COMIC BOOK WRITER & STYLEMAKER
MARC ANDREYKO & MATHEW SWENSON
Marc Andreyko (left) has been making waves in the movie and comic book world since his debut graphic novel, Torso (written with Brian Michael Bendis), based on the true story of Eliot Ness and a serial killer in 1930s Cleveland, now in development with David Fincher and Paramount as a feature film. Other works of note include cocreating and writing a modern update of the Peter Pan universe, The Lost, in which the hero leads a group of street kids in New York City. In 2007, Andreyko was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for his work on the DC comic book series Manhunter, which features the son of the original Green Lantern, a superhero named Obsidian, in a happy and healthy gay relationship—a groundbreaking concept for a mainstream comic book.As fashion media director for American Apparel, a Gen Y fave for its slim-fit tees and '70s-inspired basics, 28-year-old Mathew Swenson (right) has experienced his share of controversy. The brand is famous for its racy ad campaigns, which have rivaled Calvin Klein's for pushing buttons, as well as for the notorious antics of founder Dov Charney. How that sensibility will play in conservative China, where the company plans to expand in the coming year, is anyone's guess, but Swenson, who also consults for such cutting-edge brands as Band of Outsiders, Cerre, and Nathalie Saphier, is doubtlessly on top of it.
