Brandon Wagner is a comic artist, writer and proud Cincinnatian. I met Brandon through the Cincinnati Comic Creators, a monthly gathering of comic book writers, artists, illustrators, etc. Brandon's friendly, good humored, a huge manga fan and quite a talented artist. His cartoonish style artwork is so expressive. He's able to convey a lot in just a panel. Over my favorite dish of fish tacos at The Brew House, we discussed getting inspired in the MeSseD universe. We were

I met Michelle Littlejohn at SolCon 2019. She is an independent artist & illustrator out of Cleveland, Ohio. Her artwork really stuck out. Her pieces reminded me of Fiona Staples' line work and her characters' rich facial expressions. I ran into her again at Genghis Con 2019 in Cleveland and I got to talk to her a little bit further and about having her do some MeSseD artwork. We were excited to commission this piece from her. We have a few different versions below. She