Iron Maiden: Piece of Mind

About Alison SampsonAntony JohnstonBruce DickinsonDamien WormLeah MooreRod SmallwoodSteven GrantTony Lee

-A multiple-time New York Times Best-seller List and Eagle Award winning Writer Tony Lee has worked professionally for over thirty years including a decade in trade journalism and media marketing/creation for radio. Since returning to comics in 2003 he has written for Marvel Comics DC Comics Dynamite Entertainment Titan Publishing Markosia 2000ad and IDW Publishing amongst others writing a variety of creator owned titles and licenses that include X-Men Spider Man Star Trek Battlestar Galactica Doctor Who Superboy Starship Troopers Wallace & Gromit and Shrek.Damien Worm is a comic artist and ilustrador. Co-creator of October Faction and some other horror creator owned titles. He also worked in some videogames related comics like Dark Souls Bloodborne and Evil Within.Alison Sampson is a comic book artist and architect based in London UK. As well as having drawn GENESIS with Nathan Edmondson for Image Comics she has worked with DC/Vertigo Dark Horse IDW and Boom! Studios amongst others.LEAH MOORE is a writer born in Northampton England in 1978. Her career began in 2002 with scripts written for America's Best Comics (ABC). Since 2003 she has also co-written comics and Graphic Novels with her husband John Reppion as Moore & Reppion. Leah's published work includes scripts for DC Comics Dynamite Entertainment Heavy Metal Magazine 2000 AD Shelly Bond's Black Crown Publishing and Z2 Comics. Her poetry and prose have been published in several anthologies and she has written columns and articles for the likes of Comic Heroes Magazine and The Big Issue. 2021 saw the publication of Morrison Hotel - a Graphic Novel based on the album of the same name by The Doors - which Leah wrote for Z2 Comics. 2022 will see the release of Mötley Crüe - The Dirt: Declassified written by Leah and again released by Z2 Comics. Leah is currently working on new projects for Z2 Comics Liminal 11 and others. Leah Moore is represented by James Wills at Watson Little Ltd.John Pearson is a British Comic Award shortlisted illustrator and artist based in Leeds UK. John has built a reputation as an inimitable talent through his varied portfolio producing bespoke illustrations for clients as diverse as Image Comics Titan Comics 2000 AD Heavy Metal Magazine 44Flood Vice Press WWE Rue Morgue Magazine The Ray Harryhausen Foundation Nuclear Blast Records and Kendall Calling Festival amongst many others. He is also an award-shortlisted comic book artist self-publishing with co-creator Owen Michael Johnson - the critically-acclaimed series Beast Wagon which The Guardian described as a twisted zoological fable. John fuses traditional drawing techniques digital painting and collage to produce highly-detailed and darkly compelling images across a range of printed media. Combining elements of photorealism popular culture abstraction and psychedelia to create a unique style and versatility in approach that appeals to a wide spectrum of audiences. John has exhibited in the UK and USA organised extensive art experiences across the country and produced live murals at high profile events both independently and as part of Leeds based art collectives.Raised on a steady diet of Tom & Jerry Star Wars Freddy Krueger and Marvel Comics since the late 70s Steve Chanks has distilled the very best of his distorted pop culture view into a big titted puss-filled pulp daydream. With a drawing style thats been described as Disney meets Mad Magazine Steve Chanks has inked his way into such mags as Maxim Revolver and Guitar World and has clothed the fans of bands like Mastodon Lamb of God Trivium and Avenged Sevenfold. Along with his best buds Josh Bernstein and Erik Rodriquez Steve Chanks is a pivotal member of the art mafia know as The #Number Foundation who are solely responsible for the ever politically uncorrect trash culture rag Royal Flush Magazine. Steve lives in scenic Queens New York with his heart throb wife Jessica and their Justin Beiber-hating daughter Claudia where they enjoy short walks Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern crap collecting and BBQing.Osvaldo Pestana Montpeller (Montos) was born in Havana City Cuba on September 13 1985. His working life began as a graphic designer at Ediciones Luminaria a local book publisher. Ilustrating there the following titles: - Rainbow of Foam - My first stories - Crystal Treasures - At the edge of the path - Colourful carousel - Green Treasure - The dream and the light - Winged jewelry - Coplas de Doña Luna - Paquelé (cover only). With other cuban book publishers: -Tesoro verde (Editorial Gente Nueva 2010 Cuba). - Stories of Rocío Frenteabierta. (Ediciones Idea 2010. Spain). - Tiempo Cero. Anthology of science fiction stories. (Editora Abril 2011 Cuba). -Romances del pirata (Editorial Gente Nueva 2012 Cuba). -Condonauts. (Editora Abril 2011 Cuba). -The Devils of Yaguaramas. (Editora Abril 2014 Cuba). -The enigmas of the Ivory Rose. (Editorial Gente Nueva 2014 Cuba). -The Invisible Circus (Editorial Oriente 2014 Cuba). -Pedro Policarpo (Editorial Mecenas 2015 Cuba). -Pedro Sin Alas (Editorial Luminaria 2015 Cuba). -Caos (Editorial Gente Nueva 2015 Cuba). -Lazarito y el árbol roto (Editorial Gente Nueva 2016 Cuba). -Unite the dots and you will see (Editorial Oriente 2019 Cuba) -Small inventory of monsters ( Editorial Ediciones La Luz 2019 Cuba ) -MOUNTAINS. The last campaign (Editorial Gente Nueva 2016 Cuba). He has also done illustrations for the fanzine Supervivo. As a comic artist/cartoonist he did the art for these titles: Adventures on the Motherboard (series published in Zunzún Magazine Editora Abril Cuba). Auroria. The Great Alliance (Reina del Mar Editores Cuba). La tumba de Rodgarth (Rodgarth's Tomb Anthology El libro. Reina del Mar Editores Cuba. The comic book maker the seasons. Comics 656 Mexico). All hail the emperor of flesh (Anthology Bomb scares Time Bomb Comics England). The happy story of Mr. U (Christian Comics Competition Anthology 2008 Comix35 USA). Ant's House (New Visions Anthology New creation USA) Intrepid 1 Intrepid 2 Intrepid 3 Intrepid 4 Intrepid 5 Intrepid 6 (GiStudios USA). Donarr the Unyielding (Ape Entertainment USA). Poison Elves 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (Ape Entertainment USA) Gears and Bones 1 2 3 4 5 6 (Guardian Knight Comics USA). Blowtorch (Second Sight Publishing USA) Twilight Imperium graphic novel (Asmodee entertainment USA). Entropy (Heavy Metal USA). Blondie. Against old odds. (Z2 USA). Awards in contests: -2004: 2nd Place Comic Strip Chispa Joven Contest organized by Palante newspaper Havana Cuba. -2010: 1st Place Serious Comic 1st Comic Salon Potaje Gráfico summoned by 5 de septiembre newspaper Cienfuegos Cuba. -2010: Unique Prize Cayman comic book contest summoned by the newspaper El caimán barbudo Editora Abril. Havana Cuba. -2010: 3rd Place General Humor International Graphic Humor Salon Melaíto Santa Clara Cuba. -2011: Prize in 1st. category (Professional) in the Cuadro a Cuadro contest (Editora Abril & Estudios de Animación del ICAIC). -2012: Annual Graphic Journalism Award Honorio Muñoz 2011 UPEC Sancti Spíritus Cuba. -2012: Mention in the Graficorte contest. (sponsored by Un Proyecto en Movimiento and La letra corta.) -2012: First Prize (shared) for Artistic Creation Ojalá sponsored by the Office of Silvio Rodríguez and Abdala Studies Havana. -2018: La Rosa Blanca Prize for Lazarito's illustrations and the broken tree. (Editorial Gente Nueva Havana Cuba). -2018: AHS Collateral Award in 1st Fayad Jamís Biennial (UNEAC Sancti Spíritus Cuba). -Including one launched by Editorial Gente Nueva to illustrate the second volume of El Señor de los anillos by J. R. R. Tolkien in which one of the three winners was chosen. Scholarships obtained: -The kingdom of this world. (Awarded by the Hermanos Saínz Association Havana Cuba. 2019) -Praxis Academy. (Awarded by Biola University. Los Angeles California USA. 2019)