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Stan Sakai

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Sakai began his career by simply lettering comic books as he perfected his art and began working in the industry.He also wrote and illustrated The Adventures of Nilson Groundthumper and Hermy; a comic series with a medieval setting, influenced by Sergio Aragones's Groo the Wanderer. The characters first appeared in Albedo #1 in 1984, and were subsequently featured in issues of Critters, GrimJack, Amazing Heroes and Furrlough. Stan Sakai became famous with the creation of Usagi Yojimbo, the epic saga of Miyamoto Usagi, a samurai rabbit living in late-sixteenth and early-seventeenth-century Japan.Usagi Yojimbo,...

Hamish Steele

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Hamish Steele is an animation director, comics author and artist based in London, UK. However, he grew up in Glastonbury, Somerset, surrounded by myths, legends and witchcraft. He's been fascinated by Gods for a long time and one day, hopes to become one!In 2017, he published his first graphic novel, Pantheon: The True Story of the Egyptian Gods with Nobrow Press to critical acclaim. The Guardian listed him as one of their Graphic Novelists to watch. Since then, he's been working on his DeadEndia series, beginning with The Watcher's Test, also published by Nobrow, released in 2018.