- Stan Lee
Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber on December 28, 1921) is an American writer, editor, was the Chairman Emeritus of Marvel Comics, and memoirist. Though no longer officially connected to the company, save for the title of "Chairman Emeritus", Stan Lee remains a visible face in the industry. With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he introduced complex, …
- Tobey Maguire
Tobias Vincent Maguire (born June 27, 1975) is an American actor. He began his career in the 1990s, and has since become best known for his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the "Spider-Man" film series.
- Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress, known for her roles in "Interview with the Vampire", "The Virgin Suicides", "Marie Antoinette", and "Bring It On", as well as Mary Jane Watson in the "Spider-Man" film series.
- Steve Ditko
Stephen Ditko (born 2 November 1927) is a renowned American comic book artist and writer best known as the co-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. He was inducted into the comics industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1990.
- Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actor and a founding member of the experimental theatre company The Wooster Group. He is best known for his roles in the Hollywood films "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988), "Platoon" (1986) and the "Spider-Man" series.
- Jeph Loeb
Joseph "Jeph" Loeb III is an American comic book writer, screen and television writer as well as television and motion picture producer. A three-time Eisner Award Winner and five-time Wizard Award Winner, Loeb has found tremendous success at both Marvel and DC where he has written stories with such diverse characters as the X-Men and Superman as well as Batman and Spider-Man.
- Todd McFarlane
Todd McFarlane (born March 16, 1961 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian cartoonist, comic book writer, artist, toy manufacturer/designer, and media entrepreneur. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, McFarlane became a comic book superstar due to his work on Marvel Comics' Spider-Man franchise. In 1992, he helped form Image Comics, pulling the occult anti-hero Spawn from his high school portfolio and updating him for the 1990s.
- Alfred Molina
Alfred Molina (born May 24, 1953) is an English actor of both the stage and screen. Molina is known for his portrayal of the villain Doctor Octopus in "Spider-Man 2" as well as playing key roles in "Chocolat" and "The Da Vinci Code".
- Mark Bagley
Mark Bagley (born August 7, 1957) is an American comic book artist for Marvel Comics. He has worked on titles such as "The Amazing Spider-Man", "Thunderbolts", "New Warriors", and "Ultimate Spider-Man".
- J. K. Simmons
Jonathan Kimble Simmons (born January 9, 1955) is an American character actor.
- Mike Wieringo
Michael "Mike" Wieringo (born June 24, 1963 in Vicenza, Italy) is an American comic book artist. He first came to prominence in the comic book industry for his work on DC Comics' "The Flash" with writer Mark Waid in the early 1990s. After his short run on the "the Flash" Wieringo briefly worked on another DC title, this time "Robin" with writer Chuck Dixon, before leaving DC for Marvel Comics.
- Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks (born Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell on February 10, 1974) is an American actress.
- David Koepp
David Koepp (born June 9, 1963 in Pewaukee, Wisconsin) is an American screenwriter and director. He attended Kettle Moraine High School in Wales, WI, and received his bachelors in film from UCLA. As a writer, he has worked on such blockbuster Hollywood films as "Jurassic Park", "Mission Impossible", and "Spider-Man". His work as a director has not had quite the same box office success; films include "Secret Window", "Stir of Echoes", …
- David Finch
David Finch is a Canadian-born comic book artist who got his start working for Top Cow Productions. After a lengthy stint on "Cyberforce" following series creator and studio founder Marc Silvestri, Finch went on to co-create Ascension with Matt "Batt" Banning. He would later work on the first three issues of "Aphrodite IX" with David Wohl. In 2003, Finch returned to comics for a year-long arc on "Ultimate X-Men" with writer Brian Michael Bendis.
- Laura Ziskin
Laura Ziskin (b. 3 March 1950) is an American film producer. She is most famous for producing the Spider-Man film series, along with fellow producer Avi Arad. She also produced the 74th and 79th Academy Awards. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California (USC). Ziskin is currently married to screenwriter Alvin Sargent. Before rising to fame, she used to be the assistant of producer Jon Peters.
- Macy Gray
Macy Gray is an American R&B, soul, and neo soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress, famed for her raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday and Betty Davis. To date, Gray has released four studio albums, one compilation album, and one live album — with her fourth studio album, "Big", released in March 2007. "Coming Back to You", her latest song, is featured on the soundtrack to the 2006 film "Déjà Vu".
- Darick Robertson
Darick W. Robertson is an artist from San Mateo, California, United States. Robertson is perhaps most renowned as the artist and co-creator of "Transmetropolitan". His entry into comics began with "Space Beaver", a cult classic written and illustrated shortly after graduating high school and published by Ten-Buck Comics. Other titles featuring his art can be seen in the comic books "New Warriors", …
- Kaare Andrews
Kaare Andrews is a comic book writer and artist and filmmaker born in Canada. Comics he has worked on include "Incredible Hulk", "Ultimate X-Men", "Gen¹³", "Amazing Spider-Man" and "The Matrix comics". He has been recognized for his comics work by winning the "Outstanding Comicbook Artist" Award (2005) at Canada's first national award for comics, the Joe Shuster Awards for "Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Year One".
- Ted Raimi
Theodore "Ted" Raimi (born December 14 1965) is an American actor best known for his roles as Lt. Tim O'Neill in "seaQuest DSV" and Joxer in "Xena:Warrior Princess". Raimi is the brother of "Spider-Man" films director Sam Raimi.
- Mark Brooks
Mark Brooks is a comic book artist from Lilburn, Georgia who is currently signed to an exclusive contract with Marvel comics. He is an alumnus of the Savannah College of Art and Design and is known for his manga-influenced style and incredible detail in drawing backgrounds and scenery. Brooks is well-known for his stints on Cable & Deadpool, Marvel Age, and New X-Men; but gained critical acclaim for his cover art on the Spider-Man offshoot Araña, …
- Barry Kitson
Barry Kitson is an artist best known as a penciler of major superhero comicbooks published by Marvel and DC. His first professional work was "Spider-Man" for Marvel UK. He also drew many stories for 2000AD, beginning with a Future Shock written by Grant Morrison, and going on to achieve great acclaim with his detailed work on Judge Anderson (written by Alan Grant). His first work for DC Comics was a "Batgirl" special issue.
- Danny Fingeroth
Danny Fingeroth is an American comic book writer and editor, better known for a long stint as Group Editor of the Spider-Man books at Marvel Comics. He also wrote "Darkhawk", writing all 50 issues of the book between 1991 and 1995. Before that, he had a long stint on "Dazzler", wrote the "Deadly Foes of Spider-Man" and "Lethal Foes of Spider-Man" mini-series, the Howard The Duck movie adaptation comic and various issues of several Marvel titles, …
- Jim Mooney
Jim Mooney (born 1919) is an American comic book artist best known as a Marvel Comics inker and Spider-Man artist, and as the signature artist of DC Comics' Supergirl, both during what comics historians and fans call the Silver Age of comic books.
- Mike Zeck
Mike Zeck is an American comic book illustrator. He was born in Greenville, Pennsylvania on September 6, 1949 to Michael and Kathryn Jean Zeck. His first memory of comics is from his 1953 recovery from a tonsillectomy in the hospital, his bed covered with comics. He attended the Ringling School of Art, and began his comics career in 1974 doing illustration assignments for the text stories in Charlton Comics’ animated line of comics, …
- Liam Sharp
Liam Roger Sharp (born May 2, 1968) is a British comic book artist, writer, publisher, and some-time rock frontman. He lives in Derby, East Midlands) with his wife Christina, and three children, Matylda, Lorcan and Jeff. Sharp made his debut in the 1980s for the famous science-fiction magazine "2000 AD" after a year's apprenticeship with the legendary Don Lawrence, artist on the seminal Dutch comic "Storm".
- Ron Lim
Ronald "Ron" Lim is a comic book artist and penciller. He is best known for his work for Marvel Comics on their various "cosmic" titles, most particularly the "Silver Surfer (vol. 3)" series, which he pencilled for almost six years (1988- 1994). He also pencilled most of the "Infinity" trilogy of large scale crossover miniseries which Marvel published in the early 1990s - "Infinity Gauntlet" (1991), …
- Mark Texeira
Mark Texeira is a comic book artist. He often signs his work "TEX." Titles he has contributed to include "Psi-Force" (1986 - 1987), "Punisher War Journal" (1990), "Ghost Rider" vol. 2 (1990 - 1992), "Wolverine" vol. 2 (1993), "Sabretooth" (1993), "Spider-Man: Legacy of Evil" (1996), "Black Panther Vol.3" (1998), "Moon Knight" vol.
- Lee Weeks
Lee Weeks is an American comic book artist and penciller. Weeks made his debut in the 1980s. He is best known for his work for Marvel Comics on "Daredevil" Vol. 1 series (1990 - 1992), where he pencilled the "Last Rites" storyline. It featured the fall of the Kingpin and is a sequel of sorts to Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli's "Born Again." Other titles he has contributed to include "Justice" (1988 - 1989), …
- Charles Vess
Charles Vess (born 1951) is an American fantasy artist and comic-book illustrator who has specialized in the illustration of myths and fairy tales. He has won several awards. Vess was born in 1951 in Lynchburg, Virginia and began drawing comic art as a child. He graduated with a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1974. His first professional position was as a commercial animator for Candy Apple Productions in Richmond, …
- Al Rio
Al Rio is a Brazilian comic book artist best known for his work on the American comic book series "Gen¹³" and "DV8". The companies Rio has worked for include Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Chaos Comics, Image Comics, Malibu Comics, Wildstorm Comics, Crossgen, Vertigo, and Amazing Comics. Additional titles he has worked on include "Dungeon Siege", "Grimm Fairy Tales", "Avengelyne", "Voodoo", …
- Jim Mahfood
Jim Mahfood (born March 29 1975) a.k.a. Food One is an American comic book creator, born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. Apart from his creator-owned comic book series "Grrl Scouts" and his comic strip "Stupid Comics" (which appears weekly in the "Phoenix New Times") he also did work for Marvel Comics on various Spider-Man titles, including "Ultimate Marvel Team-Up" and "Spectacular Spider-Man".
- Ralph Macchio
Ralph Macchio is an American comic book editor and writer. He is commonly associated with the Spider-Man comics. He began his association with Marvel Comics in the 1970s and from early on was associated with the "Dazzler" comic between 1981 and 1982. From 1984 through 1995, Macchio was the editor for "Daredevil". He also wrote script for the comic book version of "The Sword of Solomon Kane". Macchio is not related to the actor Ralph Macchio, …
- Ale Garza
Ale Garza is a penciler and comics artist. At the age of 18, he started working for Wildstorm, and quickly moved on to working with writers like Chris Claremont and Judd Winick, lending his art to titles like "Gen¹³", "Zero", "EVE Protomecha", "Batgirl" and "Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day". Aside from DC, Garza has worked on Marvel Comics's Marvel Knights "Spider-Man" and Top Cow's "Witchblade".
- Rick Leonardi
Rick Leonardi is an American comic book illustrator. He was born in Philadelphia in 1957, and grew up in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1979. His professional career began in 1980. His work is characterized by his use of dynamic figure work (particularly evident in his "Spider-Man" work), and panel composition that often involves shifting of the camera eye and perspective.
- Christopher Priest
Christopher James Priest, born James Christopher Owsley in 1961, is a writer of comic books. During his career, he has written nearly every major character published by Marvel Comics and DC Comics. He was the first black man to be the editor of any comic book in North America. For several years he was the editor of the Spider-Man comic books, during which time he first hired Peter David. He edited the Impact imprint for DC Comics.
- Alain Robert
Alain Robert is a rock and urban climber. Nicknamed "Spider-Man"," Robert is an urban climber, free solo climbing rocks and up the vertical, smooth exteriors of skyscrapers.
- Brett Booth
Brett Booth is a comic book artist. He is best known for his work on Backlash, a character he co-created with Jim Lee at the Wildstorm Studios. Brett has also illustrated the exploits of some of Marvel Comics' best known characters such as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men. The artist then expanded his career a touch when he illustrated for the Anthropomorphic How-To book: "'Freaks! How To Draw Fantastic Fantasy Creatures" Thus, …
- Bob McLeod
Bob McLeod (born August 9, 1951 in Tampa, Florida) is an American comic book artist best known for co-creating the New Mutants with writer Chris Claremont. McLeod was educated at Auburn University and the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. He penciled the first three issues of New Mutants and inked a number of subsequent issues.
- Helix
Helix (Rafael Carago) is a fictional character, a mutate superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by Tom DeFalco and Todd DeZago in Spider-Man: Maximum Clonage Saga Alpha (part of the Clone Saga). His first appearance as a New Warrior was in New Warriors #62.
- Steve Leialoha
Steve Leialoha (born 27 January, 1952) is an American comic-book artist whose work first came to prominence in the 1970s. He has worked primarily as an inker, though occasionally as a penciller, for several publishers, including Marvel Comics and later DC Comics. Leialoha's professional career began in 1975 with the early independent comic book "Star*Reach", drawing the five-page story "Wooden Ships on the Water", …