Neil Gaiman is the
New York Times bestselling author of the Newbery Medal-winning
The Graveyard Book and
Coraline, the basis for the hit movie. His other books include
Anansi Boys, Neverwhere, American Gods, and
Stardust, (winner of the American Library Association's Alex Award as one of 2000's top novels for young adults) as well as the short story collections
M Is for Magic and
Smoke and Mirrors. He is also the author of
The Wolves in the Walls and
The Day I Traded My Dad for Two Goldfish, both written for children. Among his many awards are the Eisner, the Hugo, the Nebula, the World Fantasy, and the Bram Stoker. Originally from England, he now lives in the United States.
Chris Bachalo is an artist whose body of comic book work covers a wide spectrum of genres; ranging from fantasy and science fiction to super hero and action-adventure. His work for DC Comics includes stints on the critically acclaimed
Sandman series,
Death: The High Cost of Living, and
Shade: The Changing Man for DC's Vertigo imprint as well as the creator-owned projects
The Witching Hour, with co-creator Jeph Loeb, and
Steampunk, with co-creator Joe Kelly. His other comic book work includes among others
Wolverine & the X-Men, Captain America, and the quirky
Generation X, which he co-created with Scott Lobdell for Marvel Comics. In addition to his comics work, Chris has provided artwork for publications such as
MAD Magazine,
The Hollywood Reporter, and
Playstation Magazine, and for companies such as Activision, EA Games and Def Jam Records. Chris is a Canadian citizen and was born in Portage La Prairie, Canada. He currently resides in Southern California with his wife, Helen, his son, Dylan, and his Siamese fighting fish, Spike Four.
Born in 1966 in the English seaside town of Clevedon,
Mark Buckingham has worked in comics professionally for the past twenty years. In addition to illustrating all of Neil Gaiman's run on the post-Alan Moore
Miracleman in the early 1990s, Buckingham contributed inks to
The Sandman and its related miniseries
Death: The High Cost of Living and
Death: The Time of Your Life as well as working on various other titles for Vertigo and Marvel through the end of the decade. In 2002 he took over as the penciller for Bill Willingham's
Fables, which has gone on to become one of the most popular and critically acclaimed Vertigo titles of the new millennium. When not in Clevedon, Buckingham can be found with his wife Irma in the Asturias region of northern Spain.
