Anne Elizabeth Moore is the Head Adventurer in Charge of Adventuring Studies and Proprietress of the Adventure School for Ladies. The three-time winner of the Anne Elizabeth Moore Award for Excellence in Awesomeness has been ejected from retail establishments and lauded by princesses, and received a Fulbright Specialist Award to continue her self-publishing work with young women in Cambodia. After editing The Comics Journal, Punk Planet, and the Best American Comics series for Houghton Mifflin, Moore turned her attention to gender, race, and economic disparity in comics and other media with the popular comics journalism series Ladydrawers on Truthout. She also reports on the garment industry and has a surprisingly active conceptual art career.

Nicole Boyett is the Senior Prefect of Cats (Praefectus Felis Cattus) at the Adventure School for Ladies Comics Intensive. She is a comics and fiber artist prone to screen printing, research and crazed collaboration. Split between Seattle and Chicago, she makes work about everything from American sex-ed to interstellar piracy. You can find her on Twitter @indeliblenic, or check out her recent fiber work here.

Rachel Swanson is a comics/fiber artist based in Chicago. Rachel’s work focuses on gender identity, being queer, zombies, lesbian mermaids, and kittens. Possibly all of those at once depending on the mood. Read Rachel’s stuff here. During the Comics Intensive, Rachel will be the Senior Prefect of Jokes (Praefectus Locus Comicus) at the Adventure School for Ladies.