Paul Hornschemeier is a prolific writer/artist whose work is diverse in style and very experimental. You can see him push the boundaries of comic storytelling in his collection of short works, Sequential. His first longform work is Mother, Come Home a somber story of a father and son dealing with the death of the boy's mother. Though not perfect, it is emotionally effective and shows the promise that Hornschemeiershows, very early in his career.

James Kochalka draws an autobiographical cartoon every day. It's a sketchbook diary in which he depicts himself as an Elf named "Magic Boy". He's been doing this every day since 1998 and American Elf is a giant hardcover collecting his entries up to 2003. His strips are funny, personal and very weird. Giving you a glimpse into his life at home with his wife and friends and their little kitty. You can see his most recent daily entry at his website: www.americanelf.com

Ben Towle is a local NC artist who recently published, Farewell, Georgia a really fun book collecting four Georgia folk tales that he researched and translates to comic form.

Rob Ullman draws really cute girls and collects his sketches into his Atom-Bomb Bikini mini-comics. He also keeps a sketchbook journal, giving himself a timelimit of 1 hour per entry and published in Lunch Hour Comix.

Many of these artist, and many more, are featured in Project Superior, an anthology of super hero stories drawn by people who normally don't do that kind of thing.