Chuck Dixon is a veteran comic book writer with thousands of titles to his name including a record run on Batman at DC Comics (where he co-created the villain Bane along with Graham Nolan) and seminal work on Marvel’s The Punisher. His other work includes extensive runs on titles as diverse as Conan the Barbarian, Nightwing, The Simpsons and SpongeBob Squarepants, as well as a graphic adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.