S.A. Check is a Science Fiction / Fantasy / Comic Book writer who grew up on comics - heroes and villains, conflict and cliffhangers. He earned his degree in English from Penn State University and lives in Southwestern Pennsylvania, enjoying all the small dramas that come down the path. His work in comics includes runs on The Three Stooges, Pink Panther, Casper The Friendly Ghost, Underdog, Laurel & Hardy, Oggy & The Cockroaches, Stargate Atlantis / Stargate Universe Anthologies, and others. He is a creative contributor and managing editor for American Mythology Comics. His first horror comic, Volcanosaurus, debuted in the Fall of 2017, with new original series in development for 2020. He’s written feature articles for Bleeding Cool Magazine and his short story, Tangled Lines, appeared in the charity anthology, Hazard Yet Forward. His first novel Welcome To GreenGrass, was released in 2013, being reviewed as “Men in Black meets interplanetary Columbo”. His second novel, Maxx Fragg,V.P.I. was released in September of 2015 from Ink Smith Publications. In the summer of 2019, he released his first middle grade novel - Legend Gary with World Castle Publishing. The novel is an all-ages fantasy adventure following a family of cryptid hunters. His latest release, Monkey Farm, is a sci-fi and horror mashup from Necro Publications, a leader in horror for the past 20 years. How do you tell your friend you're responsible for his murder when he won't even admit he's dead? His work has been featured on Horror Novel Reviews, Previews World, Bleeding Cool, Book Goodies, Locus Online Monitor, Horror Drive In, SFReader, Ginger Nuts of Horror, SFScope, Inveterate Media Junkies, and Horror World. He was recently featured in a PreviewsWorld article "Panels to Prose" with authors Brad Meltzer, Charlaine Harris, and Peter David. https://www.previewsworld.com/Article... You can visit his website at www.SACheck.com.

Successful illustrator Mark Sparacio studied sequential art for three years under the legendary Will Eisner—recognized as the creator of the graphic novel—at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. While still in school, Sparacio received his first contract job to do a painting for the movie poster for the United Artist film, The Draughtsman’s Contract. This opportunity resulted in a long run as a freelance illustrator for the advertising industry. When the market for illustration collapsed, the door opened for Sparacio to return to the medium that is his first love—comic books. In addition to painting covers for Billy Tucci’s Shi, D.C. Comic’s Green Lantern, Comics Buyer’s Guide and Alter Ego, Sparacio has also worked for Marvel Comics, painting covers for Heroes for Hire as well as covers for the Comics Values Annual from 2007 and 2008, and The Overstreet Price Guide for the same two years. Sparacio recently completed the interior sequential pencils for issue #34 of Jonah Hex, along with painted covers for a new six issue Sgt. Rock mini-series being released by DC Comics. He has also done paintings for card sets for UpperDeck /DC Comics and for Topps’ Wacky Packages and Garbage Pail Kids. In addition to handling the illustrations for No Quarter, Sparacio is currently penciling and doing painted covers for the new, on-going series Captain Action from Moonstone Comics, based on the classic Ideal Toys action figure (written by former X-Men writer Fabian Nicieza).