Gary Groth�is the co-founder of�The Comics Journal�and Fantagraphics Books. He lives in Seattle.Drew Friedman 's work has appeared in Raw, Weirdo, SPY, The New York Times, MAD, The New Yorker, BLAB!, The New York Observer, Rolling Stone, Field & Stream, appears regularly in Entertainment Weekly and many other magazines. His collection of portraits Drew Friedman's Sideshow Freaks was published by Blast books in 2011. He resides in Pennsylvania with his wife and collaborator, Kathy Bidus and their two beagles.
Writer/guitarist Josh Alan Freidman's books include Tales of Times Square, Tell the Truth Until They Bleed and Black Cracker; his albums include Famous & Poor, The Worst!, Blacks 'n' Jews, and Josh Alan Band. He lives in the Republic of Texas.