Chris Ryallis the Chief Creative Officer at IDW Publishing and the
co-creator ofZombies vs Robotswith Ashley Wood. Ryall has also
co-created and writtenGroom Lake, The Colonized, The Hollows,
andOnyx, and has also written adaptations of stories by Stephen
King, Clive Barker, and Richard Matheson. He is also the co-author
of a prose book about comics,Comic Books 101, and has written
comics based on the Transformers, the band Kiss, Mars Attacks,
Weekly World News, and, currently, Hasbro's Rom. Ryall and ZvR
co-creator Ashley Wood were nominated for the 2006 Eisner Award for
"Best Short Story."
Sam Kiethis a comic book writer and illustrator, best known as the
creator ofThe MaxxandZero Girl. Kieth first came to prominence in
1984 as the inker of Matt Wagner'sMage, and a year later as the
inker ofFish Police. In 1989, he penciled the first five issues
(the "Preludes & Nocturnes" story arc) of writer Neil Gaiman's
celebrated seriesThe Sandmanand collaborated with Alan Grant on a
Penguin story inSecret Origins Special#1. In 1993 Kieth created the
original seriesThe Maxxfor fledgling publisher Image Comics.The
Maxxran 35 issues, all of which were plotted and illustrated by
Kieth. William Messner-Loebs scripted #1-15 and Alan Moore wrote
#21. In 1995,The Maxxwas adapted as part of MTV's short-lived
animation seriesMTV's Oddities. After taking a break from comics to
pursue other interests, Kieth created the seriesZero Girlfor DC
Comics' Wildstorm imprint in 2001. He followed that with the
dramaFour Womenlater that year andZero Girl- Full Circlein 2003. In
2010, Kieth wrote and illustrated the original hardcover graphic
novelArkham Asylum- Madness, which spent two weeks onThe New York
TimesBest Seller list, reaching number five in the category of
"Hardcover Graphic Books."
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