Ken Penders

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Ken Penders is a comic book creator, writer, and artist. He is the creator/writer/illustrator of The Lost Ones, a graphic novel that is scheduled for publication in late 2007/early 2008. Currently, he makes his living as a freelance writer and artist, accepting assignments involving screenplays, storyboards, character design, backgrounds, website graphics, and even the occasional magazine cover, portrait or commissioned piece. Most recently, Penders illustrated the cover of the complete series DVD set of Sonic the Hedgehog. ^[1]

The complete series DVD set cover for Sonic the Hedgehog, illustrated by Penders.

Penders is notably well-known for his work on the comic series Sonic the Hedgehog, which is published by Archie Comics. Although, primarily, he first worked on the former side-series Knuckles the Echidna before it was cancelled due to poor sales, though it is now considered by many to be one of the highlights of the American Sonic comic franchises.

In addition to his work for Archie Comics, Penders has written and illustrated stories for every major comics publisher including DC, Marvel, Image and Disney on such a diverse array of titles as Star Trek: The Next Generation, Disney Adventures, Savage Sword of Conan, Captain Atom, and The Green Hornet among many others. He has also branched out into other media, producing children's activity books and creating graphics for CD-ROM games.