Aishwarya Tandon is an illustrator and cartoonist based in India. She is a digital artist who loves to draw colorful, endearing illustrations, stories and comics with joyous, lighthearted themes. She has experience illustrating picture books, editorial art, book covers, comics and coloring GNs. She's creative, efficient with her work and communicates well with the people she works with.

Born and raised in Costa Rica, Ale (he/they) is a Latin American artist who draws comics, fan art, and more. A lover of all things cute and domestic, Ale brings his art and stories to life with those vibes—creating the perfect touch of home.

Alfredo Cáceres is an author and illustrator from Santiago, Chile. He has worked in picture books, magazines, newspapers and video games. His latest project is a graphic novel that's based on the city of Valdivia, Chile where he grew up between rain and moss.

Ali Woodruff is a non-binary Storyboard, Comic and Concept artist working in animation. With a BFA in Sequential Art from SCAD, they have interned for Cartoon Network and Glow in the Dark Concept Studio, and storyboarded for Youtube channels such as Pocket.Watch.

Alison Acton is a Canadian artist with a background in comics and traditional animation. She's worked for studios like Spumco, Pocket Gems, and Big Jump, and publishers like Harper Collins, Tokyopop, and First Second. She loves creating expressive characters, writing snarky dialogue, jiu-jitsu, and long dog walks away from her three boys who always want to be in the office and shed Lego EVERYWHERE. She writes and draws the webcomic Bearnuts and designs t-shirts for fun.

Alondra Araujo (She/He/They) is a comic artist from Northeast Indiana. They graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Animation and a minor in Sequential Art at the University of Saint Francis where they primarily focused on visual storytelling and developing short and long-form comics. After graduation, they were a resident at Fort Wayne’s 212, an art incubator that fostered and advocated for emerging artists and creators in the creative field. Their work often features queer Latine characters and explores themes of coming of age, friendships, cultural and diaspora identities. When they’re not working on comics, they are either hiking in one of their city's many forest trails, writing fanfiction, or in the kitchen trying out a new recipe.

Amalas Rosa is an illustrator and comic artist from Germany. She loves to draw urban scenes and small slice-of-life moments and to sprinkle them with a hint of nostalgia and melancholia. She wants to capture human relationships and the beauty between cracked concrete and rusty poles. The magic of subtle touches and the joy of running around and bumping knees. She wants to evoke the memory of a moment that you might not have lived but that you can still feel. When she isn't drawing she loves photography and discovering new cities and places.

Amanda is a cartoonist and illustrator from the Bay Area in California (unceded Lisjan Ohlone land). They are the artist and co-author, alongside Cameron Chittock, on the middle-grade graphic novel trilogy, MAPMAKERS, published by Random House Graphic.

Amanda Lafrenais is queer jack-of-all-trades comic artist - born in Texas, now living in Chicago - with over a decade of experience under her belt spanning writing, illustrating, editing, marketing, prepress, video editing, animation, sewing, sculpting... even making terrifying puppets. Her inspirations from manga and animation are very obvious, and she’s a useless repository for Sonic the Hedgehog trivia. Amanda is currently creating the upcoming 2023 Iron Circus graphic novel “Spiral Guardian: Starry Knight.” Her expanded resume includes original comics for the Smut Peddler series, tones on three Adventure Time graphic novels, Broken Telephone by Ryan Estrada, and colorist work for Scholastic/Graphix. Not to mention her own dusty ancient webcomic, Love Me Nice. She just wants to make a lot of cute gay stories and draw people crying big sloppy Ghibli tears.

Angela Hsieh is an illustrator and author based in Washington, DC. She enjoys making work about finding the magical in the mundane, especially if goofy animals are involved. She holds a BS in Biology from Johns Hopkins University and a BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design. Her clients include NPR, the New York Times, the New Yorker, Pop-Up Magazine, and the Washington Post.

Anna Franquesa is an illustrator from Barcelona, Spain. She has always loved drawing and was inspired to follow her passions of illustration and storytelling after seeing Rise Of The Guardians for the first time.

Annabel Druissi is a science illustrator, graphic designer, and comic artist working out of White River Junction, VT. She earned her MFA in comic art at the Center for Cartoon Studies in 2023 and graduated with BAs in Neuroscience and Studio Art from Colorado College in 2020, where she wore many hats working as a lab assistant, print shop monitor, groundskeeper, wildlife hospital volunteer, art studio assistant, and dry cleaner's customer representative. 

Arthur Cabezas is a trans autistic illustrator and writer for comics, games, and children’s books. He grew up in the Philippines learning to tell stories about furious queer kids with the gods and animals in his backyard. His previous work includes illustrations with Darrington Press, Evil Hat Productions, Kahel Press, Penlab, and more. He is finishing his Bachelor’s degrees in Anthropology and Art History at University of Toronto Mississauga, where he currently works in archaeology.

Bayleigh Underwood is a comic artist and illustrator based in North Carolina who specializes in inking big actions and big emotions. They have illustrated multiple comics and graphic novels including It Took Luke, Ravenloft: Orphan of Agony Isle, and Nature’s Labyrinth. They have also done covers for Goosebumps comics and Gryffen: Galaxy’s Most Wanted.

Bob Appavu is a Chicago-area fantasy author, cartoonist, and illustrator specializing in sequential art and collectible product design. A graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design, Bob has designed and developed products for dozens of major licenses including Classic Disney, Peanuts, Hello Kitty, Precious Moments, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and more. As an author and cartoonist, Bob has a passion for crafting the types of stories she can't readily find on the shelf, with characters who are often denied the spotlight.

Bonnie is an illustrator and cat enthusiast who loves to play. Her work can be found in books, games and television. She is always looking for ways to create fun in all forms of media for everyone to enjoy.

Brittany Fetcho is an illustrator, children's book designer, and comic-maker living in the Hudson Valley, New York. From a young age, she was enamored by all things spooky: Goosebumps, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, and local urban legends and folklore were essential in influencing the creatures and stories her brain cooked up. They remain huge inspirations to this day, and she hopes she can continue the tradition of scaring young children through her work (but in a cute way).

Cait May (she/they) is an illustrator, Balti-Moron, purveyor of poisonous plants, and absolute super nerd. She is obsessed with cryptozoology, D&D, ghost stories, and all things that go bump in the night. She has worked with Dimension20, The Adventure Zone and Critical Role; and has been published in The Atlantic, Vengeful Ghost, and Cryptid Culture Magazine. She wants to tell stories that appeal to all ages and help readers face the crazy world we live in using their personal superpowers.

Carrie is a hard-of-hearing comic artist who loves animation. She grew up in Alaska, where her dad had to check for polar bears on the playground. Now she rides a motorcycle, hogs the Switch, and brings home too many books. She lives in Fargo, North Dakota with her husband, son, and Quigley the corgi.

Cassidy is an Author/Illustrator living in the mountains of Maine. She started making her earliest comics in MS Paint, based around her Neopets and real life pets. After falling in love with children's & middle grade literature while at college, Cassidy began her journey to becoming a published author. She creates work based on her own life experiences, and has a special interest in helping queer youth feel represented in media.

Cathleen McAllister is an artist and writer located in Los Angeles with a background in visual development for film, including S.C.O.O.B. (2020) and Rumble (2021). She is currently writing the first book of the Botanical Academy, a story about small-scale activism at a school for plant magic, and she enjoys painting whimsical fantasy characters and environments. In her spare time she is trying to turn a small patio into a jungle of plants. Past illustrated covers include the Seekers of the Wild Realm series by Alexandra Ott, and The Last Windwitch by Jennifer Adam (2021).

Charlotte Spillane is a Filipino-English illustrator who has a life long love for animation, comics and manga. She has a fondness for stories that focus on friendship and growing up, and if she cries it's a compliment. She enjoys drawing fantasy, using bright colours to bring the characters she draws to life and when she's not drawing she's watching movies or playing her bass guitar.

cherriielle is a digital illustrator based in Alberta, Canada. She graduated in 2019 with a diploma in Entrepreneurship & Innovation and works as a freelance artist and business owner. Clients include Disney Publishing, Macmillan, Peachtree Teen, and Dark Horse Comics.

She loves working with themes of mythology, nature, religion, and Americana. When not drawing, she spends far too much time talking about Star Wars and buying books she doesn’t need.

Cherry Zong is an illustrator and comic artist based in Toronto. She earned her BFA in Animation at Sheridan College in 2018. With a background in design for animation, she has worked on projects for studios such as Sony Pictures Television, Netflix, and Titmouse. Cherry is drawn to heartfelt stories with not-so-happy endings and loves all things spooky and weird. When she’s not drawing, you can find her binging trashy reality TV with her cat.

Chris Geroux is a comic creator, designer, and illustrator based in Long Beach, California. She enjoys drawing, making music, and taking long walks with her four cats. Her favorite genre is horror romance (bonus points if it's a musical).

Christina Chan is a Taiwanese-American author, illustrator, graphic novelist, and Recreation Leader at Stough Canyon Nature Center. She is a graduate of The Children’s Book Academy, The Institute of Children’s Literature, and a member of SCBWI and Kids Comic Unite. After visiting Baldassare’s underground home herself, she was deeply inspired by his story, self-taught skills, and incredible work that still stands to this day. This will be her debut picture book.

Cyan is a storyteller slash illustrator slash comic artist from New York City. She loves to tell stories about the spooky, the supernatural, and the creepy mundane. Some of her past clients include: Macmillan Publishing, The Washington Post, and Wieden+Kennedy.

Dahui Wang is a NYC based artist with a profound love for narrative art and visual storytelling. They have done work as an illustrator, comic artist, printmaker, and animation artist for studios such as ViacomCBS, Hornet, and Titmouse. Drawing influence from childhood memories and vivid dreams, they aim to incorporate aspects of the mundane with feelings of awe and wonder in their work. Their hope is to one day share that love of the sublime with the world. When not working, you can find them consuming as much arthouse horror as they can get their hands on.

Daniel Stevens is a New York, comic, and cartoon lovin' geek. He's used his creative powers in the licensed toy, home décor, and apparel industries, for over 15 years. This artsy avenger has worked with various brands and companies including Disney, Marvel, Warner Bros, Bush's Beans and Activision. While he designs during the day, at night he switches to his author identity. This is when all the fun, adventurous, weird stories are written and illustrated. Stories that celebrate and inspire imagination and creativity.

Dominique Davis is a black lesbian comic artist and illustration from Virginia, she graduated from SCAD in August 2020. She has been into drawing for a really long time since she always watched a lot of cartoons and anime as a kid, she didn’t get serious about it until she got to high school but ever since then she's be trying to improve my skills so that she can tell her own stories. For her, Representation is really important since there’s going to be very few chances for her to see characters or stories that are similar to her and her life but ultimately she want to tell fun stories with exciting adventures! She comes from a small family where it’s just been her and her parents for most of her life and neither of them really had dreams or a dream job, her mom has always been her biggest fan and supporter because of this and she hopes she can achieve her dream of publishing her own stories to make her mother and herself proud.

Dresden is a sapphic-graphic novelist and color designer creating comics, illustrations, and designs for TV Animation. They're big on fun, heartfelt, and queer stories. Her upcoming graphic novel, "Girls Give Me Butterflies," explores the complex nature of "coming out" to oneself with a whimsical twist. Her works tend to involve subjects of gender, sexuality, romance, mental health and healing-- often in cute, approachable, and teen-friendly contexts.

Elaine Ho is a Singaporean-American author and artist currently living in Los Angeles. Her work is influenced by Renaissance and Baroque mannerism, and she's drawn to themes of the broken and the beautiful.

Elaine Tipping is a queer comic creator based in the Aichi prefecture of Japan. They’ve created and completed a number of webcomics over the years, dabbled in self publishing, studied comics in Japan, Published Princess Revolution with Scout Comics, and currently have a few ongoing webcomics (current weekly updating comics are Fates Errant, and Pathways: Chronicles of Tuvana – coming to stores 2024 via Dark Horse Comics). They enjoy building fantastical worlds, genres blending, creating character-driven stories, and telling stories they would love to see more of in the world. When not drawing (very rare these days) Elaine is busy raising a kiddo and four adopted kitties with their wife, playing video games, doing TTRPGs with friends, practicing Naginata, reading manga, and probably not sleeping enough.

Erin Elizabeth Franey, or "Ellie", (she/they) is a Detroit-based illustrator & author with a BFA in Illustration from the College for Creative Studies. Her work blends graphic, comic, and digital art; touching on various topics from mental health to female empowerment and LGBTQIA+ identity. When she’s not making comics, she’s playing video games, or pestering her three cats.

Emily Rosenthal is an illustrator and writer. Originally from New York, she currently calls Baltimore her home. Emily brings eye-catching world-building and compelling characters to her work in the form of traditional books, graphic novels, zines, and comics. Mixing the magical with the mundane and telling the stories of outsiders trying to find their places in the world is what she does best.

Emma is a French American artist, currently based in Los Angeles. She works both as an illustrator and a designer in the animation industry.

She has illustrated children's books, book covers, and is currently working on her first graphic novel with Clarion Books. Her clients include Harper Collins and Penguin Random House, as well as animation studios Dreamworks, Titmouse, Golden Wolf, and more. She has experience working with international companies and studios, and is fluent in both English and French.

Fern is a Canadian illustrator based out of Manchester. They specialize in digital illustrations, comics, covers, and portraits. Currently, they are working on two original sapphic comics as the writer and illustrator: Phantom, a gothic horror piece, and Cross My Heart, a romantic coming-of-age story. They are also working as the illustrator for a graphic novel being written by Anna Kopp. They have been published in three crowdfunded anthologies on kickstarter, with the most popular garnering $220,000+ USD worth of support. They also organized and ran a successful fan-art anthology which raised approximately $46,000+ USD for LGBTQ+ charities. Their passion is to produce sincere, heartwarming art that conveys their profound admiration and investment in sapphic joy.

Gabrielle Kari is a comic-artist/illustrator based in Northern California, whose work is inspired by lesbian anime/manga.

Grace P. Fong ("Fictograph") a 3x Hugo-nominated illustrator and concept artist living in Vancouver, BC. She makes covers for speculative fiction publications and promotional material for authors. Recent magazine clients include Silk and Steel, Strange Horizons, and Lackington's. Her work has also been featured in special editions and promos for Leigh Bardugo, V. E. Schwab, Victoria Aveyard, Paul Krueger, and Sabaa Tahir.

Hailey Austin is a Storyboard Artist and Character designer out of Nashville. She specializes in creating concept art for pitches as well as character designs for Animation. When she is not painting, Hailey delights in cooking with her Husband and fighting an upward battle to master Korean.

Isa Hanssen is currently based in Los Angeles working as a Story Revisionist for TV Animation, She has attended CalArts and the Cartoon Network Story Academy, and worked as an illustrator, comic artist, sporadic game dev and occasional writer. She has a fondness for weird folktales, the intersection of mixed identity, culture and mythology, and magic girls who fight. Storytelling is where her heart lies and she loves narratives she can really dig her teeth into.

Janie Lee is a queer Korean-American woman living in Los Angeles with a passion for cartoons and making comics. She has extensive experience as an animation background designer and freelance illustrator, with past clients including Warner Brothers, Disney TV Animation, Netflix, and Cartoon Network. She loves illustrating stories filled with action and adventure, as well as heartfelt and unexpected relationships between seemingly mismatched characters. In her original work all of this is on display in her recent webtoon comic, "Rockababy" and fancomics "Camp Counselor Jason". Janie loves Egyptian mythology, horror/action adventure/sci-fi movies, and a bit of a history buff.

Javeria Khoso is an illustrator and comics artist from Karachi, Pakistan. She enjoys creating work themed around fantasy and magic. Her assistant is a little white cat named Marco. She has a Bachelors in Graphic Design from the Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture.

Jay is a freelance illustrator currently working in the U.S. She loves drawing people, reading YA books, everything fantasy, and drinking copious amounts of caffeine. She has done work for publishers such as Penguin Random House and HarperCollins, as well as TIME, Scientific American, The Boston Globe, among others. When not drawing, she’s spending time with her family and her two pets, Odin the Rottweiler and Hades the grumpy old cat.

Jayme Brodie is a Maryland based illustrator and cartoonist creating cute and colorful works to make you smile. She is passionate about nature, animals, baking, and hiking. She enjoys creating art that promotes silliness and kindness.

Jazz Groden-Gilchrist is a Canadian comic artist with a BFA in Illustration from Emily Carr University. Growing up as an adopted kid and only black person in his family, identity was more of a struggle for him than he realized, but he found he was able to express this through the safe distance of storytelling. He enjoys creating diverse fantasy settings that explore identity, complex familial relations, and responsibility. His other passions include D&D, Ultimate Frisbee (briefly a professional athlete), and engineering casual conversations to be verbal Rube Golbergs that culminate in bland puns.

Jemely and Jeremy Jayme are twins of the fraternal variety, but that doesn't stop them from living identical lives. Shamelessly obsessed with movies since childhood, they produced and directed their own film right out of college. This helped them realize that their true passion was not necessarily for one medium, but for the craft of storytelling in all its forms. Since then, they’ve honed their skills in illustration—a skill they believe is a universal language—so that they can better connect people through stories. Medusa is their first leap into the world of graphic novels.As freelance artists they’ve been featured in pop culture galleries and have been guests at many comic conventions throughout the US and Canada, and as writers and directors they produced an independent film. Their ambition is to become two of the greatest storytellers of all time and create stories in as many media as possible. They are currently hiding out in Arizona, plotting their next (several) stories including their first graphic novel: Medusa!

Jess Fleming is an illustrator and cartoonist currently working in the Greater Boston area. They graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2016 with a BFA in Illustration, and they love all things silly and slice of life. In their spare time they enjoy making playlists, drinking milk tea, and collecting blind boxes.

Jess is a Milwaukee based professional colorist and illustrator whose work feels like a breath of fresh air and puts a smile on your face. She’s been drawing for as long as she can remember and has always had a deep love for comics and story telling. She wants to share stories full of love, heart, and representation because everyone deserves to see themselves in the media they consume. When not working, she’s busy pampering her two cats, baking, and crafting herself into a tizzy.

Jessica Ricole is an author/illustrator living in Ellicott City, Maryland. After reading Inkheart when she was 9, she knew she wanted to create rich fantastical worlds and stories like those in Inkworld. Taking inspiration from Japanese anime and manga, she strives to create all things magical, whimsical, and charming. When she's not jotting down ideas and sketching memorable characters, she's got her head stuck in a video game, a K-drama, or a good book.

Jim Kettner, but call him Kett, is a cartoonist, illustrator, podcaster, and part time comics professor. He grew up in Westchester, New York (home of the X-Men!) but sadly failed to develop any mutant powers. He studied Illustration and Cartooning at the School of Visual Arts in NYC, and after years of punk rock adventures in Brooklyn and Philly, relocated to the west coast where he received my MFA in Writing from California College of the Arts in 2013. His work has appeared in print and on the web in places like Razorcake, SF Weekly, Maximum Rock N' Roll, Travel Portland, and the As You Were punk comix anthology. His first full length graphic novel collaboration with writer Lacy Davis, Ink In Water debuted October of 2017 from New Harbinger Publications.

Josh Ulrich has been creating comics from Jacksonville Florida, since 2007. His passion for storytelling began in high school and developed into a love for making graphic novels in college. Josh's publishing credits include his graphic novel series Jackie Rose and Newman which have both been published by NAVER Webtoon. His work is usually geared towards adventure and horror, driven by funny and lovable characters. Apart from comics, Josh loves fishing, kayaking, horror movies, and painting miniature, fantasy, army men (and women… and monsters).

Joshua M. Herron is a storyboard artist from Texas with a lifelong love of comics and visual storytelling. This love has led him to his current position as a storyboard artist for Fox's Bob's Burgers. He has been working in the animation industry for the last 10 years during which he has worked on shows for Adult Swim, MTV and Comedy Central. He has been making comics about young heroes with deeply-rooted friendships and a passion for adventure for years now and doesn't plan on stopping anytime soon. In his spare time, he teaches his new baby daughter lyrics to all the Weird Al songs.

Judit Mallol is an author and artist living in Barcelona. She's been drawing since she was able to pick up a pencil and hasn't stopped since.

Kane Lynch is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Portland, OR. In addition to writing and drawing graphic novels for all ages, Kane's non-fiction and educational comics and illustrations have appeared on The Nib, Slate, and Psychology Today, as well as in the graphic novel Guantanamo Voices (Abrams Books, 2020). A graduate of the Center for Cartoon Studies, Kane teaches cartooning to young artists at schools, libraries, and comic cons across the country, develops cartooning curriculum, and teaches adults in CCS's summer comics program.

Kate McMillan is a writer and artist based in Los Angeles, CA, currently working as a visual development artist in animation. Kate has worked on environment designs for TV shows including Madagascar: A Little Wild, Abominable and the Invisible City, and Croods: Family Tree. She has a BA in Architecture from Yale University and a background in traditional woodworking. In her work, she loves exploring themes of identity and mental health, and enjoys designing fantastical worlds rooted in logic. When she's not writing or drawing, she can be found building furniture, watching videos of pastry chefs cutting into cakes, and starring into coffee shops on Google maps.

Kevin Hong is an illustrator based in New York, working in editorial and visual development. With a passion for animation and comics, he pursued a cartooning and illustration degree at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, graduating in 2015. His clients include Tor, Entertainment Weekly, Bloomberg Businessweek, Wired, and Marvel, and he has worked as a background artist on shows for Titmouse and Cartoon Network.

Kira Brown is a story artist based in Los Angeles California. She started her career in storytelling from her love of anime and manga. After years of being a caricature artist and visual developer, Kira's love of visual storytelling expanded her career to storyboarding for television. She's boarded on prime time shows such as Central Park and Bob's Burgers, and is expanding her medium into comic illustration. She is drawn to telling stories of high action and fantasy as a vehicle to look into self identity, interpersonal relationships and institutions. Much like the mediums that inspired her to create.

Hailing from Hawaiʻi, Kody Okamoto is a genderqueer Japanese-American illustrator and comic artist now living in the Pacific Northwest. They love using color, lighting, and camera angles to create cinematic moments in comic art. Their work has been published with Image, IDW Publishing, Skybound Entertainment, and has appeared on broadcast television on the pro-wrestling program AEW. When creating and drawing stories, Kody pulls inspiration from their lifelong love of manga, photography, superhero comics, and the stranglehold post-punk revival music had on them as they came of age in the early aughts.

Kyla Aiko is an award-nominated cartoonist and editor who's always looking for good soup noodle recommendations (the spicier the better).She's currently working on Foxlight, her debut middle grade graphic novel about a lost fox spirit and the noodle maker who helps him find his way home.

Leav Café is the pseudonym used by Colombian Artist, Luis Avila to showcase his work.

Drawing from a very young age, his passion for illustration and storytelling led him to pursue a career in Buenos Aires as an illustrator / comic book artist and currently works as an freelance illustrator.

Lennon "Sweets" Mancini is a trans comic artist living in Montreal. After coming out in 2019, he started a webcomic as a way to document and process his transition in real time. He is currently working on a long form autobio comic about transitioning during a pandemic with themes of found family and self acceptance. When he's not making comics, he's busy working as a tattoo artist and learning how to be a metalsmith.

Lily Allen is a West Indian-American illustrator, color designer, and classical vocalist who hails from the DMV area. She loves to draw characters of color with vibrant hues, and to explore themes of black intersectionality and heritage within her work. Her hobbies apart from drawing include reading, studying comics theory, and cramming lyrics for voice competitions. She attends a historically black university in Maryland, and is in the process of completing a BFA in Digital Media Arts, and minor in Voice Performance.

Liz Dantzler is an Afro-Latine illustrator, designer and storyteller born and raised in Brooklyn. Liz has several years of experience along with gaining their Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications Design with a focus in illustration. Works from Liz can be seen in various facets such as typography, game assets, comics, and educational media. Liz loves to create stories and art that depict the world they live in and their personal experiences. Alongside Liz's vast experience in visual arts, they are also in the development phase of their upcoming webcomic titled 'Bread Pudding'. As well as running their own merchandising store which you can find online and in person at events. When not drawing, Liz enjoys a good bubble tea, playing rhythm games, and babying their heart-breakingly small cat Lukas.

Liza Singer is a non-binary Director/Story Artist/Writer for animation. Liza has spent many years not just developing and creating stories for both new and old forms of media centering narrative around found family and identity, but as part of their academic career studied the sociological and cultural impacts of narrative media on the world and is heavily passionate about using storytelling as a platform for empathy education. When they're not creating stories, they're often consuming them - whether it is in the form of an old video game, cuddling up with a graphic novel or working on art while watching a serialized television show. Their film and TV credits include: High in the Clouds, Harley Quinn, DC Superhero Girls and Disenchantment. They have a BA and Masters from NYU.

Lorian Merriman is an Austin-based cartoonist and web designer currently creating the sci-fi webcomic The Otherknown as well as Maelstrom: A Prince of Evil, their first graphic novel with Henry Holt Books for Young Readers. Finding visual storytelling to be the most natural mode of expression, they like to explore queer themes of found family and self-acceptance, particularly within the backdrop of the fantastic.

Maddi Gonzalez is a cartoonist from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, but now she lives in the midwest United States somewhere. Her work in comics and illustration has a strong focus on humor and horror, with exciting composition and robust expressiveness. Recently, her first two graphic novels were published. Both for an all-ages audience, Tiffany’s Griffon (written by Magnolia Porter-Siddell) is a fantasy adventure comic and Goosebumps Graphix: The Haunted Mask is horror. Maddi also works in toy design,

Maddie Sackett is a Brooklyn based cartoonist with a passion for stories revolving around femininity, found family, mental health, and finding grace through grief and loss.

Marlowe Lune is a New England-based illustrator and a lover of fairy tales and folk stories. They make historical fantasy work which centers queer and trans perspectives and desires. They’ve created book covers for clients including Harper Collins and MacMillan, and are currently working on their own debut graphic novel. When they aren't illustrating, they're sewing the historically inspired fantasy wardrobe of their dreams, antiquing for fancy knickknacks, reading queer historical fiction, or perhaps just binge watching Black Sails again.

Mathew New is a cartoonist and illustrator currently living in Washington DC. They graduated from The Center for Cartoon Studies in 2014 and their first all-ages graphic novel, Billy Johnson and His Duck are Explorers, was released in 2020 with Capstone Publishing. Besides their love of kids comics, Mathew is also an art model, which influences their non-fiction comics work on body image and issues.

Munette is a Filipino illustrator whose art is greatly inspired by manga and anime. She previously worked as a visualizer at an advertising agency and later pursued most of her career as an exhibitor artist in anime/comic conventions locally and internationally. Her art often portrays characters in a slice-of-life/contemporary setting. She's also greatly influenced by decorative, textile and ornamental art to invoke beauty and emotion of the characters she want to portray.

NJ Barna has wanted to make stories and comics for as long as she can remember. She got her BFA in Illustration from East Carolina University and has since been chipping away at making the various comics that live in her brain into reality. She likes thinking too hard about villains and drawing mean ladies.

ONeillJones is a comic book artist and illustrator based in Texas. She has drawn for publishers and brands such as DC, HarperCollins, IDW, Jordan Brand, Marvel, and Simon & Schuster. When she’s not busy living out her wildest childhood dreams, she’s probably wrangling kids or playing video games with the love of her life.

Olivia Stephens is a graphic novelist and illustrator from the Pacific Northwest. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2017. Her stories often weave supernatural elements alongside the mundane. Her debut middle-grade graphic novel, Artie and the Wolf Moon, will be published by Lerner/Graphic Universe in 2021. Olivia has previously illustrated for The New York Times, The Guardian (US), and FIYAH Literary Magazine. When not drawing, she enjoys eating spicy foods and losing her voice at rock concerts.

Pina Varnel is a Visual Development Artist and comics creator from Germany. She is currently working on her webcomic (ADHD Alien) about her experiences with having ADHD.

Rachel Dukes works as a cartoonist and illustrator, and is the creator of the cat-centric webcomic Frankie Comics. (Collected as a full colour book by Oni Press in 2020.) Rachel is also the co-creator of the comic series The Wizerd with Michael Sweater (Oni Press, 2020).

Rachel Green is a Los Angeles-based storyboard artist and illustrator working in animation. She earned her BFA in animation at the Columbus College of Art and Design in 2018. Her shared love for writing and illustrating led her to become a storyboard artist, and now into the literary world! She loves fantastical settings as a backdrop to deeper, personal character stories, and fun, comedic books for kids. Some of her TV credits include work for Disney Jr, Apple TV, and Netflix. When she's not drawing, she enjoys writing, playing video games, staring at cat photos, and trying new recipes (making up for lost childhood picky eater time!).

Raven Warner is a Baltimore based illustrator and cartoonist whose past work includes inking & toning for comics and graphic novels, as well as illustrations for several tabletop role-playing games such as Good Society: a Jane Austen RPG, Girl by Moonlight, and more. After growing up on a steady diet of manga and fantasy novels, Raven enjoys telling stories about finding your place in the world, the people you love, and swords.

Rob is an Armenian-American illustrator based in Cambridge, MA workin on his first full-length graphic novel Fustuk. He's a huge manga nerd and is especially passionate about comics as a storytelling medium. A primary goal of his work is to celebrate the diversity and cultural excellence of the Middle East and to portray it as something other than tragic and war-torn.

Sage Cotugno is a director, writer, and storyboard artist working in animation. They graduated from Calarts in 2012 with a BFA in Character Animation and spent a semester abroad at Gobelins, L'Ecole de L'Image. In addition to creating The Glass Scientists, they have worked on Gravity Falls, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, and The Owl House. They live in Los Angeles and are, at any given moment, thinking about learning Japanese. For real, this time.

Samantha Benc is a queer comic maker and illustrator living in Philadelphia. She grows plants in her apartment, raises shrimp in a tank and loves physical things. Her focus and passion is on making comics, something she's been doing since she was very young and all through college where she did hand stapled zines and small runs of comics. She's working on her debut long form graphic novel right now while she continues to explore smaller projects and opportunities. Recently in her work she's been pursing themes related to our environment and relationship to it, as well as the commodification of that connection. Comics can be a space to explore some of the darker fears and anxieties of our world, and she tries and ground her work in realism while balancing cynicism with needed aspects of hopefulness and joy. She loves science fiction and surrealism especially and loves to both read and make work that examines personification and consciousness. She graduated from Art Institute of Boston in 2013 with a degree in Sequential Art and Illustration.

Sam Soto is a latino Comic Artist based in the Pacific Northwest. His work is heavily influenced by his lifelong love of anime, manga, and fantasy novels. In 2019 he graduated with an MFA in Comics from the California College of the Arts. He's recently been published in SaturdayAM, a digital monthly manga anthology that focuses on showcasing diverse creators. Currently he's working on his first Graphic Novel with his brother Lucas. When he's not drawing he enjoys cooking, playing video games with his brother, and spending time with his girlfriend and their black cat Nyx.

Sarah Bollinger is a comic artist and illustrator who moves too much to say where she currently resides with any confidence. Sarah started making comics during her time as a student at The College for Creative Studies in Detroit, co-creating the self-published fantasy comic, Knight & Beard, and the Webtoon featured slice-of-life series, Girls Have A Blog. In addition to writing and drawing, Sarah spends her time questing for new coffee flavors and watching her growing family with wonder. She also likes dogs. Watch out for dogs in her future work.

Shadia Amin is a Colombian Comic Artist and Illustrator. She enjoys drawing fantasy, action, and the little joys in life, focusing on emotional and dynamic art. She has a Bachelors and Masters Degree at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Shan Bennion (they/them) is a queer freelance illustrator and graphic novelist. They love exploring fantasy/sci-fi, monsters, and figuring out just how gay they can make a narrative. Known for vibrant colour and texture, they incorporate dramatic lighting into their pieces and take pride in representing face bodies and aesthetics of all kinds in their art. Their work varies, enjoying a bit of everything from colourist to graphic novelist to being the Art Lead for the Confluence TTRPG. Their art has also been featured in the highly praised Alley-man’s Tarot, The Literary Tarot and The Adventure Zone’s Crystal Kingdom.

Sophie Feher is a story artist graduating SCAD in June 2022. She is from Charlotte, North Carolina and works in both animation and sequential art. In directing "Piece of Cake," her senior thesis about lesbian cake toppers, Sophie has always pushed for more representation in her projects. She has a passion for storytelling through art and works to create LGBT characters that everyone can relate to.

Stacey Chomiak (she/her) is an artist, author and LGBTQ+ speaker. She designs art for the animation industry, but her passion is illustrating and writing kids books that represent the queer community. Her illustrated memoir STILL STACE: MY GAY CHRISTIAN COMING-OF-AGE STORY published in 2021. Stacey also illustrated WHO YOU WILL BE, publishing 2024 by Penguin Kids, and RAINBOW BOY AND THE PRIDE PARADE publishing 2025 by Beaming Books. Stacey loves to dance with her two kids, and paint anything that inspires her.

Tasha Mukanik is a Canadian artist known for the webcomics The Sanity Circus, and Paint The Town Red. After drawing characters and writing stories all her life, it was only fitting she eventually found her passion for comics. She has a keen interest in drawing fun characters with big expressions, as well as a fascination with birds, nature, and prehistoric life. Originally from Alberta, she now lives in Montreal with her partner.

Tracy MacLauchlan is a passionate creator, animator, and illustrator with a love for story and characters. She produces award-winning animations and illustrations for clients such as Hallmark Cards, LEGO, and Amazon Publishing from her home office in Connecticut. She is able to adapt stylistically per project, and enjoys working on lively, humorous, emotional pieces. Her comic project, Gemini Journey, combines her interests in fantasy, girl power, and cartoons.

Umair Najeeb Khan is an illustrator, comic artist, and writer from Pakistan. He enjoys creating scenes that evoke emotions, exploration of cultures, and slice-of-life. His favorite projects to work on involve stories around family, fantastical settings, or superheroes.Umair has illustrated for Bloomsbury, Kids Bolo, PUBG, Killtopia, RestofWorld, BBC, and UNICEF. Beyond writing and illustrating, he also enjoys Jenga, interior design, and experimenting with his (slowly developing) culinary skills.

Veronica V. Jones is an illustrator and comic artist based in Northern Virginia. After years creating artwork for tabletop games, she began illustrating for children's books. She's worked on covers for several MG novels and illustrated the picture books MOONLIGHT CRAB COUNT, THE LIZARD LADY and BABY BEAR'S ADOPTION from Arbordale Publishing. Veronica also recently published MARCH WITH MARSHA with writer Katie Hall after a successful Kickstarter campaign. Currently she is working on her first graphic novel, OPERATION:ESCAPE VELOCITY which combines her deep nerd interests in engineering, space, and aliens.

Victoria Ying is an author and artist living in Los Angeles. She started her career in the arts by falling in love with comic books, this eventually turned into a career working in animation and graphic novels. She loves Japanese Curry, putting things in her shopping cart online and taking them out again and hanging out with her dopey dog. Her film credits include Tangled, Wreck it Ralph, Frozen, Paperman, Big Hero 6, and Moana. Her upcoming projects include illustrating the DC Comic book, Diana Princess of the Amazons and her authored graphic novels City of Secrets (Viking Children's) and Hungry Ghost (First Second).

Weinye Chen hails from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and was born with the love of drawing. She drew on everything she could get her hands on, from the walls at home to her text books in school (sorry, mom!). She started out in graphic design. After several years in the industry, she decided to return to her initial passion in illustration. She graduated from the Academy of Arts University, San Francisco in 2015 with a BFA in Illustration, focusing on comic art, graphic novel and childrens’ books. She is the proud creator behind the slice-of-life webcomic series, “It’s Weinye”, which has now garnered over 230, 000+ followers across various social media platforms. Besides drawing, Weinye enjoys collecting children’s picture books, watching animated movies, and has successfully finished every bag of potato chips she has ever lay her hands on! She currently resides in Malaysia, as a full-time illustrator.

Wes Molebash is a cartoonist in Southern Ohio. He's the author of several popular webcomics including "You'll Have That" and "MOLEBASHED." In addition to his webcomic work, he's provided freelance illustration work for clients like Target, The Ohio State University, and PBS Kids. When he's not drawing comics, he's hanging out with his wife and kids or playing video games or eating unhealthy foods.

William Austin is a Korean American Artist located in Nashville. He specializes in Animation and Illustration particularly in background development. When he's not working on concept art for his Graphic novel he is working on VR art in Quill. In the evenings he enjoyes teaching his wife how to cook Korean dishes and struggling with his horrible addiction to coffee.

Winter Jay Kiakas is a storyteller based in Montréal creating tales in as many mediums and genres they can get their hands into, including (but not limited to) comics, prose and poetry. They currently run a small collective with their partner in Montreal, Canada where they produce a variety of queer tales. They are best known for their work on Myth Retold, Prism Knights and Paint The Town Red.

Yaoyao Ma Van As is a painter/illustrator currently living in Los Angeles where she is an art director for animated tv shows. She has worked at various animation studios, including Disney TV Animation and Warner Brothers Animation, and on the TV show Rick and Morty. She has produced book covers for HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Penguin Random House. She enjoys creating little stories with each of her paintings, especially the ones with her dog Parker in them.