Chris A. Bolton (left) and Kyle Bolton (right); photo by Ocean Yamaha

Writer/Co-Creator
CHRIS A. BOLTON

Chris has been writing from a very young age. His screenplays have received numerous Honorable Mentions in prominent contests. His short film “Speed Dating” won an Audience Choice Award at the 2005 Portland International Short Short Film Festival and was broadcast on the Independent Film Channel throughout the month of August 2006. He was a writer/performer in a sketch comedy troupe for eight years and has acted in several independent films. He also wrote and directed the web-series Wage Slaves and had his first professional short story published in Portland Noir, edited by Kevin Sampsell (Akashic Press, 2009). He lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

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Artist/Co-Creator
KYLE A. BOLTON

Kyle started drawing to compete with his older brother, Chris. When Chris gave up on art to concentrate on writing, Kyle continued to develop his technique, eventually attending the Art Institute of Seattle. Since graduating, he’s worked for Surreal Software, Electronic Arts, Apex Learning, and dozens of other game companies. Currently, he works for FlowPlay, Inc., doing 2D and 3D game animations. Kyle lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife, Jamie, and their dog, plus a lot of comic books and video games. See more of his art at www.KyleBolton.com.

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Additional Smash Team:

Colorist
SARAH B. FENTON

Sarah Barrie Fenton is just a starving artist with a dream. Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, she earned her BA in Game Art and Design from the Art Institute of Phoenix, and is currently working on an MFA in Illustration from the Academy of Art University. She has been drawing her own characters, writing her own stories, and creating her own games since she was 12 years old. Sarah has worked in the industry as an illustrator, animator, graphic artist, and designer. She has also held such prestigious titles as chocolate maker, wine consultant, and coffee barista! She met up with Chris and Kyle late in 2008 and has been coloring Smash since! Visit Sarah online at her website.

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Project Manager/Managing Producer
JAMIE S. BOLTON

Jamie is a designer by trade but a natural project executor. She was born and raised in Manila Philippines and earned a Marketing Management degree from the De La Salle University Manila. Not content, she pursued her “artistic side” and studied Multimedia from the Art Institute of Seattle. For the past decade, she has a successful career as a UI designer, Design Lead at Microsoft and ad agency, Cole & Weber. She has been part of notable online projects such as MSN games, DLP, 3LCD & Capella University, to name a few. Today, you will find Jamie playing beach volleyball, tinkering around in her garden, and of course, online, in the continuous tasks of making sure the “web” works properly.