Rafał Gosieniecki Yamashita is an art director, concept designer, illustrator, and comic artist based in Tokyo. For nearly twenty years, he has worked across games, film, advertising, and visual narrative projects. He works in both 2D and 3D. He has collaborated with studios such as Grasshopper Manufacture, Game Freak, Square Enix, and Konami. His work includes contributions to titles such as Pokémon, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Lollipop Chainsaw, and Shadows of the Damned.

Jesse Lonergan is a comic book artist living in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. His comic work is known for its experimental layouts and innovative page compositions, playing with the formal elements of the comics medium to tell stories in new and original ways. He works with both mainstream and indie publishers, as well as dabbling in self-publishing. His wordless comic HEDRA was nominated for an Eisner for best single issue in 2020, and his graphic novel DROME was featured on many best-of-the-year lists in 2025. He likes tiny-tiled floors, distorted guitars, junk food, old maps, and movies about sad robots.

Mike Perkins is a comic book illustrator having worked on Captain America, Thor and Spider-Man.  After wrapping up the 31 issue adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand he transitioned into illustrating Astonishing X-Men and has since successfully re-launched Deathlok, Carnage and Iron Fist . He then moved to DC comics where he depicted the adventures of the Green Lanterns, collaborated with Greg Rucka on Lois Lane and launched The Swamp Thing with Ram V. This was followed by his award winning work on  the prestige format series The Bat -Man: First Knight and its subsequent sequel - Second Knight. His Judge Dredd: Death Of A Judge was released in January 2026 and he has reunited with Ram V on the creator-owned Vertigo book: Black Tower He has been nominated numerous times for Eisner and Harvey Awards and, as well as winning the Eagle Award, counts being on the New York Times Bestseller list and being exhibited in Munich, London and Paris amongst his career achievements. His website is: www.mikeperkinsart.com

John Romita Jr. is an American comic book artist best known for his influential work at Marvel Comics. Born in New York City in 1956, he is the son of legendary Marvel artist John Romita Sr. After studying advertising art and design at Farmingdale State College, Romita Jr. began his professional comics career in the late 1970s and quickly became one of the industry’s most recognizable artists. His dynamic storytelling and distinctive style helped define major titles including The Amazing Spider-Man, Daredevil, Iron Man, Uncanny X-Men, and Wolverine.

Over a career spanning more than four decades, Romita Jr. has collaborated with some of comics’ most acclaimed writers, including Frank Miller, Neil Gaiman, Mark Millar, and J. Michael Straczynski. He co-created the hit series Kick-Ass and later worked on major DC Comics projects such as Superman and All-Star Batman. Widely respected for his impact on superhero comics, he has received numerous honors, including an Inkpot Award and an Eisner Award.