Rick Baldwin

Rick Baldwin

Editor and Writer

Rick Baldwin is a writer, comic, and illustrator based in Atlanta, Georgia. Originally from Knoxville, Tennessee, he brings a Southern sensibility to his work, with a particular affection for dry observation, human contradiction, and the invisible absurdities people rarely notice until someone points them out.

His writing is shaped by humor that values intelligence as much as surprise. Early influences include the written and performed comedy of Steve Martin, Woody Allen, and George Carlin, along with a lasting love for the ridiculous instilled by Monty Python and Kids in the Hall. Growing up in the 1960s and ’70s, Rick was steeped in political satire through publications like MAD Magazine and National Lampoon, a formative influence that continues to inform his work.

Before turning his focus to writing and illustration, Rick spent nearly eight years performing as a Christian comic—an experience that sharpened his sense of audience, irony, and the complicated relationship between belief and humor. In 2016, he founded and edited Okra Biscuit, an online Southern humor magazine that served as a predecessor to The Leghorn, where he now serves as editor. He also hosts the Outta Toon Podcast, exploring the strange and funny life of the creative outsider.

Jonathan Ellers

Jonathan Ellers

Writer

Jonathan grew up in Kentucky, but lives in NYC with his wife and two daughters. From ages 15 to 19–in high school and college–he was the greatest actor in the world. Everybody said so, especially his mom. Then he transferred to a University, where he found out his acting talent was better suited for building props and sets.

In graduate school he discovered the value of theatre as a “Swiss Army Knife” of educational tools–creative drama, music, dance & movement, games, puppetry, magic, scene-work. As a “teaching artist” he uses all of these to make science, history, literacy, etc. fun and memorable.

He also performs one-person “toy theatre” every now and then, does magic shows, bubble shows, plays Santa, and acts in plays on rare occasions. He has Youtube and Instagram channels, though he otherwise avoids social media to retain the few remaining scraps of his sanity.