Jon Snoek

"Sword Fight," by Jon Snoek

JON SNOEK is a bearded hippie from Texas who sometimes makes stop-motion animated films, which you can find at funnyordie.com/snoeked. But most days he’s a painter whose next-door neighbors are goats. “Sword Fight” is a painting from his illustrated book Mr. Bots.

Matt Kish

"HEART OF DARKNESS, page 065," by Matt Kish

MATT KISH lives in Ohio with his wife and their two frogs. He is immensely fond of books. His art is available at spudd64.com.

Jennifer Boulden

"Deconstructing Poe," by Jennifer Boulden

JENNIFER BOULDEN is a writer and director of social media for Aristotle Interactive in Little Rock. Despite this photo, she’s been a fan of Edgar Allan Poe since her father bought her a 15-pound book of his complete illustrated, annotated works to help with her 8th grade book report. Follow her @bouldengal on Instagram and Twitter.