Joseph J. Darowski teaches English at Brigham Young University and is the editor of The Ages of Superheroes essay series which has volumes on Superman, Wonder Woman, the X-Men, the Avengers, Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, and the Justice League. He is the author of X-Men and the Mutant Metaphor: Race and Gender in the Comic Books (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014).
Kate Darowski has a Master's degree from Parsons School of Design, where she studied the History of Decorative Arts & Design, with an emphasis in 20th century modern design and pop culture in design. She attended Brigham Young University-Hawaii, where she majored in Cultural Studies. She has written about design for Modern Magazine.