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Kevin L. Williams is founder of Kevin L. Williams Productions and creator of Muley the Mule and Friends (comics and puppets). He has served since 2000 as President of the Mid-South Cartoonists Association, a subchapter of the National Cartoonists’ Society’s Southeastern Chapter, co-chairing events and art shows on behalf of the MSCA as well as other groups and associations, including the Ronald McDonald House of Memphis where Muley is the Official SpokesMule. He has had comics published in local and international publications, been seen in print and video around the world on the internet, appeared on radio and national television, and auditioned with the Jim Henson Company, Sesame Workshop and the Walt Disney Company. Most recently, Muley was seen nationwide on the TV Guide Channel, veoh.com, and in the first issue re-launch of Muley’s Comix and Stories, a book described as “When The Muppets meet Peanuts.” In April 2008, both Kevin and Muley appeared as the Cartoonists in Residence at the Charles M. Schulz Museum. Since 1995, he has been editor of MAW Productions’ Jetta: Tales of the Toshigawa, and has contributed to works and shows of other friends.

Website: www.muleythemule.com

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Jetta: Tales of the Toshigawa was created in 1985 by Martheus Antone Wade, a graduate of the University of Memphis. Martheus’ love for martial arts, along with his talent as a graphic artist, was a natural fit for creating the characters and storyline. He then began his carrier as an intern at Signature Advertising. After completing his internship, Martheus worked as graphic designer. After two years, Martheus struck out on his own as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator working with companies such as the Radison Hotel, Trust Marketing and Senior Services.

He has illustrated for Maximum CNG, Bloodstream for Image Comics, Shooting Star Comics, Chaos Campus for Approbation Comics and Andrew Dabb’s Slices just to name a few. Recently, he has worked on such titles as Action Man for IDW, Marvel Comics Masterpiece card series, and illustrated, wrote, and produced a comic book crossover with his character, Jetta, and William Tucci’s Shi. His work has been seen used for the movie Role Models from Paramount Pictures as well as for the instructional DVD and book, Hi-Fi Digital Color for Comics available from IMPACT Publishing. His next works will be seen in Titanium Rain from Archaia Studio Press.

Website: www.toshigawa.com

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Janet Stone Wade is co-everything in MAW Productions. Not only does she help write the storylines, she also creates characters, compose vector pin-ups, and meticulously inks ( it’s NOT tracing!!! ) the pages to the comic books. Having lived the early part of her childhood in Japan helps contribute to some of the research put into Jetta: Tales of the Toshigawa. Her interests include photography, animation of every kind, kickboxing, comic books, Hello Kitty, and sleeping. She has a degree in graphic design and interactive multimedia.

Website: www.toshigawa.com

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Lin Workman is the creator of the web-comic Scared Silly and is the co-creator of the self-published comic book series Bushi Tales.

Over the past 25 years as a graphic artist, he has designed tombstones and civic monuments as well as apparel for the screen printing industry. He is also an accomplished cartoonist and muralist whose airbrush work has been published in Airbrush Action Magazine and Amazing Figure Modeler. He has completed murals for Pancho’s Restaurant, McDonald’s, Haunted Web of Horrors haunted house and Fitzgerald’s Casino. He recently provided sketch cards for the Topps' The Empire Strikes Back 3-D and Galaxy 6 and 7 card sets.

Lin has served as President and Vice President of the Mid-South Cartoonists Association in Memphis, TN and is a member of the DeSoto Arts Council in Hernando, MS..

Websites: www.linworkman.com | www.bushitales.com | www.havegeekwilltravel.com

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Spawned from the noble genes of a staunch Canadian and a lively Mid-Westerner on the tropic Floridian coast, reared in the wild hills of the norther-most Carolina, driven back to the Ohio Valley to hone his unprecedented talents, and finally plunged into the pungent arm-pit of the Mid-South, Andrew Chandler steadfastly struggles against the powers-that-be in the vain hopes that, one day, he will rise, triumphant, out of the miry clay; a pillar of hope in the relentless scourge of doubtful humanity, and be that which is scorned and adored: a cartoonist. All the while, his amazing wife and sons tolerate his ridiculous eccentricities because they like him so darn much.

Website: www.andrewchandler.net

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Born into poverty and raised on the mean streets of the Mid-South, a young boy had no one to look up to except for the thugs and hustlers. Arrested as a teen for racketeering and money laundering, he decided he needed to change his life. While incarcerated, he picked up a pencil and, after shanking another inmate with it, began creating some the most amazing artwork the world has ever seen! This young man is not Antonio Johnson.

Website: www.darkreignstudios.com

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Chris is a 3d illustrator/animator and multimedia designer. Past employers include a dot com (before the burst), multimedia studios, and a TV station. He is currently freelancing as Fuse9.com, and recently finished creating a 3d character and environment for a game released on Facebook and iPhone (see his blog for the latest). While his usual medical and corporate clients don't normally require character work, he hopes to get more projects involving characters of some kind in the future. Chris spends most of his free time learning to toon while fleshing out his RivetFish universe. Watch for a RivetFish game and/or online comic soon!

Website: www.fuse9.com

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Jim Palmer is a freelance cartoonist and illustrator living in Memphis, Tennessee. His comic strip "LI'L E: The World's Youngest Elvis Impersonator" has appeared in several different music publications since its creation in 1987. He has written and drawn countless comics features and panel cartoons over the years, including "Capers", "Niki and Hugo", "Angel Fools", "Joe and Bennie", and "Fishshtick". His client list includes Corky's, Pinnacle Airlines, Memphis Star, Memphis Flyer, and Carson-Dellosa. Most recently, he has provided illustrations for many different books for both Scholastic Teaching Resources in New York, and Evan-Moor Educational Publishers in California. Jim is also an actor and has appeared in over one hundred stage plays, as well as commercials, training films, and tv and theatrical movies, including "The People vs. Larry Flynt", "Blind Vengeance", and John Grisham's "A Painted House". Oh yeah, and as Alice Cooper's butler in the Halloween-themed series "Rats, Bats, and Bugs" for the History Channel.

Website: www.jimpalmercartoonist.com

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