The Body Beautiful

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Al Ewing

Al Ewing is a professional comic writer, currently working for Marvel Comics on titles such as Venom, X-Men Red, and Defenders: Beyond, as well as We Only Find Them When They’re Dead for Boom! Studios.

RAD, Bernardo Brice

RAD (Royal A. Dunlap) is an Ignatz-nominated comic artist and illustrator with a primary focus on cultural diversity and representation through character design and stylistically queer motifs. They have contributed works across several published and self-published zines, comics and anthologies. Clients and projects include Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. & Hasbro, BOOM! Studios, 1001 Knights Anthology, and Spitball Comics Anthology.

Bernardo Brice is a comic book letterer based in Santiago, Chile. His lettering credits include DOTA 2 (Valve Corporation), RZA Presents: Bobby Digital and The Pit of Snakes (Z2 Comics), Funny Creek, Hailstone, Red Tag, and Adora and the Distance (comiXology / Dark Horse Comics), Gardener (Second At Best Press), along with other graphic novels and anthologies published by Image Comics and DK, among others.


First Featured In: No. 20, winter 2023

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