Geoff Johns is an award-winning and New York Times bestselling writer, film and television producer, showrunner, and entrepreneur known for re-imagining superheroes and other iconic mythologies, past and present. Johns is best known for his work on properties such as Green Lantern, Aquaman, The Flash, Superman, Batman, Justice Society of America, and most recently, the creator-owned hit series Geiger, currently being adapted for television at Paramount.

Since the beginning of his creative career, Johns' hallmark has been writing heroic and inclusive characters, including teenage hero Courtney Whitmore aka Stargirl, inspired by his real-life late sister; the Shazam Family, which he re-imagined into a diverse modern family of today; and the first Arab-American Green Lantern, Simon Baz, as well as the explosive multi-colored Lantern mythology that defined his decade-long bestselling Green Lantern run, among many, many others.

Johns’ most recognized work in television is the critically acclaimed Stargirl series which he created and ran. Some of his film credits include Wonder Woman (executive producer), Wonder Woman 1984 (also co-writer), Aquaman (also story) and Shazam! (executive producer), based on his graphic novel with longtime collaborator and modern legendary artist Gary Frank.

In 2023, Johns co-founded Ghost Machine, the first-of-its-kind creator-owned company. This groundbreaking collective includes some of the industry’s most legendary writers and artists, disrupting the old industry model by giving ownership to its creators, and paving the way for them to retain creative control and financial participation.

Born in Detroit to a Lebanese father, Johns was honored with his own permanent section at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.

Drew Geraci is a comic book creator, born in Pittsburgh, Pa. An Art Institute of Pittsburgh graduate, he spent years in advertising, before turning to comics. His work has been published internationally for DC, Marvel, Disney, Golden Books and others. Credits include work for projects attached to Marvel Studios' The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy. He's been a contributing writer for Sketch Magazine, taught creative workshops, did a guest stint as a disc jockey on an FM classic rock format radio station and danced onstage with Iggy Pop. Comic book highlights include Star Wars, X-Men, Batman, Superman, Birds of Prey Nightwing, JLA, Thor, and Mass Effect, based on the popular game.

Drew's currently combining two of his passions, indie rock music and crime fiction, to write his prose novel series, The Demands, published by NDY Books. Exclusively available on Amazon in both Kindle and print format. The Demands Book One was released September 12, 2015. The Demands is based on a fictional indie rock band of the same name. The band builds a following, one bar at a time, some owned by the local Russian Mob. If the mob wasn't enough trouble, they also forge through obstacles of in-fighting, audience indifference, lineup changes, drugs, family problems, back-stabbing and political intrigue. All while promoting themselves as the second coming of rock and roll. Dark Humor and dark deeds on the road to success for a band striving for survival and recognition.

Dave Gibbons passionately roams in three different global playgrounds: The first park is THE AWAKEN GROUP (THEAWAKENGROUP.COM), a consulting firm specializing in creativity, culture and innovation; the second park is a movement of churches not bound by geography that he calls "home" (NEWSONG.NET), throughout Southeast Asia, China, India, Korea, Mexico City, London, and North America. And lastly there is a crazy bunch of people in an organization called XEALOT that focuses on transforming marginalized communities through strategic leadership development and ideation ventures. Dave has written a book on culture and leadership based on an eastern parable called The Monkey and the Fish.

Photo by Julian Tysoe from London, UK (Dave Gibbons) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.