Warren Ellis is a comics and graphic novel writer best known for the graphic novel series Transmetropolitan, The Authority and Planetary.

With over 35 graphic novels in print, Ellis has received numerous accolades, including winner of the International Horror Guild award for graphic narrative and being named one of Entertainment Weekly's 100 Most Creative People.

Rolling Stone described his work as "more influenced by Jesus and Mary Chain than by the Justice League, while his characters fight for left-wing agendas over God and country, and kick puppies in the street."

Mark Waid, Alabama native and current Los Angeles resident, has written stories for every major comic book publisher, and his seminal graphic novel, Kingdom Come, for DC Comics, is one of the best-selling graphic novels of all time..

For BOOM! Studios, he has written bestselling graphic novels Potter's Field, Incorruptible and the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated Irredeemable. Peter Krause is an American comic book artist.

He is best known for his work on various DC Comics titles, most notably the Superman-related titles and The Power of Shazam! with Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family. Krause, a graduate of the University of Minnesota, currently works as a freelance illustrator in Minnesota.