Jeremy Donelson

jeremy@division18.com

Jeremy Donelson is the artist and co-creator of Division 18: The Union of Novelty Costumed Performers. He studied illustration at Washington University in St. Louis and has worked as a graphic designer and illustrator. He was one of the contributors to the criminally under appreciated comic anthology Comedy Round-Up, and his time as the Internet comic critic “The Pickytarian” was legendary among his dozens of fans. He currently spends his days working as a user interface designer and his nights and weekends drawing comics. In the tiny little spaces between those tasks, he enjoys spending time with his wife, Amy (a considerably more talented artist than him) and their cat, Buddy (a considerably less talented artist than either one of them).

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Matt Bergin matt@division18.com Real Name: Matt Bergin (honest!)
Group Affiliations: Division 18 creative team; Bank of America (checking); Midtown Comics frequent shoppers club; Netflix
First Appearance: Mother’s womb, 1976
Base of Operations: Bronx, New York
Origin: Mr. and Mrs. Bergin made sweet, sweet love one fateful night, and biology did the rest.
History: Matt has been making comics all his life… but mostly in crayon on construction paper, and later in school notebooks when he should’ve been studying. Eventually, Matt started working as an editor in the healthcare communications industry (fun!), but managed to squeeze in time during the 9 to 5 grind to goof off, make more-talented and “connected” friends, and ultimately, make comics with those more-talented people. He was even able to fit in contributing to the comics website PopCultureShock.com, where he hooked up with the Silent Devil crew. Thus, through blatant professional misconduct, Division 18 and a comics career were born. Ex-friggin-celsior!

For more about these two creative titans, be sure to check out their 2-part interview with each other.

What better way to celebrate the awesomeness that is Division 18 than to dress up as your favorite novelty costumed performer? Take Snake, for instance.

First, get yourself an expensive “snake” mascot costume.

Then shave your head and smoke a lot. Also, if you’re a chick, grow a pair.

 

 Results may vary.

Clowns. Hrm.

Those bastards are the scabs of the novelty costume industry. Clown College? Ha! They’re a bunch of elitists in face paint. Where’s the character? It’s all rainbow wigs and rubber noses. They expect your applause, but the only thing a clown really deserves is a kick in the teeth.