About the Author

Ian Sharman is a writer and artist, working mainly in comic books, and living in the South East of England. He is the managing editor of Orang Utan Comics, editor in chief of Markosia, writer of Alpha Gods, Hero: 9-5, Hypergirl and The Intergalactic Adventures of Zakk Ridley, and has also done freelance inking and lettering work for the likes of AAM/Markosia, Slave Labour, Top Shelf, Image, Marvel/Panini and BBC Books. DAVID GRAY (PhD University of New South Wales) is a Senior Lecturer in the Department Marketing and Management at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Prior to his academic career, David was the General Manager Marketing at Touche Ross & Co, and the National Marketing Manager at MGICA Ltd (a subsidiary of AMP), and held various marketing research roles in Citicorp Australia, BIS Shrapnel, CSR Ltd and KPMG.