Marcus is a visual artist who was born in Kingston, Jamaica and moved to upstate New York at an early age. Most recently, he illustrated the graphic novel, The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History, which was written by David F. Walker and published by Ten Speed Press, which is nominated for an Eisner award. Marcus graduated from S.U.N.Y. College at Fredonia with a degree in illustration. He is the co-creator of the ongoing comic book series, Snow Daze, and has illustrated stories in Action Lab’s all-ages detective series, Cash and Carrie and the Action Lab series, F.O.R.C.E.

WEBSITE: marcuskwame.com | IG: @marcus_kwame

Bill is an Actor-Writer-Voiceover Artist-Director-Dialect Coach-Teaching Artist...and now Editor/Professional Comic Book Reader. A graduate of Yale School of Drama, he’s appeared on The Flight Attendant, The Outs, The Normal Heart, and The Surrogate. Bill is a card-carrying nerd, which has spilled into his professional career whether it’s the adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Fragile Things in The Amsterdam Fringe Festival, creating his award-winning solo show, Origin Story; which is inspired heavily by the superhero origin myth, or by narrating the Star Wars book, Shadow of the Sith. He’s also voiced roles in GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption II.

WEBSITE: williamdemeritt.com | IG: @demeritt

Jesshavok is a veteran graphic artist, doing everything from comic title-logo design, illustrating manga, to painting realism. Jess's main focus being comic lettering and coloring: Having worked on 100+ published comic books, graphic novels and 3 films. Such titles include "Zindan: The Last Ansaars", "My Gentle Giant", NBC's "Hannibal: Artbook" to name a few. Jess graduated Westwood College with honors in 2011, earning a Bachelor's majoring in Game Art & Design, applying those skills to the comic industry for the last 11+ years. Jess's work has been featured nationwide in various conventions, panels and red carpet events (such as NY Comic Con, and Etheria Film Night).

IG: @Jess_Havok | deviantART: JessHavok | YouTube: JessHavok

The pseudonym of artist Jeffrey Taylor, Jr. Originally born and raised in Decatur, GA, after almost 15 years in Southern California working in the design industry, he moved back to Georgia. By day, he is an apparel designer who works on projects for some of the industry's largest properties. By night, he is an illustrator who tries to blend his love of comics, cartoons, pop culture, music and Black American Culture in his work.

WEBSITE: jpnt17.com | IG: @jpnt17

Quinn is the Founder/Editor in Chief of LEGENDS PRESS Comics. Though a storyteller at heart, the Project: WILDFIRE creator’s efforts in the medium as a visual artist garnered a Ringo Award for a story featuring super heroine Faze in the MINE anthology for Planned Parenthood from ComicMix. His reputation as a solid Penciler/Inker led to work with writers like Geoffrey Thorne (Free Agents), Brandon Easton (Retailiation), regular contributor status on David Walker‘s Discombobulated and organizational partnerships like BWHI (Luna Unleashed.) While the ongoing partnership with Hannibal Tabu spans everything from WILDFIRE and SOTIM to Noir Is The New Black.

WEBSITE: legendspresscomics.com | IG: @legendspresscomics

Brit is an Illustrator who enjoys creating art that sparks a conversation. Most of his pieces dabble in pop culture, protest, movies, or sports. Brit feels strongly about uplifting his community and it’s reflected with subtle or sometimes in your face references to black culture in his art. He’s also not limited to only these kinds of illustrations – He’s done a number of eclectic projects for a variety of clients.

WEBSITE: britsigh.com | IG: @midnightrunstudio