Michael Watkins is the founder and owner of Highburn Studios.  Mike's been working around the comic industry for years, mostly pushing his creation GUARDIANS which he writes, illustrates, and colors. Over the years Mike has worked with some of the industries best talent, and has been fortunate enough to make some great friends along the way.

  Outside of comics, Mike is an avid Martial Artists, studying Hak Dari Shon Hap Ki Do. He also enjoys playing guitar, and is currently pursuing his degree in visual arts.

  His credits include: Guardians  (Dakuwaka Publishing), Femme Noir (Ape Entertainment), E-Man (Digital Webbing), Hero Complex (Dark Horse/Strip Search Anthology), Black Ice (Comic Mix), Scratch (Highburn Studios), Tribulations (Highburn Studios), Ruthless (Dimestore Productions/Midnight Horizon Comics), Expulse (Midnight Horizon Comics), Slayer (Midnight Horizon Comics), B.O.T.S. (Portal Productions), Dressed To Kill (Highburn Studios), and Legend of the Guitar Hero (Originew Animation Studio).

   Lyle Pollard is a talented penciller who has been drawing for longer than he is willing to admit, and would have probably had a much wealthier existence if he had played basketball or baseball or something. Fortunately for the comics community, he sucked at all sports, and he is now working on his creation TRIBULATIONS.

    Lyle lives in Coats, NC (end of the world, and take a left) with his beautiful and supporting wife, Dana, their daughter Gwen, and Race Dog, who is cute, but can be a pain in the ass. Lyle is also proud of his futon on which the late, great Mike Watkins once slept.
Wait a minute, Mike's not dead....yet.

     His credits include: Tribulations (Highburn Studios), Guardians (Dakuwaka Publishing), Femme Noir (Ape Entertainment), E-Man (Digital Webbing), Black Ice (Comic Mix), B.O.T.S. (Portal Productions), Slayer (Midnight Horizon Comics), Expulse (Midnight Horizon Comics), Ruthless (Dimestore Productions/Midnight Horizon Comics), Cookies (Midnight Horizon Comics), Dressed To Kill (Highburn Studios), and Legend of the Guitar Hero (Originew Animation Studio).

     His credits include: Slayer (Midnight Horizon Comics), Expulse (Midnight Horizon Comics), Ruthless (Dimestore Productions/Midnight Horizon Comics, Dressed To Kill (Highburn Studios), Guardians (Dakuwaka Publishing), Tribulations (Highburn Studios), Fortune's Curse (Midnight Horizon Comics), Legend of the Guitar Hero (Originew Animation Studio), as well as various small press publications.

    Randall Parker  is the creator and writer of DRESSED TO KILL, and the writer of RUTHLESS. Randy has been creating characters and writing stories for as long as he can remember.

     Randy is the life long friend of Lyle Pollard, whom if he had not  met,  he  may have never created that first character and probably  wouldn't be writing comics now. Randy met Mike and the rest of the Highburn crew at Heroes Con  and the rest is history.

  When Randy is not writing his next issue or dreaming up his next big character, you can find him playing the latest and greatest in video games, watching a movie with his wonderful wife Krystal, or outside on the grill making his famous Randy Burgers.

His credits include: Dressed to Kill (Highburn Studios), Ruthless (Dimestore Productions /Midnight Horizon Comics), Cookies (Midnight Horizon Comics), and B.O.T.S. (Portal Productions).

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