Joe Chiodo's career started over thirty five years ago, working for several book companies as well as every major comic book publisher. He established long ties with Jim Lee's Wildstrom publishing as well as Hermes Press. Today his career is at a crossroad doing many fine art paintings for galleries and collectors as well as continuing his illustration career. He lives in San Diego with his wife and two children.

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Arthur "Art" Adams is an American comic book artist and writer. He first broke into the American comic book industry with the 1985 Marvel Comics miniseries Longshot. His subsequent interior comics work includes a number Marvel's major books, including The Uncanny X-Men, Excalibur, X-Factor, Fantastic Four, Hulk and Ultimate X, as well books by various other publishers, such as Action Comics, Vampirella, The Rocketeer and The Authority. Adams has also illustrated books featuring characters for which he has a personal love, such as Godzilla, The Creature from the Black Lagoon and Gumby, the latter of which garnered him a 1988 Eisner Award for Best Single Issue.