Shaenon K. Garrity is a cartoonist and science fiction writer best known for the webcomics Narbonic and Skin Horse . She is the co-author of The Zombie Gnome Defense Guide and the writer of the graphic novel Willowweep Manor . Andrew Farago is the curator of the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco and author of Batman: The Definitive History of The Dark Knight in Comics, Film, and Beyond . He is also the co-author of The Zombie Gnome Defense Guide . He lives in Berkeley with his wife, Shaenon K. Garrity, and their son, Robin.