Austin is an illustrator and cartoonist best known for his free-press magazines 'Hub City,' 'Pop Fiction,' and his widely-read daily web comic 'The World is Our Icebox.' His comic strip 'Squareasota' appears weekly in the Ticket section of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, a subsidiary of the New York Times.

He attended Ringling College of Art and Design from 1995-1997, and worked as an artist for several comic book companies including Image, Avatar Press, Alias, Blue King Studios and Golden Goat Studios.

In recent years, Austin has transitioned into filmmaking, shooting and editing commercials, PSAs, local TV shows and segments, documentary and narrative films with various production companies.

He's the creator of dozens of intellectual properties, and has penned several feature-length screenplays and shorts. His short film 'The Last Word' played at the Sarasota Film Festival in 2008 to positive reviews. As a producer, he currently has several projects in various stages of development.

The Lascivio Project began in January 2006 to research and investigate innovation in online entertainment. This information and experience has created The Lascivio Design – a detailed collection of principles and solutions for MMO games and film that leads both industries a revolutionary step forward.

Mr. Lowery is an entrepreneur and business consultant with 26 years experience. He has funded, started, bought and sold a number of businesses in industries ranging from manufacturing and logistics to business services. He is the founder of Adducent, Inc. a business consulting firm, owner and developer of Adducent.TV a business information publisher and service platform website.  He is also founder and developer of Booknology™ and Flag Officer Publishing Systems™ niche/specialty businesses focusing on writing & publishing services.

He works with business owners in a broad array of industries to develop and improve their business operations and to increase business value. He has helped private and public companies grow through acquisition and worked with private businesses going public.  One public company he worked with grew from $15 million to $600+ million in revenue through acquisitions.

Avenue Social is a premier social network application and viral widget development company that specializes in developing social games and social media campaigns for brands. As a holistic solutions provider, Avenuesocial focuses on its core competencies in design, development and monetization as well as providing access to analytics for optimization.

Steve Quentin is a professional animator and concept artist born in Readlyn IA. He was educated at The Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, FL where he received his BFA in illustration in 1999. He has been a professional animator and concept artist for the past 11 years, working on video games, feature films and VFX.

Tim Hatcher first worked with the creative ladies behind BIG DADDY'S CHICKS when they were all on staff at DNA Productions.  There this native Texan was an animator working on projects such as THE ANT BULLY, JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS, and THE ADVENTURES OF JIMMY NEUTRON.  Since his DNA days, Tim has contributed animation to ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS,  TMNT, THE VERY FIRST NOEL, OPEN SEASON 2, OPEN SEASON 3, and other films.

As a writer, Tim has authored twenty plays.  His produced works include BAD ROOF, THE ODYSSEY (for which he received the Leon Rabin Award in 2002), BARTLEBY: THE TRUE STORY, FAMILY ROOM, THE DODO, THE DEATH OF FLOYD COLLINS, COVERED DISH and BRENDENE: THE LADY AND HER LAUNDRY. His children's plays include THE WHITE RAINBOW TRAIL, COSMIC SOUP, and THE HAPPINESS SHIRT.  Tim received his MFA in playwriting from the Yale School of Drama, and is a past recipient of the Dobie-Paisano Fellowship awarded by the Texas Institute of Letters and the University of Texas.

After dropping out of the University of Cincinnati's Architecture program in 1993, Mike decided to take life more seriously by entering computer animation. After his short film Television Monster was shown at various film festivals and Siggraph, Mike was offered a position with Walt Disney Imagineering. For 3 years, Mike worked on virtual attractions including Hercules and The Pirates of the Carribean.

Mike was Animation Supervisor for the feature film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and was one of two directors on the Nickelodeon television series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius. He has directed more than 16 hours of television, including 3 one-hour shows and 1 hour-and-a-half special; he was nominated for an Annie for Best Directing in an Animated Series and won an Annie for Best Children’s Animated Series.

From 2006-2009, while at O Entertainment, Mike served as Supervising Director on Back at the Barnyard where he supervised 33 episodes and directed 14. In 2009, the show earned an Emmy Award® for Outstanding Animated Program Special Class. Mike is co-creator of the O Entertainment show Planet Sheen, currently in production. Mike is being represented by Summit Talent & Literary Agency in Beverly Hills and is currently in development of many television and feature projects.

Writer, director, performer and all around swell guy, Nick Gibbons has been sharpening his comedy skills since he was dropped on his head as a child. Nick got his first taste of comedy production in high school, where he wrote, directed and starred in the sketch show, Our Show, for cable access. While getting his BFA at the University of North Texas Nick continued honing his comedic craft. After graduation Nick worked at DNA Productions on the Oscar nominated film Jimmy Neutron. During that time Nick wrote and produced several short films that have been seen on MTV, FUSE, PBS, and Comedy Central. In 1999, Nick won best-animated short film at South by Southwest. In 2003 Nick moved to New York City, where he worked at Blue Sky Studios on the motion pictures Robots, Ice Age 2, and Horton Hears a Who. Nick has performed comedy at Caroline's on Broadway, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and several other venues around New York City. In 2007 Nick was a finalist in HBO's Andy Kaufman awards and performed at Caesars' Palace in Las Vegas. Nick has written comedy articles for Toy Fare magazine, episodes of the show Robotboy for Cartoon Network, and most recently an episode of the Adult Swim show Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

Leisa "LEI" McClelland can manage a design team, and deliver quality projects spanning from minor features to major campaigns. She also practices hands on design.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/leisamcclelland

Email: LEI@LEIdesigns.com

Douglas Mullins is a composer based in leafy Maplewood, NJ. He makes music of all kinds for contexts of all kinds: scoring for live action and animated film; music for video games and web sites; theme songs for television programs and individuals who feel they need or deserve theme songs; patriotic airs for small-town marching bands. In addition, he records under a host of slightly unhinged aliases draped under the banner of Rope and Pulley Records.

http://ropeandpulley.blogspot.com/

Brian Capshaw began performing shortly before his birth in April, 1965. He did take a brief hiatus from performing to go to college (Oklahoma), work as an Animator for movies and television, and get married. He is currently divorced and lives in Flower Mound with his cat, Izzy. Brian's voice can be heard in numerous films, videos and on the web, and his face can be seen in a few commercials and military training films. He is represented by the Kim Dawson Agency.

Composer Mark Menza has been writing, arranging and producing music for over 15 years. Relocating to Dallas from the northeast with an undergraduate music degree from SUNY Fredonia, jazz guitarist Mark Menza began playing, teaching, and writing.

Menza Music was founded in 1994 with a focus on scoring to picture offering composing, sound design, audio post production, music supervision, and audio production for all types of media. Mark has worked on the animated series Jimmy Neutron, DragonBallGT, Beet and Wishbone as well as a spectrum of films, documentaries and commercials.