Skottie Young has worked in both comics and animation for Warner Bros., Universal, Spike TV, Mattel, Fisher Price, Marvel, Dark Horse, Image and more. His distinctively stylized artwork graced runs on Human Torch, Venom, Spider-Man- Legend of the Spider-Clan and a revamp of New Warriors. He also drew the X-Men/Runaways team-up for Free Comic Book Day 2006 and a run of New X-Men.

Young won acclaim from fans and critics alike with Marvel's series of New York Times-bestselling and Eisner Award-winning adaptations of L. Frank Baum's Oz novels with writer Eric Shanower. His Young Marvel variant covers became a sensation, leading to their own Secret Wars limited series, Giant-Size Little Marvel- AVX. Also a flourishing writer, Young brought his flair for madcap antics delivered in his trademark kinetic style to Marvel's Rocket Raccoon and Deadpool, as well as acclaimed creator-owned series I Hate Fairyland, Middlewest and The Me You Love In The Dark. He lives in Kansas with his wife, two sons, and two dogs.

Brett Bean is an author-illustrator-teacher who works in comics, film, TV, video games, and board games. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their rambunctious children.

He has worked with Disney, Dreamworks, Riot Games, Activision, Jim Henson's Creature shop, Marvel, Ravensburger, Nickelodeon, and Scholastic, and has taught at Gnomon School of Visual FX, LAAFA, and CGMA. He also hosts workshops around the world.