Chris Mowry is a veteran of both the US Navy and the video game industry, having worked for Midway and Sega. He has worked for IDW as a senior graphic artist for over 10 years and has also written a number of titles. His first project, Transformers: The Reign of Starscream, led to more Transformers-related books, including Transformers: Alliance and Transformers: Defiance (which both appeared on the New York Times bestseller list). After that, Chris, a lifelong kaiju fan, had a dream come true writing the longest-running Godzilla series in comic history, Godzilla: Rulers of Earth. He's also written for several other Godzilla series as well as other franchises like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Street Fighter.