Ulli Lust, born in Vienna in 1967, is an Austrian comic artist and illustrator. Her graphic novel Heute ist der letzte Tag vom Rest deines Lebens (avant-verlag) received international acclaim and won the Ignatz Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. This was followed by works including Flughunde (based on the novel by Marcel Beyer) and Wie ich versuchte, ein guter Mensch zu sein (both Suhrkamp). In 2025, her non-fiction graphic novel Die Frau als Mensch: Am Anfang der Geschichte was published. It was the first graphic novel ever to win the German Non-Fiction Book Prize. The sequel, Die Frau als Mensch 2: Schamaninnen, was published in 2026. Ulli Lust is considered one of the most important German-language comic artists. She teaches drawing and comics at the Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

Sonja Eismann (born 1973) is a German journalist and cultural studies scholar, co-founder of nylon.KunstStoff and Missy Magazine, which she also co-edits. She works as an author, editor, and university lecturer, specializing in pop culture, feminism, and gender representation. In her book Candy Girls (2025), she analyzes persistent power imbalances, sexualization, and misogyny within the pop music industry and challenges the notion of a matriarchy in pop. In 2024, she accepted a professorship in pop culture at the University of Paderborn.