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Janet Hetherington with Cassandra (Elvira) Peterson

Janet Hetherington is a writer and cartoonist with a degree in Journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She is the creator of the Eternal Romance comic book, and her comics scripting appears in Elvira, Mistress of the Dark from Claypool Comics. Janet has also written for Animation magazine, and currently contributes to Animation World Network (www.awn.com) and VFXWorld.com. She is former Editor of the Canadian Toy Testing Council’s Toy Report and former Managing Editor of WizardWorld.com. Janet writes prose fiction as well, and her short story “The Power Lunch” is published in Bell, Book & Beyond: An Anthology of Witchy Tales. Janet is a 1999 Aurora Award winner for excellence in Canadian science fiction and fantasy. She has served as a judge for comics' prestigious Eisner Awards (1997) and for the Canada Council for the Arts (2003). She is a member of the Friends of Lulu organization and the Ottawa Science Fiction Society. Janet currently works as an Editor with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Ronn Sutton drawing a convention sketch

Ronn Sutton with Cassandra (Elvira) Peterson

Ronn Sutton is a professional freelance artist and designer who has been pencilling stories for the Elvira, Mistress of the Dark comic book (Claypool Comics) for the past eight years. He is currently working on additional assignments, including artwork for MyRomanceStory.com. Throughout his career, Ronn has drawn numerous stories for comics, including The Night Terrors (Chanting Monks Studios), Spinnerette (Millennium Comics), Vamperotica (Brainstorm), Draculina’s Cozy Coffin (Draculina Publishing), Sex & Death (Millennium Comics), Mean magazine (Draculina Publishing), Perf & Gauge (Canada Post), and many more. In 1994, he drew the daily newspaper strip Jannie Weezie, co-created with Janet Hetherington, published in the Ottawa Citizen. As an illustrator, Ronn has provided courtroom drawings for the Ottawa Citizen and art for such publications as Saturday Night, Owl and On Spec. As a designer, he worked for Maclean’s and Toronto Life magazines, and was Creative Director for Tribute Goes to the Movies for over six years before going freelance. He has also designed rock posters for many prominent groups. Ronn co-designed Canada’s Official First Day Cover featuring superhero stamps in 1995. Ronn was a key animator for the Savage Dragon animated TV series, based on the popular Image comic book. He has worked on animation for other projects as well, including Honey Nut Cheerios, Captain Highliner, and We’re Back (the animated dinosaur feature). Ronn is a multiple Aurora Award nominee for Artistic Achievement. He has taught cartooning at the Nepean Visual Arts Centre, and in 2001 his work was profiled on the Life Channel’s TV program Eros.

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