Machine Of Death (54 page)

Roger Langridge is currently the cartoonist behind the Eisner- and Harvey-nominated
Muppet Show Comic Book
and writer of Marvel’s all-ages superhero book,
Thor: The Mighty Avenger
, putting in occasional bursts of activity on a web strip, “Mugwhump the Great”, whenever he gets a spare moment. His past credits include his multi-award-nominated self-published comic,
Fred the Clown
, and being co-writer and artist of Marvel’s
Fin Fang Four.

K M Lawrence may be writing in Ireland, or may be writing in England. Either way, he can be contacted at [
kludgeco.com
].

David Malki ! is the author of the Eisner-, Harvey- and Ignatz-nominated comic strip “Wondermark.” His latest collection is
Dapper Caps & Pedal-Copters
, published by Dark Horse Books. He lives in Los Angeles and he likes to fly airplanes. Read comics, contact him, etc. at [
wondermark.com
].

Erin McKean is a lexicographer (look it up). She lexicogs as the founder of Wordnik.com, and blogs about dresses at [“dressaday.com”:dressaday.com.]She has written one novel, four books about wacky words, and enough email to cover the entire moon with a layer of alphanumeric characters five ems deep.

Brian McLachlan makes two webcomics: “The Princess Planet” and “Smooth N Natural.” He does a lot of work for kids, including stuff for Owl magazine, Nickelodeon magazine, Nelson Textbooks and the graphic novel
Ticket To Space
for Scholastic Canada. Basically, a lot of children have probably added moustaches to his illustrations. He’s also worked for Vice, YM, Dragon, The Toronto Star, Oni Press and other incongruous publishers.

Kevin McShane is a cartoonist, designer, actor, filmmaker, writer, photographer, and a dozen other things that won’t impress you either. He can be found digitallyat [
kevinmcshane.org
].

Dylan Meconis is the creator of
Bite Me!
and
Family Man
. Should one come across her tricorner hat (lost in a pheasant shoot), please send it home to [
dylanmeconis.com
].

Camron Miller is an amateur writer and classics student. A graduate of St Bees School and the Lawrenceville School, he divides his time between the University of London, the Surrey Hills, and a seaside village near the Lake District National Park. He can be reached at [
[email protected]
].

Carly Monardo lives and draws in Brooklyn, NY with her fiancé and their ridiculous dog. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts Animation Program, Carly has worked on such shows as
Sunday Pants, SuperNormal
, and
Venture Bros.
She also works as a freelance illustrator. You can find more of her work at [
whirringblender.com
].

Randall Munroe, a cartoonist from southern Virginia, is the creator of the webcomic “xkcd” ([
xkcd.com
]), one of the most popular comics on the Internet. Formerly a roboticist at
NASA
, he now makes a living writing comics. He spends his time drawing, traveling, and training computers to beat humans at Rock-Paper-Scissors. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Nation of Amanda enjoys using swear words and painting and drawing comics, not in that order. She currently lives with, is engaged to, and frequently collaborates with Mitch Clem who cannot even believe how awesome she is. Her blog lives at [
nationofamanda.livejournal.com
].

Ryan North is an author who lives in Toronto, which is in Canada. He writes a comic strip called “Dinosaur Comics” which you can pick up in book form at your local bookstore, or which you can just read for free at [
qwantz.com
]. They’re pretty okay! You can reach him through his website.

Pelotard has worked at Microsoft in Dublin, at the European Space Agency in Noordwijk-an-Zee in the Netherlands, and has found his degree in theoretical physics completely useless in his current career at a translation agency. He lives outside Stockholm, Sweden, with his family, and can be reached at [
[email protected]
.]

Ramón Pérez is an overcaffeinated Canadian who likes to draw picture books for the likes of Marvel and DC Comics, while at the same time indulging his own peculiar muse by regaling the world with tales such as “Kukuburi” and quirky comedies the likes of “ButterNutSquash.” For a deeper foray into his mind and meanderings visit [
ramonperez.com
.]

Brian Quinlan recently earned a degree in English with a concentration in Creative Writing at Virginia Tech. He has yet to decide what the hell he’ll do next. Brian can be contacted at: [
[email protected]
]

T. J. Radcliffe is a mercenary scientist and poet living in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. When not sailing or hiking he writes poetry to go with the whimsical and beautiful images created by Hilary Farmer at [
greenteadoodles.wordpress.com
], with whom he has a graphic-novel/epic-poem/web-comic in development. He is also working on a self-referential novel about the nature of stories called
Metastory
, helps mentor a
FIRST
Robotics team, is an adjunct professor at Queen’s University working on cancer genetics, pretends to keep a day job, and has serious plans to get some sleep in the late fall of 2037. He can be reached via his website: [
greenteadoodles.wordpress.com
]

Jesse Reklaw has been drawing the weekly comic strip “Slow Wave” since 1995, and has two collections published:
Dreamtoons
and
The Night of Your Life.
Find more online at [
slowwave.com
].

Katie Sekelsky lives in Pennsylvania. She has had illustrations published with the Harvard University Press and featured in Cooper-Hewitt’s National Design Triennial. Her work can be seen on her mother’s refrigerator (by appointment only) and at [
ksekelsky.com
].

Gord Sellar is a graduate of Clarion West 2006, and has lived in South Korea since 2002. His writing has appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Clarkesworld, Interzone, and Jetse de Vries’
Shine
anthology, as well as in
The Year’s Best Science Fiction
Vol. 26,
edited by Gardner Dozois. He was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2009. Visit his website at [
gordsellar.com
].

Kean Soo is the author and illustrator of the
Jellaby
series of graphic novels. He spends a distressing amount of time on the Internet, and not enough on his website, [
secretfriendsociety.com
].

Jeff Stautz lives in Vancouver, Canada. He is the Fiction Editor of
PRISM
international
, is a former Fishtrap Fellow, and was a writer-in-residence at the Montana Artists’ Refuge. His work has appeared most recently in
The First Line
and is forthcoming in
Event
.

Cameron Stewart is the multiple-award nominated illustrator of
Batman & Robin, Seaguy, Catwoman,
and
The Other Side.
His serialized online graphic novel
Sin Titulo
won the 2010 Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic, and can be found at [
sintitulocomic.com
].

Kris Straub is the cartoonist behind the webcomic “Chainsawsuit” and the sci-fi humor saga
Starslip.
He’s also co-author of the Harvey Award-nominated
How To Make Webcomics,
published by Image. Kris has lived in every city in America for at least one second.

James Lafond Sutter is the Fiction Editor for Paizo Publishing, creators of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. He is the award-winning author of numerous game products and short stories, and his fiction has appeared in such venues as
Black Gate, Catastrophia
, and
Apex Magazine,
as well as been translated into several languages. His anthology_] Before They Were Giants_] pairs the first stories of SF greats from William Gibson to China Mieville with new interviews and writing advice from the authors themselves. For more information, visit [
jameslsutter.com
].

Marcus Thiele (familiarly known as
Marcus Parcus)
disappeared under mysterious circumstances at the age of 27 and was hastily replaced with a life-like replica. The pretense of his continued existence and artistic output is maintained through the silence, exile and cunning of the skilled estate representatives at [
themonkeymind.livejournal.com
].

Kelly Tindall is Canadian, and his drawings can be found all over a bunch of Image comic books. Go say “hi”: [
kellytindall.blogspot.com
].

Dean Trippe is an alien robot ninja wizard (from the future) who makes comics. He is a former comic shop manager, a lifelong superhero fan, and has an actual degree in comics. For more of his work, visit [
deantrippe.com
].

J Jack Unrau is a freelance writer and vagabond librarian whose work has appeared on Wired.com,
CBC
Radio and in Broken Pencil. Living in China taught him valuable lessons about taking pictures of riot police. J’s online home is [
thedubiousmonk.net
].

Bartholomew von Klick lives beneath a bridge in Missouri, emerging only to collect a toll from passers-by. He sometimes mutters about all the things he would like to eat, but has not yet been able to kill. He has thirty-six cats, and a beautiful wife who rises from the grave every night to hunt and bring him snacks from the orphanage.

Julia Wainwright lives in Suffolk, England, where she writes stuff, makes things, and grows 0.1 percent of her own food. She’s just happy to be here. Julia can be reached at [
[email protected]
].

Jeffrey C. Wells is the co-creator of the award-winning webcomic “Skin Horse”, found online at [
skin-horse.com
]. He himself has also won awards, but they were for things like “Worst Opening Line of a Science Fiction Story”, so if you want to award him with things so he no longer feels inferior to his own webcomic, that would be great. He lives in the wilds of rural Wisconsin with a wonderful spouse, a dial-up modem, and more pets than you can shake a stick at. Watch him do his thing at [
skin-horse.com
]

David Michael Wharton ([
[email protected]
]) is a freelance writer and journalist from Texas. When not sweating in the trenches as an editor for Creative Screenwriting Magazine, he hammers out screenplays and short fiction and swears one of these days he’s going to get around to that novel, damn it.

Shannon Wheeler is the Eisner-winning creator of the comics
Too Much Coffee Man, Postage Stamp Funnies
and
How To Be Happy.
His cartoons appear regularly in the New Yorker. [
tmcm.com
]

Living deep in the savage lands known as the ‘Dirty Jerz,’ Kit Yona runs an auto salvage yard, adds income via poker whenever possible and plays rugby with an enthusiasm that far outstrips any athleticism he might believe he possesses. In his lack of spare time Kit edits and writes for the fantasy book review site The Griffin or the Agate ([
thegriffin.com
]) to justify the time spent getting his Masters degree in English. He blames his appearance in this tome on his beautiful muse of a wife, Laura. He can be tormented/harassed/contacted at [
thegriffin.com
]