Derek Fridolfs broke into comics at the same time as Dustin Nguyen, and has collaborated with him on such titles as GEN ACTIVE, JET, THE AUTHORITY, SUPERMAN/BATMAN and now DETECTIVE COMICS. In addition, he has contributed work to a wide variety of other titles, including Wolverine, Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, Kiss, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Emily the Strange and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as well as writing stories for Western Tales of Terror, Trailer Park of Terror, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund's More Fund anthology and an upcoming volume of the Image anthology title Popgun. Fridolfs has also worked with the Fresno County and Kern County libraries, teaching seminars on comics for fans of all ages. He lives in Fresno, California.