Todd Hignite is the founder and editor of the critically lauded publication Comic Art, which has been nominated for Eisner Awards every year of its existence, and won a Harvey Award in 2004. He is the author of In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists, and co-editor of Strips, Toons & Bluesies: Essays in Comics and Culture. Hignite is one of the most visible chroniclers of contemporary English-language comics, having curated numerous exhibitions on the art form including Speak: Nine Cartoonists, the subject of a substantial feature in the New York Times, and R. Crumb's Underground, which toured nationally. He lives in Dallas, Texas, with his wife and daughter.