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CREATORS & CONTRIBUTORS

CARL POTTS
Writer, Artist, Editor and Primary Creator of ALIEN LEGION
Carl was on staff at Marvel Comics for 13 years. For most of that time, he oversaw a third of Marvel's extensive publishing line as Executive Editor. Carl was Editor in Chief of several publishing divisions for his last year and a half at Marvel. In 1996, he became Creative Director at VR·1, an entertainment company specializing in "massively multiplayer" games for the Internet. Currently Carl works with Lightsource Studios and is working to set up several film and television projects in Hollywood.

ALAN ZELENETZ
Writer, Co-Creator
Alan wrote for a number of titles at Marvel including THOR, KULL and MOON KNIGHT. These days he teaches at Columbia University in New York City.

FRANK CIROCCO
Artist, Co-Creator
Frank has created art for a wide variety of commercial projects, working for a number of high-profile companies including LucasArts, PDI and Rocket Science. Frank is the co-founder of
Lightsource Studios and Mindflight Entertainment.

CHUCK DIXON
Writer
Chuck scripted more issues of Alien Legion than any other writer. His contributions to the series mythos are considerable. He continues to be one of the most popular writers in the comic book business.
Chuck has his own Web site.

LARRY STROMAN
Artist
ALIEN LEGION was Larry’s first major assignment as a comic book artist. After working on the series for years, Larry went on to draw for the X-MEN family of books. Later, he created THE TRIBE for Image Comics.

Many other artists, colorists, letterers and editors contributed to the ALIEN LEGION comics during their 9-year run. An incomplete list in no particular order includes:

Pencil and ink artists: Terry Austin, Chris Warner, Whilce Portacio, Alcatena, Mark Farmer, Randy Emberlin, Hoang Nguyen, Dan Panosian, Scott Hanna, Flint Henry and Bret Blevins.

Colorists: Gloria Vasquez, Bob Sharen, John Wellington, Janet Jackson and Steve Oliff.

Letterers: Walt Simonson (original logo design), Jim Novak and Phil Felix.

Editors: Marcus McLaurin, Marie Javins, Steve Buccellato, Tom Danning and former Marvel Editor in Chief Tom DeFalco.

Special thanks to the late Archie Goodwin, the first Epic Comics Editor in Chief, storyteller extraordinaire and all-around great guy. He left us far too soon.

Appologies to anyone accidentally left off the list!


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