Mark Waid, Alabama native and current Los Angeleno, has written stories for every major comics publisher, including well-loved stints on DC Comics' THE FLASH and Marvel Comics' CAPTAIN AMERICA and FANTASTIC FOUR. Waid and Alex Ross' seminal graphic novel, KINGDOM COME, is one of the best-selling graphic novels of all time.

A graphic designer since the age of 20, Toronto native Marcio Takara has always wanted to work in comics, and finally broke on the scene with Marvel and SPIDER-MAN/FANTASTIC FOUR. Since then he has illustrated DYNAMO 5 for Image, and THE INCREDIBLES for BOOM! Studios.