Troy Nixey, born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, has illustrated a number of works for notable creators, like Mike Mignola's Batman- The Doom that Came to Gotham and Batman- The Gasworks, Neil Gaiman's Only the End of the World Again (adapted by P. Craig Russell), and Matt Wagner's Grendel- Black, White & Red. Troy co-created the comic mini series Jenny Finn with Mike Mignola, and he created the Bacon comic as well as the critically acclaimed comic, Trout. Nixey also contributed to Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #7, and Detective Comics #796. He worked with Andrew Cosby on the Dark Horse book Mary Scary in 2007. He served as director for Guillermo Del Toro's 2011 remake of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark.