Meet the illustrators for Read, Renew, Repeat

  • Kevan Atteberry

    Pre-K

    Kevan Atteberry is an illustrator/writer living in the Seattle area. He has been drawing since he was knee-high to a crayon. He has designed and illustrated many award-winning children’s books, including Bunnies!!! and Puddles!!! His biggest claim to fame is creating Clippy the paperclip helper in Microsoft Office which still annoys millions of people every day.

    For more information: www.kevanatteberry.com

  • Gregg Schigiel

    Children

    Gregg Schigiel’s worked as a penciller and assistant editor at Marvel Comics, character artist for Nickelodeon Consumer Products, and has illustrated a litany of licensed story/chapter/coloring books. He is a regular contributor to SpongeBob Comics. In 2014, he self-published (under his Hatter Entertainment imprint) Pix: One Weirdest Weekend, the first of a series now published by Image Comics. In addition to making comics, Gregg produces and hosts the comics-centric podcast Stuff Said. He likes doughnuts, enjoys comedy, and makes sure he drinks plenty of water.

    For more information: hatterentertainment.com

  • Dennis Pryber

    Teen

    Dennis Pryber is an artist, graphic designer, and photographer. He works regularly with the Illinois Library Association and created the 2010 and 2011 Banned Books Week campaigns for the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom. His photographic assignments documenting live music opened the door to work creating gig posters for bands including Cheap Trick, Sammy Hagar, Little Big Town, Plain White T’s, Everclear and others.

    For more information: versodesigncorp.com and pryber.com

  • Janet K. Lee

    Adult

    Janet K. Lee made her first foray into illustration in 2010, co-creating Return of the Dapper Men with writer Jim McCann. Return of the Dapper Men garnered a record-setting five

    Eisner nominations in 2011, and won the Eisner Award for Best New Graphic Album. Since then, she has illustrated many more books, including Emma and Northanger Abbey for Marvel Classics, and Wonderland Alphabet for BOOM! Archaia. Janet lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband, novelist Mike Lee, son Ethan, two very sweet dogs and four very bad cats.

    For more information: j-k-lee.com

  • Kill Shakespeare artwork by Andy Belanger

    Bonus teen posters, with artwork by Andy Belanger, accompany Kill Shakespeare: The Dramatic Reading, included in the 2019 iREAD Resource Guide. Kill Shakespeare: The Dramatic Reading is a stage show that allows a comic book to come alive, combining images from the acclaimed comic book series, acting, and music.

    Kill Shakespeare, published by IDW Publishing, is a comic book series that pits the Bard’s greatest heroes (including Hamlet, Juliet, Othello, Falstaff, Puck) against his most menacing villains (including Richard III, Lady Macbeth, Iago) in a quest to track down and kill—or save—a reclusive wizard by the name of William Shakespeare.*

    For more information: killshakespeare.com.

  • Alexander Hage

    All Ages

    Alexander Hage is a graphic designer and artist, specializing in print, editorial, identity, and exhibition design. He has worked with the Walker Art Center, IDEO, Equal Exchange, the State of Minnesota, the City of Minneapolis, Georgetown University, Intermedia Arts, the Design Studio for Social Intervention, and Resist, among many other clients in the arts and social justice fields. Alexander has held artist residencies in Cambridge, MA and Mexico City. Alexander is currently based out of Intermedia Arts, in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, where he grew up, and where he now lives.

    For more information: alexanderhage.com