Jay Stephens
Canadian cartoonist Jay Stephens is best known for his Emmy Award winning cartoon creation, ?Tutenstein,? seen on NBC Saturday mornings, and the Annie nominated ?Jetcat? shorts from Nickelodeon?s ?KaBlam!? He?s spent a dozen years writing and drawing comic books and strips for a variety of publications, including his own ?Jetcat Clubhouse, The Land of Nod, and Atomic City Tales.? Jays? full color, weekly comic strip ?Welcome to?Oddville? can be seen Thursdays in the ?Toronto Star?s? Brand New Planet section.
Peter Bagge
Peter Bagge grew up in Peekskill, New York. From 1985-1989, Bagge started his own comic book, ?Neat Stuff,? for Fantagraphics Books, producing 15 issues. In 1990, ?Neat Stuff? evolved into a new title, ?Hate,? which exclusively followed the foibles of the semi-autobiographical Buddy Bradley. ?Hate? became the voice of the twenty-nothing slackers as well as being hailed by critics for its brilliant characterization in its complete chronicle of the 1990s. ?Hate? continues to appear in print, albeit less frequently, under the title ?Hate Annual.? Bagge?s distinctive in-your-face illustration style has also appeared on many record and CD covers, and his comics have been featured in political and social commentary magazines like ?Reason? and the website ?Suck.com.? Other comic work includes writing an all-ages comic book for DC called ?Yeah!? (drawn by Gilbert Hernandez), and more recently ?Sweatshop,? also for DC, which satirizes the comics industry. He also writes and draws a weekly comic strip about ?Bat Boy? for The Weekly World News. Peter Bagge currently lives in Seattle with his wife Joanne and daughter Hannah.
Evan Dorkin
Evan Dorkin is the Harvey, Eisner and Ignatz-award winning creator of ?Milk and Cheese,? ?Dork,? and ?Hectic Planet,? published by Slave Labor Graphics. He?s also put in time at Marvel, Dark Horse and DC, among other comics publishers. His cartooning has also appeared in Esquire, Spin, The Onion, Mad, Disney Adventures, Penthouse Hot Talk and Nickelodeon magazine. Along with Sarah Dyer, he?s written for ?Space Ghost Coast to Coast,? ?Superman,? and the ?Batman Beyond? animated series. He was the creator, writer, designer and executive producer of ?Welcome to Eltingville,? which aired on the Cartoon Network?s Adult Swim. He is currently working on another pilot for the Swim.
