Mike Baron is the creator of Nexus (with artist Steve Rude) and Badger two of the longest lasting independent superhero comics. Nexus is about a cosmic avenger 500 years in the future. Badger, about a multiple personality one of whom is a costumed crime fighter. For comics, Baron has written The Punisher, Flash, Deadman, Star Wars, and many other titles. He has won two Eisners and an Inkpot award. Baron has published fifteen novels including Banshees (a Satanic rock band that returns from the dead), Helmet Head (Nazi biker zombies), Whack Job (spontaneous human combustion), Skorpio (a ghost who only appears under a blazing sun), his Biker series (a reformed biker hoodlum turned private investigator), and Florida Man (which is exactly what you think it is). He lives in Colorado with his wife Ann and some dogs.