Dont Try: Make It Happen

Tim Larsen is a big fan of the old school 1970s Underground Comix movement from the early 1970s. His heroes include R. Crumb, Spain, Bill Griffith, Robert Williams and R. Rand Holmes. Tim relocated to San Francisco from his native Minneapolis in 1992 to soak up whatever vestiges of that underground vibe still remained. Tim's known for his phenomenal work on the grisly hard-core biker comic book series Mayfield Eight, now into its 2nd year with hundreds of fans.

Author, comic writer, filmmaker, podcaster, wrestler, J.D. Oliva has worn a lot of hats. His books include Hawk Hallow, Harvest Moon and the supernatural thriller series, The Books of Jericho. His comics, including Delgue, Red Sunrise and Shunned have won multiple awards. A co-host of the Superhero Speak podcast series, he's also writes about professional wrestling in his free time.

Matt and Noah are the host of the constructing comics podcast. Noah is an artist drawing the comics “RX-Tinction”, “Life Cycle”, “Where 4 R U?”, “Orryx”, and the upcoming “Dino-Thrashers” from Ageless Press. Matt is writer, publisher, and podcaster. His comics include “Digital Forever”, “Multi-Larceny” and “The Reset”, mini-comics include "RX-Tinction”, “Life Cycle” and “Orryx”. Matt has contributed stories to the anthologies “Why Faith”, “My Kingdom for a Panel”, “Homebound” and “Cthulhu is Hard to Spell”. Matt also has a short story in about the Blue Dog of Port Tobacco, Maryland- in Tales of the Weird and Strange.

Frank Martin is a comic writer and author. Since his writing career began he's had multiple short stories published in horror anthologies by numerous indie publications. Frank has also had comic shorts appear in the "fluff noir" anthology series Torsobear and the all-ages horror anthology Cthulhu is Hard to Spell. Frank also wrote and produced the comic anthology series Modern Testament, which featured a wide ensemble of artists throughout its four volumes. Frank's novels include the YA sci-fi thriller Predestiny published by Crossroads Press, the lake monster tale Oscawana published by Severed Press, among others.

A former crime reporter turned comic book professional, David Pepose is the Ringo Award-nominated writer of Spencer & Locke, Going to the Chapel, The O.Z., and Scout's Honor. Beyond developing stories for comics, television and film, David has worked for CBS, Netflix, DC Comics and Universal Studios. A St. Louis native, David now lives in sunny Los Angeles with his understanding partner, their rambunctious terrier, and at least six deadlines.

Wes is an award winning comic book colorist, and a small press comic book creator and editor and creator of the Sasquanaut comic. He has spent the last 15+ years working with the biggest and best talent at Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Aspen, Dynamite, etc. and has had his work featured in TV, film, and video games. Some of his previous creations and credits include Moon Streak, Sky Sharks, Gears & Bones, Pirates vs. Ninjas, and more.

Andrew Dorland has recently returned to Canada after working as a storyboard artist in Ireland and joined the RAID Studio in Toronto. His travels around the Island have inspired a large bulk of this story and he hopes you enjoy it. His comic credits include South of Yonder for Markosia, and his creator owned comic Scarabs.

Sam Noir's credits include Captain Canuck covers for Chapterhouse Comics, Cerebus Low Society, Monstrosity for Alterna, and the popular web comic Fan Fiction. He's co-created kids comics such as Sunny and Owl Girl, Clanky, and Kung Fu Santa. Sam is also a writer/editor/publisher for the Joe Shuster Award nominated Caulrdon Magazine, a large format comics anthology of Supernatural Tales

Steve is a comic artist, writer and illustrator. He's developed stories and artwork for comic book companies like Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics, I’ve developed artwork and designs for Wizards of the Coast, Blizzard Entertainment as well as cowritten and illustrated exclusive comic books for television shows with AMC TV on projects like Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul and others. Steve has had two award winning hit series of graphic novels: High Moon and The Only Living Boy and am currently working on a follow up series The Only Living Girl. Steve taught at Syracuse University for over ten years in the illustration department, teaching comics, digital painting and advanced drawing for illustrators.

Mike Shea is the writer and co-creator of Miskatonic High, an indie comic series about teenagers taking on Lovecraft monsters and their small-town high school...they’re just not sure which is worse. When he’s not writing about people going insane dealing with cosmic horrors, he’s slowly going insane himself balancing an editorial day job and COVID educating two kids.

James is the creator of House of Fear, the comic series that introduces young readers to the thrills of scary stories. As a writer and editor, his work has appeared in comics published by Dark Horse, Image Comics, Random House, and others.

James is passionate about sharing the joys of creativity with kids, and can often be found volunteering in classrooms or working with writers to find their voice.