Buddy Scalera is a comic and graphic novel writer whose credits include work for Marvel Comics' Deadpool, Agent X, Pet Avengers and X-Men Unlimited as well as Image, Mad Science Media, Penny Farthing Press, Claypool, American Mule Press, Lacunae Press, Big Entertainment and Voices for Children. He is also known for his photography as the author of the bestselling Comic Artist's Photo Reference series (IMPACT Books) and CD-ROM series Visual Reference for Comic Artists, which Scalera distributes through Diamond Comics Distributors to comic book retailers, as well as through the Bud Plant Comic Art catalogue and online store (www.BudsArtBooks.com). Scalera works with the New York Comic Con to create educational materials for the convention and hosts several panels on creating comic books. Read more at www.BuddyScalera.com. Buddy lives in Paramus, NJ.