989, around the same time he was finishing art school in the San Francisco Bay Area. His first project, THE BLACK TERROR for Eclipse Comics, introduced his fully-painted high-octane pulp style to the comics world, and in 1990, he won the Russ Manning  Promising Newcomer award for his work on THE PSYCHO for DC Comics. Since then, he's earned Eisner, Harvey, Kirby, Eagle and Thompson award nominations, and become one of the most prolific painters of interior pages (over 1300) spanning every major comic book publisher. Dan's also responsible for several hundred painted covers, pin-ups and trading cards.

He is the creator of the NOCTURNALS, GIANTKILLER,  co-hatcher of the DC Elseworlds hit THRILLKILLER and author/illustrator of JLA: SEVEN CASKETS. Dan has worked on such titles as BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, VAMPIRELLA, LADY JUSTICE, CONAN THE SAVAGE, THOR, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, THE CROW and countless more. Outside of comics, Dan has worked in film and in the music world, supplying art for bands such as  Rob Zombie, Fireball Ministry and Toto. Currently, his work can be seen in BART SIMPSON'S TREEHOUSE OF HORROR #9, NOCTURNALS: A MIDNIGHT COMPANION, NOCTURNALS: UNHALLOWED EVE  a new art book entitled DAN BRERETON SKETCH GALLERY, and upcoming issues of BIRDS OF PREY. Dan is a California native and lives with his family in the Sierra Nevadas.

DARICK ROBERTSON

Darick Robertson is the co-creator of Transmetropolitan. After 16 years in the industry he can easily be considered a seasoned veteran of comics, having worked for Marvel, DC, Vertigo, and a few defunct companies, such as Malibu Comics (where he co-created/designed the Nightman, wrote/created Ripfire), Acclaim, Eclipse and Innovation. His career started just out of Aragon High School in San Mateo, California when he was 17. He created, wrote drew and painted covers for "Space Beaver" which became the only title published by Ten Buck Comics.

In May of 2002 Robertson went exclusive with Marvel comics and was picked to relaunch one of their flagship characters WOLVERINE, with writer Greg Rucka, and BORN with Garth Ennis. Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Darick currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife Meredith and son Owen."