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Kelly Thompson has a degree in sequential art from the Savannah College of Art & Design and wrote the cult hit Jem and the Holograms for IDW. She published her first graphic novel, Heart in a Box, with Dark Horse in 2015 and has written two novels- Storykiller (2014) and The Girl Who Would Be King (2012). Thompson debuted at Marvel in 2015, co-writing Captain Marvel & the Carol Corps and A-Force. She has since made a name for herself on such books as Hawkeye, West Coast Avengers, Uncanny X-Men, Amazing Spider-Man, Deadpool and the Rogue-and-Gambit-starring Mr. and Mrs. X. Thompson's Black Widow won the 2021 Eisner Award for best new series, and her Infinity Comic collaboration with Gurihiru, It's Jeff! is a delight. Marcio Takara has been drawing for companies like Marvel Comics, Image Comics, Boom! Studios and DC since 2006 on titles such as Marvel Adventures Super Heroes, Dynamo 5, The Incredibles, Incorruptible, Blue Beetle and Flash. Other projects include Earthward with writer Bryan Q. Miller, artwork for the game League of Legends and Smallville- Lantern for DC. Discovered during Marvel's Chesterquest international talent search in 2009, Portuguese artist Filipe Andrade quickly rose to prominence with assignments on the limited series John Carter- A Princess of Mars, as well as contributions to Captain America, X-23 and Deadpool. He took on a theme-park legend in Disney Kingdoms- Figment and a very different iconic character in Old Man Logan.
