Ken Penders is a comic book creator, writer, and artist. 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]
Penders is notably well-known for his work on the comic series Sonic the Hedgehog, which is published by Archie Comics. He primarily worked on the former side-series Knuckles the Echidna before it was cancelled due to poor sales.
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.