Chuck Moore / Creator, Owner

For the last few years, it's been a massive staff of one driving most of what you see on the site. Lately our Comic Related family has been gowning by leaps and bounds. Now, I contribute content to the site, coordinate and organizing what you see posted each update. I proudly update 8 to 16 times every 24 hours.

What's my story? I grew up in southern Ohio. I owned seven comic shops in the 80's [details]. I moved to Kentucky. I ran a radio station and did an alternative music show in the 90's. I traveled and did press work for the unlimited hydroplane racing series and ESPN in the 00's. As the current decade heads toward its close, I stopped traveling so much, bought a farm and started a comic book web site. That's it in a nutshell. Here's the rundown my internet exposure...

Social networks: MySpace, ComicSpace, Facebook, and Tribe

Twitter: Look above and to the right for my regularly updating feed.

Blog: In addition to writing for this site I have a personal blog hosted in our forum.

Forums: You'll find me regularly posting in our forums and at Ka-Whump, ComicBloc, CBR,

     and Indie Spinner Rack.

Russell Burlingame / Comic Related Columnist

Russell Burlingame is a journalist and columnist living and working in New York City. In high school, Russell interviewed Elliot S. Maggin for a review of the Kingdom Come novelization, and since then has worked consistently in and around the comics industry. He interned for Wizard magazine, and has freelanced for Wizard and Newsarama, in addition to a number of non-comics publications, Russell is currently working on a graphic novel based on Cap'n Internet, the comic strip that ran in his college newspaper; and a graphic biography of folk singer Phil Ochs with artist Marion Vitus.

Currently, in addition to his freelance work and his comics projects, Russell writes a number of columns for ComicRelated, including Conscientious Sequentials, The Gold Exchange, What's Perhappenin', Closing Statements, Reflecting 'Pool and To See or Not To See. Russell also takes point on the Hot Shot of the Week feature.

Jay Carvajal / Graphic Design and Site Strategist

Jay is a comic book and screenplay writer who owns a small press company called Cinemacomics. He's also the staff writer and artist for several comic projects. In addition, Jay letters all of the projects from Cinemacomics and serves as a staff digital inker when needed. Here at Comic Related, Jay is a significant behind the scenes contributor (who created the Comic Related logo) and is a key individual we turn to when discussing new ideas for the site.

Gordon Dymowski / TV Party Columnist

Gordon has been a comic collector most of his life, and a film buff for most of his adult life. When he's not enjoying either a good comic or film, he's working hard saving the world in the social service field. As he explains, "It's much like being a super hero without the tights." Gordon writes our monthly TV Party column and regularly updates his personal blog, Blog THIS, Pal. Gordon also holds the honor of being the longest contributing columnist in the history of Comic Related.

Ron Fortier / Writer, Creator and Imagineer

Ron Fortier has been a professional writer for over 25 years working on comic book projects such as The Hulk, Popeye, Rambo and Peter Pan, his two most popular comic series being The Green Hornet and The Terminator (with Alex Ross). With Ardath Mayhar he's penned two TSR fantasy novels, and in 2001 he had his first play produced. Ron is a constant supporter of the site, writes for it from time to time and shepards our forums. Learn more about Ron at Airship27.

Brant W. Fowler / Writer, Letter, Creator and Contributing Reviewer

Brant W. Fowler has been a professional comic book letterer and logo designer for three years, and has been a freelance editor for the past five years. He has also worked with graphic design, writing and many other area of skills for several years honing his talents. You can learn all about what he's up to by visiting Gonzogoose Services. Brant is a contributing reviewer here at Comic Related.

Bill Gladman / Life in Four Colors Columnist

Bill is a writer and illustrator and currently working on several different projects including the first issue of an ongoing comic book series (Prodigy), an illustrated fantasy novel (The Book of Noheim), and the first of four illustrated science fiction/fantasy novels (Jack the Rabbit, Living Legend of the Purple Plains) as well as a light-hearted on going mini-comic (Three Wise Men). Bill also pens a column for Comic Related and will be doing a mix of regional convention coverage.

Bill Love / Novel Ideas Columnist

Bill (pictured with his daughter) spent ten years in television production then ten years teaching production and journalism at the high school level. He has over a decade of comics retailing experience and has written, edited and done interviews for Sketch Magazine and other Blue Line Art publications. Together with Bob Hickey, Bill created Graphic Novel Scene to serve the library community as a selection tool in choosing graphic novels for their growing collections.

Eric Ratcliffe / Reviewer and Site Contributor

Eric Ratcliffe is a young writer/pop culture journalist/interviewer currently working on pitching a project named the Hunter chronicles. When not reading his weekly stack Eric can be found watching dvd's, playing on his 360 (gamertag: Zack Hunter) or just surfing online trying to find a scoop or two. Brand new to the Comic Related family, Eric is a welcome new voice.

Katie Riley / On-Call Editor and Site Strategist

Katie Riley is one of the least known members of the Comic Related family, but her help is critical to the site's success. She serves as copy editor on an on-call basis and helps the site grow by brainstorming new ways in which content can be utilized. She's come up with several ideas which have led to solid improvements in the site's architecture and utility. Katie is also known as site creator Chuck Moore's better half. She should be, she married him.

Zachary Roberts / Photographer, videographer and documentary filmmaker

Zachary Roberts is a photographer, videographer and documentary filmmaker living in Manhattan, NY.  He is the head producer for Greg Palast Investigations and manages the Palast website.  Prior to working for the Palast Investigative Fund, Roberts had experience in politics and journalism, and studied film at SUNY Purchase. Roberts is the chief videographer for Comic Related.

Peter Simeti / Comic Reviewer and President Alterna Comics

Peter is the founder and president of the small press indie comic company Alterna Comics. Alterna started in mid 2006 and officially got up and running in late December 2006. Peter joined the Comic Related family in November 2007 and, in addition to letting us host his company's forum, is a contributing reviewer here at Comic Related.

John Wilson / Reviewer and Site Contributor

John Wilson is a life long comic book fan and recent comics professional. In addition to his Graphic Content column of Comic and How-to book reviews on Comic Related, he writes content for Sketch Magazine.net, is a digital colorist for Unleashed Press, a moderator on the Art Unleashed forum for Blue Line Pro and Sketch Magazine and writes his own comic stories. John is also an Art educator, Multi-media artist and graphic designer. In the other five minutes of his day, he spends time with his wife, Kim and their two dogs and reads more magazines than should be humanly possible.

Have a question about the site?  Have a comic related question?  Have a question about joining the family? Drop us an e-mail at chuck@comicrelated.com and let us know how we can help.  We enjoy hearing from you, we enjoy partnering with other sites and we're always open to new ideas!