City of Others (10th Anniversary Edition)

Steve Niles was born June 21, 1965. He is an American comic book author and novelist, known for works such as 30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre, Simon Dark, Mystery Society, and Batman: Gotham County Line. Niles was born in Jackson, New Jersey, and he was raised in the Washington, DC suburbs, developing various creative interests in music, writing, and making amateur films. He is credited among other contemporary writers for bringing horror comics back to prominence.

Bernie Wrightson (1948–2017) was a comic book artist and the famed creator of Swamp Thing. He was educated at the Famous Artists School and soon after got a job working for the Baltimore Sun. He made the switch to comic books in 1968 with The House of Mystery and had a storied career in illustration, often working in the horror genre. You can learn more about Wrightson at berniewrightson.com.