Chuck Dixon – Chuck Dixon is the most prolific scripter in the history of comic books with well over 40,000 pages of comics in publication. His work on both Batman and the Punisher are considered seminal to those franchises. During his decade-long association with the DC Comics’ Batman he also co-created the iconic villain Bane with Graham Nolan. He is also the co-creator of the Birds of Prey comic series with Jordan B. Gorfinkel. His adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit remains an international bestseller thirty years after its first publication. He remains a major player in the growing world of independent comics with dozens of new titles produced in recent years as well as more than thirty novels including his popular Levon Cade series.