Drawn together from across the U.S. (and with contributors from Asia and Europe), The Antidote Trust is comprised of some of the best independent projects in comics and the entertainment media. Below you’ll find overviews of the The Antidote Trust’s various creators.
The genres in which they each work are as varied as the composition of our organization. The media that they use to create their art is also disparate. Almost everything that The Antidote Trust’s participants do is distinctive from one another. Comics. Action figures. Busts. Posters. Apparel. What is consistent is that it’s all diverse, professional, innovative and independent.
Mr. Ashby is a lawyer who concentrates on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, commercial lending, regulatory and other corporate matters. He has provided a broad range of corporate advisory services for corporations, like NRG, AES, Shell Oil and Arvin Meritor.
He has launched History in Action Toys, a company committed to developing a broad range of products which are not only fun, but also teach and inspire.
Blake Chen is the writer and artist behind Cass Corridor, a webcomic about ghosts, vampires, goth bands, and the nature of reality. "It's Star Trek for the New Age," says Blake. "Instead of interplanetary space, our heroes explore interdimensional space. Instead of shape-shifting aliens, we have astral-projecting pagan goddesses. Paradoxically, most of the action takes place in one neighborhood.
Founded in 2004 and the brainchild of cousins and co-creators, Carl Dancy and Noel Mercado, 2Fanboys Productions is set to become a wholesale name in comic books.
2Fanboys will be making its publishing debut in the summer of 2008 with its flagship
comic book and character Dominion, in Dominion:Eulogy.
Tim Hegarty owns International Enterprise which represents the foreign licensing rights to a diverse and ever-growing roster of comics and graphic novels to publishers all over the world. In today's global market, there is a territory for even the most obscure of publications, and our risk-free services bring in royalties and exposure for our clients and tomorrow's best sellers to publishers world-wide.
CIn 2004 Lewis decided to fulfill both dreams of becoming a doctor and a comic book artist and started a company called Newave Comics while still attending school. Under this newly formed company, November 2006.
Korby Marks is head of the Korby Marks Intellectual Property Management Company which creates and develops IP for sale and distribution to the mass media. His company has a specific focus in broadening and expanding African-American images and storytelling beyond current stereotypes.
Morgan Ogburn got his start in comics and was published by independants such as Blackbird Comics and Mojo Press. He branched into illustration, 3d animation and graphic design. He has worked in the video game industry, first as a conceptual artist, then a 3d artist as senior 3d artist, and as an independent agent as part of his company ThemePark Studios. Some of ThemePark's clients include Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, Activision, Origin Systems and Mary-Margaret.com.
Robert Roach is a Los Angeles based comic artist & publisher. He's also the winner of the first ever Glyph Awards for excellence in independent publishing & his work gets rave reviews from pros & fans alike. The Glyph Awards recognize the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color from the preceding calendar year.
Mike Sales (aka M.TOREZ) was born in Columbus, GA, where he swam in creeks, climbed plumb trees and flew kites, then moved to DC and dodged bullets, crackheads and crooked cops for fifteen years (having a ball the whole time.) Currently, he and his lovely wife have settled down in the suburban greenways of Raleigh, NC., here he runs TYPE ILLY PRESS.
Born in Rockford, Illinois; raised in Memphis, Tennessee; matriculated in Tacoma, Washington and broadcasting live from Los Angeles, Hannibal Tabu is a writer, a brother, a misanthrope, a son, an emcee, an uncle, a poet, a designer, a nephew, a romantic, a storyteller, and by god, a fan. He spent more than ten years doing the journalist thing for Vibe, Slave Trade, MTV Online, Rap Pages, America Online, the Los Angeles Sentinel, Spinnerrack.com, Speak and The Source.
MFounder of Approbation Comic, Alex Thompson is writer and creator on the rise with a multitude of properties including ChiSai, Vampires Unlimited, The Metamutoids, Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls vs Zombies.
DWAP Productions is a Los Angeles based media art production partnership combining the talents of Dale Wilson and Astra Price. Recently havingself-published the first issue of their comic book Caffeine Dreams, DWAP Productions has been producing video, installation, print, and othermulti-media works professionally for over 10 years now.
