Experts

Kelsey Vandercoy

Kelsey Vandercoy works as the Outreach Educator for the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, IA.  Her main duties are speaking with K-12 students and adults about a variety of topics in art; from learning about famous artists to highlighting the next great exhibit at the Figge.  Kelsey enjoys working with such a wide range of ages and experiences; each day is an adventure of what’s going to happen next. When she’s not working at the Figge, Kelsey enjoys reading, playing board and video games, and consuming as much chocolate as she possibly can eat.  She lives in Davenport with her husband and fluffy, fat cat, Chloe

Claire Napier

Claire Napier is a critic, cartoonist and comics editor based in England. Find her at clairenapier.com



Allison O'Toole

Allison O’Toole is an award-winning freelance comics editor with experience managing anthologies, multi-issue series, and standalone graphic novels. With excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and the administrative experience to bring a project from concept to reality, Allison is an asset to any comics team.

Danielle Kurtzleben

In this milestone, we speak with Danielle Kurtzleben. Danielle Kurtzleben is a political correspondent assigned to NPR's Washington Desk. She appears on NPR shows, writes for the web, and is a regular on The NPR Politics Podcast. She is covering the 2020 presidential election, with particular focuses on on economic policy and gender politics.

Before joining NPR in 2015, Kurtzleben spent a year as a correspondent for Vox.com. As part of the site's original reporting team, she covered economics and business news.

Prior to Vox.com, Kurtzleben was with U.S. News & World Report for nearly four years, where she covered the economy, campaign finance and demographic issues. As associate editor, she launched Data Mine, a data visualization blog on usnews.com.

A native of Titonka, Iowa, Kurtzleben has a bachelor's degree in English from Carleton College. She also holds a master's degree in global communication from George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.


Elsa Charretier

French based comic book artist & writer of November and Love Everlasting, working with #DCComics, #Marvel, #Image