Rob Liefeld (Comic Book Legend) Creator of Deadpool, Cable & Youngblood

Robert Liefeld ( born October 3, 1967) is an American comic book creator. He created the character Cable and the character Deadpool. In the early 1990s, Liefeld gained popularity due to his work on Marvel Comics' The New Mutants and later X-Force. In 1992, he and several other popular Marvel illustrators left the company to found Image Comics, which started a wave of comic books owned by their creators rather than by publishers. The first book published by Image Comics was Liefeld's Youngblood #1.

Billy Tucci

Tucci founded Crusade Comics in Bayport, New York [1] Its flagship title, Shi, debuted in March 1994. Publisher Top Cow's character Witchblade and David Mack's character Kabuki debuted in Shi before going on to their own titles. Tucci wrote and illustrated Shi: Return of the Warrior" and wrote "Zombie-Sama!, a comedy graphic novel with illustrator John Broglia, both published by Crusade Fine Arts. In 2006 Tucci began pencilling Marvel Comics' Heroes for Hire, and DC's VS cards, and later on the DC series Jonah Hex, Birds of Prey, Flash Vs. Superman and Harley Quinn. He also released the 576-page Definitive Shi, the Illustrated Warrior. In 2007, Shi also had a crossover with Brian Pulido's Lady Death/Shi through Avatar Press, and with Peter David's Fallen Angel through IDW Publishing. Dark Horse Comics produced a 200-page hardbound Art of Shi coffee table book showcasing several artists' take on the character. Other Shi projects include a full color Zombie-sama! TPB with John Broglia and Definitive Shi Vol. 2. Tucci produced a six-part miniseries for DC, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, which premiered November 2008.[2] In researching the series, Tucci spent time with a World War II reenactment in Pennsylvania, portraying a war correspondent,[3] and during his research in France, officials gave him the title of "Ambassador, de la region de Bruyeres".[4][5] The Lost Battalion received the 2011 "Artistic/Graphical" Gold Medal in the Fiction-Thriller category from the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA).[6][7] In 2011, Tucci's "Batman: A Trick For The Scarecrow", which appeared in the DCU Halloween Special 2010, was nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Short Story.[8] As partner of Apostle Arts LLC, Tucci created Billy Tucci's A Child is Born, a 32-page graphic novella for Christmas 2011, adapted from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.[9] The book won a Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year Award in 2013

Rodney Ramos

Rodney Ramos has been a professional penciler and inker in the comics industry for over 25 years . Starting his career at Marvel Comics as a Romita Raider for Art directorJohn Romita . He has worked at many companies over the years including Marvel, Marvel Comics U.K. , DC Comics , Valiant , Disney , Acclaim Comics , Malibu, Continuity Comics and Legendary Pictures Comics . His inks have graced over 7000 pages of comic books over the years such as Spider-Man , X-men , Iron-man , Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-man , Batman , Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, 52, Countdown, Doctor Who and the critically acclaimed Transmetropolitan with Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson. Recently he has inked for Titan comics , Lion Forge and John Carpenter’s Storm King comics graphic Novel NightTerrors Graveyard Moon

Kenneth Landgraf

Ken Landgraf is a true cult icon in the world of comics. He studied with legends like Will Eisner and Harvey Kurtzman and worked as an assistant to Gil Kane and Rick Buckler. In the ’70s and ’80s, he went on to work on some of DC Comics, from titles like Weird War Tales to Superman Family and World’s Finest. His most infamous work might just be New York City Outlaws with Bob Huszar, perhaps the first true ‘outlaw’ comic. Huzar and Lamdgraf most recently collaborated on Apocalypse 5000, from Floating World Comics. Currently, Landgraf is at the tail end of an already funded Kickstarter campaign for a new project, Ink Zeitgeist, described as “a black and white outlaw genre pastiche comic (bikers, horror, cult cinema, superhero, punk, sci-fi, rockabilly, etc.) that takes place in Ink Town, a low-class but captivating destination of flea markets, arcades, trailer camps, diners and sideshow carnivals.” Mr. Landgraf took some time to rattle out his top five writers and inkers in the world of comics, along with some cool details. Check it out below, in his own words, along with some preview images from Ink Zeitgeist. Then make sure you head over to the Kickstarter page and push Ink Zeitgeist to the extreme!

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Peter “Peat” Vazquez

Peter "Peat" Vazquez is a Long Island born freelance, Commission Artist with roots in comic books and fine art. You have seen his work in the pages of RMD Comics, Kaiju Mania and campaigns such as Nyobi Birthright His work is also in the pages of Penguina and Tomorrow Girl by Antarctic Press. You can also find him at cons such as NYCC, AnimeNYC, the Indie ArtShow, the Pancakes and Booze ArtShow, LI Tropic Con and tons of local shows Peat is available for freelance work including , commissions, paintings, covers, pinups, pencils sinks and colors.

Kyle Horne

Kyle Horne is a freelance artist based on Long Island. He illustrated children's book series like Amazing Annabelle and graphic novels beyond condition. Art has always been a big part of his life, ever since he was young

Mike Lilly

Mike Lilly is a professional comic book artist who studied with Carmine Infantino at the School of Visual Arts in NYC, Rich Buckler at Visage Studios and interned at Valiant Comics in the early 90's. He's gone on to work on such titles as Monster Hunter Herkules, Broken Gargoyles, The Coming of the Liberty Brigade, The Tick, Van Helsing, Grimm Fairy Tales, Nightwing, Vampirella, Black Terror, Annihilation Conquest Quasar, Detective Comics, Marvel Knights, Catwoman, Punisher, and Dungeons & Dragons. Mike contributed an exclusive cover to DC Comic's landmark Detective Comics #1000. And for Prismacolor, a Target store exclusive color pencils, art supplies, instructional videos and poster art pack. His work on Vampirella Revelations from Harris Comics won him an Art Show Award of Excellence from I-CON 25. He's also done sketch card work on such licenses for Dynamite's KISS, Bettie-Page, Dejah Thoris, Woman of Cosplay, and Vampirella's 50th Anniversary sets as well as Star Wars Heritage and Revenge of the Sith, Lord of the Rings Masterpieces, Universal Monsters Frankenstein, Marvel Comics the Avengers, DC Comics Legacy and Breygent's Vampirella. Besides publishers like: Marvel, DC Comics, Dynamite, Zenescope, Source Point Press, Kingstone, and New England Comics, his client list includes Prismacolor, Sharpie, Target, NIKE, MakerBot, Scholastic, Kreiss Furnishings, sci-fi novelist Adam Train and work with Stan Lee for the NHL. Currently Mike's doing concept art for feature film directors, comic art consultant for Prismacolor and Sharpie, covers and new co-creator owned title for Power Comics on Monster Hunter Herkules and The Masters, covers and interiors on the Liberty Brigade for Thrilling Nostalgia Comics, and work with his son on Man-Mountain. Their own father and son creator owned property. Mike works on many private commissions for fans and patrons and travels to conventions around the U.S.

Blake Zawadzki

Blake Zawadzki is a multiple award winning writer and filmmaker. Blake wrote and created the series, Felandra: Heroine of Darkness. Felandra: Heroine of Darkness comic issue 1 was first released on June 28, 2025 and debuted at the Garden State Comic Fest. The series follows Adriana Woods and an ensemble cast. By day, Adriana is a journeyman mechanic at the Motor Crossing Garage in Welvaart City. By night, she is the vigilante, Felandra. She has to deal with the loss of her mother as well as the rise of crime in a cyberpunk world set 70 years in the future. The series explores many themes including sci-fi, magic, sisterhood, and extended family. The team for comic issue 1 also includes collaborated contributions from Eli Ramos, Keith Williams, Ava Schrager, Justin Birch, and Rick Parker. An animated series is in development and the pilot episode screenplay has won multiple accolades at festivals and competitions from across the country.

Mark Mazz

Mark Mazz is an American comic book art director, editor and comic book writer. Mark has been part of the industry working as an Art Director for Marvel, the Design Services Manager for DC, the Creative Director for Harris Comics, and is now President & CCO of his own start-up business Atlas Unleashed

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