Chris McCarver (known as Mac to his friends) is a 33-year-old comics writer and artist based out of Springfield, Missouri. His credits include Newcomers Showcase (Newcomers Publishing, 1996), Varied Scaries (Ronin Studios, 2005), and Hope: New Orleans (Ronin Studios, 2007). His current projects include Hypersonic, a superhero mini-series co-created with writer Shannon Chenoweth, and Ozarks Legends, an Ozarks folklore anthology produced by the Springfield-based Waffle Ink Studios. He resides in west Springfield with his wife Mariel, their puppies Akira and Grim, and their cat Shalimar.