Between the Panels 2 contains words and pictures by: Zack Giallongo (Broxo); Ben Hatke (Zita the Spacegirl); JT Petty and Hilary Florido (Bloody Chester); Thien Pham (Sumo); and Mark Siegel (Sailor Twain).
Zack Giallongo is a professional cartoonist, cheese enthusiast, and amateur banjo-ist. His first solo graphic novel,
Broxo, is about teenage barbarians and was published in 2012. It hit #4 on the
New York Times Bestsellers list.
Ben Hatke is the author and illustrator of the
New York Times–bestselling Zita the Spacegirl trilogy, the picture books
Julia's House for Lost Creatures and
Nobody Likes a Goblin, and the graphic novels
Little Robot and
Mighty Jack. He lives and works in the Shenandoah Valley with his wife and their boisterous pack of daughters.
Thien Pham is a graphic novelist, comic artist, and educator based in Oakland, CA. He is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel
Sumo and did the art for the middle-grade graphic novel
Level Up, written by Gene Luen Yang, and is an ongoing comic contributor to
Eater SF. Currently Pham is working on his next graphic novel, teaching, and eating. A lot. Follow Thien on Twitter and Instagram.
JT Petty is an American film director, author, and video game writer. His graphic novel
Bloody Chester was published by First Second. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.
Hilary Florido‘s self-published mini-comics have been listed in the 2009 and 2010
Best American Comics. She works as a storyboarder on The Cartoon Network’s “The Regular Show.”
Mark Siegel is the author and illustrator of award winning picture books and graphic novels, including
Long Night Moon, How to Read a Story, Oskar and the Eight Blessings, Tiny Dancer, and the
New York Times bestselling
Five Worlds series. He is also the founder of First Second books.
