Vaughn Shinall is based in New York City and has over 15 years of experience working in media and technology. In addition to Good Trouble Productions, he is Head of Product Outreach for Temboo, a no-code environmental engagement platform that helps people, communities, and organizations measure, share, and grow their sustainability and environmental effort using sensors, open data, and community involvement. He previously worked as an agent for the Wylie Agency, representing writers, managing intellectual property, and founding their digital publishing business. He has an MBA in Innovation and Technology from NYU Stern and an AB in the Classics from Harvard College.

Matt Fraction (writer): ADVENTUREMAN (IMAGE), NOVEMBER (IMAGE), SEX CRIMINALS (Image), ODY-C (Image), CASANOVA (Image), SATELLITE SAM (Image), HAWKEYE (Marvel), SUPERMAN’S PAL JIMMY OLSEN (DC) writes comic books out in the woods and lives with his wife, the writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, his two children, two dogs, a cat, a bearded dragon, and a yard full of coyotes and stags. Surely there is a metaphor there.

Matt won the first-ever PEN USA Literary Award for Graphic Novels; he, or comics he’s a part of, have won Eisners, Harveys, and Eagles, which are like the Oscars, Emmys, and Golden Globes of comic books and all seem about as likely. He’s a New York Times bestselling donkus of comics like SEX CRIMINALS (winner of the 2014 Will Eisner Award for Best New Series, the 2014 Harvey Award for Best New Series, and named TIME Magazine’s Best Comic of 2013), SATELLITE SAM, ODY-C, HAWKEYE (winner of the 2014 Will Eisner Award for Best Single Issue), and, oh, lordy, so many more.

Valentine De Landro is a Canadian comic book artist, illustrator, and designer. His credits include titles from Marvel, DC Comics, IDW, Valiant, and Dark Horse. He’s known for Marvel Knights: 4 and X-Factor. He is the co-creator of BITCH PLANET with Kelly Sue DeConnick.

Kelly Sue DeConnick (writer): BITCH PLANET (Image), PRETTY DEADLY (Image), CAPTAIN MARVEL (Marvel), OSBORN (Marvel), WONDER WOMAN HISTORIA: THE AMAZONS (DC), AQUAMAN (DC)  began her comics career writing the English adaptations of Japanese manga for Tokyopop and VIZ. After five years and more than 10,000 pages on books like SLAM DUNK, BLUE SPRING and SEXY VOICE AND ROBO, she transitioned to American comics with 30 DAYS OF NIGHT: EBEN AND STELLA at IDW and OSBORN: EVIL INCARCERATED at Marvel.

Today, DeConnick is well-known in the mainstream market as the force behind Carol Danvers’ reinvention as Captain Marvel (the book that gave rise to the Carol Corps and influenced the 2019 film, for which she worked as a consultant) and as the first female writer of an ongoing Avengers title in AVENGERS ASSEMBLE. In 2013, DeConnick debuted on the independent scene in a big way with PRETTY DEADLY, a brutal mythological Western co-created with Spanish artist Emma Ríos. Hot on the heels of that critical and commercial success, DeConnick and co-creator Valentine De Landro masterminded the sci-fi kidney-punch called BITCH PLANET. This (also Eisner Award-nominated) ongoing series has been met with rave reviews since its debut in December 2014. She began writing for DC Comics with the ongoing series AQUAMAN in 2018. WONDER WOMAN HISTORIA: THE AMAZONS launched in December 2021. She currently develops television with her husband and partner, Matt Fraction, as Milkfed Criminal Masterminds. DeConnick co-founded and co-owns GOOD TROUBLE PRODUCTIONS with Andrew Aydin, Valentine De Landro, Matt Fraction, and Vaughn Shinall. Their first major project, RUN, produced with Congressman John Lewis and Abrams Comicarts, won the 2022 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir.

Andrew Aydin is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a National Book Award winner, a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award Honoree, a Printz Award winner, a Sibert Medal winner, a Walter Dean Myers Award winner, a three-time Eisner award winner, and the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors.

Andrew is creator and co-author of the graphic memoir series, MARCH and RUN, which chronicles the life of Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis. Co-authored with Rep. Lewis, MARCH was the first comics work to ever win the National Book Award.

An Atlanta native, Andrew is a Turkish-American who was raised by a single mother. Andrew served as special assistant to Connecticut Lt. Governor Kevin B. Sullivan and district aide to Rep. John Larson before joining the staff of Rep. John Lewis in 2007 where Andrew served in several capacities including campaign communications director and digital director & policy advisor until his passing in 2020.

A graduate of Trinity College in Hartford and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Andrew wrote his master’s thesis on the history and impact of Martin Luther King & The Montgomery Story. Andrew has appeared as a guest on the Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, and CBS This Morning, as well as National Public Radio, CNN, BBC, CBC and others. Andrew’s lecture with Rep. Lewis during the 2019 Vermont Reads statewide reading program was featured in the PBS special “The Story of March” released in 2020.

In 2019, Andrew joined with Kelly Sue Deconnick, Matt Fraction, Valentine DeLandro, and Vaughn Shinall to found Good Trouble Productions (GTP) to produce innovative nonfiction graphic novel and multimedia projects, including RUN, a sequel series to the March trilogy, civics and history comic books for the New York City Department of Education, as well as “The Long March”, a large-scale custom art installation and online experience for Ben & Jerry’s factory in Vermont.

Andrew frequently lectures at schools and universities, as well as participating in reading programs with incarcerated youth. Andrew served as a judge for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2018 and 2019. Andrew is the co-writer of The March virtual reality immersive experience produced by Time, Inc and released in 2020. Some of his comic works include the Captain America story “Home of the Brave” in Marvel Comics Presents #3 from Marvel Comics, Truth and Justice #6, Batman: Gotham Nights #16 and Titans Together #3 from DC Comics as well as the 2020 Battle for the Vote comic PSA produced in partnership with Rock the Vote. Andrew’s prose works include articles for the Atlanta alt-weekly Creative Loafing and the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance Magazine.