BLACK WIDOW MODERN ERA EPIC COLLECTION: CHAOS

Comic-book and screenwriter Nathan Edmondson is a native of Augusta, GA. He created the hit comics Olympus, The Light, Who is Jake Ellis?, Where is Jake Ellis?, The Activity, Dancer and The Dream Merchant. He has written Grifter for DC Comics, and Ultimate Iron Man, Black Widow and The Punisher for Marvel. He is also the author of Splinter Cell: Echoes for Ubisoft. His Eisner Award-nominated book Who is Jake Ellis? is soon to be a major motion picture from 20th Century Fox. NPR has listed his work among the “Top 6 Comics to Draw You In,” and USA Today and CNN are among those who have included him in their Top 10 lists.

A former Disney animator who worked on films including The Lion King and Pocahontas, artist Phil Noto started in comics with DC’s Birds of Prey and Jonah Hex, and DC/Wildstorm’s Danger Girl. For Marvel, he has worked on titles ranging from Black Widow to Uncanny X-Force, and he explored the Star Wars galaxy with Chewbacca and Poe Dameron. Also an accomplished painter, Noto has been exhibited in solo shows in New York, Los Angeles and Paris.

Before starting his Marvel career on Punisher, Mitch Gerads was best known as the co-creator and illustrator of The Activity from Image Comics. Gerads has also worked on such comic properties as Doctor Who, Stan Lee’s Starborn, Bandette, Planet of the Apes and Johnny Recon. Gerads is also an accomplished illustrator in the commercial-art field, having worked for such companies as General Mills, Adult Swim and Nabisco.