Mike Wheeler
Position: CEO Divinity Comics, Owner Comics Illustrated
Mike Wheeler is a writer with crazy ideas that just work! Creator of Boobs #1, Trip Story, G-Busters, Puppet, lifelong collector of comic books, and long time business manager, he currently manages Divinity Comics alongside his wife, Mindy Wheeler, and writes comic books. We can look forward to many other ideas of of his in the near future!
Mindy Wheeler
Position: COO – CFO Divinity Comics, MVP Comics Illustrated
Mindy Wheeler has been a comic book artist for 9 years. Her first comic book of all her own artwork (interiors, covers) launched in 2023, Boobs #1, which reached almost 30k in Kickstarter! Since about the age of 5, Mindy has been drawing, painting, and creating short films. She’s always dreamed of being a film director and hopes to one day reach that pinnacle. Her 15+ years of experience in marketing, management, and design come in handy as she creates titles and manages the team at Divinity Comics. Mindy also loves dinosaurs. the Wizard of Oz, history, and a good laugh!
Ryan Howatt
Position: Lead Journalist
Ryan Howatt is an Eastern Canadian underground cartoonist living in Fredericton New Brunswick. His self published series ‘Badger’ has garnered international acclaim and is available on Amazon.com. Ryan is a passionate advocate for indy publishing and business mentor to fellow cartoonists.
Piper Steed
Position: News and entertainment Journalist
Wrote for Geeks Worldwide, Fanboy Nation, and Fangirl Nation. Now writes and edits for Arrow Comics. Co-creator and writer of Rift Riders and AR-13L: The Little Mercmaid.
Steven Houston
Position: Head Grading Journalist
The young Steve Houston began collecting comics in England in 1983 and after 10 years of furious collecting and a move to the United States, he transitioned from fan to dealer in 1993. After working in various stores in Southern California Steve began working for Torpedo Comics in 2004 as their senior comics purchaser and grader. A few years later, Steve became an Overstreet Comic Book advisor and then shortly after that, was hired by Pawn Stars to be their comic book expert. Since then Steve’s presence within the comic community has continued to grow with the addition of the Steve and Cimino days boom podcast on YouTube.
Andrew Davis
Position: Speculation and Market Analyst
Andrew Davis is the host of the Facebook Book Live / YouTube show, Conversations in Pop Culture, where he interviews Comic Creators, Cosplayers, Wrestlers, and Voice Actors every week. When he is not interviewing guests, he is working on his Ebay Business, popanimecomicscollectables, where he sells comics, trading cards, and Pop Funkos. He also loves his dog, Hope very much. His knowledge of the Indie market has lent him he moniker of “The Investor”.
Crayle Vanest
Position: Sew & Slay Columninst
Crayle Vanest is one half of the Phoenix Sisters Cosplay duo. She is also a freelance fiction editor, with credits on over 10 published works, and the owner of Pokeballs by Crayle, a small business dedicated to Pokemon-related crafts. She has a deep love for anime, comics, and Disney and loves finding new ways to express her love for these fandoms.
Kelly Guentner-Edwards
Position: Sew & Slay Columninst
Has too many hobbies, much to her long-suffering husband’s chagrin. She is an author, a cosplayer, a podcaster, and the chairwoman of the Multiverse FunRaiser. She will talk your ear off about Black Canary or the role of comics in shaping American history if you’ll let her, so watch out!
Frank Hartgrave
Position: Lead Wrestling Journalist
Mr. Hartgrave has over forty thousand followers and averages ten thousand daily viewers across his two YouTube channels, Instagram and Facebook feeds that he produces daily content for. You can catch him live on Twitch, YouTube and Instagram every Wednesday at 6PM eastern standard time weekly as well as other non-scheduled times during the week. Mr. Hartgrave resides in “Parts Unknown” but we suspect that it is actually rather close to Central New Jersey and can be booked as a speaker, panelist or just to hang around conventions or other extremely odd gatherings locally or not-so locally.
