J. BARTON MITCHELL is a screenwriter, comic book writer, and author. He studied creative writing at the University of Houston before going on to receive a B.S. in Film Studies from the University of Texas. After selling screenplays to Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox, he created and wrote the comic book series "Poe, " published by Boom! Studios in 2009. Mitchell lives and writes in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles.