About Us
Comics Experience is made up of comic book and publishing industry professionals who are dedicated to giving back to the community they all love.
All of Comics Experience’s staff are working professionals working on real comics and graphic novels at reputable publishers as their main career. They spend their time with our students and clients and community because they know have a passion for helping new creators and professionals.
Comics Experience is dedicated to help you achieve your goals in a safe, honest, and friendly environment.
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Principals:
Andy Schmidt
Andy Schmidt, former Senior Editor at IDW Publishing, former Editor at Marvel Comics, and writer of such comics as 5 Days to Die, X-Men: Divided We Stand, and G.I. Joe: Future Noir launched Comics Experience for people who want to make comics or work in the comics industry.
Gamal Hennessy
Gamal Hennessy, Esq. is an entertainment transactions attorney specializing in comic book publishing and IP licensing. Gamal is the author of The Business of Independent Comic Book Publishing, and The Business of Freelance Comic Book Publishing, and the co-founder of Comics Connection.Course Instructors:
Paul Allor
Paul Allor is a critically-acclaimed writer, editor and letterer who began as a Comics Experience student and workshop member, eight years ago. Since then, they have written for Marvel Comics, AfterShock Comics, IDW Publishing, BOOM! Studios, Dynamite Entertainment, Vault Comics and others.
Phillip Sevy
Phillip Sevy is a comic and commercial artist. He spent nearly five years teaching Comics and Sequential Art at Broadview Entertainment Arts University where he won awards for Outstanding Faculty and Excellence in Applied Learning.
Chris Sotomayor
Chris Sotomayor has a reputation of being the fastest color artist in the business, and has been a mainstay at Marvel Comics since 1996. He’s proven himself time and again having worked on their top properties, including Spider-Man, X-Men, The Avengers, Daredevil, Captain America, Hulk, and many others, as well as working on titles for DC Comics, Image Comics and Humanoids.
Sean Rinehart
Sean Rinehart is a digital letterer for comics whose work has been featured on a variety of independent comics. His work has been published by Dynamite, Source Point Press, Comics Experience Publishing and others, with a few shorts also appearing in PanelxPanel.
Clara Meath
Clara Meath is a comic book artist and writer. She holds a degree in Sequential Art from SCAD Atlanta where she graduated with the honor of Valedictorian. She has worked for a number of comic book publishers, but prioritizes writing, drawing, and Kickstarting her own creator-owned comics and graphic novels, as her true love is visual storytelling.
Sarah Davidson
Sarah Davidson is a comic book artist, colorist, and educator currently working on her MFA in Sequential Art at SCAD. She loves drawing Middle Grade and Young Adult comics featuring magic, superpowers, and teenagers saving the world. She’s been freelancing in the comic industry since she was in high school, with clients like Abrams Books, Macmillan Publishers, Webtoon, Wattpad, MadCave, and of course Comics Experience.
Andy Schmidt
Andy Schmidt, former Senior Editor at IDW Publishing, former Editor at Marvel Comics, and writer of such comics as 5 Days to Die, X-Men: Divided We Stand, and G.I. Joe: Future Noir launched Comics Experience for people who want to make comics or work in the comics industry.
Gamal Hennessy
Gamal Hennessy, Esq. is an entertainment transactions attorney specializing in comic book publishing and IP licensing. Gamal is the author of The Business of Independent Comic Book Publishing, and The Business of Freelance Comic Book Publishing, and the co-founder of Comics Connection.Community Pro Members:
Reilly Brown
New Jersey native Reilly Brown is a top selling comic artist and writer for DC comics, Marvel Comics and Line Webtoon. He’s known for bringing a sense of character and personality to the projects that he works on, balancing a combination of light-hearted humor, with fast paced superhero action.
Rich Douek
Rich Douek is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated writer of original series like Sea of Sorrows, Road of Bones, and Drive Like Hell, as well as licensed work like Edge of Spider-verse, Superman: Red and Blue, and Magic: The Gathering.
Brandon Seifert
Brandon Seifert is a comics writer based in Portland, Oregon. He’s best known in the industry for “Witch Doctor” (Skybound), the horror medical drama that he co-created with artist Lukas Ketner. He co-wrote “Hellraiser: The Dark Watch” (BOOM! Studios) with horror legend Clive Barker; and co-wrote “The Harvester” (Legendary Comics) with former Legendary Entertainment CEO Thomas Tull.
Charlie Stickney
Charlie Stickney is a Writer/Producer/ Publisher who co-created the comic book series White Ash, Glarien, The Game, The Adept and How I Slept My Way Through College and Other Tales from Freshman Year. Recently Charlie launched White Ash Comics Publishing to further expand the White Ash Universe and to help creators augment their branding and presence on crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter.
Andy Schmidt
Andy Schmidt, former Senior Editor at IDW Publishing, former Editor at Marvel Comics, and writer of such comics as 5 Days to Die, X-Men: Divided We Stand, and G.I. Joe: Future Noir launched Comics Experience for people who want to make comics or work in the comics industry.
Gamal Hennessy
Gamal Hennessy, Esq. is an entertainment transactions attorney specializing in comic book publishing and IP licensing. Gamal is the author of The Business of Independent Comic Book Publishing, and The Business of Freelance Comic Book Publishing, and the co-founder of Comics Connection.Creative Services Project Managers:
Nicole Boose
Since 2008, Nicole has worked as a freelance editor and consultant in the comics industry. She works regularly with writer Mark Millar, named one of Hollywood’s 5 Most Powerful Comics Writers, and has edited titles for his Millarworld line of creator-owned comics, including Superior, Super Crooks, Jupiter’s Legacy, MPH, Starlight, The Secret Service, and Chrononauts.
Molly Lazer
Molly Lazer was an assistant and then associate editor at Marvel Comics, where she assisted on comic books such as Fantastic Four, Captain America, and New Avengers and was the editor of cult favorite comic books Spider-Girl and Thunderbolts. These days she can be found teaching high school, acting, and directing plays outside of Philadelphia or hanging out at Rosemont College, where she is a MFA candidate in Creative Writing.
Paul Allor
Paul Allor is a critically-acclaimed writer, editor and letterer who began as a Comics Experience student and workshop member, eight years ago. Since then, they have written for Marvel Comics, AfterShock Comics, IDW Publishing, BOOM! Studios, Dynamite Entertainment, Vault Comics and others.
Andy Schmidt
Andy Schmidt, former Senior Editor at IDW Publishing, former Editor at Marvel Comics, and writer of such comics as 5 Days to Die, X-Men: Divided We Stand, and G.I. Joe: Future Noir launched Comics Experience for people who want to make comics or work in the comics industry.Mentors:
Fred Van Lente
Fred Van Lente is a six-time New York Times bestselling comics writer, novelist and playwright whose work spans mystery/thrillers to historical fiction to superheroes to comedy.
Stephen Pakula
A 15-year veteran of the comics and entertainment publishing industries, Stephen has had major roles in just about all aspects of the business; from editorial and design, to sales and marketing, all the way through to production and distribution, his years of experience make him the perfect mentor for anyone that wants to be a writer, editor or artist in the comics industry (and for manga creators too!).
Andy Schmidt
Andy Schmidt, former Senior Editor at IDW Publishing, former Editor at Marvel Comics, and writer of such comics as 5 Days to Die, X-Men: Divided We Stand, and G.I. Joe: Future Noir launched Comics Experience for people who want to make comics or work in the comics industry.
Gamal Hennessy
Gamal Hennessy, Esq. is an entertainment transactions attorney specializing in comic book publishing and IP licensing. Gamal is the author of The Business of Independent Comic Book Publishing, and The Business of Freelance Comic Book Publishing, and the co-founder of Comics Connection.General Staff:
Jason White
Jason White is a former Assistant Editor for Marvel Comics. Jason spent his three and half years at Marvel, working on the second tier X-Men titles like X-Factor, X-Men Unlimited, Gen X, and Excalibur as well as What If. His proudest achievement while there was launching Mutant X.
Ken Frederick
Ken Frederick is a graphic and web designer and developer. Ken has maintained the Comics Experience web site since 2013. In 2021, he designed and developed the initial version of the CEX Publishing website.