Larry Hancock was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1954. He graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Mathematics and since then has toiled in Toronto as a Chartered Accountant. However, counter to the view of accountants as boring, he has written The Silent Invasion and The Purple Ray with Michael Cherkas and Suburban Nightmares with Cherkas and John van Bruggen. Michael Cherkas was born in Oshawa, Ontario in 1954. He has worked for more than 30 years as a graphic designer, art director, cartoonist, and illustrator. His other comics include Suburban Nightmares, The Purple Ray,and The New Frontier.