In second grade, P J Creelman (“P” to his friends) was participating in a journalism experiment when he was bitten by a radioactive Writing Bug. (Scribblus Scriptii.) Within days, young Creelman gained the ravenous insect’s unquenchable desire to write, create and publish. He became, in effect, a human writing bug. He also wound up collecting and reading thousands of comics and science fiction novels. In 1983, when he should have been paying attention in class, he created “Star Squad” and later “Phoenix Force.” Creelman dabbled on-and-off with the PF universe over the course of a decade. While attending community college, he teamed up with artist Christopher Dalan, and together they came up with almost one issue of the comic. He lives in the Pacific Northwest where he protects his loved ones from all the glittering vampires that live there.