Dana Terrace

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American animator, cartoonist, writer, director, and voice actress. She is best known as the creator of the Disney Channel animated series The Owl House. She is also known for storyboarding on Gravity Falls and directing on the 2017 reboot of DuckTales.Terrace was born in Hamden, Connecticut. She spent eight years going to St. Rita School, a local Catholic School, gaining an interest in painters such as John Bauer, Remedios Varo, and Hieronymus Bosch.[2][3] As a child, she watched cartoons like The Powerpuff Girls, South Park, and The Simpsons, inspiring her later works.[4][3][5] Studio Ghibli films (especially Princess Mononoke), the anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena, and Garfield influenced her as well.[6][5][7] In 2000, she created her first flip-book animation, which focused on "Pikachu thundershocking a Charmander."[8] Terrace was a dancer for 10 years.[9] She attended Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School in New Haven, Connecticut.

Cornbread

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Isabelle Mariah González, better known under her artist name Cornbread, is a Filipino cartoonist and TV and radio host based in the UK. She's born on June 27th, 1974 in Quezon City, Philippines, but moved to the West End, London with her parents, when she was 7 years old. She created several comic series, like "I am Gary V", "Solar & Lunar", "Blackberry Avenue", "Hokkaido Sunset", "The Jollibee Chickens", "Teresa: Warrior Queen" and " Adventures in a Mysterious Forest". She also works at publishing house Dorling Kindersley since 2010. She loves alternative/indie music. She also presents several TV shows on the BBC. Her mother tongue is Tagalog.

Zafari

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Zafari is the stage name of Ilse Van den Broeck, a Belgian cartoonist, comic artist and comic writer. She's born on May 4th, 1988 in Antwerp, Belgium. She created many comic series which are very popular worldwide, including "Walnut & Apple" (original title: Appel & Walnoot), there are already 22 books released in this series, every year 3 or 4 books are released in this series. Zafari also created the "Hello Belgium!" (original title: Hallo België!) comic series, every Saturday there's a page featuring this series which can be found in the Belgian "Humo" magazine. Zafari's favorite food is mussels and fish sauce (from the Devos & Lemmens brand) and her favorite drink is mint tea. Zafari is also a huge fan of Tom Cruise and her favorite TV hosts are Saartje Vandendriessche and Sir David Attenborough. She also loves dragons and her favorite color is brown.

Chung Xiaoyu

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Chung Xiaoyu is the artist name of Stell Chen, a Taiwanese cartoonist, comic writer and scenarist. She's born on September 8th, 1992 in New Taipei City, Taiwan. She's best known for her comic series "Platypus", which is very popular worldwide and is translated in 23 languages. The first book in the "Platypus" series is in English translated as "Platypus: Heart of the Ocean" and is first published by Fujisan Art Publishing House in 2010. In Chinese, Chung Xiaoyu (高 梓敖) means "little watermelon". Yaso software and later Moonlight Entertainment also developed video games based on the "Platypus" comic series.