comic art and illustration industry comics founded august 2004 founder shadi petosky zander cannon kevin cannon headquarters minneapolis minnesota key people zander cannon kevin cannon shadi petosky website big time attic blog big time attic is a limited liability corporation . it is the operational name of twin cities comic artists zander cannon and kevin cannon no relation . it was founded in august 2004 between the cannons and shadi petosky . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 the beginning 2 publications 3 references 4 external links history edit the beginning edit big time attic llc started in the attic of shadi petosky s home in minneapolis with the intention of doing graphic design work to fund pet comic projects . zander cannon began as the primary illustrator on projects with kevin cannon as colorist . they credited themselves big time attic on their first comic book together a square formatted educational pamphlet for usgs . this comic entitled journey along a field line is notable for being the first comic book listed as a scientific paper on the usgs site . 2 their first graphic novel was bone sharps cowboys and thunder lizards commissioned and written by gt labs . after taking on a few interns from mcad s comic department the company decided they wanted to try having employees and expand into other areas . to meet these requirements the company moved in 2005 from shadi petosky s home to the thorp building in the arts quadrant of nordeast minneapolis . publications edit journey along a field line with j.j. love 2006 bone sharps cowboys and thunder lizards with jim ottaviani 2006 t minus the race to the moon with jim ottaviani 2009 the stuff of life a graphic guide to genetics and dna with mark schultz 2009 references edit comic book galaxy the big time attic interview usgs papers external links edit journey along a field line digital comic book from usgs site big time attic s home page home of jim ottaviani s gt labs retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title big time attic & oldid 743567530 categories 2004 establishments in minnesotacompanies based in minneapolisamerican companies established in 2004publishing companies established in 2004 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 06 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view