Mike L.

Mike is an enigma. I don't know anyone who's more appreciative of being written about, yet he refused to pose for this photo unless I put his little Don't Forget to Validate Your Parking face over his real one.

Marla and Greg

We met Marla and Greg through our daughter's school. I totally bum-rushed them to get this photo.

Chris

Chris is a documentarian, among other things. He is the only person I've ever met who has a bigger head than my dad.

Adam and Jun

Adam works at the Comic Bug. Jun co-owns the Comic Bug with Mike. I didn't ask either of them to make those faces.

Mark

Mark is a comic book writer. Contrary to what this image suggests, he's not just a disembodied head floating in space.

Omar

Omar and I met through Mike Le. The man can hold his alcohol.

Michelle

This is Michelle. We met through our daughters' school. In this shot, she just arrived from Jazzercize. Yes, Jazzercize.

Mike W.

This is Mike. He's a comic book writer and co-owner of The Comic Bug. He's my comic book writing guru and a huge fan of Van Halen.

Tom and Gina

Here are Screenwriter Tom and Actress Gina. We socialize quite a bit. Gina can be stubborn sometimes.

Renee

Renee is the accordionist in the Mortified After School Orchestra. She learned how to play the accordion to comfort her grandmother when she had to go to a nursing home.

Dave and Jillian

Dave is a Mortified producer. He really warmed to the idea of wearing a fez. Jillian spoke at a Mortified Live show recently. She read a fictional tale she wrote as a young teen about making sweet love to John Taylor and Simon Le Bon from Duran Duran.

Anne and Neil

Anne and Neil are producers at Mortified. Here, they're selling t-shirts.

Bruce

Bruce is my dog. He's probably a lab/pit mix. It took a lot of treats to get him to hold still.

Jim

Jim is my neighbor. He's married to Cheryl. I don't think he knew what he was committing to when I took this picture.

Cheryl

Cheryl is Jim's wife. She was reluctant to take this photo.

Bobby & Kitty

Bobby and Kitty are neighbor kids.

Me, Dave & Jerome

Dave and Jerome are from Australia. Dave owns a brewery. Jerome, seemingly, is a man of leisure.