Seeker Society

Jana Tropper, M.S., CCC-SLP, is a writer, presenter, and speech-language pathologist at a public elementary school outside Chicago. When she’s not writing, reading, or playing video games, she enjoys visiting schools and has presented as both an educator and author at several events including C2E2, LITapalooza, New York Comic Con, and San Diego Comic Con. She lives with her husband, Josh, and their own three rescue dogs: Ripley, Newt, and Sandy Lambert.

Kyle Higgins is an Eisner award-nominated, #1 New York Times best-selling comic book author and filmmaker known for his work on DC Comics’ Batman titles as well as his critically acclaimed reinventions of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers for Boom! Studios, Ultraman for Marvel Comics, and his creator-owned series Radiant Black, NO/ONE, and Deep Cuts for Image Comics. He is the creative director of Black Market Narrative and The Massive-Verse.

Zack Giallongo is your typical artist with a beard. He makes his own comics, drawings for roleplaying games, and teaches illustration. Growing up in Massachusetts, he also spent a lot of time in Indiana with his maternal side of the family. After spending time as a video store clerk, a museum guard, and a gym teacher, he found work in creating independent comics and graphic novels for all readers and has tried not to look back. He’s gotten the chance to work with Star Wars (Star Wars Doodles and The Doodles Strike Back from Disney publishing, and Ewoks: Shadows of Endor from Dark Horse) as well as making stories and drawings for Ducktales and Adventure Time. His own graphic novel, Broxo (which is about teenage barbarians and zombies) was a New York Times bestseller. Of cheese, banjos, and dogs, his love is unwavering.

Whitney Cogar is a comic colorist and illustrator from Savannah, GA. She contributed colors to the two time Eisner Award winning Giant Days (Boom! Studios), the Ringo! Award winning The O.Z., the Steven Universe comic series (Boom! Studios), and Lucy Knisley’s Peapod Farm series (Random House). She enjoys building punchy, rich environments in her work and designing enamel pins.