Rejected X-Men
Maybe y’all can sit this one out.
Our one-page comics spotlight the mutants who didn’t quite make it to the big leagues. From bizarre abilities and wildly specific powers to personalities that just didn’t mesh with the team, these stories imagine the lives of the overlooked, the underqualified, and the gloriously weird. Whether they’re trying to prove themselves, form their own team, or just survive another awkward training session, these rejected X-Men show that being different is kind of the whole point. Suit up — because being left out never looked so fun.
Ryan always enjoyed reading comics and copying the images, from Beano to the Real Ghostbusters to the Punisher. He joined a charity art group a few years ago which really got him back in to putting pen to paper. Now he is here at The Comic Jam and is getting to produce some great comics with other creatives.
Jack Van Thomme illustrates comics and pitches in when he can. You can see the things he likes to draw and read the things he likes to talk about on Twitter and Instagram @Real_JackVT https://www.instagram.com/real_jackvt/
Christian De Matteo is the co-founder of FugitivePoems.com Comics. He is a writer, college professor, and founder of Tellworthy.com. He loves all forms of art and entertainment, has a wonderful family and no pets because he’s deathly allergic. He can be found on X at @CDMetc and on X and BlueSky @FugitivePoems. He cannot draw. Like at all.
KvGir is a Canadian wild beast. Fools say he’s a myth. Others know well the power of his legendary skills. Find out more here: https://kvgir19899.wixsite.com/kvgir
Tom Lynott lives in Arizona with his adorable wife, two boys and a Border Collie / Cattle Dog mutt named Dani. He took part in Comics Experience’s Introduction to Lettering Comics class in May 2021. You can see more of his work at https://tomlynottcomiclettering.myportfolio.com/. He has also been known to script a story or two.
Luke W. Henderson (They/Them) is a writer and letterer from St. Louis, MO. Their work has been published in anthologies by Band of Bards, Foreign Press Comics, Fugitive Poems and Mocha Memoirs Press with upcoming work in Orange Cone Productions. More work and their newsletter can be found at Linktr.ee/lukewhenderson
Aaron Brown is fully operational and all of his circuits are functioning perfectly. Living in Massachusetts he is the creator of #IOTCOMIC and the fortune telling comic Casbah The Rock. Caricaturist and solid band name inventor. Find his work at https://www.frogking.art/
Kevin D. Lintz is a comic book letterer, writer, and editor. He learned his skills in a Comics Experience class and honed them on the mean streets of his all-ages comic book, Team SLUG. He startles his family by making sound effect noises out loud to try and translate them into written words. He has even watched “Helvetica”, the full-length feature movie about the font Helvetica. https://lintzlettering.com/
Jonathan Chiotis is a writer of short stories and poems. He authored St. Anthony’s Fire in 2007 but since then has followed his passion for creating comic books. Doing the art, writing, and lettering for several mini comics with inept ability. Currently working on character creation with a focus on ultraviolent action, cinematic dialog, and the supernatural. He attended two semesters of art school, evidence which is undetectable in any of his works.
C.J. Wilson (he/him) is a writer and educator from Fresno, California, now living in Brooklyn, NY. He writes comics, games, nonfiction, and SFF novels and short stories. When he isn’t writing, you’ll find him at your local punk show, the middle of some forest, or ranting about politics. You can follow him on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/thiscjwilson.bsky.social, or read his nonfiction work on Medium at https://medium.com/@connordjohnson2
Roman is an architect by day. He has been drawing since he could hold a pencil and likes to engage in any media that he can from oil painting to comic illustration. He is based in Brooklyn, NY and he also like working on his car, cooking, and hanging out with his girlfriend’s cat.
Luke W. Henderson (They/Them) is a writer and letterer from St. Louis, MO. Their work has been published in anthologies by Band of Bards, Foreign Press Comics, Fugitive Poems and Mocha Memoirs Press with upcoming work in Orange Cone Productions. More work and their newsletter can be found at Linktr.ee/lukewhenderson
