Tom Waltz is a former active duty U.S. Marine, Desert Storm vet, and former California National Guard Military Policeman. He is an editor for IDW Publishing and the writer of critically-acclaimed comics and graphic novels, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; The Last Fall; Finding Peace (with Nathan St John); the Silent Hill books Sinner's Reward, Past Life, and Anne's Story; and others. He has also written for video games, including Silent Hill- Downpour, Ghostbusters- Sanctum of Slime, and the TMNT games Brothers Unite and Mutants in Manhattan. He lives in San Diego with his wife and two children.

Kevin Eastman is the co-creator, with Peter Laird, of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a pop-culture juggernaut that appeared in 1984 and has since spawned four animated television series, six feature films, countless toys, and numerous comic-book series, the most recent of which is published by IDW and is the longest-running to date. Kevin lives in San Diego with his wife and son.