In addition to Rebirth of the Gangster CJ Standal also writes B.A.E. Wulf--a modern day mashup of Beowulf and Lovecraftian horror. He also has a collection of essays, Outside the Panels: Comics, the Classroom, and the Creative Life, a book that mainly focuses on his experiences creating, publishing, and teaching comics. He wrote for the now-defunct Slant and is now writing for Graphic Policy; he also posts some of his work on his own site, cjstandalproductions.com. A former high school English teacher, in addition to writing, he works with healthcare software. When not writing or working with healthcare software, he can be found snuggling up for a good read next to his girlfriend and cat in Wisconsin.