Pepe Moreno is a Spanish comic book artist and digital pioneer best known for Batman: Digital Justice and Rebel. He also created the hit video game series BeachHead and is recognized for blending traditional comics with cutting-edge digital storytelling.

Doug Drexler is a winner of both American and British Academy Awards, two Emmys (eight nominations), a Saturn Award, the Visual Effects Society Award, and is a two-time Peabody Award recipient. Born in New York City, he began his career as a protege of legendary makeup artist Dick Smith. Drexler’s makeup career culminated with the iconic and Oscar winning pantheon of characters seen in Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy, after which he branched out into a variety of Hollywood disciplines. Perhaps most notably, Doug was a creative mainstay on Star Trek for nearly two decades and has served in more capacities on the show than anyone in its 60-year history, including makeup artist, graphic designer, VFX artist, and conceptual designer, designing three Enterprises. His Trek credits include Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Generations, First Contact, Enterprise, and Picard. Doug also served as two-time Emmy winning VFX CG supervisor on Battlestar Galactica and as a designer on Seth MacFarlane’s The Orville. Doug has worked with such talents as Warren Beatty, Al Pacino, Mickey Rourke, Meryl Streep, Jon Landau, Michael Douglas, James Caan, Jack Nicholson, Michael Mann, Sir Patrick Stewart, Glenn Close, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Cimino, Mike Nichols, Bette Midler, and Madonna. Known for his diverse skill set, Doug Drexler has been a chameleon in the world of film and television for 43 years. His ability to seamlessly transition between different artistic mediums has earned him a reputation as a versatile and innovative creator.

Rikki Simons is a voice actor, writer, and artist. He is most famous for being the voice of the robot in a dog suit, GIR from Invader ZIM. As a writer he is known for the science fiction and fantasy novel Hitherto a Lion. Original illustrated books and comics that he created with Tavisha-Wolfgarth-Simons include Super Information Hijinks: Reality Check!, Ranklechick and His Three Legged Cat, ShutterBox, and now The Trinkkits. He is also a background painter in animation, most noted for his color design onInvader ZIM. The comics and books he creates with Tavisha can be read and purchased at www.tavicat.com. His Blog can be found at www.rikkisimons.com.

Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons is a German and Japanese American artist who produces her art and stories under the studio name of Tavicat (and sometimes “WiredPsyche”). During her two decades of publishing manga-influenced comics in the American market, Tavisha’s comics and illustrations have been published by Nickelodeon, Tokyopop, Digital Manga, and SLG Publishing, among many others. Original illustrated books and comics that she created with Rikki Simons include Ranklechick and his Three-Legged Cat, Super Information Hijinks: Reality Check!,ShutterBox, and now The Trinkkits. @Tavicat, a comic about her cats, can be read and purchased at www.tavicat.com.

Jorge R. Gutierrez, born in Mexico City and raised in Tijuana, is a Mexican animator, writer, producer, director, and voice actor currently based in LA. He co-created with wife and muse Sandra Equihua the multi-Emmy Award Winning Nickelodeon animated series EL TIGRE: THE ADVENTURES OF MANNY RIVERA and the multi-Emmy Award Winning limited series, MAYA AND THE THREE for Netflix Animation. In features, Gutierrez co-wrote and directed THE BOOK OF LIFE which was produced by Guillermo del Toro for 20th Century. The film stars Diego Luna, Zoe Saldaña, Ice Cube, Ron Perlman, Kate del Castillo and Channing Tatum. Gutierrez is currently developing the SPEEDY GONZALES movie for WB.

Craig Bartlett is an animator, writer, and creator best known for creating the Emmy Award–winning animated series Hey Arnold!. He has also worked on influential shows such as Rugrats and remains a key figure in modern animation history.

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Ian James Corlett is a voice actor, writer, and producer best known as the original English voice of Goku in Dragon Ball Z. His extensive career includes roles in Beast Wars: Transformers, Ed, Edd n Eddy, and numerous animated series and films.

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Carlos Jaime Alazraqui is an American actor, stand-up comedian, impressionist, producer, and screenwriter, best known for his role as Deputy James Garcia on Reno 911! and for his voice acting roles

Alazraqui has performed several voices for Nickelodeon cartoons, including Rocko on Rocko’s Modern Life, as well as Denzel Crocker and Juandissimo Magnifico on The Fairly OddParents, Winslow T. Oddfellow and Lube on CatDog, and Scooter on SpongeBob SquarePants. He also voiced Spyro in Spyro the Dragon. He was later replaced by Tom Kenny as Spyro in Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage!, Spyro: Year of the Dragon and Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly. In 1997, he voiced Crash Bandicoot in a promotional ad for the game Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back. He also voiced the Taco Bell chihuahua in the Taco Bell commercials, Rikochet in the first two seasons of ¡Mucha Lucha! and Mr. Weed (the head of the “Happy Go Lucky” toy factory) on Family Guy.

Jeff Bennett is an American voice actor who voiced the titular character in the animated series Johnny Bravo, as well as Dexter’s Dad in Dexter’s Laboratory, Peter Puppy in Earthworm Jim, Brooklyn in Gargoyles, Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel in Lilo & Stitch: The Series, Petrie in The Land Before Time franchise and Kowalski in the Penguins of Madagascar series (replacing Chris Miller). In 2012, Bennett was awarded an Annie Award for his role in The Penguins of Madagascar and in 2016, he was awarded an Emmy Award for his role in Transformers: Rescue Bots. He has been listed among the top names in the voice-over field.

Van Partible is a Filipino-born American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, director and producer best known for creating the animated television series Johnny Bravo. Van also is directing the Pete the Cat series for Amazon, based on the children’s books by James Dean.