Born and raised in Birmingham, England, Ben McCool was a long time fan of US comics. He first began to work with comics when he was employed by Nostalgia and

Comics in his home town. There he met and became good friends with the Hitman artist John McCrea and began to learn more about the art of writing comics. Since then McCool has moved to New York City.

True Patriot is an amazing anthology, visit kitkcster.com to donate!

From Hope: I'm Hope Nicholson and my partner is Rachel Richey. We are long-time comic fans and academics currently based out of Toronto, Canada.

We are the holders of the exclusive rights to reprint Nelvana of the Northern Lights.

Both Rachel and I are passionate fans of the Canadian Golden Age of comics, and have been for years. We're thrilled that we finally have the opportunity to share this passion with you.

Rachel expresses this through her blog Comic Syrup, and I am a producer on the documentary Lost Heroes, about Canadian comic superheroes.

We organize and host comic events in Toronto and are proud to support established and up-and-coming local talent.

J. Torres won the Shuster Award for Outstanding Writer for his work on Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Love as a Foreign Language and Teen Titans Go. He is also the writer of the Eisner Award nominated Alison Dare and the YALSA listed Days Like This and Lola: A Ghost Story.

Other comic book credits include Avatar: The Last Airbender, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century, Ninja Scroll, Wonder Girl, Wonder Woman, and WALL-E: Recharge.

Scott Nihill (Producer/Writer) has worked in film, TV and gaming for ten years, he has a background as a fine art illustrator, made a popular series of docs on artists and an interactive doc he directed was nominated for a Webbie Award (flubandutter.nfb.ca). Learn more via scottnihill.com.

Riley Adams (Editor) is a TV, film and game writer who I brought in to help me construct a character-centric journey. He's worked on the CBS/CTV hit Flashpoint, and Warner Bros' next big budget console game, Mad Max.

From Keiths website kgrachow.com: An artist since a wee lad, I have been involved with graphic arts and illustration to some degree all my life. When I was 5, my father started an advertising agency which introduced me to the world of graphics. This interest would continue into college where I earned a BFA with a focus in graphic design. All throughout college and for the next few years after, I took on various graphic and illustrative jobs, even doing the concept design for a sci-fi based dance club and bar. In the early 2000's I began working my first career job, as the in-house artist for a toy company. Play Along Toys, the creator of the Britney Spears doll and licensed toys such as Care Bears, was where I really cut my teeth and learned how to be a professional.

Shane is awesome. I met him years ago when we started working on Mike Gorbsmith together. I need to get working on that comic again, but haven't touched it in years. David I've met at a few shows and he's super good dude. Very genuine and one of those guys who just does this stuff out of love. You gotta love a dude like him.

I met Mr Marshall at C2E2 this years and he was a really awesome guy. He edits an entire slew of comics for Dark Horse. We had a really cool discussion about how much videogames have changed over the past few years and also about how patterns of storytelling are so engrained in our minds. I have to say, for me this was a real treat, and did I mention that he edits Conan. Yeah. He edits Conan. By Crom!

Kurtis Wiebe is a Vancouver, Canada based author who's been established in the world of comic writing since 2009. For his contribution to the critically acclaimed Green Wake, Kurtis was presented with the Outstanding Comic Book Writer Shuster Award.

Never satisfied with a specific style of writing, Kurtis has branched out to novels, videogames and screenplays. He spends his days at home, writing about the mad things that float around his brain, and occasionally escapes to various cities around North America to promote his projects.

Ed Brisson first became involved in comic creation in the early 1990s. He mostly works as a freelance letterer, and has worked for such companies as Image, ShadowLine, and Blackline Studios, among others. In 2005 he started New Reliable Press, a small publishing company that released eight books, including True Loves and You Ain't No Dancer, before officially ceasing publishing in May of 2011. In 2010, he wrote and self-published Murder Book Volume 1, which featured artwork by Simon Roy. Also in 2010, he wrote the story The Orchard, which was included in the crime anthology Acts of Violence. In 2011 he released Murder Book Volume 2, which featured art by Vic Malhotra and Michael Walsh. In 2012 he released the third volume of Murder Book; as well, he and Walsh began work on a comic book series called Come Back, published by Image in November of 2012. He is currently working on a short horror anthology similar to the Murder Book series.