PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Be it as a writer, editor, and/or letterer, Chas! Pangburn puts words in balloons. He’s been fortunate to collaborate with various creators for publishers such as Dark Horse, IDW, Image, and Scout. In his free time, an angry corgi bosses him around for long walks throughout Cincinnati, Ohio. Micah Myers has lettered stories and books for DC Comics, Image, Dark Horse, IDW, Mad Cave, Webtoon, Devil’s Due, Heavy Metal, Aspen, Starburns, Scout, Darby Pop, and many others. He has worked on comics with Steve Orlando, Matthew Erman, Magdalene Visaggio, Michael Avon Oeming, Mark Bertolini, Joe Corallo, Shane Berryhill, Cullen Bunn, Josh Blaylock, JT Krul, Chris Sebela, Curt Pires, and many more. Stelladia is a Spanish comic artist and colorist with a background on visual development for animation. They enjoy working on fantasy, sci-fi and children tales (with a bit of spookiness in them). Some of their past work include The Wilds #4 (Black Mask), Submerged (Vault Comics), Metaphorical Her (Webtoon) or the animation short-film “Johanne” (Dragonbee). When they are not making comics, you can probably find them doing crafts, home-gardening or studying philosophy and anthropology. Lela Gwenn has written Hellraiser Bestiary #4 (BOOM!), Where We Live (Image), All We Ever Wanted (Wave Blue World), Bad Luck Chuck (Dark Horse). She’s a proud social justice warrior, and the town weirdo in her rural community. She’s currently in school despite being way too old, but she loves it. Joe Corallo (He/Him): Eisner and GLAAD nominated. Ringo winner for Best Anthology in 2018. Co-created and writes She Said Destroy at Vault Comics. Edits Oh S#!t It's Kim & Kim at Black Mask Studios, the Mine! anthology at ComicMIx, and the Dead Beats anthology at A Wave Blue World. Miguel is a graphic designer, comic book letterer, and illustrator specializing in editorial design for comics books and novels. He letters most of Mark London's work at Mad Cave including Battlecats, Wolvenheart, and Honor and Curse. Justin Birch is a 2018 Ringo Award nominated letterer born and raised in the hills of West Virginia. Lettering comics since 2015, he is a member of the lettering studio AndWorld Design and has worked with DC, IDW, Dynamite, Lion Forge Comics, Mad Cave Studios, Action Lab Comics, DMC Comics, Source Point Press, Z2 Comics, and numerous indy publishers. Justin still lives in West Virginia, only now it’s with his loving wife, daughter, and their dog, Kirby. Bob Frantz is a writer who resides in Cincinnati, Ohio with his amazing wife and two wonderfully hilarious children. When he isn’t writing funny books or preparing a snack for his kids who haven’t touched their dinner, Bob enjoys teas, fancy neckwear, and swearing. Kevin Cuffe is a father, a sorcerer and a comic book author. When not herding three dogs and dealing with three tweens, he saves the universe from extraplanar entities for the good of all mankind. He is one half of the word bros podcast and lives in Williamsburg, VA with his partner, Danielle. Ennun Ana Iurov (she/he/they) is a Romanian illustrator known for their work on the young adult graphic novel Needle & Thread. For over 6 years Ennun has created and self-published short comics and stories focusing mainly on empowering charity zines, working with organizations such as, Action Against Hunger, and others. Ennun’s illustration skills have a wide range from folk tales to dream core to horror and more, and now in Whisper of the Woods will combine all of these talents. Liana Kangas is a freelance comic artist, illustrator, and writer. Current works include drawing and co-creating the comic miniseries TRVE KVLT, written by Scott Bryan Wilson published by IDW, drawing a short written by James Tynion IV for Razorblades, published by Image Comics and contributing to a short with David Booher on CANTO, Tales of the Unnamed World. Liana has also worked on the IDW/LucasFilm title Star Wars Adventures written by Sam Maggs, co-writing the short one-shot Seeds of Eden, co-written by Joe Corallo, drawn by Paul Azaceta, and published by TKO Studios, co-created and drew a mini series titled She Said Destroy, written by Corallo and published by Vault Comics, and the BlackAF series title Devil's Dye written by Vita Ayala published by Black Mask Studios. Liana’s work has been featured in anthologies including 2000AD, Z2’s The Final Symphony, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Comic Mix’s Mine!, Image Comics Where We Live, and A Wave Blue World’s All We Ever Wanted, Dead Beats, Embodied and Dead Beats: London Calling. Liana has drawn covers for series published with Image Comics, IDW, Comixology, Oni Press, Ahoy, Vault, Mad Cave and Scout and licenses such as Star Trek, Star Wars, Dark Spaces: Wildfire, and more. You can find fun features of Liana’s work on Nerdist, SYFY Artists Alley, Panel x Panel as well as featured articles on Deadline Hollywood, Newsarama, Paste Magazine, AIPT, Doom Rocket, Multiversity, Comics Beat, Vice, and Comics Alliance. Andriy Lukin is a comic book creator and graphic designer from Sumy, Ukraine. As a letterer, Andriy won Mad Cave Studios’ Talent Search 2022 and his works were published in a variety of books, including Lower Your Sights, Down Below, and Dagger Dagger. He also specializes in creating logotypes, book design and cover art for comic books, music albums, tabletop games and other art forms.
"“The devastating war in Ukraine has affected everyone involved, but children particularly. The international comics community has come together for this heartbreaking and inspirational series of stories and artwork to benefit those children. It’s an investment that’s worth making. Overall: 10/10” * <i>Comicon.com</i> * “As an anthology collection, Lower Your Sights is meant to lift your spirits, open your mind, & show you things that will anger you, break your heart, and let you hope that someday we can watch a news report that doesn’t include bombed out homes and displaced families. [...] With all of the insane talent involved, this book from Mad Cave Studios is bound to have at least one thing in it that you love. Given the purpose behind it, that one thing has to be worth the time you took to find it. Final Score: 13/13” * <I>The Pullbox</I> * ""Lower Your Sights has some of the most emotionally resonant material to tug at people’s heartstrings. Every writer and artist has something to share about how war affects people. It’s a long and complicated process that might grant a better perspective. With all profits going to a charitable cause, I can tell you that it’s well worth an investment. Overall score, 10/10."" * <I>Gutternaut</I> *"
