with the project rolling along and some of our favorite creators having joined in recently, we wanted to announce a few folks we are honored to have join in on what’s shaping up to be a once-in-a-lifetime book. up first:

MIKE ALLRED

mike might be best known for his long-running MADMAN universe. 

he’s worked with neil gaiman on classic stories from SANDMAN and WEDNESDAY COMICS…

…and he draws some of the best women and designs some of the best covers in comics.

and then there’s doop…

RAFAEL GRAMPÁ

one of the most unique and energetic stylists in comics today, grampa will run through slumberland like only he can.

P. CRAIG RUSSELL

craig russell’s long career is marked by an elegance in line and design and his skill as an interpreter of material ranging from oscar wilde to rudyard kipling, operas from wagner and leoncavallo, and collaborations with and adaptations of neil gaiman and michael moorcock.

YUKO SHIMIZU

how hasn’t yuko won an eisner award as best cover artist for her sublime, entrancing work on THE UNWRITTEN? while she only dabbles in comics, she might just be the the inheritor of james jean’s mantle.

CRAIG THOMPSON

GOODBYE CHUNKY RICE. BLANKETS. HABIBI. craig thompson has done as much as anyone in the last 10 years to elevate the medium and bring new readers into comics. those brush strokes…

RAUL GONZALEZ

i’ll be honest, i don’t know much about raul. he contacted us through facebook and asked if he could submit something. we are very glad that he did. here’s a snippet of his fever dream of a nemo strip.

–chris stevens

We’re keeping this list of Nemo names updated with most of the contributors we have publicly announced – so check it out if you’re wondering who else has signed up! And our first revealed pages from the book can be found here.