Rich Johnson is a longtime comic book industry mainstay; Johnson spent time as a VP with DC Comics, VP of Lion Forge Press, has been an Eisner Awards judge and founded, and was co-Publishing Director of manga imprint Yen Press. Johnson also co-edited the critically acclaimed graphic novel COVID Chronicles: A Comics Anthology, named one of the best graphic novels of 2021 by the Washington Post.
Mark Waid is a celebrated comic book writer best-known recently for All-New, All-Different Avengers.
