Contributing Artists

Adam Pasion

Adam Pasion is a cartoonist, illustrator and designer in Nagoya, Japan. Adam shot the deputy, but not the sheriff. Adam let the dogs out. Adam took the cookie from the cookie jar. Please check-out his silly and sometimes serious books at biguglyrobot.net, or email him at adam@biguglyrobot.net

Brad Dale

Brad Dale is a graphic designer and illustrator from Knoxville, Tennessee. He lives with his wife Deanne, and their child substitutes, Charlotte the corgi dog and Stella the cat. He has always been a print media kind of a guy, but is considering dipping his toes in the digital pool--shallow end, of course. Contact him via email at bdale_knoxtn2@yahoo.com.

Carl Thompson

Carl Thompson is a cartoonist based in Minneapolis, MN, and graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in December of 2011. He has worked with writer Sean Michael Wilson on the political comic strip "Green Benches," which was published monthly in the British magazine Blue and Green Tomorrow. They are currently working on a 200 page graphic novel called "Parecomic." When he can, Carl also works on a larger book-length project called "BFD" with writer Scotty Gillmer.

David Prinvale

David Prinvale graduated from the Writing and Literature program at the California College of the Arts in 2011 and now works as a maid. He can be reached at adrownedman@gmail.com.

Donna Barr

Donna Barr is the author (artist/writer) of the classic drawn-book series "The Desert Peach" and "Stinz." She lives in Clallam Bay, on the northwest coast of Washington State's Olympic Peninsula. Catch all her webcomics, her blog - and her books by searching "Bookstore" -- at http://www.donnabarr.com She will get on any horse you offer her. It's going to kill her someday.

Jason Hart

Jason Hart is a graphic designer by day and a comic writer and illustrator by night. He stays up late because long ago, his wife set the children's bedtime at 10:30. He graduated from The Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 2005, and now works in Dayton, OH. He can be found at showerstorm.tumblr.com or jasonp.hart@gmail.com.

Lea K.

Born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1985, where she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts (Animated film and New media section). Primarily, she deals with comic books and writing, but whenever she can she knits and makes weird little things from various materials. She’s been exhibited and published. Her dark objects of desire are kitsch, trashy poetry and officer boots. She’s not good at wiping dust and is terrible at making coffee. Her portfolio can be found here: http://nameless-lil.tumblr.com.

MariNaomi

MariNaomi wrote and illustrated the graphic memoir Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22 (Harper Perennial). She is a regular contributor to TheRumpus.net (Smoke In Your Eyes) and sfbay.ca (Frisco al Fresco). Visit her website at www.marinaomi.com.

Melaina Eller

Editor of this publication, artist, writer and hospice nurse. Melaina lives in the San Francisco Bay Area in California with her husband and colorist, Nicholas Iannone, and their two cats. She has been creating and self-publishing comics since 2004. For more information about Melaina, visit her website at www.melainacomics.com or email her at MelainaComics@gmail.com.

Michael Capozzola

Michael Capozzola is a Bay Area based Comedian and a published cartoonist. He’s contributed to The San Francisco Chronicle, Mad Magazine, TED Talks / TEDxSV, The New York Times, The Humor Times, National Lampoon, McSweeney's and the nationally syndicated cartoon, BIZARRO. Michael has been Cartoonist-in-Residence at the Cartoon Art Museum and The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center. Check out his website at www.Capozzola.com.

Nusha Ashjaee

Nusha Ashjaee writes short fiction/nonfiction, sometimes poetry, and occasionally comics. She received her B.A. in Writing and Literature from California College of the Arts and is currently a contributing writer for The Fear Girls (thefeargirls.com). She lives in Portland, OR. Contact her at nushaashjaee@gmail.com.

Sean Michael Wilson

From Scotland, Sean Michael Wilson now lives in Japan. He has written over a dozen comic books for a variety of US, UK and Japanese publishers. Currently he is writing books for the Tokyo publisher Kodansha - very unusual for a British creator. He is also the editor of the critically acclaimed collection 'AX:alternative manga' (one of Publishers Weekly's 'Best ten books of 2010'). For more information, check out his website at http://seanmichaelwilson.weebly.com.

Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie is a web comic artist and has been a regular contributor to underground comics for many years contributing to comics in the U.K. Holland and the U.S.A.
For a number of years he lived and worked in Japan where he found himself heavily influenced the Ukiyoe
prints of Hiroshige. More recent works have included contributions
to U.S comics 'Midnight Ink’, Satyr and Almost Normal
Comics. He currently designs posters, CD covers and is a magazine cover artist and illustrator. He has exhibited in London and Tokyo. He now lives in the south of England. His website is www.simonmackie.org.uk.

Simon Taylor

Simon Taylor is a somewhat disturbed British writer and artist. He has spent most of his adult life in Japan, and his artwork is strongly influenced by underground Japanese manga and anime. His work includes horror and black comedy, as well as stories about his life in Japan and Britain. Despite all evidence to the contrary, he has very little interest in pandas. Website: http://bifurcation666.blogspot.com/

Sina

Sina is an artist, illustrator and cartoonist, and has been drawing and self-publishing comics since the age of 16. His work has appeared in anthologies like The Book of Boy Trouble and THREE edited by Robert Kirby. Check out his art at www.boycrazyboy.com and send him a lovely message at sinasham@gmail.com.

Whitney Taylor

Whitney Taylor was born and raised in northern New Jersey. After brief stints in Providence and Los Angeles, she now lives in Boston, working in public health by day and drawing comics by night. Her recent comic Watermelon ...and Other Things That Make Me Uncomfortable as a Black Person, is, well, just about that. She can be emailed at WhitLTaylor@gmail.com. Check out her website at www.whimsicalnobodycomics.com.