Who We Are

About Us

Troy Hasbrouck

Troy is the writer of Jester Press’ small press werewolf and vampire series Night and continuity free spin-off Shades of the Night. He has been a comic book retailer in Charlotte NC since 1994 and launched Jester Press in 2004 as a form of stress relief from the hectic world of comic book retailing. Although Jester Press has been focusing primarily on horror stories, Troy is expanding the line by adding a fantasy book called Daughters of Merlin that will tie into Destiny of the Dragon series. For more information about Troy’s store check out www.comicstoys.com or www.rebelbasecomics.com

Rob Porter

Graphic artist by trade, Rob threw his hat into the comic book publishing ring with Destiny of the Dragon. He is the primary creative force behind Jester Press’ fantasy line and the series can only be described as epic. Beyond his artistic labors on this new series, currently mapping out the past, present and future of the Jester Press universe, Rob also handles all the web page design and occasionally finds time to color a book or two as well. Check out more on Rob Porter here

Clayton Moore

Clay provided the artwork for Shades of the Night #1,. He helped produce the several indy short films and a indy horror movie Come Get Some with editing, sound mixing and acting credits. He also has done album covers for local Charlotte bands, Antiseen and Hungry Ghost

Jason Kimble

Jason is a tatoo artist by trade but somehow we talked him into doing the artwork for the Walking Bread parody one shot. Unfortunately it will be a one shot because it's a lot harder to write bread jokes then you would think. His artwork is fantastic though and we hope to work with him again soon!

Edi Guedes

Edi has been providing the pencils and inks for the Destiny of the Dragon : The Daughters of Merlin mini series. He has completed the four issue mini and has moved onto other projects. His work has been great and has really given the book a feel that drops you right into the dragondom of it all!

Assis Leite

Assis has throwing some colors on top of Edi's work it's been just great! Hopefully he will be available for future Jester Press Projects

David Faught

David has worked for fitness magazines and has an extensive commission list coming from his heavy convention schedule. He is currently working on Shades of the Night number 4 which introduces the JP universe to the Daughters of Merlin. The issue is being inked by indy publisher staple "Peter Pop" so this issue is going to be fangtastic....sorry, couldn't resist.

Peter Palmiotti

Peter Palmiotti has been inking comics since 1991! He has worked for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Image comics, Wizard Magazine, Valiant comics and a slew of independent publishers, mostly he is known for his work on AQUAMAN!.

Currently he is forging ahead creatively adding writing, penciling, and coloring to his list of endeavors! You can see his work in the Triple Treat his very own one-shot tie-in to WAR! (with a hefty 30 or so characters inside!) in which he'll be plotting, co-writing and inks over Scotties Watson pencils. Also a vampire book coming up called Blood Rites. Winterland, a WWII meets superheroes tale, Prymal a female tarzan type and other books
Currently he’s inking Lyle Pollard’s Tribulations and it‘s sister book, mini comic series Nova City Stories published by Highburn studios, Terra 2920 a sci/fi adventure published by Hantrack Idea men, Scottie Watson's Talon threw Dimestore productions and Seppuku Blues to be published by Red Handed Studios.
Also be on the look out next year for his own creations Bright Eyes (she's in WAR, after which she'll star in her own title!) Retro (his own superhero to be seen here) and Gothic Space! (a space tale with Goths and aliens!)

His credits include: Aquaman (DC Comics), Razor (London Night Studios), Shadow flame (JGM Comics), Java (Committed Comics),Tribulations (Highburn Studios)....face it if we listed all of his credits you would be here till tomorrow still reading.

John Aston

Hailing from the heart of the Carolinas, John Aston works behind the drawing board and his trusty old Mac independently producing three to five works a year — pencils, inks, colors and story tellin.' Aston has produced several short works and pin-ups for Jester Press along with production work. Aston's journal of going ons and personal work can be seen at www. oldetownecomix. com

Elias Martins

Elias is providing the pencils and inks on the upcoming Night / Witch Hunter crossover with Monarch Studios. This is a shared project with Monarch so I can't say much here but the art looks great and we can't wait for it to be in print!