Jonathan Ponikvar is a 30-year-old comic artist, animator and musician. He has been studying his passion, the comic art form, since 1998 and has been developing his work over the years. Peter and Company was his first experimental comic and existed in a few other forms before taking on the Guardian storyline.

Jonathan’s original influences include the classic Looney Tunes cartoons and animated shorts of Chuck Jones and Tex Avery. In 2002 he began attending the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), earning his Bachelor’s degree in Sequential Art. The training he received at this school gave him a greater love for traditional medium, spawning his practices in brush inking, hand-written lettering, and ink wash/watercolor painting. After a few years of Master’s training — but just shy of earning his degree — he moved back home to northern Virginia, where he currently lives with his wife, Whitney, who was also a SCAD student, majoring in Illustration.

Presently he works as a professional web administrator while continuing work on his own comic projects, with plans for publishing them through various channels.

Jonathan’s other comics include a graphic novel entitled The Chronicles of Ademar, an epic novel series illustrated in full ink wash with watercolor highlights, and a few other projects which will be debuted in time. He also co-hosts an online webshow on Livestream called The Inking Room, which airs several times a week and focuses on work produced by both himself and Whitney.

To contact the author directly, either send an e-mail or just send an IM to screen name PeterAndCompany (on AOL Instant Messenger).