Comics Manifest

Johnny Ryan is a cartoonist and illustrator. His work has been featured in publications including MAD, Vice, Nickelodeon Magazine, and LA Weekly. he is the creator of Angry Youth Comix, the comic strip Blecky Yuckerella, and the award-winning comic series Prison Pit. He is also the co-creator of the Nickelodeon hit series Pig Goat Banana Cricket.

JP Ahonen is a cartoonist and illustrator. His work is featured in the pages of the Flight Anthologies, he is the author of the weekly comic strip Northern Overexposure, and the creator of the graphic novel Sing No Evil.

Lucy Bellwood is a cartoonist and illustrator, her work is featured in Symbolia Magazine, The Nib, and Cartozia Tales, and she is the creator of the adventurous autobiographical comic, Baggywrinkles.

Tom Nguyen is an author, visual artist, and photographer who started his freelance career at the age of 19, he has worked on titles including, Batman, Green Lantern, JLA, and Superman: The Man of Steel. He's the creator of two instructional books for creating comics, the co-creator of the successfully kickstarted hit comic, the switch, and in his spare time, teaches art via his online workshop Art Samurai!

Megan Nicole Dong is a storyboard artist, director, and cartoonist. She has worked on projects such as How to Train Your Dragon 2, she is a director and storyboard artist at Nickelodeon Animation, and the creator of the amazing webcomic About Merpeople and the sketch blog Sketchshark!

David Brothers is the brand manager of Image Comics, the editor of Greg Rucka and Michael Larks Lazarus, the host of The I Word: The Official Image Comics Podcast, and a Driving Force for the Creators for Creators program.

Chris Schweizer is an author and cartoonist. He is the writer of Tricky Tales, a pick-your-ending series for early readers, the creator of the horror series The Creeps, and the creator of the two-time Eisner award nominated series, The Crogan Adventures.

Farel Dalrymple is an award-winning cartoonist who has published work through Marvel, DC, Darkhorse, and Image comics. He is the co-founder of the comics anthology, Meathaus, the artist on the graphic novel's Palefire and Omega: The Unknown, and the creator of the graphic novels The Wrenchies, It Will All Hurt, Delusional, and Pop Gun War.

Rebecca Mock is an illustrator and comic book artist. With clients that include The NY Times, Nordstroms, and Rockstar Games, she is a co-organizer of the Hana Doki Kira Anthology and the artist of the graphic novel Compass South.

Tony Cliff is an Illustrator, animator, cartoonist, and the creator of the Delilah Dirk graphic novel series.