Jim "Kep!" Keplinger is a Writer, Letterer, Sophist and Brewer of Fine Coffees.

Kep! has written for Image Comics, Image's Shadowline imprint (he honored to be the inaugural writer of the latest ShadowHawk series!), numerous smaller publishers (including the critically lauded GENIE from FC9, the star-maker of the comic-world DIGITAL WEBBING PRESENTS) and has been the verbose force behind several web comics (including the universally loved TED NOODLEMAN, BICYCLE DELIVERY BOY collected and published by ALIAS) and the sadly short lived INTERPLANETARY GRIFT from GaraphicSmash.

As a letterer and logo designer he has worked for anyone and everyone who needed him, unashamed to cash paychecks. Currently calling Dark Horse his primary home, he is working on several titles including ARCHENEMIES, OCTOPUS GIRL, and TRANSLUCENT.

In his scant 37ish years on this planet he has worked professionally as an advertising copyrighter / designer, translator of Arabic and Chinese, soda jerk (often considered the most appropriate position he's held), a television meteorologist, a special operations Staff Sergent (USAF), an inside sales manager for an Internet design firm and again as a graphic designer and branding specialist for an Internet advertising agency, and a magician (including many stage shows, restaurants, birthday parties and public rest rooms) and psychic. When asked what he wants to be when he grows up, Kep! denies the existence of adulthood and walks away.

So many jobs have added up to an awful lot of moves spanning 30 states and four continents. He's lived so many places does it even matter what they were? Currently, he is on move 39 and is trying to fend off 40 with all his might, but how long can our fair hero last?

Kep! lives in New England with his wife, two of four children, a cat and several imaginary friends who continually beat him at chess.