About Us

Ben Rankel is a Canadian artist & writer, and is drawing and writing our upcoming graphic novel Frank. His comic, illustration and design work on Sidney York’s 2015 album <3s (HEARTS) was nominated for a Western Canadian Music Award. Ben lives in Calgary, Alberta with his partner Fiona and their cat, Kupo.

Lovern is a successful writer, colorist and illustrator based in Winnipeg, Canada, writing the Shame trilogy and Underworld for Renegade. Lovern Kindzierski’s colours have appeared in many comic books and magazines including The X-men, Star Trek, Dr. Who, The New Yorker, Wired, and Sesame Street.

GMB Chomichuk is an award-winning writer, graphic novelist and public speaker, as well as the artist for Underworld. His work has appeared in film, television, books, comics and graphic novels. You can watch his creative process in the Kelly-Anne Riess documentary Artists By Night. He calls Winnipeg home and wants you to join the fight and make comics.

Dan was the artistic genius behind the artwork for the Doug Bradley’s Spinechillers cover designs. He has also composed the music for a number of the stories too. Dan was also a successful musician and was often away on tour wowing crowds with his mastery of the six string axe.

Steph is a talented Pittsburgh based artist who designed the Spinechillers logo and the striking T shirt it adorns. A big fan of the work of Edgar Allan Poe, Steph has created a number of fantastic art pieces influenced by his work.

Liz is one of the talented freelance artists working with Renegade who is also well on her way to becoming a fantastic animator too. Her first illustrated children’s book ‘Granny’s Attic’ became Renegade’s first publication. Her photography has been exhibited around the country and Liz is currently working on a series of unique masks.

The artist for the acclaimed Shame trilogy, and described by director Robert Rodriguez as a “God” for his art for Peter Straub’s The Green Woman, John was seven when he first encountered a paint brush. It was love at first sight, offering him an output to visualize and create what he saw in his mind and put it to paper. Thus began a life- long ambition of creativity all connected by one underlying theme – the interesting and bizarre.

Jim Campbell is a professional comic-book letterer, one-time writer (perhaps again in the future!) and occasional artist (although his enthusiasm rather outstrips his actual ability). He knows more about print production than mortal man was meant to know and has also scanned more images than you’ve had hot dinners.

Jon, in 25 years as a comic book artist, has worked on iconic characters such as Judge Dredd, Dan Dare, Spectacular Spider-man,Shinobi,Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, Warhammer Of Ancient Blood, Mutant Chronicles, Thunderbirds, and Dr Who. Jon has brought humour strip ‘Tales of The Buddha Before He Became Enlightened’, created with Alan and Jamie Grant, to live at Renegade following the folding of Wasted magazine.

Freelance writer for over 20 years – When he’s not being ungainfully employed as a BAFTA-nominated video games scriptwriter, he keeps himself busy writing comics, novels, screenplays and Doctor Who audio plays. Comics work includes Predator, Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, Missionary Man, Necronauts, Caballistics Inc and Absalom, and Dept. of Monsterology for Renegade.

Todd is best known in comics as a letterer, which he’s been doing since 1977, working with writers like Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, Bill Willingham and many others, and collaborating with a host of artists. He lettered The Loxleys and the War of 1812. He also designs logos, covers and interior pages for comics, and has credits as a comics writer as well.

Emma is an award-nominated writer working in games, film, 2000AD comics and Doctor Who Big Finish audio. She has written Robbie Burns: Witch Hunter with Gordon Rennie.

Phil handles website design and implementation for Renegade. He has been designing and developing creative, accessible and clean coded websites for a number of companies. Phil is also a talented pianist and performs with bands in the UK.

Business Development is Luisa’s remit, bringing experience with accounting, PR, and marketing to Renegade along with an appreciation of the Fast Show, good music, and great stories. In her spare time, Luisa will be found either at a gig or racing down a mountain at break-neck speeds.

Germaine Arnaktauyok is an Inuk printmaker, painter, and drawer originating from the Igloolik area of Nunavut, then the Northwest Territories. Arnaktauyok drew at an early age with any source of paper she could find, and provided the artwork for the story Kiviuq vs Big Bee appearing in Arctic Comics.

Jose Kusugak was an Inuk politician, teacher, and writer from Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada. He moved, along with his family, to Rankin Inlet in 1960. In acknowledgement of his work negotiating the creation of Nunavut, he has been called the “Last Father of Confederation.” He wrote Kiviuq vs Big Bee for Renegade’s Arctic Comics. He passed away in 2011.

Tiernen Trevallion is a comics artist who illustrates Absalom for 2000 AD. He has also worked on Tharg’s Terror Tales and Tharg’s Future Shocks in 2000 AD, and Tales from the Black Museum and Judge Dredd in the Judge Dredd Megazine. He was the artist for Robbie Burns: Witch Hunter. His lovingly detailed art repays close examination, especially when he slips in something cheeky in the background.

Fascinated by Canada’s military history, 2014 Pierre Berton award winning author, Mark Zuehlke, developed the best-selling Canadian Battle Series, which documents the Canadian World War II experience, and was a writer for The Loxleys and Confederation.

Richmond Clements is a writer, editor and colourist for the small press publisher FutureQuake Press. He has also written Wild West Wendy, a supernatural western drawn by Vicky Stonebridge, and Turning Tiger for Renegade Arts Entertainment.

Annie Parkhouse has been one of the leading letterers in British comics for over 30 years, and lettered Jacqueline the Singing Crow for Renegade.

Alex is a freelance illustrator and comic book artist from London. Whilst working almost exclusively digitally, she keeps a traditional feel to her images through brushes and textures. She particularly enjoys drawing weird monsters getting their groove on, music-makers and things from questionable points of view. Alex was the artist for Turning Tiger.

Shane Oakley is a British illustrator and comic book artist from Stoke-on-Trent, England and was the artist for Channel Evil.

Robert Englund is an American actor, voice-actor, singer, and director, best known for playing the character of infamous serial killer Freddy Krueger, in the Nightmare on Elm Street film series. He lent his voice to Doug Bradley’s Spinechillers.

Ed Brisson has been selfpublishing comics since 1994. In 2006, he began lettering comics professionally and has since lettered for a myriad of publishers, including Image, Viz, Dark Horse and BOOM. Ed is also an accomplished comic book writer and has been nominated for the Joe Shuster Award for Best Canadian Writer several times. He lives in Vancouver with his wife and daughter and lettered Underworld.

Geof Isherwood is a painter, sculptor and comic book illustrator, and has lent his talents to Renegade’s upcoming title Necromantic.

Jeffrey Combs is an American actor known for his horror film roles such as Re-Animator and appearances playing a number of characters in the Star Trek and the DC Animated Universe television franchises. He narrated H.P. Lovecraft’s Re-Animator stories for Renegade’s Spinechillers series.

A comic book artist mostly known for his work in the 1990’s with Marvel’s Avengers West Coast series, David has joined the Renegade team as an artist for the upcoming Necromantic.

Richard is an internationally renowned storyteller and best-selling author of 30 books and graphic novels including Three Feathers & Godless But Loyal To Heaven. Richard is currently writing the Wheetago War series with Renegade.

Christopher Shy is an artist, visual designer and concept artist whose work you can find both in art galleries, on posters and book covers. He is known for his posters and art for horror and science fiction films such as Mandy, The Thing, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Aliens, Friday the 13th (2009) Star Wars and The Wheel of Time. Wheetago War Roth is Christopher’s first book with Renegade.

Shea Proulx spent her twenties going to forest-raves, living with a lot of strange people, and becoming over-educated at Emily Carr and UBC.  ABC Monstrosity is Shea's second published book with Renegade, following her visual meditation on motherhood and creating art, Alice at Naptime.

Elaine M. Will is a Joe Shuster Award winning cartoonist and illustrator from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.  Elaine is most well-known for writing and illustrating Look Straight Ahead, an award winning graphic novel about a teenage boy's struggle with mental illness. The Last Band On Earth is her third graphic novel with Renegade Arts Entertainment.

Jarret is a comic creator living in Calgary, Alberta, with Métis and Icelandic heritage. Jarret is fully committed himself to practicing all creative aspects of making comics, including writing, illustrating, lettering and design.  Shout Kill Revel is Jarret's debut graphic novel, and he is working on several new comics and graphic novels with Renegade.

Chase Kantor is an Edmonton-born writer and graduate from the Vancouver Film School's Writing for Film and Television program. Chase recently became a featured comic colourist on several upcoming indie titles. Alice of Spades follows his first book with Renegade, The Saga of Jack of Spades.

Mark is best known for writing Canadiana comedy comic, Saskatch-A-Man, and adventure graphic novel, Årkade with Renegade Arts Entertainment. His latest graphic novel with Renegade is Siegfried: Dragon Slayer.

Yi-Sung Oliver Ho is a professional writer and editor based in Toronto. He’s published 12 books for Sterling Publishing , and his comic stories have appeared in the Toronto Comics Anthology Vol. 1 & 2, as well as in anthologies Holmes Incorporated, Low Society, and Heady Mental. His debut graphic novel with Renegade is Genghis Con. 

Samantha Mary Beiko is a Winnipeg-based author of award-winning teen fantasy fiction.  She has worked extensively in the book and comic publishing industries since 2010 as an editor, graphic designer, and publisher, and was the editor on Gothic Tales of Haunted Love as well as its follow up, Gothic Tales of Haunted Futures with Renegade.

One of the mainstays of the award winning anthology Solar Wind, his work has also appeared in Zarjaz, Omnivistascope, and his own line of Magic Beans Comics like Mothman About The House, Lenny Biscuits, I Cashed A Dead Man's Pension, Nessie Vs Dracula and Mike Neville Adventures. Ben wrote on The Spine Chillers book with Renegade.

One of the mainstays of the award winning anthology Solar Wind, his work has also appeared in Zarjaz, Omnivistascope, and his own line of Magic Beans Comics like Mothman About The House, Lenny Biscuits, I Cashed A Dead Man's Pension, Nessie Vs Dracula and Mike Neville Adventures. Ben wrote on The Spine Chillers book with Renegade.

Steven is a community historian, curator and managing director of Indus Media Foundation, a registered non-profit society based in the Lower Mainland that seeks to foster an appreciation for Punjabi culture within the wider community.  Steven's unique narratives reconcile histories and inspire Canadians to come together to celebrate the diversity of people, the achievements and events that have shaped the country. Duty, Honour, and Izzat is his debut book with Renegade.

After spending three years working exclusively for Dynamite on a variety of titles including Green Hornet, Dejah of Mars, and Army of Darkness / Vampirella, Jethro Morales has recently been focusing his talents on a few larger creator-owned graphic novel projects, the most ambitious of which is SHARKASAURUS with Renegade.

Bob Prodor is an illustrator who started with Edmonton's underground music scene where he created posters for many infamous bands. He moved to Vancouver where his clientele included UFC teams, a burlesque troupe, and more. He has created hundreds of gig posters for local and touring bands including Nirvana and Green Day, album covers for Corb Lund and Shuyler Jansen among others.  Bob is co-creator of two graphic novels with James Davidge, 1st Legion of Utopia with Renegade.

Ryan lives in Saskatoon, where he illustrates graphic novels ranging from humour to superheroes to horror and more. Best known for his work on adventure title, Daisy Blackwood: Pilot for Hire (Soaring Penguin Press). Illustrating The Burning Black with Renegade.

Tiffany Tate is a queer illustrator and sequential artist from Edmonton, AB. Although primarily interested in illustrating all things cute, spooky, and magical, Tiffany has enjoyed a varied freelance career of character design, branding, and production design. her biggest inspiration comes from her cats, video games, and D&D. Illustrator of Alice of Spades published by Renegade.