Stephen Pellnat "I have been making comics for as long as I can remember understanding the written language. I received my formal education at the School of Visual Arts in New York City from 2005 to 2009, graduating with a Bachelor’s of the Fine Arts. I have self published comics for years, including Kitty of the Dead, Ma, Heaven and now, Upstate. I have been featured in a number of promotional campaigns in the northeast, including the tours of Klezwoods and Cocek Brass Band. I provided album artwork for Klezwoods’ Album Toy Monkey and Cocek Brass Band’s album Here Comes Shlomo. Upstate is my latest work, and the work I’m proudest of to date.I was born in Albany, New York in 1987. I grew up in the town of Stuyvesant New York, a location which may have partially inspired the fictional town of Heinrichville. I currently live in Portland, Oregon, which is not, at the time of this writing, aflame. I have a wife and a cat. I dislike parties and desperately want to be liked. I am not good about updating my website bio."