Once a professional juggler and fire eater, Tom Taylor is a #1 New York Times Bestselling, multi-award-winning comic book writer, playwright and screenwriter. Well known for his work with DC Comics and Marvel, Taylor is the co-creator of NEVERLANDERS from Penguin Random House, SEVEN SECRETS from Boom Studios and the Aurealis-Award-winning graphic novel series THE DEEP. Taylor is also the Head Writer and Executive Producer of The Deep animated series, four seasons of which is broadcast in over 140 countries. He is perhaps best known for the DC Comics series, DCEASED (Shadow Awards Winner), NIGHTWING (nominated for 5 Eisner Awards), SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL (GLAAD Award Nominee), INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US, SUICIDE SQUAD, EARTH 2 and BATMAN/SUPERMAN as well as Marvel's FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN, ALL NEW WOLVERINE, X-MEN: RED, DARK AGES and SUPERIOR IRON MAN. Taylor is also the writer of many Star Wars series, which include STAR WARS: INVASION and STAR WARS: BLOOD TIES (Stan Lee Excelsior Award winner). Taylor has written for Marvel, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, Boom Studios, Wildstorm, 2000 AD and Gestalt Comics. He can be followed on twitter @TomTaylorMade.

Laura Braga is an Italian comics artist and illustrator. Born in Verona, she lives in Sardinia. She attended the International School of Comics and the Disney Academy. Laura Braga started her career in 1999 as storyboard artist for italian tv commercials. Laura Braga entered the US comic book industry in 2012 working for Top Cow as regular artist of Witchblade. Since 2014 she worked for Marvel on titles as Superior Iron Man, Captain Marvel, The Punisher, Dazzler. She is working also for Archie Comics as cover artist and comic artist for “BLOSSOMS 666” and “Archie and Katy Keene” and for Dynamite Comics and Titan Comics as Cover Artist. Best known for her work on FUTURE STATE: THE NEXT BATMAN written by Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) on the first mainstream DC Universe Black Batman, Tim Fox, she has been collaborating with DC Comics since 2015 on great characters like Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, Supergirl, Green Arrow, Bombshells. In 2022 she was chosen to be the artist of the new Free Comic Book Day 2023 illustration. The design was used for the commemorative t-shirt, poster and gadgets for FCBD 2023.