Paul K. Tunis is a university professor, writer, illustrator, and comics artist from Globe, Arizona. Paul has worked as a non-profit community leader in his small, rural hometown, promoting the expansion of arts education to area children. He is a co-founder and editor of literary comics press INK BRICK: A Comics Poetry Anthology, which was nominated for the 2017 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Anthology by the Small Press Expo. After completing his BA in English Literature at Arizona State University, Paul received his MFA in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College in New York, where he was the graduate class valedictorian. As a writer, illustrator and comics artist, Paul and his work have been featured in the Huffington Post, The Comics Journal, The Rumpus, the Notable Cartoonists List in Best American Comics 2016, and has gallery presentations in the Poetry Foundation Library of Chicago, the Poetry Library of London, and the Winkleman Gallery in Manhattan. His creative work and writings have also appeared in McSweeney’s Press, Quarto Books, Drunken Boat, Bateau, BOMB Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, and others. He has also illustrated three children’s books: Where the Windwalk Begins, Loud Empty House, and All the Butts. Paul is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and Media Communication at Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado. Visit his website.