Robert Venditti is the New York Times best-selling author of The Homeland Directive and the sci-fi graphic novel series The Surrogates, the first installment of which was adapted into a feature film starring Bruce Willis and Ving Rhames. He also writes the graphic novel adaptations of Rick Riordan's bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians novels. His most recent projects include X-O Manowar, Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps and The Flash.

Brockton McKinney is a cybernetic hermit who writes comic books, screenplays, and other assorted tales from his overground lair well above the Earth's core. He is known for the comic book series' Ehmm Theory, Zoe Dare, AmeriKarate, and the Gingerdead Man. He is the creative director for the NC Comicon, the hairdresser for his 12-year-old daughter, and the only person to have fed and befriended a FleshGroblin.