Richard Starkings is the creator of HIP FLASK, THE ELEPHANTMEN and his semi-autobiographical comic strip, HEDGE BACKWARDS. Born and raised in England, Starkings worked for five years at Marvel UK's London offices as editor, designer and occasional writer of ZOIDS, GHOSTBUSTERS, TRANSFORMERS and the DOCTOR WHO comic strip. He is perhaps best known for his work with the award-winning Comicraft design and lettering studio, which he founded in 1992 with John 'JG' Roshell. Starkings & Roshell also co-authored the best-selling books COMIC BOOK LETTERING THE COMICRAFT WAY and TIM SALE: BLACK AND WHITE.

Ladronn was born and raised in Veracruz, Mexico and after leaving Art School at the age of 21, managed a design studio and later worked for Televisa Veracruz as a designer of animated station promotionals. His goal was always to work as a painter, and he never considered creating comics, especially not for the American market, until after he visited the San Diego Comic Con with a friend in 1995. Ladronn was invited to submit samples of his work to Marvel Comics and shortly thereafter he landed a regular job penciling CABLE. He was later joined on the book by Joe Casey and they created a memorable run on the title together from issue 51 through issue 70. Ladronn's incredible painted work was first published in a short story for the THOR 2000 Annual before he started work on THE INHUMANS mini series with Carlos Pacheco. This was to be his last work for Marvel before starting his career over again on HIP FLASK.

Moritat, a.k.a. "Justin Norman," is the artist of STRAY MOONBEAMS, ATTRACTIVE FORCES, THE 3RD DEGREE and SOLSTICE.

John Roshell, a.k.a. "JG", a.k.a. "Mr. Fontastic", a.k.a. "Comicraft's Secret Weapon", first touched a Macintosh in 1988. With Richard Starkings, he pioneered many of the computer techniques that are widely used to letter comic books today. He's also responsible for the creation of the hundreds of typefaces that Comicraft has used to letter many of America's best-selling comics. He also designs logos, trade paperback/hardcover collections, and creates and maintains the Active Images Network of websites.