...is a student with comic-writing dreams. She created Next X during her high-school English class and posted what would become the first issue of the book as a piece of original fanfiction (which she knows is an oxymoron) at FanFiction.net. After her short story received rave reviews, she expanded the scope and characters and turned it into the Next X web comic.

CAITLIN SAYS: "For me, the moment that defines why I'm a comic fan is Mr. X holding out a contract to Wolverine, demanding he sign a paper saying Wolverine's not the best at what he does. As long as that level of insanity can exist, the world will never be a truly dark place."

...is a college freshman who would rather be living in Hinton, Alberta, eating haggis and occasionally writing constructive editorial notes in the margins of Caitlin's manuscripts.

SARA SAYS: "Pete Wisdom isn't dead, he's in my dorm room smoking cigs and calling Garth Ennis a wanker."

Is a lifelong artist who hopes to design and script computer games. In the meantime, she contents herself with trying to translate a picky, ungrateful writer's vision into her stunning character paintings.

MELINDA SAYS: Melinda lets her pencil do the talkin'.