Shane Houghton is the writer and co-creator of REED GUNTHER, the critically acclaimed all-ages comic book about a bear-riding cowboy. Shane has also written for many licensed comic properties such as The Simpsons, Peanuts, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Adventure Time. Together with his brother Chris, Shane has co-created and optioned two original animated series. Shane lives in Los Angeles with his wife and cat, Donald.

Jim Valentino is an American writer, penciler, editor and publisher of comic books. He is a co-founder of Image Comics and served as the company's publisher from 1999-2004. Jim created such diverse series as normalman, A Touch of Silver, Vignettes and ShadowHawk. He also wrote and drew Guardians of the Galaxy for Marvel Comcs. He currently heads his own imprint at Image called Shadowline which publishes Rat Queens, Faster Than Light, Jimmie Robinson, Ted McKeever and more.