The Doggie Defendant: Ready-To-Read Graphics Level 3 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781665919678)

Shawn Martinbrough is the author of How to Draw Noir Comics: The Art and Technique of Visual Storytelling and an Eisner Award-nominated artist whose projects include Batman: Detective Comics, Luke Cage Noir, The Black Panther: The Man Without Fear, Hellboy, and Thief of Thieves, the graphic novel series cocreated with Robert Kirkman. He is the writer of Red Hood & The Hill for DC Comics, which introduces multiple new characters to the Batman Universe. Shawn is writing and illustrating his first creator-owned graphic novel and is the artist of an upcoming children's book with award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Derrick D. Barnes.

Joseph P. Illidge started his career at Milestone Media, Inc., the groundbreaking publisher of diverse and inclusive superhero books and creators of the animated series Static Shock. Joseph was the first editor of color for the Batman and Batgirl books at DC Comics, and has written for DC Comics, Milestone Media, and Humanoids Publishing. His latest graphic novel is MPLS Sound, about a fictional 80s Minneapolis funk band led by a Black woman to become the next band for legendary musician Prince. As an editor, writer, and public speaker, Joseph has worked with the Harlem School of the Arts, the Apollo Theater, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice to mentor young people on the art and power of comic books.

Christopher Jordan enjoys sushi, burritos, and collecting Japanese Sofubi. He's done silly drawings and designs for companies like Disney, Fisher-Price, Allure, Walmart, Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Nike, Aeropostale, Cartoon Network, Time Warner, and DC Entertainment. But most of all he loves his mom.