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Author bio: Daniel Wallace is the author or coauthor of more than two dozen books, including The Joker, The Jedi Path, Man of Steel: Inside the Legendary World of Superman, DC Comics Year by Year, The Marvel Encyclopedia, and the New York Times best-selling Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Characters. Foreword bio: Kevin Smith (@ThatKevinSmith) is the fat guy who got thrown off the plane. He also made Clerks once. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California. Contributing Illustrator bio: Phil Jimenez (FB & Twitter: @Philjimeneznyc) is a Wizard, Diamond, and Inkpot Award–winning writer and artist who has worked for DC Comics and Marvel Comics for the past two decades. Best known for his work on New X-Men, Astonishing X-Men, Wonder Woman, Infinite Crisis, Otherworld, The Amazing Spider-Man, and most recently, the Fables spin-off Fairest, Jimenez has also worked in film (Spider-Man), television (Heroes), and print media (TV Guide, Elle). He has created large-scale artworks for schools and museums, including Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry; has lectured at universities and the Library of Congress on the topic of identity and diversity in entertainment; and has mentored young designers at the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Considered the most prominent gay creator in mainstream comics (Entertainment Weekly, Out), Jimenez also teaches life drawing at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.