The Sam Fortner is the writer/illustrator/creator of the breakout comic series “Kitty Ears”, the designer/creator of the toy series, the “Goopy Ghoulies”, co-host of the hit podcast, “the Caffeine Fueled Creative Podcast” alongside psychic historian and local legend, Chopsy. Together they have founded the Glow Art Collective.

Sam was born in the middle of the desert, twenty minutes after midnight in a snowstorm. Sam graduated high school while homeless, moving on to do more different jobs than can be counted on the standard humans fingers and toes. He now has a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts with an emphasis in illustration. While earning that degree he was the cartoonist for the campus paper producing two strips, “Please Don’t Shush Me” and “Caught on Campus”, one of which featured a piece that was highlighted on the local news. Before that, he studied karate in Japan and taught English in China.

He is now working on his own comic series, “Kitty Ears” which is a wordless fantasy comic about him and his dog, Xuch. He loves drawing, carving wood, smoking, and scary movies. And being a silly goose.