Hello,

I'm Jim Rugg - a comic book artist, book maker, illustrator, and designer. Books include Street Angel, the PLAIN Janes, Afrodisiac, Notebook Drawings, Rambo 3.5, and Supermag. I love comic books, zines, lettering, podcasts, running, pro-wrestling, pizza, and cats. I live and draw in Pittsburgh. I teach visual storytelling at the School of Visual Arts and the Animation Workshop in Denmark. Accolades include Eisner and Ignatz Awards, AIGA 50/50, Society of Illustrators Annual, and Investing in Professional Artists: The Pittsburgh-Region Artists Grants Program, a partnership of The Heinz Endowments and The Pittsburgh Foundation.

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Here's a podcast interview that covers a lot of my art making practices and comics. 

Died: Not Yet. 

Manifesting the comic & cartoon art  series the "Snake Oil Trilogy' , with ink & paint & mostly colored pencils.

S.Manwell (she/her) is a Chinese-American artist and printmaker based out of Kansas City, MO. Her work explores themes of memory, Asian-American diaspora, and longing. Ask her about her favorite K-POP group and she’s sure to talk your ear off (it’s TXT). She holds a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in Fine Art Printmaking.

Kristin Montez is a Chicana writer and filmmaker based in South Texas. Her work spans a wide range, from curating film programs to archival projects that document the cultural and artistic history of the Rio Grande Valley. She is a Graduate Assistant Instructor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, where she teaches screenwriting.

Martin Murray is a writer based in New York. He received his MFA in playwriting from Columbia University. His plays include BAD HORSES (49th Samuel French OOB; Semi-Finalist), THE MUNCHIES (Darkfest), and SARASOTA, FLA. (Playsonos). His writing has appeared in Deathcap & Hemlock, Ugly Radio, Mystery Tribune, and Flash Fiction Magazine. The feature he co-directed SLEEPAWAY SLASHER (2020) is currently streaming on Amazon & his debut as a screenwriter "THE POWER OF POSITIVE MURDER!" is currently filming. Follow his Substack: "Peach Parchment" 

Steve Steiner is a graphic designer and cartoonist from Ohio who self publishes his own weird humor zines, comics, and newspapers. Some of his many titles include Australia Isn't Real, Hardbodies of the Civil War, Dystopian Auto Trader, Dr. Waffles, and Mysteries of the Space Ham. Go to stevesteiner.storenvy.com to look at his full lineup.

Boston N. Kline (he/him) is a Chicago-based emerging artist making comics about bodies. His work seeks to bring a sensuality to joie de vivre, reflecting his fascinations with intimacy, somatic memory, and unspoken interpersonal symbolism. Through bold colors and stark contrasts he explores the role of the body in experiencing and remembering relationships. He is currently working toward a BFA in Illustration at Columbia College Chicago.

Francesco Iesu is a comic-book and flash fiction writer based in Cagliari, Italy. Published in various international anthologies and magazines around the world (Uk,USA,Croatia, Netherlands, Italy) he is costantly working on several wide-ranging projects that will complement his short stories, now his trademark. 

Linnea Gabbard is an Arkansan comic book writer and artist, oil painter, and digital illustrator. An avid outdoorswoman who spends her time mountaineering, backcountry camping, and studying animals, her work delves into the harsh and rewarding myths and realities of the wild world. She has been featured in multiple galleries and shows in Arkansas. She is currently working on a travel sketchbook comic of Yellowstone, and a horror based graphic novel about a backwoods siren. 

Phil Keeling is a writer and playwright. His first collection of short stories, Be Not Afraid, is slated for publication in 2026 by Baynam Books Press. His short stories and essays have been published by a number of periodicals and anthologies, including Uncharted Magazine, Cleaver Magazine, The Pinch, and Pseudopod. He is the co-host of Pixel Lit: the best (read: only) podcast dedicated to video game novelizations. He lives somewhere in the woods with his wife and son.”ion goes here

Sketch Iwerks' is a nowhere cartoonist from Tucson, Arizona. Part American, Part Mexican, and Part Chilean. He draws traditional cartoon illustrations. And creates comics under 'Stipud Illustrated Enterprise'. Growing up he enjoys watching CN cartoons, Thomas the tank engine, and mexican sitcoms. Years later will soon find newspaper strips, MAD Magazine, and underground comix as one of it's many inspirations for his work.

Just a bearded guy who still loves old movies and comics full of action and muscles.

My name is Eleanor Davis. I’m a cartoonist and illustrator. My books include How To Be Happy,You and a Bike and a Road, Why Art?and The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook. My latest graphic novel, The Hard Tomorrow, won the La Times Book Prize for Graphic Novels and Comics.

S.Manwell (she/her) is a Chinese-American artist and printmaker based out of Kansas City, MO. Her work explores themes of memory, Asian-American diaspora, and longing. Ask her about her favorite K-POP group and she’s sure to talk your ear off (it’s TXT). She holds a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in Fine Art Printmaking.

Died: Not Yet. 

Manifesting the comic & cartoon art  series the "Snake Oil Trilogy' , with ink & paint & mostly colored pencils.

Dumpster_Entity is an illustrator from Northeast Ohio who primarily works in pen & ink. They have an interest in medieval manuscripts, 90's comics, and unfairly cancelled TV shows. 

Kristin Montez is a Chicana writer and filmmaker based in South Texas. Her work spans a wide range, from curating film programs to archival projects that document the cultural and artistic history of the Rio Grande Valley. She is a Graduate Assistant Instructor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, where she teaches screenwriting.

Martin Murray is a writer based in New York. He received his MFA in playwriting from Columbia University. His plays include BAD HORSES (49th Samuel French OOB; Semi-Finalist), THE MUNCHIES (Darkfest), and SARASOTA, FLA. (Playsonos). His writing has appeared in Deathcap & Hemlock, Ugly Radio, Mystery Tribune, and Flash Fiction Magazine. The feature he co-directed SLEEPAWAY SLASHER (2020) is currently streaming on Amazon & his debut as a screenwriter "THE POWER OF POSITIVE MURDER!" is currently filming. Follow his Substack: "Peach Parchment" 

Gabrielle is a surrealist illustrator and commission artist living in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. She is inspired by her personal experiences with mental illness, as well as Victorian and vernacular photography and vintage children's books and films most often featuring personified woodland animals. Graphite and ink are her mediums of choice, but she also enjoys painting with acrylics. Alongside drawing, she is working on animated short films, writing fiction and poetry and producing music.

Eleanor is a multi-disciplinary artist from the Midwest with a focus on comics that deal with human struggles and questions. She believes in art and capturing the little glimmers of beauty within the world. She inhabits unremarkable places and tries to make remarkable things.

Steven Bardon is an independent cartoonist who makes traditional pen-and-ink comics and illustrations, using a gritty, textural art style. His subjects explore the macabre aspects of humanity through a wide cast of surreal characters and their struggles within supernatural worlds, yet juxtaposed by their earnestness for the human spirit.

Ruby Davis is an undergraduate student and writer studying creative writing and anthropology. She likes making sock puppets and hanging out with her cat, Babushka.