Joe was in born Detroit, MI.  He is one of those people who’s drawn for as long as he could hold a pencil.  As a result, he suffers from a grotesque callous on his right middle finger.  The saddest of the 3 remaining fingers exist on his gnarled drawing paw. 

Joe cut his chops in the early 90’s working under the steady guidance of native Detroiter and comic pro, Arvell Jones.  Shortly thereafter, he met Gary Carlson, publisher of Big Bang Comics.  Joe penciled stories for 4 different issues of the retro comic mag in the early Image days. Joe moved to New York City to attend the School of Visual Arts, and while there, got his first taste of working for the “Big 2” when he penciled the now infamous Baby’s First Deadpool Book for Marvel Comics.  Joe received his BFA with honors in 2000. Some past clients include: DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Image Comics, Simon & Schuster, Myrmidon Press, Bally Gaming, DMA Animation, Outlines Inc., and Powell Skateboards.

In 1999, Chris DiBari broke into the comics industry doing a cover for DC Comics' "Robin" for the "No Man's Land" event. Shortly thereafter, he did some work for Marvel Comics' "Deadpool". Chris has also done design work for Hasbro, Art Asylum Toys and 4 Kids Productions TMNT animated. In 2005, Chris co-created and drew "The Hunger" from Markosia. He recently wrapped up his drawing duties for the "Starship Troopers", ongoing series for Sony/Markosia, as well as designs for an upcoming horror movie.

Steve Ellis’ high-powered, energetic style has graced CD covers, computer games, trading cards, books, RPGs, magazines, toys and of course, comics. Well versed in digital and traditional media, Steve's has enjoyed widespread success painting and illustrating in the publications of Marvel and DC Comics, for Wizards of the Coast and Upper Deck, and numerous other companies over the past 14 years.

While acting as penciller and inker for Marvel and DC Comics’ famous properties like Lobo, Iron Man, and Green Lantern, Steve has spearheaded such new titles as Wildstorm’s Jezebelle and the Marvel/Epic lines’ Crimson Dynamo. He has created the critically successful Science Fiction comic series TRANQUILITY, his super-powered Mob epic THE SILENCERS (with co-conspirator Fred Van Lente) and has had success winning the Zuda Comics online comics competition with fan favorite HIGH MOON. He has also done numerous illustrations for covers for books and games, most notably the cover of Elric of Melnibone, to be released December 2008.

He has received two Eisner Award Nominations for his work on ALIAS with Brian Michael Bendis for Marvel.

Michael currently lives in Warwick, NY.

Since graduating from the Joe Kubert School of Art, Ken Haeser has maintained a considerable work load on a number of different projects. Some of the projects include work on various comic titles including "The Jersey Devil", "Digital Webbing Presents", "Warmaggedon", "The Eyes of Asia", "The Living Corpse" and others.  Ken is currently sharing writing and artistic duties for “The Living Corpse” from Zenescope, which has also been optioned for film.

Buz Hasson attended the Art Institute of Dallas. Over the course of his career, Buz has worked on “The Living Corpse”, “Flesh Rot: Tales of the Undead” and “The Eyes of Asia”. With “The Living Corpse” in development for a live-action film, and a new comic distribution deal through Zenescope, Buz has been working at a feverish pace.

Erik Jones attended Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida where he majored in illustration. It was here where he developed a passion for...

Okay, let's be honest. Erik is a loud and obnoxious jackass who enjoys drinking and drawing, but mostly drinking. You can normally find him in his studio slaving all day and night on a piece that in a strange way resembles your girlfriend or wife, most likely because it is your girlfriend or wife. This bastard's got over 20 gigs of photos of every female in your family on his computer which he uses to create this porn-like “art” that he so innocently calls “fashion pin-up”. I guess the only thing nice you can say about this schmuck is that he knows what he’s doing and will get the job done. So if you want an amazing painting and a hangover meet up with this guy, or don’t... whatever, I'm sick of typing

A self proclaimed "fat man with a Mohawk, careening wildly into his 30's", Kevin Mellon is a graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartooning and Graphic Art. His first work, GearHead, debuted in January 2007 to critical acclaim. GearHead has recently been optioned by Darius Films with plans of making way to the silver screen.  Kevin recently wrapped up work on a short story for Ape Entertainment’s popular Teddy Scares series.  Kevin is currently working on 13 Steps (with writer, Phil Hester) as well as Sabre.  13 Steps debuted in August 2007 from Desperado Publishing.

Mike Norton has been working in comics for 10 years now, gaining recognition for projects such as The Waiting Place and Jason and the Argobots. Eventually, he became Art DIrector for the newly starting Devil's Due Publishing where he drew the first Voltron mini-series. He has since made a name for himself working on books like Queen and Country, Gravity, Runaways, All-New Atom, and Countdown.

He is also very, very tall.

Tim Seeley is the writer and creator of Hack/Slash, and a professional comic book illustrator. He hails from a small town in the middle of Wisconsin, where he spent too much time drawing the adventures of angsty superheroes and their scantily clad female sidekicks. He began his art career as a children’s book illustrator, and eventually found himself drawing 3 3/4” men in the G.I. Joe comic. He spends his time watching slasher movies and sitting in the bathtub formulating amazing ideas for new comic books. He lives in Chicago, Illinois, where he keeps his heart and his Troma movie collection. He currently illustrates HALLOWEEN for DDP, and writes LOADED BIBLE for IMAGE.

Ryan Stegman was born in a drafty stable near Detroit. Ryan picked up crayons and drew on a wall; he was 18 years old. Shortly thereafter, he learned about pencils and paper. He was happy, as were his parents. After being "released" he decided that drawing comics was a good idea. He got all of his horrible drawings out of the way (well, most of them) and then got hired to do "Midnight Kiss" and covers for Markosia. He then found himself at Marvel working as the penciler and inker for the series "Magician Apprentice".  Ryan has also worked on a series of sketch cards for Dynamite’s Red Sonja.  Due to the restraints of a bulky ankle bracelet and poor hygiene, he is forced to stay indoors and draw.