Eric Shanower is the award-winning cartoonist of the comics series Age of Bronze (Image), recounting the Trojan War. The forthcoming anthology The Cozy Cosmic (Underland) includes his story “The Purple Emperor.” His latest book, All Wound Up: The Making of The Tik-Tok Man of Oz (Hungry Tiger), tells the history of the obscure musical. Shanower has illustrated for television, stage, and children’s books. He lives with his husband in Portland.