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 is 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 is also a successful musician and is 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.

With 25 years of transcription, proofreading and editing under her belt, Marilyn is a central part of the Renegade team.

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.

William Simpson is the storyboard artist on HBOʼs hit fantasy series Game of Thrones, and is creating artwork for Renegadeʼs Shades of Grey comic books, as well as writing and drawing the Vampire epic VMT for us. William has handled art duties on many comic book titles including: Batman, L.O.T.D.K., Vamps, Hellblazer, Aliens, Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, and many more. Hollywood credits include Reign of Fire and Ondine.

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.

Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak; born April 27, 1948 in Repulse Bay, Nunavut, where he spent much of his childhood. He is a storyteller and a Canadian children’s writer, who tells stories about Arctic and Inuit culture, and wrote On Waiting for Arctic Comics.

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.

Canadian Chris Chuckry has worked with Marvel, DC and Dark Horse amongst other publishers of comic books, in North America and in Europe. Chris was the colourist for The Loxleys and Confederation and Dept. of Monsterology: Sabbaticals.

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.

Mandi Kujawa lives in Banff, Alberta and is a singer, storyteller who also works as a librarian. She runs a youth choir for elementary children in Banff and engages them with her narratives. Jacqueline the Singing Crow will be her first published written story.

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.

George Freeman is a Canadian artist, colorist and letterer, providing artwork for Arctic Comics. He is most widely known as the artist on Captain Canuck and as one of the founding members of the groundbreaking coloring studio Digital Chameleon.

Nicholas is a comics creator of longstanding and both illustrated and edited Renegade’s latest Arctic Comics. While living in the Arctic in the 80s & 90s, he wrote and drew numerous educational comics for federal and territorial agencies including True North, Arctic Comics 86, Super Shamou, New North and Rick’s Recovery. He is an award-winning landscape painter with works in the collection of Federal and provincial governments, and private collections around the world.

Cartoonist, game maker, and probably not a robot. Creator of Where Is Zog?, Redcoats-ish, Hockeypocalypse, and of course, the HEAT comic and card game.

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

Steven studied illustration at the Anglia Ruskin university and is an active member of the British independent comics scene. He has recently turned his hand to colouring, and has coloured Renegade’s Dept. of Monsterology comic series.

Trained as a stop-motion animator, Tony found work in comics, creating Dominator for Metal Hammer in 1988. Tony collaborated with Pat Mills on a Nemesis photo-story for the 1987 2000AD Sci-Fi Special before joining forces with Alan Grant to write for Judge Dredd Megazine. One of the original founders of Renegade Arts Entertainment, Tony passed away in February of 2016 after a long battle with cancer.

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