I was born in Springfield, Massachusetts sometime in the seventies… (My secret). I was raised by a band of pan handling gypsies, who watched over me until I was old enough to beg for my own supper… (My shame). Seriously though, I grew up in a fairly stable, normal household with a fairly stable, normal Mom, Dad and little brother, (who incidentally is now at least 5 inches taller than me… thanks for making HIM eat his Wheaties, Mom).

I grew up watching all the typical cartoons: He-Man, GI Joe, Transformers, ThunderCats, etc. Then, one fine day, a friend got me into collecting comic books (thanks Damien) and my life was irrevocably changed! I started to read everything and anything I could get my hands on!

I admired and enjoyed the creativity and imagination that had I found in those comic stories and dreamt that I would create my own comic book one day.

Having grown up with and been entertained by great comic characters like
Spider-man, Batman, X-men, the Ninja Turtles, etc... I wanted to put something
of my own out into the world and just maybe... someone would read and enjoy it! My
hope is that the stories I am writing now in Captain Drew and Unhappy Gran'ma
will not only entertain, but inspire you to pursue your own dreams, whatever they may be.

When Aaron was small he was given the opportunity to see 3 very special movies in the theater that started his long descent into sci-fi and comic books. Of course those movies were the Holy Trinity, The Star Wars Trilogy. Getting some of his innate artistic ability from his Mom (thanks Mom!), he nurtured his gift and one day decided to draw a comic book. That comic was not Captain Drew…that comes years later. He drew a book about bounty hunting in a gritty Earth of the future. Alas, only being 11 or so, it didn’t get too much publicity, except at a local comic shop, that sold a total of 3 or 4 issues. But that didn’t stop him! Oh no! He decided to start another! This one was of course…Captain Drew. 

At the time, he was in High School, and the first few ideas started to blossom. Now here it is 15 years later, and Drew is now a reality from his imagination.  Currently Aaron pencils Drew and handles typography and layout, when he finds the time in between marathon sessions of World of Warcraft!

Aaron hopes Drew is just one title in a long list of ideas his head currently houses. You think up a lot of ideas in 15 years ya know?

And yes, Aaron is aware that his bio pic makes him look evil. He’s really a nice guy…or so he says.

Through the correct twists of fate that make up our ho-hum "real-life" universe, I somehow managed to get myself mixed up with these two freaks to form something a lot more exciting than reality (and hopefully will pay off the bills that this universe produces)

My quest to make a decent living off of a creative venture (which works out since art is my only marketable talent) has led me to illustrating a few books, animation in a PC game I've been sworn to never mention again lest my tongue be removed, and even was involved in a project where my work had to be approved by some silver-haired guy who made some "Warring Stars" movie on 8mm film in his parents' basement (or something like that, big-shots like me don't have time for "details" or "facts").

When I'm not working on Drew, I'm out hiking, taking photos, getting lost in a mug of brew and live music, and trying however he can to make sure he's gonna leave this world a better place than how he found it.

Markellus may have been born in Chicago, but he spent his "childhood" in Gotham City, Metropolis, and in a galaxy far, far away. After becoming obsessed with movies in the summer of 1977, he soon began developing his art of storytelling. One of his first comic books was the epic story, "The Greatest Battle in the Universe", starring Superman, He- Man, and Luke Skywalker (he was in 4th grade). Markellus later went on to produce "Power Boy", somewhat popular amongst his sixth grade class.

After moving to Massachusetts, he was introduced to Tom VanZandt (Tommy Tom) and was impressed with Tom's self-published comics. Inspiration hit, and with a lot of help from other people, Markellus soon began producing his own series called "The Almost Incredibly True Adventures of Mark and Jay" (issue #4 coming soon). Markellus soon joined the Radbu family and is thrilled to be working on Unhappy Gran'ma among other top-secret projects.

Matt was a comic/Star Wars fan from day one, and still is. He started drawing at a very young age and never stopped. Attained a 2 year visual fine arts degree and started working for Mark Lewis Creative Arts while continuing his education. Under Mark’s guidance, he did package design, shareware game animation, conventions and concept art.

Matt then opened The Mine Studio, his own freelance studio that has been producing quality comic books, freelance work and private lessons for over ten years. Starting in a studio in Simsbury, Connecticut, (now a tanning salon, snif) Matt was able to work on his art projects, teach private art lessons and operate as a working sister studio to Mark Lewis Creative Arts. Since then, his studio has done character design for large companies, published BIGGER comics, painted and illustrated the DUNGEON DOWNLOADS gaming terrain cd, package designs and has taken his lessons to a larger audience through the Farmington Valley Arts Center Faculty.

Check out Matt's webpage here