Jim Lawson returns to the Western Massachusetts Comic Book Show! Born and raised in a tiny town in northwestern Connecticut, Jim Lawson always knew that he wanted to become an artist and that he had the hopeful, yet somewhat unrealistic goal for himself to make a living drawing pictures. After he graduated art school, a fortunate series of events came together that allowed him to be introduced to the creators of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Kevin B. Eastman and Peter Laird. That was the beginning of Jim’s career in comics, which now has spanned nearly 35 incredible years- 25 of them with Mirage Studios as a writer/artist on the original black and white Turtle comic. Since the end of his association with the TMNTs, Jim has pursued a solo freelance career. His many self-published works include among others, Paleo: Tales of the Late Cretaceous, A Walk Through Dinosaurland, Dragonfly, Dinosaur Head Cat and Jim Lawson’s Dinosaurs Coloring Book.
Casey Coller returns to the Western Massachusetts Comic Book Show! Casey W. Coller is a professional illustrator best known for his work on Transformers comic books from IDW Publishing. He's done covers and/or interior art for various titles, including: Transformers: Ironhide, All Hail Megatron, Robots in Disguise, More Than Meets The Eye, Spotlights Drift, Beast Wars, Blurr and Cliffjumper, Optimus Prime and Lost Light. He has also done artwork for Hasbro, the Transformers Collector's Club Magazine, The Transformers Vault and the Covenant of Primus. His work spans several popular series including IDW’s My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise, The Magic of Cybertron, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers and more.