Award-winning writer/producer Rodney Barnes is one of the rising African-American creatives in Hollywood with projects ranging from The Boondocks to My Wife and Kids to Everybody Hates Chris, and more than two hundred episodes as both a writer and a producer across multiple networks. His creative style and approach have earned him honors from the BET Comedy Awards, the Image Awards, the Writer's Guild of America and more.

Georges Jeanty helped build the popularity of mutants Bishop and Gambit on their respective solo series in the 1990s, and went on to further acclaim with The American Way for DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint. Jeanty demonstrated his flair for likeness work as the artist for the comic-book continuation of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Joss Whedon's beloved TV series.